Welcome to my review for Ben-Hur! Ben-Hur is quite possibly the greatest game ever made. Don't even get me started on the 100s of hours of replayability, beautiful graphics years ahead of its time, and immersive gameplay.
Story: The story of Ben-Hur is the story of legends. I don't want to spoil the one amazing cut scene that is almost movie trailer-like in style and grandeur. This one cutscene instantly makes the story of this game more massive, more intense than the likes of Mass Effect and Star Wars combined.
Campaign: This massive campaign is a solid -10 minutes long, and your reward for getting through this legendary game is a 2 sentence long epilogue. This game consists of 3 races. The first race is 2 laps long, the second race is 3 laps long, and the third race is 4 laps long. This total change of pace makes each level completely unique in its own way. (For some reason, the more laps there are, the easier it is.) You are tasked, as Ben-Hur, with riding a chariot and whipping your opponents (it's not sexual, I promise) to death. If you kill all of your opponents, then you don't have to finish the race.
Gameplay: It only has a couple of controls.
Mash
to go fast, but not too fast.
makes you whip right, whereas
whips left. The other controls are obvious choices. You murder enemies and win (3) races.
THAT'S IT! THAT'S ALL THAT IS IN THIS GAME!
THIS GAME IS THE WORST GAME I HAVE EVER PLAYED!
There is no gameplay, just garbage. There is no plot other than them just shoving their trailer for their unnecessary remake of an already great movie. You thought movie video games were bad. Movie remake video games are the WORST!
Even the loading screens are just ads.
I can't give this game lower than a half star, so that's what it has to be. The only person that should ever play this game is an achievement whore. At least Avatar: TBE actually is a game.
Pros:
Pure achievement whores will like this "game's" easy achievements.
It's only 3 races long.
Cons:
It exists.
Graphics look like Wii graphics at best.
No replayability.
Isn't even a good ad. It probably made people want to watch the movie even less.
Possibly the worst possible thing in this entire game is that the credits state that this game is in loving memory of someone. That is possibly the most fucked up thing I have ever heard. They should be ashamed of themselves.
May they rest in peace and be remembered in other ways than this game.
.5