Crimson Tears cover art

Crimson Tears

The game is set in Tokyo in the year 2049 and revolves around three characters whose home has been destroyed. As seen on the game's front cover, this trio seems human; however, they are actually bio-engineered…

69 22 April 2004

Crimson Tears is a hack and slash/beat 'em up developed by DreamFactory, released 22 April 2004 on PlayStation 2.

Verified Sources: IGDB , Wikipedia

What Crimson Tears is

Crimson Tears is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by DreamFactory and released in 2004. It was published by Capcom. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The game is set in Tokyo in the year 2049 and revolves around three characters whose home has been destroyed. As seen on the game's front cover, this trio seems human; however, they are actually bio-engineered weapons developed by a company named A.R.M.A. called "mutanoids".
Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Crimson Tears holds a critic score of 69 out of 100. That places it above 38% of the 1,125 rated hack and slash/beat 'em up games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored about average for its year.

What it launched against

Crimson Tears launched on 22 April 2004, within three weeks of Pikmin 2, Painkiller, Rise of Nations: Thrones & Patriots and Hitman: Contracts. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Pikmin 2, Painkiller, Rise of Nations: Thrones & Patriots, Hitman: Contracts.

Official trailer

Trailer thumbnail

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

All media

Quick answers

Crimson Tears — frequently asked questions

When did Crimson Tears come out?
Crimson Tears was released on 22 April 2004 for PlayStation 2.

If you like this

Games like Crimson Tears

See all