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WoW!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: April 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I have had this game for ages and the people I introduce it to... they cant get enough of it, you can play lan or do some split screen action , but long story short, It's basically combining every single sport Imaginable into one Arena where anything goes.
I'm not a big sports fan, but man when It comes to this I hope to see this become a real sport in the Future.
Anyone who owns an X-box owes it to at least try this game , you can even put your customizeable soundtracks on it... What else do you want , its violent, its got cursing, so no babies allowed .
>:D

You don't have to be a "gamer"

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: April 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User

i Just want to say that i'm not a "gamer" nor am i a sports fan. Those two things are used to describe this game too much. That you have to be a gamer to be able to enjoy it, or a big sports fan. So this goes out to all those people out there who are just looking for a cool game to play. Deathrow is extremely fun. i Got it quite a wile ago, and i'm certainly not bored with it yet, nor expect to be. If you've read anything on the game, you know it's a futuristic sport, where you score on the other players goal, but it's also a fighting game, where to get the disk away from the other team, you get to punch, kick, and do some really amazing grabs and throws. i Do admit that to learn to play well enough to play on anything but the lowest difficulty setting, you do have to play and practise, but it's so much fun, that you won't mind. Plus you'll be earning credits wile practising, so that as you move on in the conquest, you can unlock more players, teams, arenas, difficulty settings, and something really crazy and fun, multi-disk, where you are playing with three disks instead of one. This game is very fun to play with your friends, you can play cooperatively, or against one another, or to play by-yourself. The AI of the game is hard enough where you are very challenged playing alone. i Would like if there were a Deathrow II, because though i still have fun with this game, it would be great to say, be able to play the Angels in conquest mode and get them victory over the FirstBlitzers, or play the multi-disk in conquest mode, and of course to have different new amazing teams. i Just think there should be a sequel. So, this game is awesome, it's probably not so expensive since it's been out a wile, and you'll find yourself unlocking everything, and then wanting to start all over again.

Fight club meets arena sport

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 27, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I agree with the other reviewers, possibly one of the sleeper hits of the year. If you like swearing, gratuitous violence, and fast paced action, this is your game. They should have made it an x-box live game.

A Note on System Linking

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: February 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User

For those of you who like to system link there is one point that I'd like to point out because it hasn't been explicitly done in other reviews. You can play 8 player games on either two Xboxes (4 players per box) or on 8 Xboxes (1 player per box). I am not sure about 2 on 4 boxes or other combinations (If someone else knows please inform us), but if I had to guess I would say you probably could.

Speedball, its NOT!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 10
Date: November 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I was hoping for a modern variant of the clasic Speedball series. This game is not even close. The scrolling of the arena is pathetic, making it difficult to keep track of the disc. It takes more than the 10 hours I played to get a grasp on the physics and how you need to counter other the players moves.

I don't recommend this for anyone but hard core gamers.

It's basketball/lacrosse from HELL!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I spotted this game about three weeks ago, I'd never even heard of it before!

Boy, am I glad I picked it up! It's turned out to be the biggest surprise of my collection. Yes, you can even use your own ripped tunes for the soundtrack!

The game is basically a basketball/lacrosse/frisbee game straight outta hell! It's a no rules, no refs, & no holds barred bloodbath from start to finish.

My sole complaint is that I can't make my own team. I would have loved to have made a team based off of Houston (Rollerball).

Buy this game! It's definitely worth the price tag!

deathrow put me in heaven

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: July 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

i just played the demo disc and i already love the concept, wish i could really play this

Deathrow- Ultimate Frisbee meets WWE

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: June 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

When I first purchased Deathrow i knew little about it. It was really cheap at the store i went to and looked decent so i picked it up. When i got it home and started to play I was very suprised, the game was very very addicting.

It took me about 3 or 4 matches to get used to the controls and the camera movement (which is one of the games only faults). Basically the idea behind Deathrow, is that you control a team of Blitz ball (the deadly frisbee game played in the future) players and "level" them up and can give them steriods and whatnot, but your main mission is to win the Blitz Ball tourney.

This game feels like playing Unreal Champion ship's bombing run. You have to go get the "ball" and run around with it trying to get it in the other person's goal. However unlike Unreal you can still fight with the ball.

All in all i would say that Deathrow is a good addition to any XBOX fanatics collection, another plus is that Deathrow is generally very low priced in retail due to its limited fan base (this is becuase of all the violence and strong profanity).

Already one of my favorite games of all time!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: May 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I just purchased this game a few days ago and I can't put it down. It is somewhat a variation of Speedball Brutal Deluxe.

At first Deathrow may seem to be shallow game. But after you understand all the nuances of it you will find there is a depth of strategy and skill to it. You need to be aware of your teams strengths and weakness' as well as your opponents and play the game accordingly.

The controls couldn't be any simpler. But it will take a few games until doing the moves that make up the player control become second nature.

There are two basic camera views to choose from. Sports and Arena view. Sports view is wide angle view that gives you a good view of the overall arena but with the sacrifice of the incredible action and deeper graphics that the game offers.

The Arena view is a just behind the player in a 3rd person view. This view really puts you in the action and allows you to take in all the great textures, lighting and hitting that goes on. This view takes a lot more practice to get comfortable at but the payoff is well worth it. Despite one review earlier you can simply press the right trigger button to swing your view directly to the disc or the opponents goal if you are already holding the disc. If you want you can even hold this button in most of the time and you will always be aimed at the disc or the opponents goal.

You can also use the D-pad to change your teams overall strategy to 1 of 5 settings on the fly. Full defense, mostly defense, neutral, mostly offense, full offense. I am constantly changing this during the game. If 1 or more opponents are 'locked down' for a few moments I will quickly switch to full offense to take advantage of the situation as an example.

The graphics are very well done. They may not be HALO 2 quality, but they get the job done.

5.1 sound helps put you right in the middle of it all. You can hear the hits and taunts all around you.

Lots of options to play the game you want. From turning on/off passing and shooting guide lines to power-ups to game length to turning off the lockdown option so you can beat the living hell out of anyone that dares to get in your way. There is even a multi-disc option!

System link up to 8 XBOX's!

The only 2 major cons to Deathrow are no online play. And the only option they left out of the game is an on/off for the profanity. Yes Deathrow has profanity...A lot of it!!! But not only is it in their to add flavor to the game, it actually has strategic use. For example; You can taunt the goalie until he comes after you allowing a teammate a clear shot. If the goalie is a lot bigger than you taunting is the clear option. Not trying to go toe to toe with him. So this is a title best not played around the kids. There are some teams that speak in alien tongues so you don't actually have the profanity if you need to play with the kids.

I can't say enough about this game! If you like high action games where skill and strategy make a huge difference on whether you win or lose you can't go wrong with Deathrow.

Deathrow may not be for everybody. But it is an incredibly entertaining well thought out game. If you have a few friends to play this with, you better have a lot of drinks and snacks on hand because you will be at for a very long time. =)

A disappointment

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: May 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

After reading the reviews of this game at sites such as gamespot I couldn't wait to get my hands on it. Unfortunately the reviews did not do the game justice as I was extremely disappointed.

The problems with the game are as follows.

The computer controls to much of the game. Many times you will win, or lose, a game and not realize exactly why.

The graphics are poor. That's not to say that they are Kabuki warriors poor but they are definitely not what you would expect from an Xbox game.

The camera is cumbersome. Because of the size of the game board as well as the speed the games moves out many times you are not sure where the disc is. Additionally, by the time you find it the computer, or one of your teammates has already scored.

The game is a very cool concept and could be better but they need to slow it down as well as vastly improve the graphics and the AI so that the player can make the difference in the game.

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