Road Redemption Review (Jack of Games)
This game is average. Was fun for few hours. I bought it because it looked like Road Rash from PS1. Races on bikes and weapons. While it does looks and feels like RR from PS1, it's a 2019 game and for a game from late 2010's the quality is kind of low.
1. Character models look outdated. It's not that you have too much time to enjoy your racer in actual game, but still. It's a very noticeable thing.
2. Some AI racers are kind of overpowered.
3. Online mode is cowpoop. I pressed the "Online" and single player game with bots started. Is there an online mode at all?
4. Maps visually look as bad as character models. Lack of colors and some lighting effects.
5. Lack of weapons and you don't have to choose between blunt, long range or sharp weapons.
6. Camera is bad. Some events spawn cars to block your way and with default angle, it's harder to see cars in front of you. Right stick is used to freely move camera, instead of looking behind etc. It's not a FPS game. I need to look back easily sometimes, without tiny mirror.
7. Because of different weapons you can have at once, weapon selection can be annoying thing. I crashed few times because i wanted to change weapon in the same category. When your f-king left big finger is on the left stick, how i am supposed to use D-pad comfortably? Did someone tested this game before release?
8. My favorite part! Driving in this game is very bad. Don't look at it as racing game. The most important part of this genre had lack of attention from developers. I can try to imagine that for kids or people that just don't care about quality of racing game, it's fine. There are games that have vehicles, but they are not racing games and so you can lower your standards. This one is actually a racing game and i expected better than this.
Price isn't high of course, but overall the game feels like a PS2 game. Double price would have been a better idea, if that could guarantee a better quality product. It's a kickstarter game from indie devs, but i played many indie games over the years that had less problems. Sadly, it's the only game i know that feels like Road Rash. Combat racing games are in coma.