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Grudge Warriors
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  • Release Date: May 03, 2000
  • Genre: Shooter
  • Style: Vehicle Shooter
  • Similar Games: BattleTanx (Nintendo 64)

Game Description

Gang warfare has erupted throughout the world. Highly customized armored vehicles are the weapons of choice for the top 11 gangs that are vying for the Crimelord's favor. Each gang's base of operations is located on a secluded island. It is your duty to infiltrate each opposing gang's island and destroy the network of power generators to eliminate the enemy.

At the start of each mission, your vehicle is dropped off at the enemy's base. You must fend off the defending vehicles as you attempt to destroy the power generators. Also located on each island are 20 tokens. After collecting 50 tokens, you will be rewarded with power-ups.

The tank-like vehicle under your control is equipped with numerous weapons. There is the standard pulse cannon as well as heavy bombs, guided missiles and unique special weapons. In addition, Grudge Warriors for the PlayStation supports analog control and is vibration function compatible. A two-player mode allows you to go head to head against a friend.
~ Chris Simpson, All Game Guide

Review: Overall

Okay, so there's an extra ten dollars burning a hole in your pocket. You're perusing the game store at the mall, and come across something amazing. "A brand new PlayStation game for only $9.99?" you think to yourself. You check the back of the case. It's nothing spectacular, but for ten bucks, you can't go wrong. Or can you?

The story begins as a rash of car accidents sweep the globe. Yes, car accidents. It seems the top eleven gangs in the world are battling each other for the favor of the mysterious Crimelord, using high-tech armored vehicles to wreak havoc. Each of the eleven gangs has an island base powered by generators, and the goal is to destroy your rivals.



Before you start, you must first select a gang. Each has a rather amusing name and specialty. Some of the more pathetic gangs are the Slick Runners, whose specialty is "grease and grime," the Disciples of POG, whose specialty is "crazy antics," and the Pike Squad, whose specialty is "construction."



On each mission, the customized vehicle is dropped off at one of the opposing gang's island bases and must collect each of the 22 tokens scattered throughout the level and destroy the numerous power generators.



Unfortunately, the graphics are so disgustingly horrible that it is impossible to see what lies farther ahead of the vehicle. Even just a tiny blur would be nice so that it would be readily apparent when a token or enemy was approaching. The colors are very bland and unsophisticated; the game is actually unpleasant to look at for extended periods of time.



Some of the cheesiest music to come out of my television's speakers are also present in this game. Music sounds like it was created on a toddler's toy keyboard. The sound of the guns and rockets are more appropriate to the Game Boy than anything else.



Well, with every other aspect of this game being terrible, one might think the developers would allow solid control of the vehicles. Well, one thought wrong. This may be the worst feature of this so-called game. It is frustrating to try and keep the vehicle following along narrow paths. While most vehicles cease to move when they come up against a wall, the ones in Grudge Warriors attempt to scale the walls for some reason. This becomes anger-inducing when enemies are firing at you and it is taking a while to reposition yourself. It is also difficult to make sharp turns, as you often end up in the surrounding water.



It is a travesty to call Grudge Warriors a game. It's more like a painful experience one wishes to forget with time. Do not waste that ten dollars on this junk. Instead, do yourself a favor and grab some Taco Bell at your local food court.
~ Chris Simpson, All Game Guide

Review: Enjoyment

If you can figure out what is going on, then it might not be that bad. Unfortunately, you can't.
~ Chris Simpson, All Game Guide

Review: Graphics

This game should be called "Smudge Warriors" because that is what everything in the game looks like.
~ Chris Simpson, All Game Guide

Review: Sound

Generic and uninteresting. Music of this caliber has never been heard on the PlayStation before.
~ Chris Simpson, All Game Guide

Review: Replay Value

I have no desire to ever put this game back into my {!PlayStation}. Please, someone come take it from me. Anyone?
~ Chris Simpson, All Game Guide

Review: Documentation

The plot synopsis appears like it was written by a fourth grader. The artwork isn't even in color.
~ Chris Simpson, All Game Guide

Production Credits

TEMPEST SOFTWARE LTD.; Programming: Bill Pullan, Alan Latham, Dave Morris, Pete "Jibber" Featherstone; Artwork: Andrew Crawshaw, Russ Daff, Karl Riley, Geoff Wilson; Producers: Gary Bracey, Steve Whittle, Barry Simpson, Darren Anderson, Ken Jordan, Kev Hobson, Denby Grace, Will Kirton, Matt Hewitt, Andy Mason, Mark Lloyd, Charlie Kinloch, Paul Byers, Jim Thompson, Lee Johnson, Tim Bates, Rob Dunkin, Jim Cree, Julian Turner, Kit Brown, Jim Collins; TAKE TWO INTERACTIVE Executive Producer: Sam Houser; Technical Producer: Gary J. Foreman; US Producer: Jamie King; European Producer: Ken Jordan; Production Team: Neil McCaffrey, Matt Gorman, Jennifer Kolbe, Kevin Gill, Lauren Faccidomo, Terry Donovan, Stanton Sarjeant; QUALITY ASSURANCE US QA TEAM QA Manager: Jeff Rosa; QA Team: Mark Garone, Joe Greene, Richard Huie, Bobby McCarthy, Jeremy Pope; EUROPEAN TEAM Translations Manager: Frazer Nash; Assistant Producer: Greg Matthews; QA Team: Chris Lacy, Lee Brown, Nick Sneddon, Gary Sims, Charlie Johnstone, Daley Salami
~ Joe Lamb, All Game Guide
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Grudge Warriors

Developer(s) Tempest Software
Publisher(s) Take-Two Interactive
Platform(s) Playstation
Release date(s) April 27, 2000[1]
Genre(s) Action, Car combat
Mode(s) Single-player, Splitscreen
Rating(s) ESRB: Teen (T)
Media Compact disc

Grudge Warriors is a car combat video game released by Take-Two Interactive on April 27, 2000. The game retailed for the low price of $9.99, a response by Take-Two to the recent decision of Sony to drop PlayStation licensing fees. Similar to the earlier PlayStation title Twisted Metal, players control a powerful tank-like armored vehicle, which they used to destroy enemy vehicles, weapons, and generators, solve puzzles, and collect tokens to upgrade their weapons. There are a total of twenty-three missions, and the game allows two players to battle each other in split screen multiplayer.

Upon its release, Grudge Warriors was received unfavorably; critics bashed the game as having mediocre graphics, poor sounds, and botched gameplay. IGN and Gaming Age declared the game was not even worth the low price of ten dollars. Despite the overwhelmingly critical reception, there were a few points of the game that were praised, including the occasional puzzles during missions.

Contents

Gameplay

Screenshot of the ‘’Grudge Warriors’’ campaign

Grudge Warriors places the player in control of one of eleven special armored cars.[2] Each one is equipped with five types of weaponry. Four of the weapons are similar on all the cars; the fifth weapon is unique to the vehicle.[3] In single-player, the objective for each mission is to destroy enemy tanks, gun emplacements, vehicles, and generators; there are always eight at each base which must be destroyed.[4] In addition, players can collect tokens as an optional objective; these tokens allow for upgrades and boost the player's score. Some generators can only be reached by solving puzzles; for example, toggling switches which lower otherwise-impenetrable shields surrounding a generator.[4] Every player vehicle features both armor and health; powerups which replenish both can be found scattered throughout the maps. In addition, the player has only a finite amount of ammunition for each weapon. When the player's health is reduced to zero, the game is over and the mission must be restarted.

In addition to the campaign, Grudge Warriors supports two-player splitscreen combat on one of seven multiplayer maps. Unlike the single-player, there are no objectives other than destroying the opponents' vehicle, and no other turrets or enemies besides the other player.[5]

Plot

Grudge Warriors takes place in a dystopian future Earth, where nations and governments have been replaced with rival thugs and gangs.[6] These gangs not only stage raids and assaults on their enemies, but also run "Death Rings", where the most powerful gangs have duels between their highly armored vehicles.[7] There are a total of eleven gangs, who each occupy different parts of the world, operating from strongholds.

Players assume the role of an upstart gang member who is attempting to defeat his rivals. Players are allowed to begin the mission by selecting a gang and car; the player then proceeds to play through the campaign using that vehicle. Each mission starts with the player being dropped off at an enemy base, then fighting through defenses to destroy the team's generators. If the player defeats all ten rival gangs, he or she will be invited to fight "the Crime Lord", head of the Death Rings.[8]

Reception

 Reception
Aggregate scores
Aggregator Score
GameRankings 48%
Review scores
Publication Score
GameSpot 5.1
IGN 5.5
Official PlayStation Magazine (US) 2/5

Upon its release, IGN noted that Grudge Warriors's "manual reads like a Twisted Metal rip-off. The game controls mirror Twisted Metal. Even the title -- Grudge Warriors -- is Twisted Metal-ish", yet the publication compared its gameplayer to Blaster Master.[5] The publication praised both the bizarre setup of the game, and the fully playable nature of the game as soon as the disc was inserted;[5] the praised ended there.

IGN strongly criticized the fundamental gameplay, where it took a player thousands of shots to destroy a single enemy,[5] which combined with poor camera control led to constant frustration. GameSpot noted that the single-player mode was essentially deathmatch with some slight semblance of objectives thrown in, and decided the title was "best ignored by fans of meaningful gameplay".[3] The sound was similarly lambasted for being cheap and lackluster.[3] Gaming Age found that though the added complexity and puzzle-solving to find the generators was enjoyable at first, it grew boring after all enemies on the match were dispatched, and the player was left running in circles to find the last generator.[4] Overall, the game has a 48% ration on Game Rankings based on fourteen reviews.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Gamespy: Grudge Warriors Tactical Surveillance". GameSpy. http://cheats.gamespy.com/playstation/grudge-warriors/. Retrieved on 2007-11-02. 
  2. ^ Tempest Software, ed (2000). Grudge Warriors Instruction Manual: The Covenant. Take-Two Interactive. pp. 2-4. 
  3. ^ a b c Lopez, Miguel (2000-06-13). "Grudge Warriors for Playstation Review". Gamespot. http://www.gamespot.com/ps/action/grudgewarriors/review.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=tabs&tag=tabs;reviews. Retrieved on 2007-11-04. 
  4. ^ a b c Klepek, Patrick (2000). "Review for PS: Grudge Warriors". gaming-age.com. http://www.gaming-age.com/cgi-bin/reviews/review.pl?sys=psx&game=grudge. Retrieved on 2007-11-04. 
  5. ^ a b c d Nix, Marc (2000-04-07). "IGN: Grudge Warriors Review". IGN. http://psx.ign.com/articles/164/164426p1.html. Retrieved on 2007-11-04. 
  6. ^ "IGN: Grudge Warriors". IGN. http://psx.ign.com/objects/014/014426.html. Retrieved on 2007-11-03. 
  7. ^ Tempest Software, ed (2000). Grudge Warriors Instruction Manual: The Covenant. Take-Two Interactive. pp. 10-11. 
  8. ^ Tempest Software, ed (2000). Grudge Warriors Instruction Manual: The Covenant. Take-Two Interactive. pp. 6. 
  9. ^ "Grudge Warriors Reviews". Game Rankings. http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/257410.asp. Retrieved on 2007-11-04. 

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