BEC

BEC at a Glance

If you are browsing PlayPile looking for information on BEC, you will find a Japanese studio founded in 1990 that operated as a joint venture between Bandai and Human Co, Ltd. The company was active from 1991 through 2010 before merging with Banpresto in April 2011 to form part of Bandai Namco. Their catalog on our site contains 42 entries, though BEC acted as a publisher for only six of these titles while developing the remaining 38 games themselves. The studio released the bulk of its work during the 1990s with 22 games and maintained steady output in the 2000s with 19 titles before releasing just one game in the 2010s. Their portfolio spans a wide variety of genres, with Strategy being the most common category at 10 titles. They also produced 8 Role-playing games, 6 Fighting games, and 6 Shooters. Their platform support was heavily focused on Sony consoles, particularly the PlayStation and Super Famicom which each have 11 games associated with them. You will also find releases for the PlayStation 2, Sega Saturn, Nintendo DS, and Game Boy among their credits. Quality trends for BEC show generally solid but not exceptional results. The average IGDB rating across six rated titles sits at 62.7 out of 100. There are no titles in the great category above 80 points. The majority of their rated games fall into the good range between 60 and 79, with five such entries. One title fell into the mixed category between 40 and 59, and none dropped below that threshold. Their highest-rated work includes Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood from 2010 which scored 70.1, followed closely by Digimon World DS at 69.8. Other notable titles include Dragon Ball Z: The Legend from 1996 with a score of 68.3 and Digimon World 2 from 2000 scoring 63.1. Recent releases in their final years included Mobile Suit Gundam: Battlefield Record U.C.0081 and Evangelion: Jo. The data indicates a studio that consistently delivered licensed content for popular franchises like Dragon Ball Z, Digimon, and Gundam without achieving critical acclaim beyond the good range.

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