Gungrave: Overdose
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| Developer(s) | Red Entertainment |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Designer(s) | Yasuhiro Nightow |
| Release date(s) |  March 4, 2004 September 15, 2004 October 7, 2005 |
| Genre(s) | Third-person Shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: M (Mature) |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2 |
| Media | DVD (1) |
| Input | Dual Shock Analog |
Gungrave: Overdose (ガングレイヴO.D. Gangureivu Ōbādōsu?) is a PlayStation 2 third-person shooter video game developed by Red Entertainment and published by Sega. The game was released on March 4, 2004 in Japan, September 15, 2004 in North America and October 7, 2005 in the United Kingdom. Gungrave: Overdose picks up where its predecessor left off, follows its main character through a variety of stages on a path of revenge.
Two years after the original, Gungrave, and just approaching of that game's anime spinoff, Gungrave: Overdose was released. Preserving Yasuhiro Nightow's flair and artistic style, this outing adds new playable characters to the series and a new story, in which Grave resumes his tale as an unlikely anti-hero tracking down a sadistic druglord.
[edit] Characters
Beyond the Grave
The main protagonist of the story, Grave is reawakened by an older Mika Asagi. Sporting a new outfit, a new Coffin, and even more firepower than before, Grave silently goes forth to destroy the Seed narcotics empire controlled by the Corisione family.
In gameplay terms, Beyond The Grave is the most rounded of the three protagonists, possessing damaging ranged and melee attacks. He is also able to dive forward, backwards, or to either side while rapidly firing both pistols, as well as charge his pistol shots or melee hits to deliver powerful single attacks.
Jyuji Kabane
A foul-mouthed, irritable, blind man with a superhuman sense of smell, Jyuji and his partner Rocketbilly Redcadillac joins Grave early on to fight Seed. Seemingly cursed is a spectral flame that burns on his back, Jyuji employs a pair of semi-automatic gunblades and a control over fire in combat. However, despite his edged exterior, he seems to know more than he's wishes to reveal.
Jyuji is a close-range specialist, with the weakest firearms of the three. At close range, however, his blades are able to quickly dispatch multiple foes with great ease. He is able to dive in the same manner as Grave, but can only charge his melee attacks.
Rocketbilly Redcadillac
Jyuji's partner, "Billy" is a ghost that possesses a strange floating electric guitar. Unlike Jyuji, Billy is laid back ladies man, though bizarre enough, he considers his own grandmother to be the ideal woman. In combat, he employs the same guitar he possesses, using the dynamo attached onto it to deliver lightning strikes as he plays.
Billy excels at long range, quickly clearing rooms of henchmen with arcs of electricity. His melee skills are sub-par compared to his comrades, however. He is unable to dive laterally or charge his melee attack, but can charge his guitar to deliver powerful shocks.
Mika Asagi
Being three years since the last game, Mika Asagi has matured and dedicated herself to fighting problems created by the Necro-Rise process, leading her into the conflict with Seed and the Corisione Family. Far from the helpless girl in the last game, she capably demonstrated her fighting prowess early on when she defended the location Grave was stored from Corisione hit men while Graves awakening process was still counting down. Later in the story it is revealed that she has been giving Grave his required full-blood transfusions using her own blood, taking a heavy physical toll on her which she bears without complaint. Along with Spike, she coordinates and communicates with the others from the Trailer that transports the protagonists about the city.
Spike Hubie
An orphan that Mika picked up during the three years before the game, Spike also helps in tracking down the source of the Seed distribution. A genius, Spike constructs a strange creature that reacts to Seed, helping the group follow the trail. Unfortunately, his forgotten past intertwines with that of the Corisione Family.
Corisione Family
Boss Corisione
The ruthless head of the Corisione Family, Corisione appears to be the cause behind the Seed distribution. However, his arrogance leads to his downfall when he fails to estimate his son's betrayal.
Garino Creale Corisione
Boss Corisione's obedient son and second in command. Cool and manipulative, he holds greater plans for Seed beyond mere drugs.
Fangorum
A towering prototype Orgman that has survived till now, Fangorum serves as the Corisiones strongest fighter. Though his speech is awkward, it does not fail to express his hatred for Beyond The Grave for "killing his friends" (The other prototypes). Backing this up, Fangorum is the only one that can wield the powerful Cerberus Centerhead, the final gun that completes Dr. T's Cerberus series, and vastly more powerful than even Grave's own Lefthead and Righthead. Though under the Corisione's employ, Fangorum seems more loyal to Garino himself than the empire.
Zele Thunderhawk
A mercenary under the employ of the Corisiones, Zele's army is one dedicated to the specialty of killing Deadmen like Grave.
Sherry Macdowell-Walken
Harry's wife, Sherry has since been resurrected by Necro-Rise, and joins the Corisione drug empire in hopes of revenge against Grave.
Bunji Kugashira
Though killed in the previous game, Bunji's skills seems to be valuable enough to be resurrected as well by Necro-Rise for the Corisiones. Though none the too happy about being forced to continued to exist as a Deadman, Bunji still decides to work for the Corisiones, hoping for one more shot at Grave to prove who's the better of the two. He also seems to have some connection with Jyuji Kabane.
