Celebrity Deathmatch (video game)

Celebrity Deathmatch
Developer(s) Big Ape Productions
Coresoft (PS)
Publisher(s) Gotham Games
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox, PlayStation
Release Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2 & Xbox
  • NA: October 14, 2003
  • EU: October 31, 2003
PlayStation
  • NA: October 21, 2003
  • EU: October 31, 2003
Genre(s) Fighting
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Celebrity Deathmatch is a video game based on the MTV series of the same name. The game features celebrities and movie monsters as playable characters.

Gameplay

In this fighting game, the player needs to hit his opponent several times until the opponent's life meter flashes red. With this, a text will show Kill! on the HUD, the winning player then needs to fill up the MTV meter to full, in order to make it rise faster, players can taunt the audience. When in the proper momentum, the player can finish the opponent off by performing their special moves, totally decimating the opponent.

Within the match, several boxes containing various power-ups and weapons can be picked up by the players for advantage.

Characters

There are 27 total celebrities: 20 from the start and seven unlockable, regular versions of Nick and Johnny are not playable. There are also 4 created fighters (male and female, each with two sets of fighting styles).

Reception

Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
PCPSPS2Xbox
1UP.comN/AN/AF[1]F[1]
Game InformerN/AN/A2.75/10[2]2.75/10[3]
Game RevolutionN/AN/AD−[4]D−[4]
GameSpot2.8/10[5]N/A2.8/10[5]2.8/10[5]
GameSpyN/AN/A[6][7]
GameZone4.5/10[8]N/A5.5/10[9]5.7/10[10]
IGN5/10[11]N/A4/10[12]5/10[13]
OPM (US)N/A[14][15]N/A
OXM (US)N/AN/AN/A3/10[16]
PC Gamer (US)17%[17]N/AN/AN/A
Aggregate scores
GameRankings27%[18]20%[19]37%[20]36%[21]
Metacritic30/100[22]N/A32/100[23]36/100[24]

The PC, PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions received "unfavorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[23][24][22]

References

  1. 1 2 1UP Staff (2003-11-06). "Celebrity Deathmatch (PS2, Xbox)". 1UP.com. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  2. ↑ Leeper, Justin (January 2004). "Celebrity Deathmatch (PS2)". Game Informer (129): 135. Archived from the original on 2007-12-26. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  3. ↑ "Celebrity Deathmatch (Xbox)". Game Informer (129): 151. January 2004. Archived from the original on 2008-08-02. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  4. 1 2 Gee, Brian (November 2003). "Celebrity Deathmatch Review (PS2, Xbox)". Game Revolution. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  5. 1 2 3 Navarro, Alex (2003-10-27). "Celebrity Deathmatch Review". GameSpot. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  6. ↑ Freeman, Matthew (2003-11-01). "GameSpy: Celebrity Deathmatch (PS2)". GameSpy. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  7. ↑ Freeman, Matthew (2003-11-01). "GameSpy: Celebrity Deathmatch (Xbox)". GameSpy. Archived from the original on 2005-12-26. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  8. ↑ Hopper, Steven (2003-10-30). "Celebrity Deathmatch - PC - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on 2009-01-02. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  9. ↑ Bedigian, Louis (2003-10-23). "Celebrity Deathmatch - PS2 - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on 2008-12-30. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  10. ↑ Wrentmore, John (2003-10-27). "Celebrity Deathmatch - XB - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on 2009-04-01. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  11. ↑ McNamara, Tom (2003-10-30). "MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch Review (PC)". IGN. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  12. ↑ McNamara, Tom (2003-10-30). "MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch (PS2)". IGN. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  13. ↑ McNamara, Tom (2003-10-30). "Celebrity Deathmatch (Xbox)". IGN. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  14. ↑ "Celebrity Deathmatch (PS)". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. January 2004.
  15. ↑ "Celebrity Deathmatch (PS2)". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine: 125. January 2004.
  16. ↑ "Celebrity Deathmatch". Official Xbox Magazine: 79. January 2004.
  17. ↑ Morris, Dan (January 2004). "MTV Celebrity Deathmatch". PC Gamer: 119. Archived from the original on 2006-03-15. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  18. ↑ "MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch for PC". GameRankings. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  19. ↑ "MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch for PlayStation". GameRankings. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  20. ↑ "MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch for PlayStation 2". GameRankings. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  21. ↑ "MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch for Xbox". GameRankings. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  22. 1 2 "MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  23. 1 2 "MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch Critic Reviews for PlayStation 2". Metacritic. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
  24. 1 2 "MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch Critic Reviews for Xbox". Metacritic. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
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