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Overruled

Overruled is a multiplayer brawler like no other - players change the rules as they play, directly influencing the dynamics and direction of combat. Challenge up to three friends with both local and online…

35 31 August 2014

Overruled is an arcade developed by Dlala Studios, released 31 August 2014 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux and Mac.

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What Overruled is

Overruled is an arcade game developed by Dlala Studios and released in 2014. It was published by Team17. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Overruled is a multiplayer brawler like no other - players change the rules as they play, directly influencing the dynamics and direction of combat. Challenge up to three friends with both local and online multiplayer to a battle – The end result is simple - the person with the most points wins the game! It’s the madness that happens as the clock clicks down that makes Overruled extra special. Use over 25 change ’em-up cards to mess things up and alter the gameplay to best suit your style and annoy your opponents - no game is ever the same! Don’t incite the enemy as they are the master of your fate! You could be playing Deathmatch now, but one of your rivals might decide to change it to…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Overruled holds a critic score of 35 out of 100. That places it above 3% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 34 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Overruled launched on 31 August 2014, within three weeks of Metro 2033 Redux, Metro: Last Light Redux, Bayonetta 2 and Destiny. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Metro 2033 Redux, Metro: Last Light Redux, Bayonetta 2, Destiny.

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When did Overruled come out?
Overruled was released on 31 August 2014 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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