4.0 hours played
Written 4 years ago
OK, straight to the point: I'm a fan of Micro Machines/Re-Volt and this game is not as good as them. I will go on explaining why. But, if you're ok with such cheap games and know what to expect without any big expectations, then you may get use to the gameplay and all the flaws, and you may actually enjoy it!
Let's first discuss the obvious big bug/flaw as of the current version: the AI and you can fall through the maps (going out of the borders). Do this by just landing sideways, if someone pushes you. It's a weird glitch and you can find it annoying. There are two good things about it: 1. you can respawn fast 2. sometimes, when AI is doing that, it won't return to the track, which guarantee your first place. That glitch is so bad that make the game good again. Perhaps it's also good for a laugh or two.
There's no real single player mode (it's just win until you earn enough money to unlock the next track/car).
I'll continue with the collision and the gameplay. Bumping into solid objects often stops your car completely instead of just bumping you back on track, and you loose momentum. This game is one of those: if you loose momentum (make a mistake), it's fatal. You're almost certainly not gonna win the race against the AI. The AI very rarely makes mistakes.
The 3D objects in the tracks are low poly. The tracks themselves are too dark. All tracks can use more light/higher global illumination.
The menu is really terrible with VR in mind navigation. If you don't have VR, you won't like it. After a race, the menu won't save your last track/car you have selected, which is annoying. There's no volume control options (you can disable music, but that's it). The game lacks a lot of sound effects that otherwise would've bee adding some more atmosphere and immersion.
Ok, now on to the good stuff.
Once you get to the hang of the gameplay, it's fun. The first few tracks really reminds me of Micro Machines. And you can adjust even the camera to look like the classic Micro Machines. The gameplay isn't that fast, but that's OK, since it gives you good amount of reaction time and it doesn't need to be crazy fast.
In general, there seems to be two types of tracks: those that makes cars looks like miniature cars in big rooms and those tracks that makes cars looks like a real-life cars racing in carting-like tracks. That being said, the variety of tracks is surprisingly good! First of all, there are plenty of tracks and they're all different enough to keep you interested in unlocking them. There's even a drift mode for each one. There are the kitchen one, the bathroom one and plenty more in-door ones. All these reminds me of the Micro Machines tracks. Tracks are overall small. There are some cool objects in these rooms. In one room, I found a green Android figure. But things gets more interesting later on, when you unlock some "racing" tracks. There's also a snow one and a night one with zombies! (because why not!). Seems like the authors were having some fun. The music tracks are also good.
Racing against AI probably won't be your cup of tea, but perhaps the most interesting part of the game is the multiplayer. If you have friends to play, it will provide fun time. But if you're looking for servers, unfortunately, there's none. It seems empty.
So I would recommend this game if you're a Micro Machines fan, really desperately looking for something similar. Otherwise - skip.
