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King Arthur

Experience the excitement and feel of the Jerry Bruckheimer film, King Arthur as you play through Arthur's world amidst photo-realistic scenery. Players can chose to play as Arthur, Lancelot, Tristan, Bors and…

53 11 June 2004

King Arthur is an adventure developed by Konami, released 11 June 2004 on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.

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What King Arthur is

King Arthur is an adventure game developed by Konami and released in 2004. It is available on Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Experience the excitement and feel of the Jerry Bruckheimer film, King Arthur as you play through Arthur's world amidst photo-realistic scenery. Players can chose to play as Arthur, Lancelot, Tristan, Bors and Guinevere; each with their own attack moves and combos, and challenge friends through the multi-player combat option. Other game features include well executed horseback combat levels and seamless cutscene to gameplay transitions.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Single player and Split screen.

How it was received

King Arthur holds a critic score of 53 out of 100. That places it above 10% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored 17 points below the year average.

What it launched against

King Arthur launched on 11 June 2004, within three weeks of The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, Thief 3: Deadly Shadows, Thief: Deadly Shadows and The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, Thief 3: Deadly Shadows, Thief: Deadly Shadows, The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky.

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When did King Arthur come out?
King Arthur was released on 11 June 2004 for Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2 and Xbox.

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