GripShift

 Xbox 360
Metascore
72

Mixed or average reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 25
  3. Negative: 0 out of 25
  1. GameShark
    91
    GripShift is one of the best XBLA racing games available. The game is just too damn varied, wacky, and all around fun to summarize it any other way, and the feature-packed content makes it well worth the 800 point price tag.
  2. 1UP
    90
    The racing and deathmatch modes, multiplayer online or offline, are both very well done and lend themselves surprisingly well to racing controls that don't seem built with racing in mind.
  3. Eurogamer
    80
    Whether you're simply racing to top your friends' scores, as you would in any Xbox Live Arcade games, or you're racing for the very top, this is an unbelievably addictive physics puzzle game with its roots in TrackMania, Mercury and games of their ilk and arguably the beating of most of them.
  5. GameZone
    80
    For $10, you really can’t beat the value of this game. Not only do you get a fully fleshed-out Kart style racer, but also deathmatch, a platforming puzzler, and Xbox Live support!
  6. Xbox World 360 Magazine UK
    80
    Top game. [Mar 2008, p.94]
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  7. PTGamers
    80
    The handling is just right, playing is fun and the sheer number of events warrants long hours of play.
  8. DailyGame
    78
    Innovative, addicting gameplay launches Gripshift out of mediocrity, but the lack of motivation to play everything, a ghost of a multiplayer mode, the 600-Microsoft-Point price tag and eventual frustration makes the game plummet back to Earth.
  9. Gaming Age
    75
    I'd absolutely suggest Gripshift to you 360 owners out there, based purely on the strength of the challenge mode gameplay. I still find myself going back to it time and again for random maps, and if you're a fan of achievements it'll take you quite a bit of time to actually "complete".
  10. NZGamer
    75
    Rather than stretching to make a multi-bajillion dollar, true-to-life racing simulation, Sidhe have focused their efforts on producing a rather cute, well-designed, simple puzzle/platform racer and the awards speak for themselves.

Awards & Rankings

77
#77 Best Xbox 360 Game of 2007
94
#94 Most Shared Xbox 360 Game of 2007

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User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 12 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
  1. BlueFalcon
    Jan 11, 2008
    9
    For me, this is by far the best XBLA game I've played. There's a ridiculous # of fun single player levels, and you can see your For me, this is by far the best XBLA game I've played. There's a ridiculous # of fun single player levels, and you can see your world rank on each one. For multiplayer there's a mario kart clone, and death match. In all honesty, this 10$ game is more fun than nearly all full fledged 360 games.… Full Review »
  2. StarH.
    Dec 31, 2007
    9
    The most fleshed out XBLA game for a while. Give the demo a good try and then see which review you agree with. Working your way up the The most fleshed out XBLA game for a while. Give the demo a good try and then see which review you agree with. Working your way up the leaderboards will lose you hours of your life.… Full Review »
  3. CaseyD.
    Dec 30, 2007
    7
    Gripshift is an amazing game, but the 360 arcade version is not as good as the original PSP version. The controls feel a bit looser. I am Gripshift is an amazing game, but the 360 arcade version is not as good as the original PSP version. The controls feel a bit looser. I am biased because I have played the PSP version, but if you haven't played it, by all means buy the arcade version, it's well worth the MS points.… Full Review »
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