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How Metascores Are Calculated
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Air Conflicts: Aces of World War II
Stars indicate the most critically-acclaimed games. |
Immerse yourself in the first officially licensed handheld FIA World Rally Championship game - packed full of exhilarating stages set in the toughest terrains the world has to offer. Experience the "in your face" thrills and spills of rally on the move - feel the speed, embrace the power, taste the mud! Features the 16 official rallies from around the globe including Japan and Mexico, plus 19 bonus stages and downloadable content enabled. 30 fully deformable cars, including Evolution and Extreme spec cars, plus all 17 official 2004 registered drivers, from the 6 official manufacturers. Link up to other PSPs via WiFi for multiplayer battles in 16 super special stages allowing you to pit your wits against the best WRC drivers in the world. WiFi racing for up to 8 players. [SCEE]
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... 90
Boomtown
The real meat and potatoes of the game lies in the championship mode. Hardcore fans of the sport will be delighted to know that it is an exact reproduction of the real life version.
 88
Game Informer
Hands down, WRC is some of the best racing on the PSP. [Apr 2006, p.132]
80
Play Magazine
While there's certainly no shortage of PSP racing games on the shelves, there's a veritable drought when it comes to Rally games: a drought that Bandai Namco Games intends to eradicate with the impressive WRC. [Mar 2006, p.50]
77
Pelit (Finland)
An easy and decent-enough rally game. There is nothing amazing, though. And PSP is not the best platform for semi-realistic racing. [Jan 2006]
77
Gaming Target
Designed with both replayability and pick up & play in mind, WRC is both lengthy and challenging, but simple enough to play for 10 minutes a day on the train to work, between classes at college, or any other scenario where time is needing some killing.
76
PSX Extreme
All told, WRC: World Rally Championship doesn't break any new ground, but it is, nevertheless, a solid rally racer.
75
GameSpot
Sadly, its multiplayer support is almost nonexistent, and a few gameplay quirks conspire to make the driving less fun than it could have been. Still, WRC is a good, solid first try at bringing the sport of rally racing to the PSP system, even if it doesn't quite nail every component.
70
Games Radar
Perhaps the most convenient feature of WRC is its much-appreciated and often-used instant reset. When - not if - you make a mistake and end up stuck behind a boulder or upside down in a ditch, hitting the reset starts the race over immediately - no loading at all.
70
Worth Playing
This will make no converts to the rally sport field, but those already singing with the off-road choir will get a blast out of the ability to drive like a maniac through the mountains when they're away from home.
65
PSM Magazine
There's nothing to really love, but nothing to really hate either. [Apr 2006, p.78]
62
IGN
It can be fun to drive and the game looks nice, but you're also playing catch-up rather than fairly racing against time, it's easy to hit a small piece of land and flip or spin your car and your navigator is only of modest help.
60
Official Playstation 2 Magazine UK
Rallying is tight and awkward on the PSP's small screen, and though WRC has plenty going for it, it's just not as much fun as other PSP racing games. [Nov 2006, p.155]
60
Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
A decent racer that doesn't come close to fulfilling its potential. Still, it's currently the only choice for rally racing on the PSP. [Apr 2006, p.89]
60
GamePro
A solid racer, but it is definitely not for everyone. Take it out for a spin only if you're familiar with rally racing. Otherwise, this niche sport is worth passing up.
55
PALGN
WRC for the PSP is a disappointing title, it feels scaled down for the PSP and only features one main single player mode, there has been no thought put into the multiplayer mode and the song selection is poor, if you simply must own a rally title then Colin McRae Rally 2005 is a better title.
50
Pelaaja (Finland)
The PSP version of WRC has a different developer than the PS2-version - and it shows. New developer Traveller’s Tales has done good work in the past, but based on this the team lacks experience in the rally game genre. The cars sound lame, it’s hard to drive the Special Stages as it’s very unclear where you should be driving. Most of the time your car feels like it’s floating above the road. [Sept 2005, p 58]
50
Deeko
Yet another disappointing rally game, and yet another example of lazy developers cashing in on the PSP's architecture. [...] Alas, the game comes out maintaining only one real feature of its bigger brother: the damage engine. Everything else — from the sub-par graphics to the horrible control — takes away any possible enjoyment you could get out of this game.
50
1UP
Useless analog steering, weird collision issues, and the lack of a decent multiplayer mode keep it from being a winner.
The_One_who Cannot_be_named gave it an8: Tom the bomb gave it an8: Matt U. gave it a0: DjFIL gave it a7: Eric C. gave it an8: Mark UK gave it a10: [anonymous] gave it a9: |
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