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KISS Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child

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KISS Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child
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8.5 User Score:

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Based on 9 critic reviews
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Game Info

Publisher: Gathering of Developers

Developer: Tremor Entertainment

Genre(s): Action

Players: 4

ESRB Rating: M (Mature)

Release Date: September 30, 2000

Summary

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...

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

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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