Malice
Xbox- Publisher: Mud Duck Productions
- Release Date: Jun 2, 2004
- Also On: PC, PlayStation 2
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The very basic gameplay is further dumbed-down by the imbecilic computer AI to make for a game that even novices can breeze through in one night (and we don’t mean a long one either).
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Electronic Gaming MonthlyThe gameplay is the equivalent of chewing a piece of gum all afternoon - inoffensive, but you just want to spit it out after a while. [Sept 2004, p.99]
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Malice is so generic and mediocre that its release only serves to spoil what little status it had as the punchline of a joke.
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TotalGames.netFirst off it's a 3D platformer but with less jumping about than you might be used to, which is actually a blessing because it is the worst double jump ever witnessed. It doesn't cover much distance or height and it's very, very slow. Pointless.
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Xbox Nation MagazineThe game suffers from a handful of setbacks, the least of which is its surprising brevity. [Aug 2004, p.82]
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No Doubt is MIA, the art is occasionally freakish and definitely not up to Xbox standards, and while "fun" is always a subjective call, the gameplay offers nothing new and contains a ton of repetition. Malice ends up being a small package that just doesn't offer enough.
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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.
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The visuals hold up fairly well, and the controls are solid, if simplistic. What's here is the underlying base of a game. They just forgot to include meaningful gameplay or a storyline.
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Official Xbox MagazineDeath would have been better than lifeless mess. [Aug 2004, p.80]
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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.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 4
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Mixed: 1 out of 4
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Negative: 1 out of 4
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JohnT.Aug 20, 2004Oh dear Aaron, this is disappointing. Uninspired level design, and outdated gameplay. A shame.
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GamegrillerJul 29, 2004C'mon. This junk shoulda' been canned after all. Looks, plays, camera all are from 2001, at best....
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AaronJ.May 12, 2004