Circus Maximus: Chariot Wars
Circus Maximus is a video game set in Ancient Rome featuring chariot racing. Players compete against other chariots, each with a horse and a gladiator, and compete in death matches where players use their…
Circus Maximus: Chariot Wars is a racing developed by Kodiak Interactive, released 24 February 2002 on PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
What Circus Maximus: Chariot Wars is
Circus Maximus: Chariot Wars is a racing game developed by Kodiak Interactive and released in 2002. It was published by Encore. It is available on PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Circus Maximus is a video game set in Ancient Rome featuring chariot racing. Players compete against other chariots, each with a horse and a gladiator, and compete in death matches where players use their gladiator to fight others to the death. The game takes its name from the out door race track in Rome. Circus Maximus is most remembered for game play that offered a combination of realistic Roman history and chariot driving with combat sequences. Circus Maximus is regarded as a colossal commercial failure
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Single player and Split screen.
How it was received
Circus Maximus: Chariot Wars holds a critic score of 62 out of 100. That places it above 31% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2002 averaged 68, so it scored 6 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Circus Maximus: Chariot Wars launched on 24 February 2002, within three weeks of Jet Set Radio Future, Enclave, RalliSport Challenge and Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Jet Set Radio Future, Enclave, RalliSport Challenge, Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny.
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