Chromehounds

Platforms

• Xbox 360

  Jul 11, 2006

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  6.8

  playscore

  6.4

  8 Critics

  7.3

  863 Players

8 critic reviews · 0 community reviews across all platforms

Critic Reviews

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  Games Radar+

  7.0

  Screwing the lids on bottles of pop, bomb disposal and putting little boxes in bigger boxes: there are many jobs that we rely on robots to do for us, tasks too dull, dangerous or repetitive for fleshy humans to bother with.But look! Here comes Chromehounds to show us exactly how dull things can get and how boring it can be when you've got metal skin and cameras for eyes.

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  Video Gamer

  5.0

  A lot was expected from veteran Mech game developer From Software, of Armoured Core fame, but Chromehounds is ultimately an ambitious failure that sounds great on paper but proves to be a tediously slow, uninvolving experience for anyone less than a hardcore giant robot fan. It's simply another 360 title that doesn't have enough metal (sorry, mettle) to justify its next gen status and price.

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  Game Zone

  7.4

  The single-player game is sorely lacking in several key areas, and the online game, while fun, does require a lot more effort on the player than say ... (insert favorite game here). It is, however, a good first effort for a mech game on the 360, and that fact alone will help those players pining for a little mech action.

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  CVG

  6.0

  Chromehounds does well with textbook elements of the mech genre, but lacks the appeal of being exciting, dramatic, flashy or innovative. It's nothing we haven't seen done before with more energy and enthusiasm in countless other mech games.

  Reviewed on X360
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  GameSpot

  7.9

  Chromehounds is likely to be a love-it-or-hate-it game for most of those willing to give it a try. Players expecting a conventional mech sim may be put off by the relative simplicity of the combat and will probably wish that there were more to the single-player portion of the game, especially since the story sets up a compelling conflict. At the same time, the online multiplayer portion of this game, while absolutely the highlight of the package, is fairly dense, even if all you want is to jump into combat.

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  IGN

  6.9

  If you don't have Xbox Live, don't bother with this game. Since all the single-player missions are training sessions for the online experience, it really feels like an incomplete, unfulfilling package by itself. That being said, the online modes definitely deserve credit. It's one of the most robust multiplayer packages on the Xbox 360, offering a persistent world within which players can wage numerous sorts of war, make money, buy more parts and assemble more powerful Hounds.

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  Euro Gamer

  4.0

  There are some plus points, certainly - control of the COMBAS towers, in particular, has a tangible importance that resonates throughout with greater effect than any of the other UT-Domination-inspired game ideas I've encountered recently. But like the mech editor, it's a well implemented idea in a fairly shonky game - and not one that I can imagine Xbox 360 players sticking with for more than a handful of hours tops, no matter how starved they are for new releases at the moment.

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  jeuxvideo.com

  7.0

  Voilà un jeu de mechas bien sympathique. Certes, il n'est pas particulièrement beau, ni sans défauts sur le plan du gameplay, mais il bénéficie de la possibilité de créer son propre robot et de six campagnes qui nous mettent aux commandes de six types d'engins très différents qui ont chacun leurs points forts et leurs points faibles. Bref, même s'il est certain que Chrome Hounds ne va pas plaire à tout le monde, il parait aussi évident que les amateurs de gros robots armés jusqu'aux dents seront conquis.

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