Constantine
The game is played in third person perspective, switching to first person when the hero enters narrow spaces. Constantine's goal is to discover how and why Demons have managed to physically enter Earth…
Constantine is an adventure developed by Bits Studios, released 14 February 2005 on PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Constantine is
Constantine is an adventure game developed by Bits Studios and released in 2005. It was published by THQ. It is available on PlayStation 2, Xbox and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
The game is played in third person perspective, switching to first person when the hero enters narrow spaces. Constantine's goal is to discover how and why Demons have managed to physically enter Earth, although the ancient laws forbid it. He utilizes a number of holy weapons and artifacts, from twin revolvers (dubbed the Witch's Curse) that shoot stones from the Holy Lands to Holy Water Bombs and the Cross Shotgun. Constantine can also utilize various kinds of offensive magic powered by the souls of slain demons. Often he will be obliged to travel to Hell, which resembles a perpetually ablaze and decaying version of our world, in order to bypass obstacles. Each level is linear and is…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the DC Comics series
Constantine is the 38th of 185 entries we hold in the DC Comics series. It arrived 7 months after Catwoman. The next entry was Batman Begins in 2005. Its critic score of 50 is 19 points below the series average of 69. The highest-rated entry is Batman: Arkham Knight at 92.
How it was received
Constantine holds a critic score of 50 out of 100. That places it above 7% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 17 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Constantine launched on 14 February 2005, within three weeks of Tekken 5, Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening, Star Wars: Republic Commando and Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Tekken 5, Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening, Star Wars: Republic Commando, Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30.
Official trailer
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