Iridium Runners
Iridium Runners is a futuristic running game that pits competitors against each other on hazard-riddled race tracks in foot races. Players can choose one of 20 characters that have unique running skills and…
Iridium Runners is a racing, released 19 March 2008 on PlayStation 2.
What Iridium Runners is
Iridium Runners was released in 2008. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Iridium Runners is a futuristic running game that pits competitors against each other on hazard-riddled race tracks in foot races. Players can choose one of 20 characters that have unique running skills and techniques. Some of the characters and tracks can only be unlocked as the game progresses. All of the runners will do just about anything to win, so the action can become down and dirty. Almost anything goes during the races including knocking opponents completely off the track with a well-placed kick, fist or weapon. Power-ups and booster items are scattered around the course for increasing performance, speed or providing a new method of attack. Strategy comes into play by knowing which…
How it plays
Its themes are action and science fiction.
How it was received
Iridium Runners holds a critic score of 30 out of 100. That places it above 3% of the 1,168 rated racing games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 35 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Iridium Runners launched on 19 March 2008, within three weeks of God of War: Chains of Olympus, Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 and Condemned 2: Bloodshot. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: God of War: Chains of Olympus, Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2, Condemned 2: Bloodshot.
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