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King Arthur

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King Arthur
60
5.5 User Score:

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Based on 14 critic reviews
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Game Info

Publisher: Konami

Developer: Krome Studios

Genre(s): Third-Person Action, Adventure

Players: 2

ESRB Rating: T (Teen)

Release Date: November 16, 2004

Summary

The King Arthur video game is inspired by the epic true story that gave rise to the King Arthur legend. The real story of King Arthur will be played out with intense battles, innovative combat and realistic environments. The game will immerse fans into the lush environments and vivid scenery from the feature film. Players take control of the motion picture's heroes – Arthur, Lancelot, Guinevere, Tristren or Bors – and utilize their unique skills as they embark on a perilous mission revealing the historic tale of the real Knights of the Round Table. Featuring single or cooperative play, combat on horseback and multiple mission types with diverse goals, the King Arthur video game will provide a cinematic action adventure experience of epic scale. [Konami]

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

75

Computer Games Magazine

In the end, it does a decent job of bringing the massive battle formula to the King Arthur license. [Feb 2005, p.9]

73

Game Informer

Numerous playable characters are a big plus, but the repetitive enemies and environments are not. However, I'm always a fan of good cooperative play, which this title successfully incorporates. [Nov 2004, p.149]

69

Next Level Gaming

One thing that I was kind of disappointed about with King Arthur is the fact that it goes by too damn quick. You basically hack and slash your enemies until the end, and that is pretty much what the game comes down too; hacking and slashing.

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69

IGN

The repetitive nature of this hack-and-slash title will eventually get the best of those who pursue it, and if it doesn't the unfair difficulty of some later levels probably will.

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64

GameSpot

Despite the fact that Krome Studios was able to translate the story, look, and feel of the film well enough into its offering, the gameplay is simply too lifeless and frustrating to hold your attention the entire way through.

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64

Game Chronicles

If you try to play the game through in continuous sittings you are going to get bored real fast. Despite the RPG elements and the various combat modes, the endless combat just wears you down.

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60

Worth Playing

The lack of execution makes this a title to avoid.

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60

Yahoo! Games

It's solid-looking, but terribly tedious and irritatingly hard at points. In co-op, it's better, but it's a still a long way from being good.

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60

GameSpy

Most importantly, the gameplay feels just a bit looser and less controlled. That's not to say it fails -- it just could have been better.

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54

Nintendo Power

It doesn't have the polish and unlockable extras of the "LOTR" games. [Jan 2005, p.138]

50

1UP

While the uninspiring movie didn't help matters, it's the lethargic gameplay that winds up making King Arthur an equally disappointing game. Repetitive and frustrating, it fails to live up to the potential of its cinematic presentation.

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48

TotalGames.net

Another glitchy/stupid thing is the CPU AI. On occasions when surrounded and unable to attack the CPU character was literally just standing there, not helping.

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42

Gaming Age

Game play can be summed up in one word-repetitive.

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40

G4 TV

And urgency is desperately what this game needs, but sadly doesn’t have. Boredom is sure to set in during the very first level.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 5.5 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

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