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Spinout: A must have Arcade Racing Game

Posted on Nov 4, 2008 03:00:44 PM

If you are passionate about arcade racing, then Spinout is a game you must have. The game interestingly enough takes platform play to new unimaginable heights and also features awesome arenas, in addition to huge stunt courses. In fact, the action is set in such heights that you even suffer from vertigo.

Spend endless hours racing your xorb on suspended tracks. Yes! Tracks are suspended over busy cities and if you go a long way down if you even miss a small turn. So, you need to be quick in your reflexes and absolutely aware all the time.

This is one of the most exciting features of Spinout. You race around at exhilarating heights. The multiplayer mode allows you to compete with a total of four players, who are all armed with explosive weapons too. You have the option of taking part in several modes of competitions with them.

If you are adept and skilled enough to perform amazing moves and stunts, then you are rewarded with exciting risk awards, special stunts, impact and moves option known as the Daring Aesthetic Bonuses. This interesting game provides you with four race classes and a total of 54 vertigo inducing races.

A mind boggling two million different customization options and combinations allow you to creatively design your xorb. The deformable meshes provide you with an element of reality. As you race around in Spinout, dazzling visual effects complement your engine and include effects bloom, blur and beam particles.

As you advance and win races, you unlock various secrets and rewards collecting body styles and xorb skins, extra game modes, new courses and a variety of outfits for the players. Throughout the gameplay in Spinout, your adrenaline will continue pumping vigorously keeping you on the edge. As you race against the clock, the career mode gives you the option of winning medals even as you progress through four races including the explorer, angel class, etc.

Spinout is a game which is sure to provide your entire family with hours of excitement, fun and entertainment.

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Sonic Rivals 2: Not captivating enough

Posted on Sep 22, 2008 01:28:08 PM

This is another edition in the Sonic Sega saga of which we are all aware. If you are looking for some kind of interesting and novel stuff from Sonic, then you will be disheartened and dismayed. The series has failed to overcome its sequence of producing shoddy sequels and unimaginative stuff.

The game features eight characters divided into four teams. You can choose the team you want to race and which characters you’ll follow, in order to determine what story scenes you’ll see. To become a winner in Sonic Rivals 2 you have to get through six levels. The boss who appears in the final stage is your ultimate rival. The race in essence decides who will face the boss.

Obviously the game’s emphasis is placed on speed and beating your rival to the finish line. You are endowed with a wide range of accessories for besting your opponent. The game is challenging enough and you have to memorize the layout of the levels. It is important because your speed makes it difficult to preplan for objects that appear only moments earlier before you encounter them. You have to defeat your rivals, including the boss, in one-on-one combat. The boss is finally destroyed when you strike it ten times, irrespective of the number of times it is hit by your opponent.

The graphic and presentation of the game is pretty decent, and its music perfectly complements the action that is going on. The characters also have voices that gel well with their onscreen characters. These qualities not withstanding, there are many flaws that really cast a damper on what we all wish would have been a great game. On many occasions you will find opponents aimlessly moving around and making the least bit of effort to save themselves. Then again, the game’s control is overtly sensitive, which makes it difficult to make subtle movements. It really becomes a hindrance when dealing with say, the boss. The air-attack stunts also lack the required precision. Another factor that goes against the game is its having very few levels. You will end up mastering the levels sooner than later, making it too old and stale to attract you any more.

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