10,000 Bullets

For the series of Hitman comic books, see 10,000 Bullets (comics).
10,000 Bullets
European cover art
Developer(s)Blue Moon Studio
Metro Corporation
Publisher(s)Taito
Director(s)Yoshitaka Murayama[2]
Artist(s)Ryōji Minagawa[2]
Composer(s)Yasunori Mitsuda[2]
Miki Higashino[2]
Platform(s)PlayStation 2
Release
  • JP: February 24, 2005[1]
  • EU: October 6, 2005
Genre(s)Shooter
Mode(s)Single-player

10,000 Bullets, known in Japan as Tsukiyo ni Saraba (ツキヨニサラバ, lit. "Moonlit Farewell"), is a third-person shooter video game developed by Blue Moon Studio with Metro Corporation and published by Taito for the PlayStation 2 console. It was released in Japan in 2005, and distributed in Europe by 505 GameStreet later that year. 10,000 Bullets follows an elite hitman named Crow, who works for an Italian mob family and has the innate power of the "gunslinger", allowing him to manipulate the flow of time in battle. The gameplay of 10,000 Bullets focuses on this ability, in which the player must slow down the action in order to avoid the waves of enemy assaults and other hazards.

10,000 Bullets was directed by Suikoden franchise creator Yoshitaka Murayama, who left Konami in 2002 and started his own development firm, Blue Moon Studio, shortly thereafter. Accompanied by Spriggan illustrator Ryōji Minagawa and composers Yasunori Mitsuda and Miki Higashino, Murayama began producing 10,000 Bullets about a half a year after founding the new company. Murayama had wanted to create an action-shooter even before the Suikoden series. 10,000 Bullets was met with poor sales in Japan and a mediocre response from import reviewers. Critics found the game to be unoriginal and noted camera problems, but enjoyed the action sequences.

  1. ^ IGN staff (March 1, 2005). "Now Playing in Japan". IGN. Archived from the original on March 5, 2012. Retrieved May 3, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d Tanaka, John (September 8, 2004). "New Action Title From Suikoden Director". IGN. Archived from the original on June 14, 2006. Retrieved May 3, 2012.