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FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage pc Game Reviews
FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage
Critic Score
Metascore: 79 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
6.7 out of 10
based on 16 reviews
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Hi Octane motorized anarchy – Maximum fun, maximum chaos, and all in eyeball searing high definition, FlatOut Ultimate Carnage promises to be the PC’s most extreme destruction racer, with three distinct carnage-filled game styles, an integrated championship racing career mode and intense in-your-face destructive action.

PUBLISHER: Empire Interactive
DEVELOPER: Bugbear Entertainment
GENRE(S): Racing, Driving
PLAYERS: 12
ESRB RATING: T (Teen)
RELEASE DATE: July 18, 2008

What The Critics Said

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92
Cheat Code Central
The upgrades to this game aren't enough to make me recommend it if you own FlatOut 2, but, for everyone else, it's a green light.
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87
Pelit (Finland)
Flatout Ultimate Carnage shows how to do the best possible gaming entertainment. PC-version is a straight conversion from Xbox 360, so everything looks the same and feels the same. Although, Bugbear should have made the real PC-like menus and better steering wheel support for PC. Even so, UC is filled with pure gasoline and testosteroine and is absolutely fun to play. You should buy this, if you already haven't. [Sept 2008]
86
GameStar
It's quite confusing: Flatout: Ultimate Carnage is the third game of the series, but at the same time it's the PC conversion of the Xbox 360 game, which was a new version of the PC game Flatout 2. Basically Flatout: Ultimate Carnage is a remake with better graphics and more cars. If you already own Flatout 2, there aren't many new things in the game to justify buying Flatout: Ultimate Carnage, but if you don't, go ahead and get it.
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85
Computer Games Online RO
Its flaws are largely subjective; there are no open wounds for me to pour salt on, but don’t worry – a race or two would be enough for you to decide whether it’s worth investing time in.
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83
Gamers.at
The newest instalment in the series has the same simple goal as its predecessors: Entertain the player. And it totally delivers!
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82
PC Gamer UK
FlatOut is the kind of game that's fun to win, but the charm quickly peels off when frustration sets in - and it will. [Oct 2008, p.82]
81
PC Zone UK
More fun than 50 Formula One races, with or without Nazi-themed S&M. [Sept 2008, p.71]
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80
VideoGamer
The single-player Career won't take all that long to complete, but with a hugely entertaining multiplayer mode both on and offline, there's a good chance you'll continue playing for a while after.
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80
Play (Poland)
More explosions, faster cars, new event types, marginally better handling and... no new tracks. I'd call foul, but this game knows no rules. [Oct 2008]
78
IGN
Hybrid racers of this type are pretty rare on the PC in this day and age, and this is by no means a bad game. So if you're looking for a fun and silly racer that may not blow you away, FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage may be the racer for you. So go break a leg, or two.
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78
PC Format
Not a new game, but certainly looks like one. It's a great ride, but if you've seen it before, you've seen it all before. [Aug 2008, p.104]
75
GamingXP
Flatout: Ultimate Carnage 2 is probably the most entertaining game in the action-racing genre in 2008, which offers hours of excitement, thrill and fun.
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70
LEVEL (Czech Republic)
Are improved graphics, greater amount of destructible objects and a couple of new cars sufficient reason to buy the same game again? If you played the previous Flatout game you should be warned that Flatout: Ultimate Carnage is slightly improved Flatout 2 with the same mistakes under a polished hood. [Sept 2008]
70
EuroGamer
Overall, it's a very entertaining low-tech drive and demolish racer, but with one caveat for veterans of the series - they'll have seen much of the game already in FlatOut 2.
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60
Gamer.nl
FlatOut: Utlimate Carnage is the perfect game for you if you want to race without worrying about the height of your dampers or the alignment of your seat. Wrecking other cars and destroying most of the scenery gives undeniable pleasure. However, if you already played FlatOut 2 there won't be much of a surprise. And that's why the game doesn't get a top score.
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55
Gameplanet
FlatOut 2 has been given a light dusting over by Bugbear and released in a pretty new frock. It's hard to decide between rage and disappointment.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now! The average user rating for this game is 6.7 (out of 10) based on 18 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

[Anonymous] gave it a5:
just a remake of flatout 2.... good game but could a used something different. race tracks are the same , added a few goodies to the durbies like armor buffs but all and all its just flatout 2.

Tony M. gave it a10:
FlatOut 2 on the PC is my favorite racing game because it looks hot and is loads of fun. So naturally, Ultimate Carnage looks to be a great extension of 2 (however minor in gameplay, but better in technology). Plus 12 players over 8 should be a welcome addition to the fun. I just hope the price is right.

Aki R. gave it a10:
Burnout games are nothing compared to original! This just the best, craziest and funniest racing game ever. Physics modelling is fantastic -beats gran turismo arcade-feel anyday.

Sque Ge gave it a10:
It´s simply awesome game!!

Anton Ef gave it a0:
Nothing new except graphics and the remote camera's closer to ground (almost behind the car) than in Flatout 2.

Snatcher J. gave it a10:
The only that grabbed me for hours in a long time!

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