Beat Down Xbox
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Metascore
51 out of 100

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  • Summary: Framed for murder by Las Sombras' powerful Zanetti family, five underworld enforcers must confront rival gangs, a corrupt police force, and the Zanetti family themselves in order to exact their brutal revenge. Now play as one of the five outcasts, each with their own unique abilities. Fight with intensity to level up and gain new skills.… Collapse

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 27
  3. Negative: 7 out of 27
  1. MS Xbox World
    75
    The RPG free roaming nature of the game is great and actually reminded me a little of the Tobal games from times past.
  2. 1UP
    70
    A game that is certainly violent, absolutely profane, but also acceptably playable and filled with enough replay value and customization to warrant a purchase as opposed to a rental. But in terms of sheer polish and finesse, "Def Jam Fight for New York" is still the standard bearer against which these sorts of games should be judged.
  3. Total Video Games
    70
    Beatdown: Fists of Vengeance is a really strange game; a mixture of ideas that comes across as extremely hit and miss. The amalgamation of traditional beat-em-up gameplay and one-on-one works really well; but on the other hand the disguise system seems flawed, who wants to buy a beat-em-up when the aim is to avoid confrontations?
  4. IGN
    46
    If you absolutely love pointless violence and cheesy, forced atmosphere, then by all means pick this title up. Otherwise, stay extremely far away. In fact, stick to "Streets of Rage 2," that game is way better.

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  1. JoeM.
    4
    Truly shite.
  2. GerhardP.
    2
    A chock-full of cliches, crap, poor animation, silly story, bad camera, poor voice acting... you name it, it's there.