I was looking round gamestation today thinking about what to get for my preowed games and found this sitting on the shelf.. i hadnt even realised it came out :S Its ?20, has bad packaging and is published some Z-list offshoot of take2.. I was expecting a half finished rush job, you know, one of those argonaut games like malice where they realised they werent gonna get a good deal from the publishers so just stopped trying and shipped the thing..
..but this time its actually quite good.
Theres quite a lot to do, the handling is good, the graphics are superb, i really like the control system, the trick system is good.. everything works well, there is a decent amount of game modes, online play, enough tracks and characters.. the menu's are passable but are a tad bland..
The water is strange and while the game looks a lot better than Waverace:Bluestorm, it doesnt feel like water your racing on, its more like jelly with a water texture/animation strapped over it :S
erm.. what else.. could've had better camera angles and the whole thing has zero ambition or creative risk.
It couldve been a lot better but it couldve been a lot worse too. Carve is fun, a nice short term thing that will probably last this weekend then i'll dip into it again for a quick go every now and then.. its very easy to pick up and play .. anyone else got it ??
..but this time its actually quite good.
Theres quite a lot to do, the handling is good, the graphics are superb, i really like the control system, the trick system is good.. everything works well, there is a decent amount of game modes, online play, enough tracks and characters.. the menu's are passable but are a tad bland..
The water is strange and while the game looks a lot better than Waverace:Bluestorm, it doesnt feel like water your racing on, its more like jelly with a water texture/animation strapped over it :S
erm.. what else.. could've had better camera angles and the whole thing has zero ambition or creative risk.
It couldve been a lot better but it couldve been a lot worse too. Carve is fun, a nice short term thing that will probably last this weekend then i'll dip into it again for a quick go every now and then.. its very easy to pick up and play .. anyone else got it ??
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