This game is very bad. The too long don't read I would give here is: Total Insanity... to play. And not in a good way either.
Let's startThis game is very bad. The too long don't read I would give here is: Total Insanity... to play. And not in a good way either.
Let's start with the menu. The first thing that pops into your ears is the horrible, wanna-be energetic 'rock' soundtrack, with all your favorite boy bands. One or two songs were decent. Definitely needed a quick way to turn off the 'radio' by, for example, holding the button down that changes songs.
Quick play is somewhat alright. Limited and uninspired stunt modes lifted from 3 (same car too) and quite boring modes, that's either racing, racing with a gimmick, or arena.
Flatout mode is at least somewhat fun actually. For the first few missions. Until you see that it's mandatory to get gold everywhere to unlock everything, including some/most cars, which require stupendously hard races to be done. The Stunt mode goals are insane in some, and easy for others.
Jumps in difficulty are everywhere.
career mode. People have said it to short, I would say that's a good thing with how bad it is. having to restart every race in every cup 15 times each to finish first or second isn't fun. Let's get into the real garbage, shall we? Racing itself. If you wanna race in this game, you need more determination than a certain poker-faced child. The AI is.... actually decent when it comes to racing itself. Put them on a track, with no player, and let them race, and they'll have a great time. Even the thought turns of some tracks are easy for them to master. And that's the problem. As where a player would need to exercise and practice ages to take a difficult turn or avoid a particular bump, they absolutely master it. They don't drive perfect by any means, but if they don't make an error, they do drive perfectly. It's like it's a lottery every second if they are going to make an error, with the odds heavily stacked against errors. This is even more apparent when you actually go and am one of them. Ram one in the rear, and 1/10 times, they will spin out slightly, if not fully lose control. The other 9 times your bumper will stick to theirs so hard you need to break to get loose. Which makes you go very slow.
Another thing this game does is have a distinct programming in the Ai and the game itself, to increase difficulty artificially and pad out the game. If it wouldn't be for what I'm about to mention, I would have completed this game. And recommended it too! The AI in most races will specifically attempt to screw you over at every turn, while almost being friendly to each other. You won't see them go at each other with the same aggression as they treat you, especially in arena mode. if 3 people are left, you will always be chased by the two remaining ones. Always. They won't even ram into each other if one has their sides exposed for a T-bone crash.
The frustration from this is tolerable, after all, a game that's made to screw you over fairly and that you can master fairly is good. That's why (most) people enjoy the dark soul's games. While they are not fair and hate you, you can master them, and they won't be that much of a challenge anymore. This game does the worst thing you can do as an AAA game, the sequel to another game that already perfected physics in a crash-based environment: Have the worst physics ever. Drive over a railroad track? get flipped on your roof. Graced a rock? Lose all control of your car as you slide over the track into the nearest wall. Fall of a wooden bridge? Expect to flip at least 2 times on impact. Hell, if you are turned around and moving backward because you spun out, and hold the button to accelerate down, you will actually not slow down faster, than by not pressing it!. That's right, it's slower to accelerate against moving backward than to not try to fight it. ???.
Slippery, some people put it. Floaty. I'd describe it as: pretty tight... if you were on a flat plane with no obstacles, and no enemies. Then again, would that be fun?
This game is **** and riding off a popular franchises name, luring you in with familiar features to then surprise you with a smack in the face, with a glove covered in cow manure. Avoid. You can have more fun playing bad Wii shovelware. Actually, go play Shrek Smash n' Crash Racing. Its way better than this game… Expand