Rogue Trip

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Product Features

• 1 to 4 Players
• Analog Control & Vibration Function Compatible
• 16 Totally Insane Characters
• 12 Huge Interactive Environments
• Dynamic Interactive Fodder w/ Their Own A.I.

Product Details

• ASIN: B00004SPRF
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 4.8 x 0.4 inches ; 4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #20,916 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

GameSpot Review

By this point, probably everyone knows that Rogue Trip is the spiritual successor to the Twisted Metal line of PlayStation auto-combat games. It was created by the developers of the original Twisted Metal and Twisted Metal 2: World Tour and even uses an optimized version of their old code. Meanwhile, Sony's 989 Studios (who ended up with rights to the series' name) is working on the third TM game, which no one has seen running yet at the time of this writing. The name of the game is still driving and shooting, but this time there's more at work than just blowing up all the other vehicles. The story has you as an automercenary, hijacking tourists into the high-profile vacation spots of the future and showing them the sights. There's only one tourist per level and everyone vies for him. Thus, conflict arises. If you can pick the tourist up and get him to the designated photo spots, you'll get cash to buy health, weapon power-ups, and extra lives. Taking a page from SingleTrac's last game, Critical Depth, there are weapons that cause other vehicles to eject their tourist. They're fairly scarce though, which leads to tons of wacky situations where you're trying to ram or blast an enemy away from a photo-op spot, while screaming, "No! No! No!" The graphics are improved over Twisted Metal 2, and the levels now have varied hilly terrain (which takes almost as much as it gives, since this feature makes it hard to see around in the split-screen multiplayer modes), unlike TM2, which was pretty flat. The bosses are nowhere near as terrifying, and save for the final one, seem almost like any other standard opponent. There's some other crucial element missing as well, and perhaps it's that the look, feel, and character design of the TM series is so incredibly iconic, that anything that copies it comes off like an imperfect Bizarro-style duplicate. But what the game Rogue Trip should truly be compared to is the current holder of the auto-combat crown, Activision's Vigilante 8. While Rogue Trip has far more levels and is much tougher, V8 nudges the title out in the categories of graphics (it's almost a toss-up here), level design, and gameplay. Vigilante 8 still feels pretty fresh, while RT is a reworked theme. That said, there's still a lot of fun to be had here, and fans of any driving shooter will enjoy it, but those expecting as big of a leap as we saw from Twisted Metal to Twisted Metal 2 are going to feel Rogue Trip falls somewhat short. --Steven Garrett
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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Rogue Trip, Car-combat at its' zaniest..., October 25, 2002

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blackaciddevil (in the USA somewhere.....) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rogue Trip (Video Game)

Rogue Trip is definitely one of those car-combat games you need to own. Like its' predecessors(Twisted Metal 1&2), it's full of frantic, crazy action. Only this one is a bit more zany and humorous, not as serious as the Twisted Metal series. It came out around the same time as Twisted Metal 4 but blew the doors off of that game. These guys know car-combat up and down. Sad to say, though, It's the first and last of its' kind. Seeing as Singletrac(Incog. Inc.) got its' TM license back, we'll probably never see a sequel to this one. And that's a bummer. I woulda loved to see one.
If you love car-combat or just love car games, look into Rogue Trip...you won't be disappointed.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Underrated, October 20, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Rogue Trip (Video Game)

I thought this game would be a bad Twisted Metal imitation, but I was surprised to find something better. It's like Twisted Metal, but with more features and great boards. It's so addictive, especially charging weapons, and when you beat the game with each character, a secret is unlocked. I really dig this game.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great, February 23, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Rogue Trip (Video Game)

Hours of fun. You can also unlock a helicopter and a flying saucer along with all the other differnt vehicles.