<s>
Courier	B-Application
Crisis	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
American	O
studio	O
New	O
Level	O
Software	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Device
and	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Publisher	O
BMG	O
Interactive	O
closed	O
down	O
its	O
U.S.	O
operations	O
in	O
mid-1997	O
,	O
and	O
sold	O
the	O
U.S.	O
publication	O
rights	O
for	O
Courier	B-Application
Crisis	I-Application
to	O
GT	O
Interactive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
originally	O
scheduled	O
to	O
release	O
in	O
October	O
1997	O
for	O
both	O
PlayStation	B-Device
and	O
Saturn	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Courier	B-Application
Crisis	I-Application
was	O
almost	O
universally	O
reviled	O
by	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
held	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
54%	O
on	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
GameRankings	O
based	O
on	O
five	O
reviews	O
,	O
even	O
with	O
an	O
outlier	O
of	O
89.5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
generally	O
remarked	O
that	O
while	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
premise	O
is	O
fresh	O
and	O
promising	O
,	O
the	O
execution	O
is	O
poor	O
on	O
nearly	O
every	O
front	O
,	O
bemoaning	O
everything	O
from	O
rough	O
graphics	O
which	O
hearken	O
back	O
to	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
and	O
Saturn	B-Device
's	O
launch	O
window	O
titles	O
,	O
to	O
voice	O
clips	O
which	O
repeat	O
frequently	O
enough	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
serious	O
annoyance	O
,	O
to	O
frustrating	O
,	O
poorly	O
responsive	O
controls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
four	O
reviewers	O
of	O
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly	O
also	O
noted	O
Courier	B-Application
Crisis	I-Application
has	O
a	O
sharp	O
difficulty	O
slope	O
,	O
being	O
boringly	O
easy	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
four	O
stages	O
before	O
a	O
spike	O
in	O
challenge	O
in	O
stage	O
five	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
GamePro	O
also	O
cited	O
draw	B-General_Concept
distance	I-General_Concept
problems	O
which	O
make	O
it	O
unreasonably	O
difficult	O
to	O
avoid	O
hazards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
British	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
Magazine	O
called	O
Courier	B-Application
Crisis	I-Application
"	O
the	O
worst	O
Saturn	B-Device
game	O
we	O
've	O
received	O
this	O
year	O
by	O
some	O
considerable	O
way	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
rebuked	O
Sega	O
of	O
Europe	O
for	O
their	O
decision	O
to	O
localize	O
the	O
game	O
while	O
passing	O
on	O
acclaimed	O
overseas	O
Saturn	B-Device
releases	O
such	O
as	O
Grandia	B-Application
,	O
Dead	B-Application
or	I-Application
Alive	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Vampire	B-Application
Savior	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
was	O
localized	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
BMG	O
Interactive	O
on	O
February	O
19	O
,	O
1998	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
version	O
on	O
March	O
26	O
,	O
1998	O
,	O
Famitsu	O
gave	O
it	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
25	O
out	O
of	O
40	O
for	O
the	O
latter	O
,	O
and	O
23	O
out	O
of	O
40	O
for	O
the	O
former	O
.	O
</s>
