B-Boy

 PlayStation 2
Metascore
53

Mixed or average reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 19
  3. Negative: 7 out of 19
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  1. PSM3 Magazine UK
    70
    A moderately fun game which is more entertaining to watch than play. [Oct 2006, p.80]
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  2. Official Playstation 2 Magazine UK
    70
    We like new gaming concepts, and B-Boy is both unusual and innovative - but it's not deep enough to sustain your interest. [Oct 2006, p.89]
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  3. Play UK
    68
    It doesn't sound that much fun and it isn't. [Issue 144, p.84]
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  5. Cheat Code Central
    62
    B-Boy is an average looking game despite the hundreds of motion-captured moves. The characters are bland looking and the environments look blocky and dated.
  6. Times Online
    60
    It’s a fun game that provides all the spectacle of breakdancing without the trip to the chiropractor afterwards.
  7. PSW Magazine UK
    60
    It's fun while it lasts, but the novelty soon wears off. It's authentic, and paints the culture of B-Boying in a great light, but it becomes just a little too b-boring, too quickly.
  8. PALGN
    60
    Its positives, whilst quite good, are unfortunately outweighed by its negatives leaving it being a great concept that comes off slightly undercooked in the gameplay stakes.
  9. AceGamez
    60
    If you're ready to step up to the challenge and spend the hours needed to get good at this, or if you're a fan of the culture, then this may well be the game for you - but for the rest of us, there are definitely better urban sports sims out there.
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  10. games(TM)
    50
    It’s a fun, frothy take on a scene that could have easily led it to drown in detestable ghetto references and urban nods, but even though B-Boy manages to avoid travelling that dangerous path, it remains no more than a guilty pleasure. [Oct 2006, p.121]
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  11. The Sydney Morning Herald
    50
    It's stylish and entertaining to watch, but this boy just ain't got no rhythm.
  12. Boomtown
    50
    This never gives me the urge to go into the kitchen, hitting the lino and spinning on my head; not even close. It makes me want to buy the soundtrack and play a different game.
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Awards & Rankings

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#46 Best PS2 Game of 2008
15
#15 Most Discussed PS2 Game of 2008
25
#25 Most Shared PS2 Game of 2008

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User Score
8.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 24 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 24
  3. Negative: 2 out of 24
  1. gamingzebra
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    Such a fantastic representation of bboying. This game is innovative, challenging, complex, bold, provocative, sexy, unique, simplistic,Such a fantastic representation of bboying. This game is innovative, challenging, complex, bold, provocative, sexy, unique, simplistic, passionate, gritty, fluid and liberating. The characters will six-step their way into your heart and teach it to dance like they do until you collapse and die from heart failure.… Full Review »
  2. Sugarmullberry
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    This game taught me how to six step and battle it out on the streets 10/10 would B boy again
  3. fighead
    Jun 23, 2020
    10
    An influential masterpiece of the street dancing genre, B-Boy revolutionizes gaming as we know it. The masterful controls and soundtrack makeAn influential masterpiece of the street dancing genre, B-Boy revolutionizes gaming as we know it. The masterful controls and soundtrack make it ever so satisfying to land a successful six-step. The story stays minimalist to allow the truly groundbreaking game-play to shine through. Any gamer, with or without a penis, must search this game out now and experience its beauty first-hand.… Full Review »
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