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Drake
Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 16 critic reviews
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Based on 33 votes
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Game Info
Publisher: Majesco Sales Inc.
Developer: Idol FX AB
Genre(s): Third-Person Action
Players: 1
ESRB Rating: T (Teen)
Release Date: November 5, 2003
Summary
As Drake, a member of the 99 Dragons, you have been mysteriously brought back from the dead. Using supernatural weapons, martial arts and firearms galore, you will exact furious, brutal revenge and reclaim an artifact before it becomes the ultimate weapon of evil. [Majesco]
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What The Critics Said
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Cheat Code Central
The sad part is that there are just too many problems that were not fixed before the release. The main thing is the controls of the game itself... It's a game with some cool gimmicks that try to hide a poorly made game.
Worth Playing
Literally, the story, gameplay, graphics, sound, and ever other element that could ever be in a game, are terrible.
Read Full Review >Xbox Nation Magazine
The camera alone is enough to condemn Drake to the eigth circle of gaming hell. [Dec/Jan 2004, p.90]
Official Xbox Magazine
Even at $20 it's worse than dull - it's unoriginal. When the loading screen is prettier than anything in the game, then you know you've got problems. [Jan 2004, p.70]
IGN
It would be nice to see somebody develop a game with a character that can fire two weapons independently but then again maybe there's a reason why nobody's done it yet. Drake tried, but like we said nobody has done it yet.
Read Full Review >Next Level Gaming
Just not fun to play. The disc and box are not even worth its weight in dog feces, which actually incurs negative value as you actually have to pay someone to pick up animal droppings.
Read Full Review >Team Xbox
There are so many bad aspects found in Drake that it is difficult to present them all in one review. The broken gameplay mechanics, uninspired level design, and horrible production values makes Drake one of the worst games on the Xbox to date.
Read Full Review >Yahoo! Games
It takes about five minutes with the game to realize it's a nightmare for everyone else, with ugly visuals, sloppy controls, a horrible camera and some of the most foolish storytelling we've seen. This one's a mess, folks.
Read Full Review >Electronic Gaming Monthly
It'd be a bit better with a saner control scheme, but as it is, Drake is an exercise in frustration and repeated death. [Jan 2004, p.148]
GameSpot
Just an absolutely broken mess of a game...One of the most atrociously unplayable games to come along in quite some time.
Read Full Review >Game Informer
Just close your eyes and focus on the most wretched, mangled mess of ugliness that your brain can conceive and you've pretty much nailed Drake on the head. [Jan 2004, p.151]
Read Full Review >eToychest
The worst game I've ever played. Ever. It's worse than "Aquaman," people. It's so bad, in fact, that I briefly considered driving my car off a cliff on the way home one day, just so I wouldn't have to play it anymore.
Read Full Review >Xequted
In fact, the only way to have fun with this game is to play it for an hour, then put it back in its case and use it as ammunition for skeet shooting.
Read Full Review >Computer Games Magazine
Aiming at enemies is nearly impossible. [Apr 2004, p.7]
What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 3.1 (out of 10) based on 33 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Keenan S gave it a2:
This game is one of the ten worst games I've ever played. Some fun facts: This game was also supposed to get a PC release, its own comic book, and Vivendi Universal was supposed to publish the game in Europe. But thanks to the fact the game was unanimously panned by critics, it didn't get any of those things. The gameplay is imprecise and unpredictable which leads to numerous unfair deaths. The missions are boring and the levels are full of glitches such as the ability to go through walls or enemies get stuck on objects. The music is absolutely awful. The game's graphics look like N64 visuals in real-time to looking like a hideous PSone title during cutscenes. Let's not forget Drake has one of the worst storylines ever in the history of gaming. Avoid at all costs.
[Anonyous] gave it a1:
Do not buy this game. Do not rent this game. If you do so much as lay your eyes on this game's box, gouge your eyes out and burn them.
Masochist gave it a10:
This game is cheap enough to buy just to enjoy how utterly awful it is. I laughed until I cried. It's almost worth the money just because of that.
[Anonymous] gave it a1:
I hate this $&%*^. It is so bad it makes me want to throw up. Charlie's Angels is better than this game.
Hermy gave it a 0:
Licking someone's fat ass is as much a pleasure as this game is.
Pimp daddy punmasadan gave it a 0:
The best improvement for this game would be the most readily avalible trash can! I hate this game so much that i burned it in my firplace. I have played better games on my pentium 166 and its a crackwhore (i.e. it smokes and never works!) NEVER USE THIS GAME, EVEN AGAINST YOUR MOST HATED ENEMY!
Drake Rocks like hell gave it a 10:
This game ROcks its the best game ever made no question.
