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Posted on: January 18, 2018

victorchopin

Games: 1392 Reviews: 8

Good ol' Carmageddon is back

Max Damage pays tribute to the classic previous entries in the series and adds more. Problems aside with the then freshly kickstarted game paved the way to one of the most solid games in the genre which is MD. Spectacular visuals (I'm not into this frenetic madness of measuring and comparing like a buffoon but in this case the 60fps pc is the way to go and I say it personally), precise violent and fast paced gameplay, classic characters and newer ones somehow add to the nostalgia which is so important to us GOG fans, without spoiling big time for the new players. One could effortlessly dig this without ever touching any other Carmageddon game. The OST is... a bit meh, somehow a tad generic (reminds me of some 90s rock tunes feature in games such as Twisted Metal) but nonetheless passable. Not taking any stars for that, nope, but thing's could've been amazingly different since we had one of the greatest metal soundtracks ever made in Carma 2; oh, this one rewards us for being open world friendly and explorers much like the first and second games, so no worries on that. As a fan I know I gotta put this passion aside and be more accurate but... MAN at this price it's an easy pickup. Lots to do, multiplayer is gorgeous and yes, Stainless Games nailed it: it's the first good entry that fits amazing with a controller, so props to them. Kickstarter fans gotta be proud regarding this one.

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Posted on: January 19, 2018

Epitaph666

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Games: 1475 Reviews: 3

A pretty good game!

So this is the return of the series from the Carma pit where it lied for 11 years! This is made by the original developers after a long battle they had to acquire the rights for the brand back. So what is this game? It's a game based on the film "Death Race 2000", meaning that it shares the same humor, with actually a lot more British Humor added (the devs are from the Isle of Wight, England). When i say British Humor i mean of course Monty Python sketches and maaaybe some notions of Douglas Adams. The gameplay is simple. WIn every map by completing any of the 3 following objectives : 1) Destroy all cars (5 more opponents) 2) Kill all pedestrians 3) Finish the laps There's a timer on there (as is the case with all the games in the series), and if it runs out, the match is over. You increase your time by killing peds, crushing cars, chasing checkpoints or collecting powerups. You also collect money with which you can repair your car and buy powerups. There's also many silver wheel tokens throughout each map with which you can upgrade each car (offense, defense and power). Simple eh? As for the powerups, there's a huge collection of them, and among them many are new and funny as hell! You also can mix them in some cases (for example try the "Rapture" Pup and then change to a slicing powerup). But the lack of many older powerups is somewhat showing ("Harvester" and "Drugged" among them). The damage physics are unbelievable! The work they've done is phenomenal, but you can test for yourself! The graphics are beautiful (not CryEngine/UE4 level of course, since they have their own engine). Sound is good and the music is fitting, but you can also change the playlist and create your own. The main flaw of the game is how easily you can be destroyed sometimes and that the HUD doesn't show the state of the other cars (like it did in Carmageddon 2 and TDR 2000). This was a great addition in those games and i find it lacking in the new one! Great game overall.

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Posted on: March 31, 2020

nyth1983

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Games: 448 Reviews: 13

Can't believe the harsh reviews

The only reason i'm not giving it 5 stars is because the loading times are pretty brutal... although, the maps are huge, and packed with powerups, pedestrians, tokens, secrets, ramps and loop dee loops..etc etc... One could spend hours just exploring. So perhaps this is why. As for the driving mechanics., I think it's even better than previous Carmageddons. Yep, i said that. And i've been playing Carmageddon allll my life, still play the old ones today too. It's NOT a racing game. The handling is supposed to feel like that. Believe it or not, this is realistic.. for suped up tank cars flying down city streets at breakneck speeds running over curbs, car parts and pedestrians.. what did you expect? I find the driving perfect. It is so much easier than the previous games. What is the problem here? No idea. I can drive the crap out of this game with near perfect handling. I stress again. NOT a racing game. Think more like a demolition derby game. Drive it like a real car. If you start going into a skid... take your foot off the pedal. Easy. The graphics look beautiful on my 3000whatever resolution, 4k screen. Even at low settings. I'm kind of baffled why everyone seems to hate this game. I adore it. A fine successor to the franchise. The only bad point i can make is the loading times. A bit long, but whatever. I have so much fun with this. And at reg. 18bucks or whatever, (i got it on sale for like 4bucks) how can you go wrong?

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Posted on: February 27, 2018

millycat

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Games: 604 Reviews: 9

Promise

I regret buying this game.. After purchase, I remembered the company said it was going to release a linux version of this game, but it never happened. "Stainless Games aimed to raise over $400,000 (£250,000) via Kickstarter in order to produce the game. The $400,000 target was reached in 10 days, when it was announced that if the project raised $600,000 then Mac and Linux versions would also be produced. This new target was met by the campaign's end on 6 June 2012 - with a total of $625,143 raised."

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Posted on: January 3, 2019

GODSPEEDseven

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Games: 233 Reviews: 5

Ruined by horribly light driving physics

I expect weight, impact and to feel like I drove a 3 ton beast into the opponent, to feel the momentum and the hit; alas, cars are featherlight & provide mushy spongy and control with little to no precision. While it is normal for some cars to be prone to oversteer, others some understeer... maybe rolling over; in this game, it's like they put all the sliders to the max of every setting and reduced any kind of weight. Have they ever driven a car?! Try ramming cars with something like the monster truck with its huge spike... you just bounce all over the place, there is no weight, no impact to the hits, it feels like trying to crash a bubble into a wall. There is no momentum from the weight. That super-wide lambo-looking car, low to the ground; looks like it's agile and will handle well, but you can barely corner with that thing, even at slow speed it just simply ALWAYS wants to spin out and go all over the place. Sure, I CAN win races with it... but it's really no fun, because you fight your own car more than you fight other cars. I remember the old Carmageddons, and while the cars are all graphcially recreated "ok" in this remake.. they just don't feel the same at all. Impacts don't feel the same, ther is no "feedback", no predictability. The amount of times the slightest imperfection in the road will send you in an uncontrollable spinout makes it hard to aim and really ram an opponent. The police cars aren't the "fearsome" opponents they used to be, now, they made them these tiny really pesky little cars that are really just annoyances more than a challenge, always just in your way of your fun. This game could have been really fun had they worked on better car physics... nothing grand; not like we expect simulation-level physics here, but you compare this to a game like Flatout where cars feel like they have heft, weight and they impact with force.... and this feels like a flimsy poorly conceived game. Actually, physics aren't jsut poor. There are none.

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