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78.3%
(3 votes)
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Microsoft Xbox
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2002
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| RFG ID #:
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U-075-S-00770-A
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| Part #:
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| UPC:
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008888510093
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| Developer:
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Southend Interactive
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| Publisher:
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Ubi Soft
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| Rating:
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| (ESRB): Strong Language , Use of Drugs , Violence |
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| Genre:
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Sports
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| Players:
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1-4
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| Controller:
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Standard Controller
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| Media Format:
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DVD x1
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Collection Stats:
- 57 of 7620 collectors (0.7%) have this game in their collection
- 10 of 7620 collectors (0.1%) have this game in their wishlist.
- 0 of 7620 collectors (0%) have this game for sale or trade.
Review:
In the history of violent sports there has been none that can compare in the slightest to Deathrow's brutality. Taking influences from football, kickboxing, and rugby. Deathrow is a spot where two teams, with four players each, face off and try to score as many points as possible by throwing a disk through a small circular goal. However if you're not a good sportsman you can always just knock the other team unconscious.
The concept of the game is really cool. However the execution could use some work. The controls are somewhat clunky and take some time getting use to; they also only give you a few basic punches and kicks. The throws, however, are very entertaining. Ranging from a clothesline that causes your opponent to back flip and land on his stomach, to kicking out their legs, spinning them in a cartwheel in the air followed by a kick to the chest. The throws alone though will not save the game. The game designers had the idea that your character will need to lock onto whoever is closest to you. This causes extreme difficulty to focus on one guy in a group. It doesn't help that your team decides to pass you the disk while you're in the middle of a fight. Preventing you from continuing the fight and giving your opponent a chance to take you down.
To its credit the teams are various and fairly unique (at least the teams themselves are, not so much the teammates). There are the convicts; a team of death row inmates, the Nuke heads; a team of street players, the black dragons; a team of ninjas, the demons; a team of actual demons. You have four of these teams to start out with and many more to unlock.
As with the teams the game sports a wide variety of arenas. Including simple open warehouses, army bases, underwater fortresses, coal mines, churches, and multistory prison facilities.
The conquest mode will take you, and up to three of your buddies along each teams individual story (none of which will earn any emmys). The convicts for example are suppose to be the worst criminals in the galaxy (most of which seem to be taken from movies including The Gimp -Pulp Fiction-, Riddick -Pitch Black-, and Jason –Friday the 13th-). But they've somehow managed to work out a deal where if they can some how manage to win the championship trophy they get off Scott free. (Yeah I say we keep the dangerous criminals locked up)
If you can master the controls there is a fairly enjoyable game here, especially if you have a few friends to join in. I just wish it had a little more elaborate choice of moves and some slightly more refined controls. Even with it's shortcomings I can't help but give Deathrow a 75.
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| Microsoft Xbox |
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Deathrow
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Ubi Soft Entertainment
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2002
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Sports
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Page Credits:
| Michael Collins: |
Page design, HTML code.
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| Eddie Herrmann: |
Perl script.
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