- CARMAGEDDON MAX DAMAGE PC REVIEW UPDATE
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- CARMAGEDDON MAX DAMAGE PC REVIEW PS2
It’s happy with being that little niche title that you play every couple of hours on those off days and it is such a shame to see. With Carmageddon however there is no such sign of trying to improve or stand out.
CARMAGEDDON MAX DAMAGE PC REVIEW UPDATE
At least when that game released it tried to hit home with update graphics, enemies and Duke one liners. If you want to know what Carmageddon: Max Damage feels like, it is as if Duke Nukem Forever came out and did nothing to try and hit the modern day market.
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Does it want to be like a more brutal Mario Kart or is it satisfied with being a lack lustre Twisted Metal? All of this accumulates to create a game that doesn’t quite know what it wants to do. You will find your favourites and use them constantly whilst others will just sit on your weapons bar begging to be used. This results in you taking time out to needlessly strip a car when you can just ram straight into it or use a better weapon that does direct damage. But in game you need to be right next to your opponent and keep it held down in order for it to successfully strip their car to bits. One weapon for example strips the metal off of your opponents cars making them more vulnerable to attacks, sounds good on paper doesn’t it.
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The bad of this however comes from some of them lacking use against the AI.
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These can feel great to pull off, especially if you are able to rip apart your opposing vehicles piece by piece. Weapons can come in many different forms from straight forward shunts, throwing cars straight into the air and setting pedestrians ablaze. Especially if you are hunting down someone or desperately changing direction to the next check point. Even with upgrades, their wild control around both tight and loose corners make things incredibly difficult. The cars in game all feel like they have had their tires battered in banana juice as they slide around with every turn you make. It doesn’t stand out as much as you would want it to and it does not leave you breathless when you see explosions, bursts of blood or collisions.
CARMAGEDDON MAX DAMAGE PC REVIEW PS2
But this strange combination makes Carmageddon look like a remaster version of a PS2 or original Xbox title. The power ups looking like this actually stand to the games benefit as you are then enticed to drive over them and claim the weaponry or bonuses that lie within. The cars stand out on very basic and drab looking environments with pickups looking like items out of Borderlands or equivalent titles that use a cel-shaded look. But their looks are hindered by the games art style which is an unpleasent mess. Seeing them revived in a new 3D environment is a great burst of nostalgia for fans of the classic Carmageddon back in 1997. Speaking of the cars, their designs for the most part are great representations of the originals. It is a simple matter of choosing which car grabs your attention and heading out into the field to cause some mayhem. There is also no incentive to try different cars apart from slight stat differences that seem to be more aesthetic than anything else. You can end up winning an augment for one of the games cars and never use it under the grounds that you never use that specific vehicle. The unlockables themselves are misleading as they fail to tell you what they do and which cars can equip them. This is a complete removal from immersion and can be bothersome when you want to do quick changes before the next mission.
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In order to upgrade your vehicle of choice you need to leave the game mode you are currently on and return to the main menu in order to apply it. Your reward for unlocking new areas comes in the form of new cars or upgrades that you can equip in the garage, which sadly leads into another problem. These missions can feel enjoyable for the first few undertakings, but their repetitive nature starts to make the game turn stale very quickly. These objectives can vary from having to murder X amount of pedestrians, complete laps around the level or eradicate your competitors.
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In thesingle player experience players will be able to take on different objectives in order to acquire points which are used to unlock the next level. With no story attached to the game at all, you are simply thrown into it with a career mode to undertake.