Metacritic Games

American Chopper: The Game (Xbox)

Get a job on the hit TV series American Chopper. Here's your chance to ride the bikes built by the Teutuls and featured on American Chopper. Choose from the P.O.W./M.I.A. Bike, Jet Bike, Black Widow Bike and more. But there's more -- you'll be sent on missions to create your very own original themed chopper that will rival those by Paul Sr. and Paul Jr. Experience first-hand all of the hard work, drama and thrill of creating one of the most beautiful bikes on the road today. Ride seven custom choppers from the hit Discovery Channel TV series. Customize your forks, wheels, fenders, gas tank and handlebars and paint and add details to your chopper. Race Paul Sr. and Jr. on a cross-country trip to Sturgis. Cruise the streets of Rock Tavern to gather together the top specialists to help you build your chopper. Gameplay modes include Career and Single Event.

Activision Value
Racing, Driving
Players: 1
T (Teen)
Developer: Activision Value
Released December 2, 2004

Overall Metascore

This is a weighted, normalized average of all individual scores given by critics, on a scale of 0 (worst) to 100 (best).

44 / 100

Critic Reviews

52 GameSpot
Lacking both the volatile charm and the compelling technical details of the series, it's little more than a halfhearted racing game with some guest appearances by characters and locations you've seen on TV.
49 Gaming Target
One smart idea Activision/Creat Studios did was making this game simple enough for anyone to pick up and play, even if the controls don’t handle too well at times.
48 TeamXbox
While the bike selections are lengthy, the customization is shoddy at best, and the gameplay will have players reminiscing of "Grand Theft Auto" a bit too much. When you can play "GTA" why play this?
40 Cheat Code Central
Instead of a game that takes its inspiration from the show that it's based on, it appear to have been more inspired by "GTA" than anything else. And if you can imagine how bad a budget title of "GTA" would be, you can imagine how bad American Chopper is.
40 XboxAddict
A mish mash of already existing titles that seems to have been hastily thrown together to feed off the popularity of the television series. Playing this game for more than an hour is a truly challenging task.
30 Xbox Nation Magazine
The racing is limited by choppy graphics and horrible controls. [Feb 2005, p.90]

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