Road Rash: Jailbreak

Road Rash: Jailbreak is a racing video game developed by EA Redwood Shores for the PlayStation version and Magic Pockets for the Game Boy Advance version and published by Electronic Arts for PlayStation in 2000 and for Game Boy Advance in 2003. It is the sixth and final game in the Road Rash series.

For other uses, see Road rash (disambiguation).
Road Rash: Jailbreak
Developer(s)EA Redwood Shores
Magic Pockets (GBA)
Publisher(s)Electronic Arts
Producer(s)Hunter Smith
Artist(s)Daniel D. Wood
SeriesRoad Rash
Platform(s)PlayStation, Game Boy Advance
ReleasePlayStation
  • NA: January 26, 2000[1]
  • EU: August 6, 2000
Game Boy Advance
  • NA: September 11, 2003
  • EU: October 17, 2003
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay

The game plays similarly to previous games developed in the Road Rash series, which involves the player racing their motorcycle against other motorcyclists. Gameplay favors an arcade-like style, with little emphasis on realism. While racing, the player has the option of punching, or using weapons to attack other opponents, to slow down their progress. The ultimate goal is to place first in the race in order to earn points to upgrade the player's weapon and nitro. Conversely, the worst quote is to finish last, which doesn't earn points, or be stopped by police officers, where the player actually loses points. Despite sharing many characteristics with past games in the series, Road Rash Jailbreak puts a stronger emphasis on the racing aspect of the game, and less on combat.

The individual courses for the game are pieced together from a larger system of interconnected grids of roads. Courses may overlap common segments of other tracks, but often have different start or end points, or have the player turning down alternate routes. The modes on Road Rash Jailbreak are: Jailbreak, Five-O, Time Trial, Cops and Robbers, Skull-to-skull, and Sidecar mode.

Reception

The Game Boy Advance version of Road Rash: Jailbreak received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[4] Game Informer gave it an unfavorable review, over a month before it was released Stateside.[7] Doug Trueman of NextGen said in his bottom line that the first Road Rash was still better than the PlayStation version.[16]

References
  1. IGN staff (January 3, 2000). "The Games of January". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  2. "Road Rash: Jailbreak for Game Boy Advance". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on April 30, 2019. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  3. "Road Rash: Jailbreak for PlayStation". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 21, 2019. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  4. "Road Rash Jailbreak (gba: 2003): Reviews". Metacritic. CNET. Archived from the original on September 13, 2008. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  5. Scoleri III, Joseph. "Road Rash: Jailbreak (PS) - Review". AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on November 14, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  6. EGM staff (2000). "Road Rash: Jailbreak (PS)". Electronic Gaming Monthly. Ziff Davis.
  7. "Road Rash: Jailbreak (GBA)". Game Informer. No. 124. GameStop. August 2003. p. 104.
  8. "Road Rash: Jailbreak (PS)". Game Informer. No. 83. FuncoLand. March 2000.
  9. Higgins, Geoff "The Judge" (February 2000). "Road Rash: Jail Break [sic] (PS)". GameFan. Vol. 8 no. 2. Shinno Media. p. 33. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  10. The D-Pad Destroyer (2000). "Road Rash Jailbreak Review for PlayStation on GamePro.com". GamePro. IDG Entertainment. Archived from the original on August 26, 2004. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  11. Brian (March 2000). "Road Rash: Jailbreak Review (PS)". GameRevolution. CraveOnline. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  12. Provo, Frank (November 10, 2003). "Road Rash: Jailbreak Review (GBA)". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  13. Gerstmann, Jeff (January 27, 2000). "Road Rash: Jailbreak Review (PS) [date mislabeled as "May 2, 2000"]". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  14. Harris, Craig (September 23, 2003). "Road Rash: Jailbreak (GBA)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  15. Bishop, Sam (February 3, 2000). "Road Rash: Jailbreak (PS)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  16. Trueman, Doug (May 2000). "Road Rash: Jailbreak (PS)". NextGen. No. 65. Imagine Media. p. 100. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  17. "Road Rash: Jailbreak". Nintendo Power. Vol. 172. Nintendo of America. October 2003. p. 141.
  18. Rybicki, Joe (March 2000). "Road Rash: Jail Break [sic]". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. Vol. 3 no. 6. Ziff Davis. p. 100. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  19. Braxton-Brown, Justin (March 29, 2000). "Road Rash revs up with Jailbreak (PS)". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Gannett Company. Archived from the original on July 1, 2001. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
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