Metareview: 300
by Andrew Yoon 
{ Mar 6th 2007 at 2:00AM }
It's the game we so wanted to be good. Too bad you were right, readers: the critics are absolutely bashing this game. Hopefully, the movie will be able to hold up better than this critically blasted game:
- Gamepro (45/100) hates that nostalgic feeling: "It's essentially a throwback to the days when movie-licensed games were always awful."
- IGN (57/100) at least enjoyed the cutscenes: "The stylish cinematics are better than any single moment of gameplay and serve as the only reason to bother playing 300: March to Glory to its conclusion."
- Game Informer (63/100) didn't find the game too bad, as long as you turn off your brain: "It's interesting that they called this 300, because that is about how many times you jam on the X button in the first minute and a half. Then again, there is something mindlessly appealing about beating up endless waves of dudes."
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
txa1265 @ Mar 6th 2007 7:55AM
All hype and no delivery ... too often on this blog people are singly bashing the DS for delivering mediocre movie tie-ins (which is true) - but in the past couple of weeks that is what we've seen here - Ghost Rider and now this ... mediocre movie tie-ins.
Alien @ Mar 6th 2007 12:56PM
Well GS gave it a 6.8 ... thats not that bad ... is it :(
Kade Storm @ Mar 7th 2007 4:14AM
I'll be honest, Ghost Rider, while being boring, did reveal a few things: Games like God of War might be possible on the PSP, IF done right. It was an excellent beat 'em up, but just within the actual beat 'em up parts of the game; the rest was just horrible.
As for 300? I don't know. Haven't had my shot at it, and probably won't, with all these reviews.