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Rally Fusion: Race of Champions ps2 Game Reviews
Rally Fusion: Race of Champions
Critic Score
Metascore: 73 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
8.0 out of 10
based on 19 reviews
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Tear up the terrain in mudslinging, arcade-style gameplay, driving 19 fully licensed rally cars from top manufacturers, including Toyota, Audi and Saab - all as featured in the annual "Race of Champions" event. Race on 24 varied, tough tracks through expansive, fully interactive and destructible environments. [Activision]

PUBLISHER: Activision
DEVELOPER: Climax
GENRE(S): Racing, Driving
PLAYERS: 2
ESRB RATING: E (Everyone)
RELEASE DATE: November 12, 2002

What The Critics Said

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96
Gamer's Pulse
Perhaps the best racing game (for sure the best rally-racing title) I’ve played all year.
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94
GamerWeb Sony
Definitely one of the best Rally racing games out in the market.
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90
Yahoo! Games
Climax has created a game which is not only addictive and playable, but keeps you constantly cooing over its lovingly crafted details that so many other rally games leave by the trackside.
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83
Armchair Empire
It’s deep and highly entertaining but a few flaws and misses hold it back.
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81
Absolute Playstation
For all the greatness though, I still walked away from Rally Fusion feeling like something just wasn’t right and it bothers me that I just couldn’t place my finger on it.
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80
IGN
It's genuinely a fusion of racing styles and, in that, it's a good thing.
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80
Game Informer
Ultimately leads to some truly heart-pounding races, especially on the Race of Champions track in Gran Canaria. [Dec 2002, p.119]
74
GameZone
People who are a little more partial to straight up racing games will enjoy the jumps, mud, and craziness of Rally racing with some great game modes, great graphics, and a fun arcade style feel.
73
TotalGames.net
It’s not the quality of sound or graphics that should make you consider Rally Fusion as your next purchase, it’s the depth of the challenges – the variety of which will take you a decent while to explore and conquer.
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70
PSM Magazine
It's lenient, arcade-like, and generally friendly as rally games go. Which means two things: It's easier to come to grips with, but as a result, it's a shallower play. [Jan 2003, p.36]
70
Play Magazine
A deep, gorgeous, somewhat alternative view of the Rally genre, Climax Motorsports' Rally Fusion has a lot going for it. [Jan 2003, p.78]
70
Cheat Code Central
Another strong aspect of the game is the realistic weather effects that will have a huge impact on your race.
70
Total Video Games
Although it’s an arcade title, the floaty physics and complete lack of any weight to your car, results in one of the most unsatisfying racers I’ve played.
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70
PSX Nation
A middle-of-the-road rally game.
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69
GameSpot
This wide selection of options is often plagued by repetition and is confusing to navigate because of a poor interface.
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68
Games Radar UK (Pre-2006)
One of the better B-list rally games but a bit too lacklustre in the execution to be an essential accompaniment to "Colin" or "WRC." [PSM2]
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67
GameSpy
Compounding the problem is the AI's penchant for playing "bumper cars" if the player manages to pull away from the pack. The computer racers just love to crash into you as a means of slowing you down.
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60
Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
Something that's just too slow. Ultimately, in this sport, slow equals desperately boring. [Jan 2003, p.128]
58
Gaming Age
I had a hard time pulling myself away from the RoC mode, even though my instincts were telling me I was tired of playing it. It has that kind of affect on you, even though it's only a slightly above average race engine.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now! The average user rating for this game is 8.0 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Torgeir W. gave it an 8:
One of the cleanest looking games on the ps2. It has nice graphics, varied courses, pretty good car damage and up to 4 players can play by taking turns. More games should have this option! It's not too fast though and the controls are more racing than rally. I would easily recommend this to anyone who like racing games.

Looloo boulet gave it an 8:
This is a very addictive game!

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