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Cel Damage cube Game Reviews
Cel Damage
Critic Score
Metascore: 67 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
7.1 out of 10
based on 12 reviews
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Cel Damage pits a cast of crazy ?toons against each other in maxed-out, weapon-laden vehicles to out-maneuver, out-race, and out-smack each other for personal glory. Whether it is a tommy-gun totin' gangster duck or a diminutive demon with a woodchipper these gas-powered gladiators battle it out across 12 highly interactive environments with a host of wild weapons, such as giant boxing gloves and baseball bats, at their disposal. [Electronic Arts]

PUBLISHER: Electronic Arts
DEVELOPER: Pseudo Interactive
GENRE(S): Racing
PLAYERS: 4
ESRB RATING: T (Teen)
RELEASE DATE: January 10, 2002

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
It belongs on the Game Cube -- the fast-paced action, silly game play, and innovative graphics will find a more appreciative audience here.
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80
GamePro
In no other game, however, will you be cleaved in half by a bull who screams, "Long live vegetarianism," and love it like in Cel Damage.
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79
GameZone
Once you snag a power-up and begin pummelling the competition, you'll be hooked. The multiplayer mode is where Cel Damage really shines.
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75
Nintendojo
Everything a driving fighter should be: fast, varied, destructive, and customizable.
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74
GameShark
Sure, the graphics that I fell in love with are still there, but why'd they have to make this game so damn hard?
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64
Nintendo Power
The courses are too small for the type of frenetic game play it offers. [Feb 2002, p.149]
63
IGN
You will probably get tired of Cel Damage very quickly. There's just not enough control and gameplay depth for one to explore alone, and certainly not all that much for you and four friends to feed off of for very long.
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60
Electric Playground
The combination of the game's way-frenetic pace and the fact that you can only carry one weapon at a time (which translates to this being a game you play with a single button) adds up to an undeniably action-packed but ultimately shallow game.
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60
GameSpy
Too few arenas, repetitive action, difficult AI and bad weapon balance add up to a bad game.
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57
GameSpot
Quite an amazing bit of eye candy, but it's a real shame that the game behind the pretty graphics just doesn't hold up.
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50
Game Informer
Unfortunately, the game's cel-shaded graphics are the real loser here because they're wasted on the wrong title. [Mar 2002, p.81]
46
TotalGames.net
Yes folks, Cel Damage stinks – and what's worse it's not one, but a whole shopping list of things that makes it difficult to play with wanting to run away and never play a game ever again.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now! The average user rating for this game is 7.1 (out of 10) based on 9 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

John D. gave it a7:
A good 4 player game. Not a racing game really, just a smash/kill em up. If you have 4 friends and can find it in the discount bin, check it out.

Neil W. gave it a 9:
This game rocks dude!!! Yeah?

Bareliea Redneck gave it an 8:
Good Clean Fun For The Whole Damn Family!

Norville G. gave it an 8:
Cool!

[Anonymous] gave it a 0:
It's just sooooo pointless.

Bruce C. gave it a 6:
A very average car combat game - with amazing cel-shaded graphics. Too bad the incredible visuals can't help the shoddy gameplay.

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