The Italian Job
Charlie Croker and his gang are left for dead in Venice after being double-crossed during one of the biggest gold heists ever. You must take on the role of Charlie and his gang members in their quest for…
The Italian Job is a racing developed by Climax Brighton, released 24 June 2003 on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
What The Italian Job is
The Italian Job is a racing game developed by Climax Brighton and released in 2003. It was published by Eidos Interactive. It is available on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Charlie Croker and his gang are left for dead in Venice after being double-crossed during one of the biggest gold heists ever. You must take on the role of Charlie and his gang members in their quest for revenge and the gold. Based on the film, The Italian Job's story mode challenges you to create the largest traffic jam in LA history, and then escape in supercharged Mini Coopers. Master four other action-packed modes, including stunt driving, circuit racing, and multiplayer modes for up to two players.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Single player and Split screen.
How it was received
The Italian Job holds a critic score of 59 out of 100. That places it above 22% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored 10 points below the year average.
What it launched against
The Italian Job launched on 24 June 2003, within three weeks of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne, Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising and Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne, Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising, Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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