7 /10 1 Votes
6.8/10 IGN Designer(s) Serkan Hassan Artist(s) Vassos Shiarlis Publisher Eidos Interactive Adapted from The Italian Job | 7.3/10 GameSpot Producer(s) Nicolas Rodriguez Programmer(s) Balor Knight Initial release date 24 June 2003 Genre Racing video game | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer Platforms Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube Developers Climax Group, Black Rock Studio, Pixelogic Similar Eidos Interactive games, Racing video games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Italian Job (released in Europe as The Italian Job: L.A. Heist) is a racing video game released in 2003 by Eidos Interactive. The game is based on the film of the same name. The game features a story mode based on the movie and a multiplayer mode where you drive Minis through several different circuits in Hollywood and LA.
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Gameplay
The Italian Job is a racing game based on the 2003 film. Players drive vehicles around Hollywood and Los Angeles, earning points for completing small tasks. There are 15 missions in the story mode. Each is designed to reflect a certain part of the movie, with the spoken introduction to each 'section' giving background on what part of the movie is being covered, and what the objective of the mission is going to be. The game's four other modes include racing around tracks, performing stunts for points, free roam, and time trials.
Reception
The game received mixed reviews. GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 55.75% and 55 out of 100 for the PlayStation 2 version, 57.90% and 54 out of 100 for the Xbox version, and 61% and 56 out of 100 for the GameCube version.
Maxim gave it a score of five out of ten and said, "The ordinary race-and-chaser’s loosely knit compilation of repetitive Mini Cooper showdowns has a recognizable scene or two, but that’s about it."
