Road Kill

Road Kill Description

Over the past decade, the video games industry has changed no end. With the help of PlayStation, 'adult' games were soon brought into the mainstream. Grand Theft Auto, State of Emergency and Carmageddon are among the most controversial, but now there's a new entry from Midway, aptly named RoadKill, for PlayStation 2. Something of a driving-based, free-roaming shooter, Roadkill pits players in a post-apocalyptic Earth where you must outwit and outgun myriad clan encampments and build alliances to survive. Complete with car, driver and gunner, players are charged with a series of missions that must be successfully completed in order to bring down a sinister force called New Canaan. An arsenal of weapons is available to players, including flame throwers, grenade launchers and machine guns, as well as a selection of 24 cars. Ready to wreak havoc, players are free to run down civilians or frag them in what is a truly brutal game that has truly earned its 18+ age rating. RoadKill is indeed a simple excuse for carnage, but the addition of a multi-player option makes for some great gaming. With two players, RoadKill allows drivers and gunners alike to either play co-operatively or go head-to-head in some truly frenetic gaming. Co-operative gameplay is perhaps the most appealing, whereby one player is charged with the driving and the other is responsible for shooting. This is an aspect of multi-player gaming that, although still under-developed, is becoming more common with every year that passes. Visually, RoadKill looks typical of any third-generation PS2 release, boasting solid environments, reasonable textures and a respectable level of realism. It's nothing outstanding, but as a game it performs well. And combined with a high level of controversy, it'll no doubt be popular with many mainstream PlayStation owners.

Publisher:

Midway

Platform:

PS2

Category:

Racing

Players:

1-4

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RoadKill Key Features:

Car Combat - Select from 30 unique post-apocalyptic style vehicles to experience the ultimate ride in vehicular combat

Drive to Survive - Destroy your opponents throughout three enormous living and destructible cities

Detailed Missions - Engage in more than 30 core missions and numerous side missions as you roam the streets and instigate anarchy

Interactive Chaos - Run over, impale, shoot and splatter both innocent and armed pedestrians in multiple ways, inciting riots

Dynamic Reputation System - Gain the necessary reputation to work your way up from a vagrant to an overlord and develop a gang following that will provide additional protection

Multiplayer - Engage in the ultimate test of vehicular combat: 2-4 player multiplayer Deathmatch Modes

Post-Apocalyptic Earth - Face-off against seven rival gangs, killing the members of some while gaining the respect of others

Unlock Features - Collect salvaged parts from destroyed vehicles to unlock hidden items such as nitrous thrust, armor plating and death match arenas

Search and Recover - Participate in scavenger hunts and find the blueprints necessary to build the ultimate weapons and vehicles

Rock 'n'Roll - Use the dynamic radio system to be forewarned of bounties on your head, to receive mission tips, in addition to using the multiple stations to tune into a variety of rock, rap and heavy metal hits