SX Superstar

SX Superstar
North American Xbox cover art
Developer(s)	Climax Studios
Publisher(s)	AKA Acclaim
Platform(s)	Xbox, GameCube, PlayStation 2
Release date(s)	Xbox NA: June 26, 2003 PAL: July 4, 2003 GameCube NA: June 30, 2003 PAL: July 4, 2003 PlayStation 2 PAL: July 1, 2003
Genre(s)	Racing
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

SX Superstar is a video game of the racing genre by Climax Studios and published by Acclaim under their AKA Acclaim brand. It was released for the Xbox, GameCube, and PlayStation 2. It was announced on April 22, 2003^[1] and was released on June 26, 2003 for GameCube and on June 30, 2003 for Xbox in North America.^[2]

Modes

• Arena: As it sounds, this mode involves you racing through an arena, usually they have large jumps and sharp turns.
• Baja: It is very similar in style to uphill as it has the player going through gates throughout the level, while racing against others.
• Stunt: In stunt you attempt to accumulate as many points as you can in the given time.
• World Record: This generally has the player attempting to do very difficult things. For example, jumping over the Grand Canyon.
• Uphill: Has the player going through gates set throughout the level, an arrow guides the player.

Locations

SX Superstar has five different locations to choose from, each location will contain some of the above modes, not one level contains every mode. The locations and modes they contain are as follows:

• UK: Contains Arena, Baja, Stunt, and World Record.
• USA: Contains Arena, Baja, Uphill and World Record.
• Italy: Contains Arena, Baja, and Stunt.
• Jamaica: Contains Arena, Baja, and Stunt.
• Egypt: Contains Arena and Baja.

Reception

Reception

Review scores Publication Score GC PS2 Xbox EGM 3.83/10[3] N/A N/A Game Informer 6/10[4] N/A 6.5/10[5] GamePro N/A N/A [6] GameSpot 6.7/10[7] N/A 6.7/10[7] GameSpy [8] N/A N/A GameZone N/A N/A 6/10[9] IGN 3.6/10[10] N/A 3.6/10[11] Nintendo Power 3.1/5[12] N/A N/A OXM (US) N/A N/A 3.7/10[13] X-Play N/A N/A [14] Aggregate scores GameRankings 56.59%[15] 62.45%[16] 52.13%[17] Metacritic 59/100[18] N/A 53/100[19]

The game was met with mixed reception. GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 63% for the PlayStation 2 version;^[16] 57% and 59 out of 100 for the GameCube version;^[15][18] and 52% and 53 out of 100 for the Xbox version.^[17][19]

References

External links

• SX Superstar at MobyGames