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Battlezone

Mixed or average reviews
Based on 12 critic reviews
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Game Info
Publisher: Atari
Developer: Stainless Games
Genre(s): Shooter
Players: 4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Release Date: April 16, 2008
Summary
[Xbox Live Arcade] The original tank vs. tank action classic Battlezone has received an Xbox LIVE overhaul, adding new multiplayer modes including Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, and Capture the Flag. This updated version also includes the original game. Additionally, players can use the Xbox LIVE Vision camera to watch live video of their opponents. Combine these features with new special effects for weapon firing, impacts and explosions, and you have the killer arcade classic as you've never experienced it before. [Atari]
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What The Critics Said
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Team Xbox
Battlezone is definitely one of those old games that has been vastly surpassed by present-day titles, but it still has the gameplay appeal to make it worth a look.
Read Full Review >Games Radar (in-house)
This is a rather sluggish shooter that demands a real love of the old arcade cabinet to really get excited over. But it is a nice trip down memory lane, still extremely playable, features some nice multiplayer options, and the enhanced mode is actually nice to look at and fun to play.
Read Full Review >GamePro
Despite its faults, for old school gamers this trip down memory lane is worth the low price of admission, but for others it'll get tiresome quick.
Read Full Review >Official Xbox Magazine UK
Battlezone is fun, it's enjoyable and it works, which is far better than you would expect from a rusty tank after 27 years of inactivity. [Feb 2008, p.102]
IGN
The updates show good effort, but questionable design decisions and source material that isn't all that great by today's standards sully the download in the end. You're paying for nostalgia with this one, folks.
Read Full Review >Eurogamer
The simple appeal of 3D tank combat is one that certainly has a place on a service like XBLA, but this awkward update gets stuck between misplaced reverence for the original and distracting concessions to modern gaming conventions.
Read Full Review >Xbox World 360 Magazine UK
One of Atari's better visual upgrades, but not nearly as much fun 28 years after it first hit arcades. [July 2008, p.96]
X360 Magazine UK
You're left roaming the virtual landscape, hoping opposition might come your way. [Issue#33, p.117]
Console Monster
Overall Battlezone offers little life span and just feels outdated.
Read Full Review >Official Xbox Magazine
Unless your nostalgia borders on masochism, let this pointless war rage without you.
Read Full Review >Totally360
In conclusion, Battlezone joins that ragged band of Xbox Live Arcade titles that, even for a mere 400 points, don’t deserve to grace your hard drive.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 3.5 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
