Star Raiders

 Xbox 360
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Mixed or average reviews- based on 6 Ratings

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  • Summary: A remake of the classic Atari 2600 game makes its way to the Xbox 360.

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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 17
  3. Negative: 13 out of 17
  1. GamingXP
    May 26, 2011
    55
    Star Raiders gets boring way too quickly and fails to motivate you to play on. A little more variety in the levels and more realism in space travel would have been nice.
  2. DarkZero
    May 22, 2011
    50
    There's no denying it. Star Raiders is bad. It's repetitive, embarrassing, rushed and tedious.
  3. Vandal
    Jun 1, 2011
    40
    This 3D shoot'em up has relative freedom of action and good graphics, but lacks in gameplay mechanics.
  4. Eurogamer
    May 13, 2011
    30
    The results feel neutered and unfinished.
  5. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    Jul 13, 2011
    30
    Five hours of playing this game will kill the entire genre for you, too. [Aug 2011, p.99]
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  6. GameSpot
    May 18, 2011
    30
    Star Raiders achieves the incredible, somehow taking all the fun out of being a hotshot space pilot.
  7. D+PAD Magazine
    May 22, 2011
    20
    With insipid art, painfully boring gameplay and a lack of any sense of professionalism or class, Star Raiders just can't come recommended to anyone, even to those with more time and money than they know what to do with.

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  2. Mixed: 1 out of 2
  3. Negative: 1 out of 2
  1. frostquake
    May 14, 2011
    7
    A great looking game that falls short with repetitive game play. For those nostalgic of Wing Commander, FreeSpace, and HomeWorld will findA great looking game that falls short with repetitive game play. For those nostalgic of Wing Commander, FreeSpace, and HomeWorld will find parts of this game enjoyable. The most outstanding part of this game is its gorgeous graphics. The storyline is forgettable, and the game play is fly to a sector, kill all bad guys, resource collect, fly back to base ship, upgrade weapons, then repeat. The story line is written word, and the words are so small on HD you need a magnifying glass to read them.

    The shallowness of this game and repetitive game play will keep most from liking this game for very long. If your a Wing Commander, FreeSpace or HomeWorld Fan, and have 800 extra MS points, then you may want to pick this game up.    … Expand
  2. Vannos
    Oct 6, 2011
    4
    I've been looking for a space combat shooter, so I tried the demo for this game, especially when I saw it was on sale. Now I know why it wasI've been looking for a space combat shooter, so I tried the demo for this game, especially when I saw it was on sale. Now I know why it was on sale, it sucked! The graphics were horrid and the gameplay was boring. I know a demo doesn't represent an entire game, but it shouldn't represent the worst of a game either. From what I experienced, avoid this game.… Expand

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