Paris-Dakar Rally PlayStation 2
  • Publisher: Acclaim
  • Release Date: Oct 9, 2001
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Metascore
36 out of 100

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4.1 out of 10

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 14 Ratings

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  • Summary: The game comprises of 12 stages each over 25km long. Multiple routes will allow the player to select the best path through the terrain on a journey across North Africa, from the jungle on the coast, through savannah and scrub to rolling sand dunes and the wonders of Egypt. [Acclaim]

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 5 out of 6
  1. Core Magazine
    67
    Great course diversity and a choice of four vehicle classes should motivate players to ignore the initial frustration and get to the good stuff.
  2. Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
    40
    I’d commend the scope of the design, but you that it’s let down by the execution. [Feb 2002, p.113]
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  3. PSX Nation
    40
    All the licenses and potential that Paris-Dakar Rally has as an enjoyable rally experience, however, go to waste in a game that makes the event it portrays seem more boring and dull than it should be.
  4. Electric Playground
    35
    It takes some special effort to make a game so frustrating in all of its aspects that it seems to have been made by gaming sadists with the express intent to torture innocent gamers.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 4 out of 6
  1. ClarenceL.
    10
    I do not know the reason behind the hatred of this excellent game. The graphics are excellent and the gameplay is fantastic. I think the people who disagree with me are wrong and they should rethink their rating. I also think that it is pathetic to give this excellent and fantastic game a miserable 0. Giving it a 0 is very unthoughtful, and it is also a silly rating. No game in history has been rated a 0 before.… Expand
  2. [Anonymous]
    5
    There's fun to be found if you look past its small quirks.
  3. Duel
    2
    The game could have been a contender if it weren't for its touchy controls. Never mind the average graphics, it has long point to point courses, the only plus I can see in the game. Going back to the controls, the vehicles are a struggle just to keep on the road. Just one tap of the steering sends you to an overwhelming oversteer. Try to correct that oversteer with opposite lock steering & you end up spinning out of control!… Expand
  4. BenN.
    1
    This game is hopeless, what on earth does anyone see in it, The graphics are bad to say the least and gameplay even worse, the cars handling is pathetic. Don't even think about buying this disappointment!… Expand

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