Deathrow

by UBI Soft

Product Features

• Original XBOX game
• Futuristic sports game
• Sci-Fi

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006LELV
• Item Weight: 5 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: October 22, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #22,772 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Deathrow is a sports video game for the Xbox that was released on October 22, 2002, about 1 year after the release of the Xbox. Despite the game's title, the fictional sport it simulates is called Blitz. Blitz is a futuristic extreme sport set in 2219 that combines many elements of different sports such as hockey, frisbee and fighting.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best games...EVER!, November 15, 2002

By 

Lenon Maguire (Belleville, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Deathrow (Video Game)

What is Deathrow? AWESOME!

What is it? Deathrow is a game set in the future similar to what you see in Robocop. The actual game is called Blitz and it started as violent, underground sport. It has been brought to TV by a network and is the top rated show in the world.

The game itself is like a cross between Frisbee Ultimate and Rollerball. There are 4 people to a side, and the point it to take the glowing ring, (similar to a frisbee except for the fact it hovers), and throw it through the opppnents goal which is a ring placed approx. 8 feet above the ground. The hard part is that the other team will do ANYTHING to stop you.

They will punch, kick, grab, throw, stomp, and cuss at you. You gain credits (like $'s) for scoring goals, inflicting injuries, and knocking out the other teams players. These credits allow you to heal and train players, buy new players, and buy steroid-type drugs that increase performance. To win a match, you must either score more goals than the other team after 4 periods, or knock out all four of the opponent's players in a quarter.

Each victory gives you UCs (unlock credits). With the UCs, you can unlock new players, new arenas, new teams, and new modes of play. The harder the difficulty level, the more UCs you recieve per victory. This makes you want to play better so you can unlock more items, thus extending the replay value.

This game is like video crack. Once you start playing, you really can't stop. Everything about this game is thought out and well planned. The gameplay and player AI is incredible, the graphics are sharp and detailed, the animation is fluid and very life like, and the teams and players all have unique personalities and attributes making it fun to unlock and play with more teams. This game really is the total package.

I thought this game would be good, but it is incredible. A friend came over to play, and on the way home in the middle of the night he drove to a 24 store to buy his own copy because he had to have it. I have 3 other games that are less than 3 weeks old collecting dust because this is all I have been playing. I will put a ton of hours in this one, and I will never trade it. An anchor in my game collection.

This purchase is worth every penny and then some. The developers said they all love games and wanted to make a game that incorporated their favorite elements into one gaming experience.

The result is nothing short of spectacular. I am 30 years old and have been gaming since I was 7 or 8, and this is truly one of the best games I have ever played.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best X-Box Games You Can Own, October 28, 2002

By 

Robert Fabriano Jr. (Bordentown, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Deathrow (Video Game)

Deathrow is truly one of the great X-Box games released this year. Deathrow takes place in the distant future, where a new ultra-violent sport has risen. Blitz Ball has become the most popular sport in the world and you are in control of a blitz ball team. The game is a mix of ultimate freesbie meets WWE. Its very violent, has alot of profanity and has few rules. Action is fast past sporting a overhead view and an action view (3rd person view) which you can pick from. Fights occur often, are fairly simplistic, brutal and throughly enjoyable. The game has dozens of unlockable features including players, arenas and other types of gameplay. This games also supports 4 players on 1 X-Box as well as many more through the system-link. This is a truly awesome game that everyone should enjoy. Not to be played by children who are not used to blood, violence and liberal use of profanity.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Already one of my favorite games of all time!, May 24, 2003

By 

Shadow Raven "shadowraven" (Orange, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Deathrow (Video Game)

I just purchased this game a few days ago and I can't put it down. It is somewhat a variation of Speedball Brutal Deluxe.

At first Deathrow may seem to be shallow game. But after you understand all the nuances of it you will find there is a depth of strategy and skill to it. You need to be aware of your teams strengths and weakness' as well as your opponents and play the game accordingly.

The controls couldn't be any simpler. But it will take a few games until doing the moves that make up the player control become second nature.

There are two basic camera views to choose from. Sports and Arena view. Sports view is wide angle view that gives you a good view of the overall arena but with the sacrifice of the incredible action and deeper graphics that the game offers.

The Arena view is a just behind the player in a 3rd person view. This view really puts you in the action and allows you to take in all the great textures, lighting and hitting that goes on. This view takes a lot more practice to get comfortable at but the payoff is well worth it. Despite one review earlier you can simply press the right trigger button to swing your view directly to the disc or the opponents goal if you are already holding the disc. If you want you can even hold this button in most of the time and you will always be aimed at the disc or the opponents goal.

You can also use the D-pad to change your teams overall strategy to 1 of 5 settings on the fly. Full defense, mostly defense, neutral, mostly offense, full offense. I am constantly changing this during the game. If 1 or more opponents are 'locked down' for a few moments I will quickly switch to full offense to take advantage of the situation as an example.

The graphics are very well done. They may not be HALO 2 quality, but they get the job done.

5.1 sound helps put you right in the middle of it all. You can hear the hits and taunts all around you.

Lots of options to play the game you want. From turning on/off passing and shooting guide lines to power-ups to game length to turning off the lockdown option so you can beat the living hell out of anyone that dares to get in your way. There is even a multi-disc option!

System link up to 8 XBOX's!

The only 2 major cons to Deathrow are no online play. And the only option they left out of the game is an on/off for the profanity. Yes Deathrow has profanity...A lot of it!!! But not only is it in their to add flavor to the game, it actually has strategic use. For example; You can taunt the goalie until he comes after you allowing a teammate a clear shot. If the goalie is a lot bigger than you taunting is the clear option. Not trying to go toe to toe with him. So this is a title best not played around the kids. There are some teams that speak in alien tongues so you don't actually have the profanity if you need to play with the kids.

I can't say enough about this game! If you like high action games where skill and strategy make a huge difference on whether you win or lose you can't go wrong with Deathrow.

Deathrow may not be for everybody. But it is an incredibly entertaining well thought out game. If you have a few friends to play this with, you better have a lot of drinks and snacks on hand because you will be at for a very long time. =)