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Platform
Mature
ESRB Rating
Genre
Perspective
Non-Sport
80
MobyRank
100 point score based on reviews from various critics.
4.3
MobyScore
5 point score based on user ratings.

Description

MadWorld is a stylish action beat-em up game, that puts player in the role of a police detective gone rogue and taking part in a violent TV show, in which contestants are encouraged to mutilate each other in increasingly violent and gruesome ways.

The game's unique presentation is achieved through a three-colour palette scheme. All the environments, objects and characters are rendered in black and white, as if drawn in a comic book. The only other colour present is red, which accounts for the gallons of blood flowing from the victims of Jack, the game's protagonist. Aside from being inspired by comic books, MadWorld's presentation is also taking hints from the competitive TV shows, with two over-enthusiastic hosts commenting every event happening in the game.

The core of the MadWorld experience is a series of challenges, player must take part in. Each challenge presents a confined arena, in which player should score points by defeating his enemies in the most elaborate way possible and take part in the so-called Bloodbath-Challenges, which present additional rules and timed mini-games (like ManDarts or ManGolf) for racking up the points. Once a sufficient amount of points was met, players must fight a unique boss enemy for the current challenge. When boss is defeated, the player will be free to proceed to the next challenge.

The game also features a heavy use of quick time events in conjuncture with Wii motion-sensitive controls for the finishing moves, mini-games and general tasks, such as avoiding being hit by the enemy.

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The Press Says

Purojuegos 2009 9 out of 10 90
IGN Mar 09, 2009 9 out of 10 90
JeuxVideoPC.com Mar 23, 2009 17 out of 20 85
Jeuxvideo.com Mar 17, 2009 17 out of 20 85
Game Revolution Mar 26, 2009 B+ 83
Thunderbolt Games Mar 18, 2009 8 out of 10 80
Gaming Target Aug 25, 2009 7.2 out of 10 72
Gamekult Mar 20, 2009 7 out of 10 70
videogamer.com Mar 19, 2009 7 out of 10 70
Game 2.0 Mar 31, 2009 7 out of 10 70

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Trivia

It received The Mortal Kombat Award in Gamespy's Game of the Year Awards 2009.


This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by St. Martyne Bronze Star Contributing Member (3563) on Jun 06, 2009.
 

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