There is potential in this game, but it is severely underexploited. There just isnât that much to see here, and thatâs unfortunate – It feels like a decent game engine is wasted on such a short experience.
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Lets hope they bring some of that knowledge back here, and update this game with more than just controller support. Riptide GP2 is a newer game, and it is obvious that developer Vector Unit has learned much in the time between these games. Developer Vector Unit is responsible for the much superior water racing game Riptide GP2, and the difference in quality between these games is noticeable. Controls feel responsive, and are a noticeable improvement over playing the game with Touch or Tilt controls.īeach Buggy Blitz could have, and should have, been better than this. Navigation is mapped for the D-pad for both controller layouts, but can be manually reassigned to anything you want in the settings – Extended controller users will likely want to map navigation to the joystick. Progress feels governed not by skill, but by grinding.īeach Buggy Blitz supports both the Standard and Extended layout, though in-game only menu navigation requires touch.
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The lack of change in course design makes it quickly apparent that no amount of skill in the world will get you past certain checkpoints – you must upgrade your car, and you canât upgrade your car without coins, and you get coins by driving the same time-limited track designs over and over again. Jetpack Joyrideâs addictiveness comes not just from the gameplay, but from the way each run feels like a fresh experience with fresh challenges.īeach Buggy Blitz sufferers heavily from a lack of variety. And thatâs when the course bothers to change at all.įor a game like this to be a classic, it is essential for each run to feel different than the previous. When it does work, the only parts of the run that end up feeling different are the parts at the very end – the early stages of the course pull from a very limited pool of level designs. In practice, this often breaks, leaving you stuck playing the same course over and over again. The game promises procedurally generated levels, meaning every run is different. The biggest weakness here is in the repetitiveness of the level design.
The interface is a little rough around the edges, but not distractingly so. The graphics are nice, the music and sound design appropriate, and navigating the game world feels responsive and provides a decent level of challenge. In practice, it plays like a 3D endless runner in the same vein as Jetpack Joyride, with a few caveats. Showing posts tagged #beach buggy blitz Review: Beach Buggy Blitzīeach Buggy Blitz is a 3D driving game in which the goal is to travel as far as possible before running out of time – collecting coins, dodging pitfalls, and passing time-increasing checkpoints along the way.
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