Software:Motor Mayhem

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Short description: 2001 video game


Motor Mayhem: Vehicular Combat League
Motor Mayhem cover.jpg
Developer(s)Beyond Games
Publisher(s)Infogrames
Platform(s)PlayStation 2
Release
  • NA: July 2, 2001[1]
  • EU: November 23, 2001
Genre(s)Vehicular combat
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

V.C.L.: Vehicular Combat League Presents - Motor Mayhem, also known as simply Motor Mayhem, is a vehicular combat game developed by Beyond Games and published by Infogrames for PlayStation 2 in 2001.[1]

Gameplay

Similar to other arena-based vehicular combat games like Twisted Metal, Motor Mayhem is a game based on the concept of a violent and futuristic motor-sport event.[2] The player directly controls a customized combat vehicle in a land-based arena and battles against another player or computer controlled opponents.[3] Each vehicle has a distinctive character and unique special attacks. Each themed arena has additional weapons and upgrades for the vehicles to pick up. Points are awarded for the destruction of an enemy vehicle. The first contestant to achieve a target score, or that has the highest score when time expires, is the winner.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic59/100[4]
Review scores
PublicationScore
Consoles +75%[5]
CVG7/10[6]
Game Informer7/10[7]
GameRevolutionC[8]
GameSpot7.2/10[2]
GameZone7.5/10[9]
IGN6.8/10[3]
Next Generation3/5 stars[10]
OPM (US)3/5 stars[11]
PSM8/10[12]
The Cincinnati Enquirer4/5 stars[13]

The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[4] Daniel Erickson of NextGen called it "An inoffensive offering that falls short of the competition."[10] Dan Elektro of GamePro quoted William Shakespeare's Macbeth in calling it "a game full of sound and fury, signifying nothing."[14][lower-alpha 1]

Notes

  1. ↑ GamePro gave the game 3/5 for graphics, 2.5/5 for sound, 1/5 for control, and 1.5/5 for fun factor.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "INFOGRAMES, INC. CRASHES INTO STORES ON SONY PLAYSTATION 2 WITH MOTOR MAYHEM". July 2, 2001. http://www.infogrames.net/corporate/press/070201_motor.asp. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Rivers, Trevor (June 14, 2001). "Motor Mayhem: Vehicular Combat League Review [date mislabeled as "May 17, 2006""]. Fandom. https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/motor-mayhem-vehicular-combat-league-review/1900-2775579/. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Zdyrko, David (June 26, 2001). "Motor Mayhem". Ziff Davis. https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/06/26/motor-mayhem. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Motor Mayhem: Vehicular Combat League". Fandom. https://www.metacritic.com/game/motor-mayhem-vehicular-combat-league/. 
  5. ↑ "Motor Mayhem" (in fr). Consoles + (118): 145. November 2001. https://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Consoles%20Plus/consoleplus_numero118/Consoles%20%2B%20118%20-%20Page%20145%20(novembre%202001).jpg. Retrieved January 21, 2024. 
  6. ↑ "Motor Mayhem". Computer and Video Games (Dennis Publishing) (240): 112. November 2001. https://archive.org/details/Computer_and_Video_Games_Issue_0240/page/112/mode/2up. Retrieved June 30, 2021. 
  7. ↑ Kato, Matthew (August 2001). "Motor Mayhem". Game Informer (FuncoLand) (100). http://www.gameinformer.com/Games/Review/200108/R03.0808.1735.41723.htm. Retrieved June 30, 2021. 
  8. ↑ Sanders, Shawn (July 6, 2001). "Motor Mayhem Review". CraveOnline. https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/35888-motor-mayhem-review. 
  9. ↑ immortal (July 17, 2001). "Motor Mayhem Review". http://ps2.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r16525.htm. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Erickson, Daniel (September 2001). "Motor Mayhem". NextGen (Imagine Media) (81): 66. https://archive.org/details/NextGen81Sep2001/page/n67/mode/2up. Retrieved April 29, 2022. 
  11. ↑ Zuniga, Todd (August 2001). "Motor Mayhem". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine (Ziff Davis) (47): 103. https://archive.org/details/official-us-playstation-magazine-issue-47-august-2001/page/102/mode/2up. Retrieved April 29, 2022. 
  12. ↑ Layton, Tommy (August 2001). "Motor Mayhem". PSM (Imagine Media) (48): 31. https://archive.org/details/psm-048/page/n29/mode/2up. Retrieved June 30, 2021. 
  13. ↑ Kent, Steven (February 13, 2002). "Olympics aren't only games to hail from Utah". The Cincinnati Enquirer (Gannett Company). http://cincinnati.com/freetime/games/reviews/021302_utahvids.html. 
  14. ↑ Dan Elektro (September 2001). "Motor Mayhem". GamePro (IDG) (156): 83. https://retrocdn.net/images/0/0d/GamePro_US_156.pdf. Retrieved January 20, 2024. 

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