The Italian Job
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The Italian Job PlayStation 2 Front Cover

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Published by

Eidos Interactive, Inc.

Developed by

Climax Group, The

Released

Jun 24, 2003

Platforms

GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox

Genre

Action, Racing / driving

Perspective

1st-person, Behind view

Vehicular

Automobile, Street racing, Vehicle simulator

Narrative

Misc

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Description

Based on the movie remake of the 1969 film, The Italian Job is the story of a gang of thieves who stage the ultimate gold heist of all time. Little do they know that one of their gang members has double-crossed them, taking the gold and leaving them for dead.

As a member of the team, it is your job to stage the next big heist of all time, taking back the gold from your former friend. The game allows you to control a range of vehicles that you must drive to destinations before a certain time limit in order for the plan to work. Of course, the Mini comes into play as you escape from the police.

Apart from the movie based story mode, you can also drive the Mini's through a range of multiplayer modes, including stunt driving and circuit racing.

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Screenshots

The Italian Job PlayStation 2 Circuit Racing: This is a one or two player game. There are six circuits. Players must win all races on Hollywood One and L.A. One to unlock the later circuits.

The Italian Job PlayStation 2 While driving around LA the player will see an unusual number of ramps and lorries to jump from

The Italian Job PlayStation 2 Circuit Racing: The end of a race. Critical times slide in from the left. There's no table showing the AI driver's times so I'm going to assume this was a very close race and that they were lucky

The Italian Job PlayStation 2 After the company logos there's an introduction sequence that mixes live and animated action whine music plays and credits roll

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Alternate Titles

"The Italian Job: L.A. Heist" -- UK title
"Braquage à l'Italienne" -- French title

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Critic Reviews

GameZone	Xbox	Jul 28, 2003	7.1 out of 10	71
Game Revolution	PlayStation 2	Jul, 2003	C+	58
Game Revolution	Xbox	Jul, 2003	C+	58
64 Power / big.N / N Games	GameCube	Aug, 2003	56 out of 100	56
GamePro (US)	Xbox	Jul 07, 2003	2.5 out of 5	50
Super Play (Sweden)	GameCube	Oct, 2003	5 out of 10	50
Game Informer Magazine	PlayStation 2	Aug, 2003	5 out of 10	50
GameSpot	GameCube	Jun 30, 2003	4.4 out of 10	44
GameSpot	Xbox	Jun 30, 2003	4.4 out of 10	44
GameSpy	Xbox	Jul 06, 2003		40