RoadKill

 PlayStation 2
  • Publisher: Midway
  • Release Date: Oct 13, 2003
  • Also On: PC, PC
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7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 19 Ratings

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  • Summary: Select from more than 30 unique post-apocalyptic style vehicles to experience the ultimate ride in vehicular combat. Destroy your opponents throughout three enormous living and destructible cities. Engage in more than 30 core missions and numerous side missions as you roam the streets andSelect from more than 30 unique post-apocalyptic style vehicles to experience the ultimate ride in vehicular combat. Destroy your opponents throughout three enormous living and destructible cities. Engage in more than 30 core missions and numerous side missions as you roam the streets and instigate anarchy. Run over, impale, shoot and splatter both innocent and armed pedestrians in multiple ways, inciting riots. Gain the necessary reputation to work your way up from a vagrant to an overlord and develop a gang following that will provide additional protection. Face-off against seven rival gangs, killing the members of some while gaining the respect of others. Collect salvaged parts from destroyed vehicles to unlock hidden items such as nitrous thrust, armor plating and death match arenas. Participate in scavenger hunts and find the blueprints necessary to build the ultimate weapons and vehicles. Use the dynamic radio system to be forewarned of bounties on your head, to receive mission tips, in addition to using the multiple stations to tune into a variety of rock, rap and heavy metal hits. [Midway]… Expand
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 27
  3. Negative: 1 out of 27
  1. Gamer's Pulse
    84
    Roadkill is the s---. Its combination of vehicular-action and mission-based gameplay make it one of the most well designed cross-genre titles of the year.
  2. PSX Nation
    80
    A deep, well written, good-looking and designed game that comes close to the greatness of any of the games it imitates.
  3. Cheat Code Central
    80
    This game isn't innovation in any way but instead takes what it considers to be some of the best elements of other games and rolls it into one package - basically the same way Quentin Tarentino patches together his movies.
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  4. Game Over Online
    72
    The overly simplistic gameplay, re-hashed visuals, unbalanced level design, and generic storyline all factor in to make this hybrid of yesteryears best selling, finest games, a low rent middle class knock off. Nevertheless, the sheer visceral excitement of blowing stuff up and witnessing ultra-violent, unapologetically brutal cut-scenes and road rage is hard to deny.
  5. GameCritics
    70
    I enjoyed the game far more than I thought I would; enjoyed it far more than I probably should have.
  6. Gaming Age
    67
    It's not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but for good old fashioned blasting fun with some friends or on your own, it's hard to beat. I'm lovin' it.
  7. Maxim Online
    40
    Take one part "Grand Theft Auto" and one part car combat game "Twisted Metal Black." Mix, ingest, and vomit. Stare wistfully into bowl. What could have been a great game—car carnage with heavy artillery against gangs in cities devastated by a mysterious plague—is only mediocre.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. 2KsniperStud
    Mar 9, 2021
    10
    Fun so much fun Combining elements of Twisted Metal and GTA. This needs a remake because this game was on fire. This is an instant classic andFun so much fun Combining elements of Twisted Metal and GTA. This needs a remake because this game was on fire. This is an instant classic and a gem. The soundtrack is sweet too.… Expand
  2. MarkO.
    Apr 19, 2004
    10
    Funniest game ever!
  4. DaveT.
    Oct 1, 2003
    10
    Funny as hell!!!!!
  5. hwdstener312
    Apr 24, 2020
    10
    other than the terrible main missions which are basically 'follow this guy around'
    it's surprisingly fun as hell its fun to pick a fight its    other than the terrible main missions which are basically 'follow this guy around'
    it's surprisingly fun as hell its fun to pick a fight its fun to fight the police its fun to play the side missions
    it's fun to go inside a tornado
    and the collectibles are fun and rewarding to find and they are not hard or easy they are perfectly placed in the end its a hidden gem    … Expand
  6. MikeC.
    Dec 15, 2005
    8
    "Roadkill" is surprisingly fun, despite being one of the most unoriginal games ever. The combat is pure "Twisted Metal" (although not nearly "Roadkill" is surprisingly fun, despite being one of the most unoriginal games ever. The combat is pure "Twisted Metal" (although not nearly as good), while the presentation- the soundtrack, the characters, even the text boxes- SCREAM "GTA." In fact, this game is the biggest "GTA" rip-off I've ever played, and that includes "True Crime." With that said, "Roadkill" is very engaging and, as I said, very fun. The main missions are good (although the story is "eh" at best), but the sidemissions really make the game great. I got it about a year ago for $8 or so on eBay, and you should get it, too. It's actually quite worth it.… Expand
  7. The_D4RknesS
    Jun 16, 2022
    6
    The game is very repetitive and difficult, but it has good graphics and good destruction physics. But nothing impressive
  8. SamaelH.
    Jan 16, 2005
    4
    Something needs to be said up front - this game isn't mature. If you've often thought videogame women needed to be more expedable, Something needs to be said up front - this game isn't mature. If you've often thought videogame women needed to be more expedable, and were confused by the twists and turns of any given Grand Theft Auto plot, then welcome aboard. Crank up the music, skip past the cinemas (you won't miss a thing), and make the hero drive through hookers like you're satan's lawnmower - there are no consequences. For those who can look past the 12 year old serial killer in training mentality, the gameplay is vintage car combat jousting. Rogue Trip vets may have more than a few flashbacks.… Expand

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