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KISS Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child drm Game Reviews
KISS Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child
Critic Score
Metascore: 59 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
8.5 out of 10
based on 9 reviews
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PUBLISHER: Gathering of Developers
DEVELOPER: Tremor Entertainment
GENRE(S): Action
PLAYERS: 4
ESRB RATING: M (Mature)
RELEASE DATE: September 30, 2000

What The Critics Said

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80
Hot Games
Take KISS out of the picture and you have a mildly entertaining shooter that does an adequate job of shooting things up. But if you're a KISS fan expecting lots of face paint and heavy guitar riffs, forget it.
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76
Sega X
The second flaw in this game is the exclusion of multiplayer support, and I mean support in any kind.
67
Core Magazine
A mindless shoot 'em up in every sense, and doesn't try to conceal that fact. If this type of gameplay appeals to you, give this circus a chance.
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62
IGN
It was supposed to be more, and you always feel that when chopping through level after monotonous corridor. It was supposed to be a KISS game, man.
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56
GamerWeb Sega
It's blatantly obvious that no-one was willing to put the time and effort in to make this a game worthy of your money.
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50
DC Swirl
The rock stars featured in this game might still be getting gratitude from female fans, but gamers that buy into "Psycho Circus" are getting screwed with a plain old snow job.
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50
CNET Gamecenter
KISS fans will almost certainly feel ripped off by the band's phone-in appearance. However, for those who simply want a game with a high body count, K:PC definitely piles the carnage quite high.
50
Daily Radar
Alas, KISS Psycho Circus just plain sucks.
45
GameSpot
Instead of fixing any of Psycho Circus' problems, adding some Dreamcast-only levels, or even just making the game an exact port of the original, the programmers at Tremor have actually removed some key features of the PC version.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now! The average user rating for this game is 8.5 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Raphael T. gave it a 10:
Awesome!!!

Ashley B. gave it a 7:
Being a die-hard Kiss fan (yes, I even liked some of their glam-daze releases) I was hopeful. However, besides the astounding body count and loose ties to the Macfarlane comic, there was little of interest in this otherwise and frustrating forray into the shooter world.

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