Malice

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  • Summary: Fallen demigoddess Malice has to regain her skills and powers and save the universe, all while exacting her revenge on the head-eating Dog God. It won't be easy--the Dog God's Crow Armies constantly try to beat you back to see Death. Plus, you'll have to get past the Dog God's sevenFallen demigoddess Malice has to regain her skills and powers and save the universe, all while exacting her revenge on the head-eating Dog God. It won't be easy--the Dog God's Crow Armies constantly try to beat you back to see Death. Plus, you'll have to get past the Dog God's seven lieutenants before you get to confront the terrible monster himself. Your journey takes you through 29 levels filled with dangerous opponents, bizarre challenges, and powerful weapons and magic.… Expand
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 16
  3. Negative: 10 out of 16
  1. Play Magazine
    75
    A drop-dead gorgous game. If eye candy had calories, this game would make you fat...And then I beat it in four hours. Cue the crickets. [May 2004, p.44]
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  2. Game Informer
    55
    It's crippled by an over-reliance on the worst game design cliche ever invented: too much collecting. [Aug 2004, p.102]
  3. GameSpot
    50
    It provides absolutely nothing that hasn't been seen and done countless times before and done better at that. Unless you're absolutely rapt with morbid curiosity about how Malice ultimately turned out, your time and money are definitely best spent elsewhere.
  4. 1UP
    45
    Malice is so generic and mediocre that its release only serves to spoil what little status it had as the punchline of a joke.
  5. Xbox Nation Magazine
    40
    The game suffers from a handful of setbacks, the least of which is its surprising brevity. [Aug 2004, p.82]
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  6. GamePro
    40
    Malice has lost much of its gee-whiz sparkle. Now it’s an intentionally weird, unintentionally uninteresting platform adventure that might have been cool were it a launch title and the bar were still low. In 2004, it looks and feels more like a skippable relic.
  7. Extreme Gamer
    35
    Malice has some of the campiest voice work I have heard to date. It's not horrible by any means, but the dialog between the characters is pretty lame.

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  1. Positive: 1 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 3
  3. Negative: 1 out of 3
  1. AaronJ.
    May 12, 2004
    10
    This game has been long waited for by many people including myself. i cant wait til june 1st i will be in my nearest retailer to pick up myThis game has been long waited for by many people including myself. i cant wait til june 1st i will be in my nearest retailer to pick up my preordered copy. It is going to be the best. i give it a 10 out of 10 . i know that sounds stupid before it has been released but i love these types of games and malice is not going to be dissapointing. Grabbed by the ghoulies was even good . it was slow and stupid at first but you just have to give it a chance.I mean who can go wrong with RAREWARE... Anyway MALICE is going to ROCK!!!!!!!!… Expand
  2. JohnT.
    Aug 20, 2004
    5
    Oh dear Aaron, this is disappointing. Uninspired level design, and outdated gameplay. A shame.
  4. Gamegriller
    Jul 29, 2004
    3
    C'mon. This junk shoulda' been canned after all. Looks, plays, camera all are from 2001, at best....