Breakdown is an adventure developed by Namco, released 29 January 2004 on Xbox.
What Breakdown is
Breakdown is an adventure game developed by Namco and released in 2004. It was published by Electronic Arts. It is available on Xbox only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Trapped inside a mysterious laboratory and unable to remember his past, Derrick Cole discovers his extraordinary powers, as he fights for survival against a determined military faction and a legion of seemingly invincible super-human warriors! Breakdown offers an exciting first-person action-adventure gaming experience by combining hand-to-hand combat and state-of-the-art weapons with an intense story line and incredible graphics. Embark on a thrilling and suspenseful search for the truth!
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Breakdown holds a critic score of 58 out of 100. That places it above 14% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored 12 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Breakdown launched on 29 January 2004, within three weeks of Pokémon FireRed Version, Metroid: Zero Mission, Pokémon FireRed, LeafGreen and Pokémon LeafGreen Version. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Pokémon FireRed Version, Metroid: Zero Mission, Pokémon FireRed, LeafGreen, Pokémon LeafGreen Version.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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