Fear Factor: Unleashed

Fear Factor: Unleashed

Developer(s) DC Studios
Publisher(s) Hip Interactive
Platform(s) Game Boy Advance
Release date(s)
  • NA November 17, 2004
Genre(s) Action

Fear Factor: Unleashed is a Game Boy Advance game that is based on the reality series Fear Factor.

Details

The player is able to choose if they want their character to be a man or woman and what skin color they want the character to have. The character has four statistics which are nerve, steadiness, stomach, and stamina. The video game has 12 mini-games which are the gross-out stunts, the skill-type stunts, and the action stunts.[1]

Reception

Reception
Aggregate scores
AggregatorScore
GameRankings33.44%[2]
Metacritic30/100[3]
Review scores
PublicationScore
Game Informer3/10[4]
GameZone3.9/10[1]
Nintendo Power2/5[5]
Nintendo World Report2/10[6]

The game was met with negative reception upon release, as GameRankings gave it a score of 33.44%,[2] while Metacritic gave it 30 out of 100.[3]

David Beaudoin of 1UP.com said that the game's biggest flaw is that only fans will truly appreciate the title, and gave the game a D-.[7] Ricky Tucker of Game Vortex said that the mini-games are fun especially on the Game Boy Advance.[8] Chris Faylor of Gaming-Age said that he only recommends the game to die-hard fans of the show.[9]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 David, Mike (December 1, 2004). "Fear Factor Unleashed - GBA - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on March 17, 2008. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Fear Factor: Unleashed for Game Boy Advance". GameRankings. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Fear Factor: Unleashed for Game Boy Advance Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  4. Juba, Joe (February 2005). "Fear Factor: Unleashed". Game Informer (142): 125. Archived from the original on April 11, 2008. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  5. "Fear Factor: Unleashed". Nintendo Power 188: 139. January 2005.
  6. Shirley, Jeff (March 14, 2005). "Fear Factor: Unleashed". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  7. Beaudoin, David (December 15, 2004). "Fear Factor: Unleashed". 1UP.com. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  8. Tucker, Ricky. "Fear Factor: Unleashed". Game Vortex.
  9. Faylor, Chris. "Fear Factor: Unleashed Review". Gaming-Age. Archived from the original on December 6, 2004. Retrieved December 28, 2014.