Metascore
50

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 12
  2. Negative: 7 out of 12
  1. Overall Battlezone offers little life span and just feels outdated.
  2. The simple appeal of 3D tank combat is one that certainly has a place on a service like XBLA, but this awkward update gets stuck between misplaced reverence for the original and distracting concessions to modern gaming conventions.
  3. Battlezone is a relic that should have stayed in the past.
  4. Unless your nostalgia borders on masochism, let this pointless war rage without you.
  5. In conclusion, Battlezone joins that ragged band of Xbox Live Arcade titles that, even for a mere 400 points, don’t deserve to grace your hard drive.
  6. X-ONE Magazine UK
    40
    You're left roaming the virtual landscape, hoping opposition might come your way. [Issue#33, p.117]
  7. Xbox World 360 Magazine UK
    40
    One of Atari's better visual upgrades, but not nearly as much fun 28 years after it first hit arcades. [July 2008, p.96]