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Altered Beast

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6.7 User Score:

Generally unfavorable reviews

Based on 4 critic reviews
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Game Info

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Backbone Entertainment

Genre(s): Action

Players: 2

ESRB Rating: E10+ (Everyone 10 and Older)

Release Date: June 10, 2009

Summary

[Xbox Live Arcade] When Zeus, the legendary Greek God, brings you back to life, set forth on a mission to rescue Zeus' daughter Athena from the underworld in Altered Beast. Along the way, collect the Spirit Balls dropped by enemies to increase your strength and transform into a variety of mythical creatures with powerful attacks. Multiple game modes: Play all four game modes, and save your progress as you continue your quest. Multiplayer: Play co-op multiplayer over Xbox LIVE. Achievements and leaderboards: Earn new achievements and gamerscore and post your top score to the leaderboards. [Sega]

Cheat Codes & Hints: Cheat Code Central

Also On The Web: Official Website

What The Critics Said

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IGN

Altered Beast is a relic of the arcade heyday that just doesn't hold up today.

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Official Xbox Magazine

It's fun for the first level, and that's about it. [Oct 2009, p.77]

PALGN

A quick time diversion and better left for those with strong nostalgic memories only.

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Eurogamer

The graphics are horrible, and made even worse by that hellish "smoothing" filter. Your powered-up hero has a bulky weightlifter's body with a tiny comedy head on top, while enemy designs are lumpy and ugly.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 6.7 (out of 10) based on 11 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

rolf ö gave it a5:
so bad its actually good! ...In a bad way..

Chris T gave it a10:
yeah i know 10 out of 10 is a little much but i am not comparing it to new games. i remember getting this game off a friend for sega genisis. and i still have it. it is just real old fun. i really like the level when you get to turn into bears!!!

Mark D gave it a2:
Blimy Sega! Why release this when you had so many other more worthy Megadrive games to choose from? This was a a bit of joke even in 1991. Maybe it's got some nostalgic cheese factor going for it but I'd rather forget it thanks.

Harold S gave it a0:
It was just terrible. I don't even think it would have rated as "mediocre" back in its heyday. Waste of points.

Chriis S gave it an8:
Altered Beast was one heck of a hard game when it first came out way back in the day. I still have my copy on Genesis, so I won't be buying the arcade release. I hate when people give some of the old school games bad reviews because they had basic collision detection and rudimentary controls... These games are old people, rate them accordingly. I give the game an 8 because it was challenging and it did have some great sound effects. It is definitely a game that still comes to mind some times and I found it enjoyable. The game however was not in my top 5 Genesis titles so I can't give it higher than an 8. See more of my reviews at http:\\dkgamestudios.blogspot.com

[anonymous] gave it a10:
ruled back in the day. rules now. need to rerelease this game compleatly updated for today's consoles.

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