Played on August 26th, 2023 (SEGA Genesis Challenge 37/160)
Note: This game is currently put on "shelved" because I haven't cleared the game completely, but I've come to grips on the mechanics to give an assessment of the game.
You ever get sick of all of those racers knocking you off of your bikes in motorcycle racing games? Well, I certainly have. Then this game might just be up to your speed because you're the one knocking off all those racers that's getting in your way. And I had a real blast with the game as the controls felt very good and knocking down nearby racers felt satisfying. Too bad you have to show restraint for a select few lest you want to scolded before the race begins.
Being a game where you can just punch, kick, and sometimes even club your opponents, the game's premise is an illegal racer and thus you will have to deal with not just your opponents, but dealing with traffic and even the police. You can still get knocked off which might not be so much of a big deal as long as it only happens once or twice, but it can still halt your progress immensely. But if it so happens that you are knocked off in front of a police bike, you get fined and the race ends for you. Same thing applies to your bike getting totaled, but that scenario is so rare that I haven't had that happen to me yet. The best of course of action to survive ongoing traffic is the simple rule of driving to always stay in your lane unless you are making a pass.
The music is great and the visuals are nice, but there are only five courses in the game and when you complete them all, you do them again, but the difference is that the course is longer, the racers are faster, and there are supposedly much more brutal traffic. You can remedy this by buying new bikes after a race, and on top of that, you can actually spam a course even after you've cleared it in order to farm money or just simply try as many times as you want to get that first place. I'm not sure how many waves there are, but apparently a longplay took 3 hours of the game and as fun as the game is, I doubt it's something I want to spend that much time all at once on.
Note: This game is currently put on "shelved" because I haven't cleared the game completely, but I've come to grips on the mechanics to give an assessment of the game.
You ever get sick of all of those racers knocking you off of your bikes in motorcycle racing games? Well, I certainly have. Then this game might just be up to your speed because you're the one knocking off all those racers that's getting in your way. And I had a real blast with the game as the controls felt very good and knocking down nearby racers felt satisfying. Too bad you have to show restraint for a select few lest you want to scolded before the race begins.
Being a game where you can just punch, kick, and sometimes even club your opponents, the game's premise is an illegal racer and thus you will have to deal with not just your opponents, but dealing with traffic and even the police. You can still get knocked off which might not be so much of a big deal as long as it only happens once or twice, but it can still halt your progress immensely. But if it so happens that you are knocked off in front of a police bike, you get fined and the race ends for you. Same thing applies to your bike getting totaled, but that scenario is so rare that I haven't had that happen to me yet. The best of course of action to survive ongoing traffic is the simple rule of driving to always stay in your lane unless you are making a pass.
The music is great and the visuals are nice, but there are only five courses in the game and when you complete them all, you do them again, but the difference is that the course is longer, the racers are faster, and there are supposedly much more brutal traffic. You can remedy this by buying new bikes after a race, and on top of that, you can actually spam a course even after you've cleared it in order to farm money or just simply try as many times as you want to get that first place. I'm not sure how many waves there are, but apparently a longplay took 3 hours of the game and as fun as the game is, I doubt it's something I want to spend that much time all at once on.