Kiss: Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child

Kiss: Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child
Developer(s) Third Law Interactive (PC)
Tremor Entertainment (DC conversion)
Publisher(s) Gathering of Developers (PC)
Take-Two Interactive (DC)
Engine Lithtech 1.5
Platform(s) Windows
Dreamcast
Release Windows
  • NA: July 18, 2000
Dreamcast
  • NA: October 29, 2000
  • PAL: January 19, 2001
Genre(s) First-person shooter
Mode(s) Single-player, Multiplayer (PC version only)

Kiss: Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child is a first person shooter video game developed by American studio Third Law Interactive and published by Gathering of Developers for PC in July 2000. It was also released later that year for Dreamcast (using Windows CE) following a port by Tremor Entertainment.

Gameplay

The game is based on Todd McFarlane's Kiss: Psycho Circus series of comic books, themselves inspired by the rock band Kiss.

The game's story revolves around a Kiss tribute band, who suddenly receive superhuman powers.

Publication history

Kiss: Psycho Circus was the first game to be developed by Third Law Interactive, themselves having recently formed in December 1998 after a widely publicized mass walkout from Ion Storm.[2] Versions for PlayStation[3] and Game Boy Color[4] were planned, but were later canceled. The PC version of the game was done on an enhanced version of the Lithtech engine, licensed from Monolith Productions. The PC version was also distributed with the November edition of Computer Buyer in 2000.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate scores
AggregatorScore
GameRankings(PC) 70.95%[5]
(DC) 51.91%[6]
Metacritic(PC) 71/100[7]
(DC) 59/100[8]
Review scores
PublicationScore
AllGame(PC) [9]
(DC) [10]
Edge3/10[11]
EGM2/10[12]
Eurogamer9/10[13]
Game Informer4.5/10[14]
GamePro[15]
Game RevolutionC[16]
GameSpot(PC) 6.6/10[17]
(DC) 4.5/10[18]
GameSpy70%[19]
GameZone9/10[20]
IGN(PC) 7/10[21]
(DC) 6.2/10[22]
PC Gamer (US)70%[23]

The game has received average to mixed reviews. GameRankings and Metacritic gave the game a score of 70.95% and 71 out of 100 for the PC version,[5][7] and 51.91% and 59 out of 100 for the Dreamcast version.[6][8]

In the United States, The Nightmare Child and its "Collector's Edition" together sold 42,000 copies by October 2001.[24]

References

  1. ↑ "KISS: Psycho Circus - The Nightmare Child Release Information for PC". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
  2. ↑ IGN: Eight Quit Ion Storm
  3. ↑ IGN: KISS Psycho Circus
  4. ↑ IGN: KISS Psycho Circus
  5. 1 2 "KISS: Psycho Circus - The Nightmare Child for PC". GameRankings. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
  6. 1 2 "KISS: Psycho Circus for Dreamcast". GameRankings. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
  7. 1 2 "KISS: Psycho Circus - The Nightmare Child Critic Reviews for PC". Metacritic. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
  8. 1 2 "KISS: Psycho Circus Critic Reviews for Dreamcast". Metacritic. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
  9. ↑ House, Matthew. "Kiss Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child (PC) - Review". AllGame. Archived from the original on 2014-11-13. Retrieved 2014-12-09.
  10. ↑ Thompson, Jon. "Kiss Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child (DC) - Review". AllGame. Archived from the original on 2014-11-13. Retrieved 2014-12-09.
  11. ↑ Edge staff (September 2000). "KISS Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child (PC)". Edge (88).
  12. ↑ "KISS: Psycho Circus (DC)". Electronic Gaming Monthly. February 2001.
  13. ↑ Bye, John "Gestalt" (2000-07-22). "KISS: Psycho Circus - The Nightmare Child Review (PC)". Eurogamer. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
  14. ↑ "KISS: Psycho Circus (DC)". Game Informer (94). February 2001.
  15. ↑ Wight, Brian (2000-07-29). "KISS Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child Review for PC on GamePro.com". GamePro. Archived from the original on 2005-02-19. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
  16. ↑ Archer, Erik (August 2000). "KISS: Psycho Circus Review (PC)". Game Revolution. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
  17. ↑ Wolpaw, Erik (2000-07-28). "KISS: Psycho Circus Review (PC)". GameSpot. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
  18. ↑ Wolpaw, Erik (2000-11-16). "KISS: Psycho Circus Review (DC)". GameSpot. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
  19. ↑ Law, Caryn "Hellchick" (2000-07-25). "Kiss: Psycho Circus (PC)". GameSpy. Archived from the original on 2002-04-02. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
  20. ↑ Giacobbi, Kevin "BIFF" (2000-07-25). "KISS Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child (PC)". GameZone. Archived from the original on 2001-04-18. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
  21. ↑ Lopez, Vincent (2000-07-27). "KISS Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child (PC)". IGN. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
  22. ↑ Nix, Marc (2000-11-03). "KISS Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child (DC)". IGN. Retrieved 2014-02-07.
  23. ↑ "KISS: Psycho Circus - The Nightmare Child". PC Gamer: 114. October 2000.
  24. ↑ Keighley, Geoff (October 2001). "READ.ME; G.O.D.'s Fall from Grace". Computer Gaming World (207): 30–32.
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