4x4 EVO 2

4x4 EVO 2, also known as 4x4 Evolution 2, is a racing video game developed by Terminal Reality for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube and Microsoft Windows. It is the sequel to 4x4 Evolution and features more trucks, and more racing tracks than the original game.

4x4 EVO 2
North American cover art for Windows
Developer(s)Terminal Reality
Publisher(s)
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, Xbox, GameCube, PlayStation 2
Release
  • Windows
    • NA: October 30, 2001
    • PAL: June 20, 2002
  • Xbox
    • NA: November 15, 2001
    • PAL: March 14, 2002
  • GameCube
    • NA: September 9, 2002
  • Mac OS
  • PlayStation 2
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

The courses are primarily in extreme environments such as deserts, canyons, and other off-road locales. Players are allowed to customize their vehicle to their liking with a variety of engines, suspensions, wheels, tires, and other aftermarket parts and modifications.

Despite the PlayStation 2 version of this game being developed in North America by Terminal Reality (in the United States particularly), it was exclusively released in Europe for unknown reasons, unlike all their other titles released for the system. The Mac and GameCube versions, on the other hand, were exclusively released in North America.

Gameplay

Settings

Different settings for vehicles, time of day, and weather are available to choose from. But unlike the first 4x4 Evolution, the night and pitch black settings were removed due to a possibly unstable frame rate, which was never fixed allegedly because it was just simply not fixable.

Missions

The player may also play through missions set in various locations, which typically revolve around locating various objects in the area. Each location has multiple missions, which revolve around a single profession or storyline. Missions between areas are not intertwined, however, and are unrelated to the racing portion of career.[1]

Reception
Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
GCPCPS2Xbox
EGM4/10[2]N/AN/A4.33/10[3]
EurogamerN/A4/10[4]N/AN/A
Game Informer8/10[5]N/AN/A7.5/10[6]
GameRevolutionN/AN/AN/AD[7]
GameSpot4.8/10[8]7.8/10[9]N/A4.8/10[10]
GameZone5.5/10[11]9.8/10[12]N/A8.5/10[13]
IGN5.3/10[14]8.4/10[15]N/A7.1/10[16]
Next GenerationN/AN/AN/A[17]
Nintendo Power3.2/5[18]N/AN/AN/A
OXM (US)N/AN/AN/A5.5/10[19]
PC Gamer (US)N/A52%[1]N/AN/A
Aggregate scores
GameRankings55.71%[20]65.18%[21]52.50%[22]60.61%[23]
Metacritic56/100[24]69/100[25]N/A59/100[26]

Jeff Lundrigan reviewed the Xbox version of the game for Next Generation, rating it two stars out of five, and stated that "A case of too many options and not enough gameplay to back it up."[17]

4x4 EVO 2 was met with mixed reception. GameRankings and Metacritic gave it a score of 65% and 69 out of 100 for the PC version;[21][25] 61% and 59 out of 100 for the Xbox version;[23][26] 56% and 56 out of 100 for the GameCube version;[20][24] and 53% for the PlayStation 2 version.[22]

References
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  2. "4x4 EVO 2 (GC)". Electronic Gaming Monthly (160): 306. November 2002. Archived from the original on March 1, 2004. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  3. EGM staff (December 2001). "4x4 EVO 2 (Xbox)". Electronic Gaming Monthly: 250.
  4. Taylor, Martin (July 16, 2002). "4x4 Evo 2 (PC)". Eurogamer. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  5. Brogger, Kristian (October 2002). "4X4 EVO 2 (GC)". Game Informer (114): 87. Archived from the original on November 28, 2004. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  6. Brogger, Kristian (November 2001). "4x4 Exolution 2 (Xbox)". Game Informer (103): 121. Archived from the original on January 11, 2004. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  7. Sanders, Shawn (November 2001). "4x4 Evo 2 Review (Xbox)". Game Revolution. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  8. Davis, Ryan (September 26, 2002). "4x4 EVO Review (GC)". GameSpot. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  9. Osborne, Scott (November 6, 2001). "4X4 EVO 2 Review (PC)". GameSpot. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  10. Satterfield, Shane (November 14, 2001). "4x4 EVO 2 Review (Xbox)". GameSpot. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  11. Hopper, Steven (September 27, 2002). "4x4 EVO Review - GameCube". GameZone. Archived from the original on January 1, 2009. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  12. Ovaldog (November 12, 2001). "4x4 EVO 2 Review - PC". GameZone. Archived from the original on December 31, 2008. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  13. Bedigian, Louis (January 16, 2002). "4x4 EVO 2 Review - Xbox". GameZone. Archived from the original on October 6, 2008. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  14. Mirabella III, Fran (September 18, 2002). "4x4 Evo 2 (GCN)". IGN. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
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  17. Lundrigan, Jeff (December 2001). "Finals". Next Generation. Vol. 4 no. 12. Imagine Media. p. 96.
  18. "4x4 EVO 2". Nintendo Power. 160: 164. September 2002.
  19. "4x4 EVO 2". Official Xbox Magazine: 80. February 2002.
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  22. "4x4 EVO 2 for PlayStation 2". GameRankings. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
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