Judge Dredd: Dredd VS Death

 Xbox
User Score
7.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
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  1. JimmyS.
    May 26, 2004
    10
    Brilliant and well made game that perfectly captures the comic. Its easy enough for me to play all the way through!
  2. TheQuietGamer
    Sep 19, 2012
    8
    A great shooter with sharp graphics, cool environments, and fun gameplay but not a lot of polish. I have no prior history with the Judge Dredd comics or movies, and really just decided to pick this up on a whim. I had a lot of fun with it, yes it's flawed but manages to have enough charm and it's self aware humor to make me forgive it. The main problem with the game is that it's glitchy,A great shooter with sharp graphics, cool environments, and fun gameplay but not a lot of polish. I have no prior history with the Judge Dredd comics or movies, and really just decided to pick this up on a whim. I had a lot of fun with it, yes it's flawed but manages to have enough charm and it's self aware humor to make me forgive it. The main problem with the game is that it's glitchy, mostly during the boss fights which will cause you to have to reload the checkpoint because either you or the boss got stuck in the environment. It's also pretty short. Outside of the campaign (which can be played with a friend) there is local multiplayer and a arcade mode which you can play to unlock cheat codes. If your looking for a shooter that does something new you might want to check this out.… Expand
  3. AmadeusE
    May 2, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. "Bleeding heart liberals...". The very first moments of gameplay start with exactly those words. Judge Dredd in all his excellence! Great game too. Has a very early 2000s-futuristic atmosphere and great early 2000s sound in the music department. It's the kind of excellent soundtrack that you will constantly notice playing. The game even tells you in the credits where you can buy the soundtrack. If you let the main menu be idle for a while, you're also treated to a gameplay trailer, which adds to the nostalgia, showing you a time when video game trailers focused on the actual gameplay.

    When the gameplay starts, you're immediately treated to great quotes by Judge Dredd and some great early 2000s beats in the musical department taking place in the background. You'll go on to fight a wide variety of enemies, like humans, vampires, zombies and more. The level variety is as wide as the enemy variety. It's the kind of game I could just play for hours and still not want to stop. The combat is very satisfying too. And some funny moments to be had with the ragdoll physics and rare cases of enemies killing each other. I had an enemy with a grenade launcher kill himself and take out his whole team too in the process. Instantly cleared the whole area for me. I've never seen such an effective suicide in a game before.

    Great extras too after you finish the story mode. Playing through the extras will also unlock cheats. It's such a great feeling to unlock all the stuff in a game. And everything is in the game! No need to pay extra! Makes a game feel so good. Not having to use your wallet to wade through greedy companies for extra content and instead unlock stuff by just having fun. Crazy!

    A very satisfying and fun game with a great atmosphere and soundtrack!    … Expand

Awards & Rankings

93
#93 Most Discussed Xbox Game of 2005
19
#19 Most Shared Xbox Game of 2005

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Metascore
57

Mixed or average reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 17
  3. Negative: 2 out of 17
  1. Xbox Nation Magazine
    60
    Gets the gunplay and gruff attitude right, but beneath the badge, it's simply, well, not unlike most first-person shooters. [May 2004, p.81]
  2. Edge Magazine
    50
    Your main objective is the bane of the modern FPS: follow a little blue arrow while shooting things, with the odd escort or protect responsibility thrown in to make you turn around occasionally. It's average justice dished out to the licence, but nothing more. [Christmas 2003, p.121]
  3. Xequted
    70
    This hard work, however, is denigrated by the repetition of character models throughout the entire game.
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