1998 · Sunsoft · Action-adventure · Adventure
Hard Edge
The year is 2042. Play as four different members of the eponymous anti-crime unit as they head through the Togusa Building defeating mutants, robots and others creatures to save a kidnapped scientist. Originally released in Japan as Hard Edge, which is also its European name.
- Released
- 3 December 1998
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch 2PlayStationPlayStation 3PlayStation Portable
- Genres
- Action-adventureAdventureRole-playingScience
- Developers
- Sunsoft
- Publishers
- Sunsoft
- Modes
- Single-player
- Perspective
- Third person
- Themes
- Science fiction
- Country
- Japan
- Age ratings
- CERO BUSK 16ESRB T
About
Hard Edge, released in North America as T.R.A.G.: Tactical Rescue Assault Group - Mission of Mercy (or simply T.R.A.G.), is a 1998 action-adventure game developed and published by Sunsoft for the PlayStation.
A successor game, Hard Edge - War Zone, was released for Windows on July 23, 2026. It is a card battler instead of an action-adventure game.
›Story
The T.R.A.G. team infiltrates the Togusa building, which has been taken over by terrorists, and they attempt to take it back, as well as rescue Professor Kevin Howard, an important scientist who is a hostage of the terrorists.
Keywords
- martial arts
- anime
- robots
- female protagonist
- action-adventure
- multiple protagonists
- mutants
- playstation network
- fixed camera
- digital distribution
- voice acting
- polygonal 3d
Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
The gameplay is somewhat similar to that of Resident Evil, with 3D characters moving across pre-rendered backgrounds most of the time.
Story
The T.R.A.G. team infiltrates the Togusa building, which has been taken over by terrorists, and they attempt to take it back, as well as rescue Professor Kevin Howard, an important scientist who is a hostage of the terrorists.
Reception
The game received mixed reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Editions and related releases
- Derivative works
- Q139561817
- Ported as
- Console Archives: T.R.A.G. - Tactical Rescue Assault Group: Mission of Mercy
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