Encore Circus Maximus - Chariot Wars X Box Racing Review

Overall Rating
 3 of 5

Price Paid:  $30.00 from Babbages

Summary:
I looked at the reviews for this game and decided to try it, people seem to like it. Im sorry to say I wasnt happy and returned it the next day. Not a horrible game but it really should be rented first

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Price Paid:  $30.00 from Wally World ( Wal Mart)

Summary:
Im telling you now when you put this game in your Box you will start dancing and old fashion jig ! Whoever made this game, needs to work on a Spanish Bull Fighting Game Next ! This game is so easily worth 29.99 at Wal Mart. Rest Assured if you like racing and fighting this is your game. I play Nascar Thunder 2002 every freakish day and love it and this game was so refreshing. I love new genres of games that are off the beaten path. Video Games are alot like movies. You have part ones and part twos and 3's and so on. Or if a certain type of movie does well at the box office then everyone else and their cousin has to jump on the band wagon. Like take all these snowboarding games ..Man, please one or two good ones will do... Hey you may want to sit around with the same old same old but as for me .. I want something different and this game is it.. !!!

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Price Paid:  $5.00 from rented

Summary:
First off, I would like to apologize to Microsoft for believing the reviews about this game. I am really becoming convinced that there is some sort of vendetta industry wide against the XBOX and Microsoft. This game rocks. Rocks. If this title was on the Playstation 2 it would have gotten rave reviews and the sony zombies would be pointing to this game as a reason to buy a playstation. Instead, what we get are lame reviews from suspect sources who either on on the take, or are proud owners of some other console they are obviously batting for. This game is simply classic arcade style racing action with a GENIOUS twist of chariot racing/warfare. It took probably 20 minutes to grasp what the game was attempting to deliver, and figure out the amazingly simple controls....and once i GOT IT, the game took over, and the next thing i knew it was 8 in the morning.

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Price Paid:  $30.00 from eb

Summary:
An underrated treasure

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Summary:
The reviewers who have given this game a negative review have not done the following things:

1) Played the game long enough
2) Looked beyond some of the superficial aspects of the title (ie: how are the graphics? Sound etc.)
3) Appreciated what have must have taken to render (programatically) the physics involved with such an environment (ie: chariot racing)

This title may not initially blow you away - but play it for awhile, get to know how the controller works, run through a few of the courses a couple of times and then try and tell me you won't get sucked in like a kid in a candy store.

It's fun!! - and the fun comes from appreciating how the controls have been laid out with regards to the overall environment - not to mention the whole theme of chariot racing is just a riot!!