Deathrow (2002)
Genres:Sport, Fighting
Themes:Action, Science fiction
Game modes:Single player, Split screen
Story:Enter a brutal fighting sport where only the fastest and toughest players are victorious. Deathrow combines the fast gameplay of third-person action games, the intensity of fighting games, and the cooperative team play and gritty roughness of rugby. The object of Deathrow is to win matches by any means necessary, either by scoring as many points as possible before time runs out or by severely injuring your opponents and removing them from the field of combat. Engage in fierce hand-to-hand combat against your friends, enemies, or intelligent AI opponents that don't just get mad--they get even.Show more
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Like ultimate frisbee with fighting. Knocking out all the players on the other team was a legitimate strategy. One of the buttons on the controller just cursed.
This game was so popular on release it clogged up the xbox forums. Eventually they had to give it its own forum just for talking about Deathrow - a first for an xbox game. Given a monumentally small amount of advertising (a single page picture in one xbox magazine) and a dodgy prison looking front cover for the U.S. edition (instead of the sleek sci fi EU cover) it sold averagely despite its fantastic reviews and dedicated playerbase.
Probably the greatest sports game ever - it deserves a full PC update. I can't recommend it enough!!
This game is legendary. First sports game I'm aware of where each player could be a single player on the pitch.
Me, my brother and 2 best friends sat and played this together and went for the league. We started off just kicking the crap out of the enemy team and winning by having no opposition left. However, we then came up against the demons who were much stronger than us and pasted us to the floor. So we actually had to learn to play and score properly. It was a huge triumpant moment getting past them! We then went up against a team who were incredibly skilled... so we resorted to beating the snot out of them again :D
I'll never forget this game. Great fun. Really unique and one of a kind. I think it would fit in bizarrely well with fans of games like Rocket League.
I remember the previews and talk about this game and when it was released I made sure I had my copy. To me, it was the closest we got to a modern take on Speedball but with a little more colourful language! Great fun!
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