There’s an element of danger in picking them up, too, as some can actually negatively affect you. The car-on-car violence is made even crunchier by some great random power-ups, which run the gamut from “pelvic thrusts” that launch enemy cars away from you to an anvil launcher that does exactly what you think it does. I wish their floaty handling were tighter, but when you land a big hit on a foe, it explodes them in a highly satisfying ball of fiery death. We get to take our pick from hot rods to monster trucks to my favorite, the DeLorean, aka the “Degoryun” – complete with openable gull-wing doors you can use to whack pedestrians in the head with. As you’d expect the accompanying speed-metal soundtrack is grating, and not in a good way, though it can mercifully be turned off in the options menu so you can enjoy the sound of crunching metal in peace.Ī much-needed strong point is the selection of cars, which is impressively diverse. But one interesting mode does not a robust game make.Īdding insult to injury, every event is preceded by a painful loading time that lasts a bit over one minute as well – which is baffling considering these graphics are decidedly last-gen, particularly on the indoor “Storage Vats” course. The best of the challenges, though, is a race that lets you win by either hitting all of the checkpoints first, wiping out all rival racers first, or running over every pedestrian on the map first, because then you at least have a bit of choice and variety to help keep things interesting. Some are straight races, in which case plowing your spike-loaded vehicle through pedestrians has little payoff (which seems contrary to the theme of over-the-top vehicular homicide) others are sprints to random checkpoints another more appropriately bloodthirsty mode has everyone racing to kill the same marked pedestrian first. Those events play out in progressively unlocked fashion in the career mode, which escorts you through various stages across different locales. As such, events simply take far too long, ranging from 10 to 30 (!) minutes each. You’ll spend many wasted minutes chasing a target, only to have an AI rival beat you to it and then have the next objective spawn way back where you had just come from. And because the objective you’re driving toward is often randomly spawned around these huge maps, they’re frequently lost before you even have a chance to compete for them because someone else happened to be closer. Driving across the giant areas is either boring or frustrating, especially on some of the poorly-designed maps that require difficult indoor navigation. Every free-roam map is enormous – a revelation in 1997, but a dull chore now. In short, Carmageddon’s late-’90s sensibilities fail it in 2016.
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Unfortunately, like the recent lukewarm Beavis & Butt-Head return on MTV, time has moved on, and Carmageddon hasn’t aged well.
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And to its credit, the new Carmageddon: Max Damage recreates the feel, structure, and sense of humor of the original two games in the series quite well. As fans of the series we deserve better than this mediocre outing.Back in the late ‘90s, Carmageddon’s open-world, pedestrian-squashing racing mechanics were fresh, exciting, and hilarious. I'm sorry, but if you take off the nostalgia goggles like I did, this isn't a good game. Multiplayer brings this game to life, and is much more fulfilling than playing solo. The power ups and unlockable cars keep things fresh and entertaining. Pros: - The carnage is really fun when it works. Not game breaking but still underwhelming for a 2016 game. The graphics are very sub par, with muddy textures and constant pop in. Most races fall down to the AI themselves struggling with the handling and spinning in circles or pushing you like a forklift locking you in position until they stop. Some might defend it as realistic, but even if that's the case it feels at odds with a chaotic, unrealistic game.
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A game about crashing into things relentlessly punishes you for doing so as you spend the majority of your time reversing and spinning out every time you turn a corner.
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Whilst this game isn't a complete failure it has many crippling flaws, some of which made is unplayable for me. Whilst this game isn't a complete This game had a hell of a lot of potential, especially for an under utilised genre like 'arcade racers'. This game had a hell of a lot of potential, especially for an under utilised genre like 'arcade racers'.