Blood Drive (PS3)
The box reads: "Welcome to the most ruthless modern-day gladiator arena this world has ever known. This is the entertainment sport for a new age, and you are the franchise player."
In fact, the world's known a few similar entertainment sports in this vein, the most notable being Carmageddon, Twisted Metal and Destruction Derby. Therefore this game looks pretty promising. For those not familiar with the genre, the idea is to compete in a series of events amongst which are Squish Zombie Things, Race To Checkpoints and Smash Shit Up. By being the best at these events, points are earned and trophies won. There are even Bonus Zombies to squish, a variety of weapons with which to cause havoc and a whole host of fun and exciting characters to play as, all with cars/buses/tanks with different attributes to try.
So far, so good, you say, until the countdown to the first stage begins. Around three seconds after this, you will discover that the vehicles handle like a hovercraft on crack. This may be interpreted either way - that the hovercraft itself has been smoking crack, or that you're trying desperately to steer one after sucking down a lungful. (Disclaimer: I have never driven a hovercraft or smoked crack, but it's not hard to imagine how either one of those might go for me) The controls make this game pretty much unplayable, which is such a shame when you see how much hilarity there is to be potentially had.
Fortunately one of the perks of my job means that I'm allowed to borrow games to increase and improve my product knowledge. I must say, I'm really glad I didn't pay for this game!
2/5
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