<s>
or	O
simply	O
known	O
as	O
is	O
a	O
First-Party	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
Adventure	O
Science	O
fiction	O
interactive	O
game	O
published	O
by	O
Sony	O
Computer	O
Entertainment	O
Japan	O
with	O
animation	O
created	O
by	O
Production	O
I.G	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
April	O
25	O
,	O
2002	O
and	O
was	O
sold	O
for	O
a	O
price	O
of	O
¥	O
5,800	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
2050s	O
where	O
a	O
United	O
Nations-created	O
special	O
forces	O
unit	O
called	O
Shadow	O
Sword	O
is	O
deployed	O
to	O
protect	O
the	O
Earth-Mars	O
travel	O
route	O
from	O
anti-UN	O
terrorists	O
called	O
Neo	O
Kleit	O
,	O
conducting	O
terrorist	O
attacks	O
to	O
remove	O
the	O
UN	O
's	O
control	O
of	O
the	O
space	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
year	O
2053	O
when	O
space	O
travel	O
between	O
Earth	O
and	O
Mars	B-Application
is	O
made	O
possible	O
thanks	O
to	O
the	O
UN	O
's	O
goal	O
to	O
conduct	O
space	O
travel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
's	O
the	O
team	O
's	O
trained	B-Protocol
sniper	I-Protocol
and	O
had	O
once	O
participated	O
in	O
the	O
Olympic	B-Application
Games	I-Application
,	O
which	O
gives	O
him	O
self-confidence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maeshima	O
had	O
pointed	O
that	O
during	O
game	O
development	O
,	O
he	O
saw	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
comparison	O
to	O
the	O
Blade	B-Application
Runner	I-Application
movie	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
cutscenes	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
in	O
MPEG-2	B-Algorithm
format	O
,	O
made	O
the	O
team	O
decide	O
to	O
move	O
the	O
platform	O
from	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
to	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
due	O
to	O
issues	O
of	O
the	O
former	O
's	O
loading	O
capabilities	O
as	O
the	O
cutscenes	O
are	O
at	O
least	O
5	O
hours	O
and	O
30	O
minutes	O
long	O
according	O
to	O
Yamamoto	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
they	O
had	O
used	O
real	O
photos	O
of	O
Mars	B-Application
and	O
Phobos	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
cutscenes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
31	O
,	O
2001	O
,	O
Sony	O
Computer	O
Entertainment	O
made	O
an	O
official	O
announcement	O
that	O
Surveillance	B-Application
Kanshisha	I-Application
would	O
be	O
created	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
with	O
Production	O
I.G	O
working	O
on	O
the	O
animation	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
book	O
included	O
information	O
ranging	O
from	O
the	O
story	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
the	O
production	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
including	O
pictures	O
of	O
CG	O
graphics	B-Architecture
used	O
by	O
Production	O
I.G.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
it	O
also	O
comments	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
creation	O
was	O
to	O
showcase	O
the	O
capabilities	O
of	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
's	O
graphics	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
holds	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
72%	O
at	O
PS2GameDounano	O
and	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
70%	O
in	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Mk2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Shadow	O
Sword	O
team	O
was	O
described	O
as	O
being	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
Policenauts	B-Application
team	O
in	O
Konami	O
's	O
Policenauts	B-Application
.	O
</s>
