Sneakers

 Xbox
Metascore
28

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 13
  3. Negative: 13 out of 13
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  1. Official Xbox Magazine
    49
    A bizarrely conceived, thinly veiled pseudo point-and-click adventure with some very simplistic fighting sequences. [Jan 2003, p.80]
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  2. Armchair Empire
    40
    The shame is that the lousy and simplistic gameplay takes away from the fact that this is actually a nice-looking Xbox title.
  3. GameSpy
    35
    A game rife with control problems and uninspired gameplay.
  5. TeamXbox
    32
    Sneakers should have been caught in the development mouse trap.
  6. Xbox Nation Magazine
    30
    The game's infinitely looped, saccharine-sweet piano music and French-style accordion tunes may in fact turn children into the hockey-mask wearing, ax-wielding maniancs we always see in the movies. [Feb/Mar 2003, p.88]
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  7. GameSpot
    30
    Anyone with a modicum of gaming experience will probably find Sneakers to be boring and tedious.
  8. Gamer's Pulse
    30
    It's tedious, frustrating, poorly designed, lacks any sort of graphical flair, and is all but guaranteed to induce boredom within the first ten minutes, never mind the approximately two hours it takes to finish the game.
  9. GamerWeb Xbox
    25
    Everything is low quality and repetitive, you'll throw the game down in a number of minutes.
  10. Gaming Age
    25
    All of that may appeal to very young kids of roughly the same age as Barney's fans, but playing the game is another matter. Any child old enough to hold a controller has outgrown the concepts here.
  11. IGN
    20
    I plan on burning my copy so that it can't fall into the hands of impressionable children who might then come to think all video games are meant to suck this bad.
  12. All Game Guide
    20
    Sneakers has a stench not even a pair of Odor Eaters can mask. It is hard to believe this was the title Microsoft touted for its Japanese console launch, and after playing you'll understand why the system failed to entice the buying public.
  13. GameCritics
    15
    After playing Sneakers, I don't think the package declaring it's "Only On Xbox" is such a bright idea. They'd be better off keeping that sad fact a secret and quietly dumping all remaining copies of the game next to the steaming pile of "E.T." 2600 cartridges rotting in the desert.
  14. Kombo
    8
    Pretend the game is the plague and avoid it at all costs.

Awards & Rankings

98
#98 Most Discussed Xbox Game of 2002

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User Score
3.4

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 11 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 11
  3. Negative: 7 out of 11
  1. Thom
    May 6, 2003
    0
    Its crap.
  2. Piyo
    Nov 11, 2004
    7
    I am an older gamer and I like this kids title. It's definately cute and friendly. However I find the fight scenes jarring with the I am an older gamer and I like this kids title. It's definately cute and friendly. However I find the fight scenes jarring with the overall atmosphere. Why couldn't they make it more of a puzzle game than mice Fight Club?… Full Review »
  3. Mom
    Apr 15, 2004
    8
    My boys are six and absolutely love it! It is cute and has adventure. They will outgrow it, sure. But I am glad to have found a game thatMy boys are six and absolutely love it! It is cute and has adventure. They will outgrow it, sure. But I am glad to have found a game that isn't all graphic violence for them to play with for a while. … Full Review »
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