Blood Drive

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  • Summary: In Blood Drive, contestants must use their motorized death steeds of steel in a televised game show where drivers battle each other and hordes of revolting flesh eaters in an all-out fight to the death. Face undead frat boys, cops, strippers and bachelorette partiers, each with their ownIn Blood Drive, contestants must use their motorized death steeds of steel in a televised game show where drivers battle each other and hordes of revolting flesh eaters in an all-out fight to the death. Face undead frat boys, cops, strippers and bachelorette partiers, each with their own special brand of death and devastation - and ways to die! While these rotting monsters wander the streets of a desert sin city craving sweet, succulent brains, your enemies have come equipped battle hardened armed vehicles, including heavily weaponized muscle cars, hot rods, and more. Amidst this gore-drenched mayhem contestants must use their head or lose it!… Expand
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 21
  3. Negative: 16 out of 21
  1. Official Xbox Magazine
    Dec 13, 2010
    60
    Flick the fanboy switch off, though, and you're left playing a game in bad need of a little more technical polish and a whole lot of more variety. [Jan 2011, p.73]
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  2. IGN
    Nov 9, 2010
    55
    Just some generic cars running over some ho-hum zombies. The controls could be tighter and no one seems to be playing online, but the game succeeds at giving you a license to run over the undead. It just isn't that exciting.
  3. Gamereactor Denmark
    Jan 6, 2011
    50
    Zombie-filled races is a nice if not exactly original idea, but the developers haven't managed to turn it into an interesting game. The gameplay quickly becomes tedious, the car physics feel too light, the difficulty lacks challenge and frequent slowdowns mar the experience. If you're hurting for a Carmageddon sequel, this might sate you for a while, but it's no replacement.
  4. Destructoid
    Nov 23, 2010
    40
    Still, it's not the worst thing on shelves right now, but its $49.99 price tag isn't doing the game any favors, either. Maybe as a deep discount title or even a digital download with some of the game's more frustrating modes stripped out (let me run over zombies for ten bucks!) Blood Drive might have been a more attractive proposition.
  5. MEGamers
    Feb 21, 2011
    30
    Blood Drive is like a radioactive element - admired from a distance, but never to be touched.
  6. Gamer.no
    Jan 11, 2011
    30
    Guns, cars and zombies are apparently not enough. The lack of the all important fun factor ruins most of the fun you could have had running down zombies with your fancy muscle cars.
  7. The A.V. Club
    Nov 15, 2010
    0
    If the game doesn't even want to play the game, why should anyone else?

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 8
  3. Negative: 4 out of 8
  1. UnderrateXposer
    Nov 16, 2012
    9
    I am a zombie game master :D and I am giving this a 9 since it is a great zombie driving-over-killing-shooting action-racing-zombie game. FunI am a zombie game master :D and I am giving this a 9 since it is a great zombie driving-over-killing-shooting action-racing-zombie game. Fun characters and enough humor to keep you smiling :) It may not deserve 60 bucks but go spend 10-20 anytime anywhere.… Expand
  2. Beejor
    Mar 14, 2011
    8
    The critics really bashed this one, but I'm not sure why. After reading Joystiq's scathing review I was afraid to pick it up, but I'm glad IThe critics really bashed this one, but I'm not sure why. After reading Joystiq's scathing review I was afraid to pick it up, but I'm glad I did. Solid controls, fitting music, nice graphics, fun and frantic arcade-type gameplay... the only thing that really hurts the title for me is lack of offline multiplayer, and the occasional frame rate issues. An inter-event game save feature might have been nice for the longer cups, but it's not a huge deal.

    In the game you pick a driver, each with their own personality and special attacks. Then you choose a car "loadout" and jump into tournaments to unlock more arenas, achievements, ending movies, and other game content. Each tournament has one or more arenas with a bunch of events like demolition derby, racing, elimination, and (one of the most fun) seeing who can hit the most zombies with their car. The zombie mechanic works well and you can rack up combos or find secret zombies for more points. Some zombies are powerful and will try to latch on to your car or smash it into pieces. The game AI is okay for the most part. It seems like they only really put up a fight in the last stages. You get assigned a rival and you're awarded bonus points if you come ahead in any given match.

    Blood Drive reminds me of Twisted Metal and Carmageddon, in a good way. If you enjoy demolition derby type games you'll like it. If you're expecting a huge, complex, deep, 100-hour game experience you might want to look elsewhere. If you're able to rent it I would say don't be put off by the critic reviews, and at least give it a try.    … Expand
  4. DWlubu1998
    Jun 28, 2011
    6
    This game is fun for and hour then you just want to put in the garbage. Bad graphics for a 360, cool plot but fails to bring a good time. EachThis game is fun for and hour then you just want to put in the garbage. Bad graphics for a 360, cool plot but fails to bring a good time. Each player has a back story that you can only find when the game is loading which is stupid, some of the events are overly hard and there is only one event that is actually fun.… Expand
  5. gamingisgreat
    Aug 28, 2016
    4
    Blood Drive is a poor game.

    The game is great fun,but the cheap AI and lack of content really hurts this game. The graphics are ugly,and    Blood Drive is a poor game.

    The game is great fun,but the cheap AI and lack of content really hurts this game.

    The graphics are ugly,and the framerate drops constantly

    Sound design and soundtrack suck too.

    Overall,Blood Drive is a poor game that I would not recommend    … Expand
  6. IActuallyPlayd
    Nov 6, 2022
    3
    The only thing that would ever bring me back to Blood Drive is knowing it has a kick ass main menu theme.

    Especially now in 2020, there is no    The only thing that would ever bring me back to Blood Drive is knowing it has a kick ass main menu theme.

    Especially now in 2020, there is no reason to play this beyond curiosity when you see it in the bargain bin for $5 .    … Expand
  7. VitiatedGaming
    Jul 20, 2020
    1
    During this review, I will attempt to describe Blood Drive to you in a way that can't really be done. People can easily say "A game is bad",During this review, I will attempt to describe Blood Drive to you in a way that can't really be done. People can easily say "A game is bad", but it's hard to know exactly how bad something is unless you do it yourself. Sort of like when someone says "This smells absolutely awful" and holds it out for you to smell. You take a whiff, to either satisfy your own curiosity or validate the fact that yes, that thing smells terrible. Blood Drive is the video game equivalent of that foul smelling item.

    Blood Drive is a racing game, where you must square off against 5 other vehicles over a series of events, which take place on different maps in a cup. Issue is, all the maps are terrible and there are only about 7 events, many of which boil down to doing the exact same thing. Total Massacre, which gives you points for killing zombies and cars, Zombie Roadkill, points for killing zombies, and Roadkill Elimination, points for killing zombie quickly. Checkpoint Elimination and Checkpoint Race, which is racing between checkpoints (who would have thought?) and King of the Skull, which is Oddball from Halo in cars. Nothing close to fun or original.

    You have 8 characters total to choose from, also none of which are good. They tried to add an element of depth to the game by giving the characters all similar backstories, but it truly adds nothing to the mindless races and cups. The weapons are mostly useless, with only 3 really being worth using whatsoever (minigun, saw blades, and the rail gun). All characters are given special powers called Rage, most of which are (you guessed it) pretty useless. Nothing creative in the weapon department at all.

    Now onto the gameplay...Ah, the gameplay. You will spawn 50 feet in the air, unable to participate in the events. You will get stuck in numerous walls, or flip out multiple times into the air, especially with smaller characters. You will ram another car with the skull 15 times and not get it, but you will get tapped lightly from behind and have it stolen. A Behemoth (insta-kill zombie) will spawn directly in your path without giving you a chance to avoid it. Zombies will not spawn during zombie kill events. Your kills will be stolen an obscene amount of times. This game has no fun factor involved at all. Everything handles terribly, the game looks worse than Twisted Metal: Black on the PS2. and the same boring events will leave you in tears.

    Avoid at all costs, unless you want to experience what hell truly looks like.

    1/10    … Expand
  8. B1sh0p
    Nov 7, 2010
    1
    It's total trash, and it it doesn't cost more words...................................................................................................

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