Jak X: Combat Racing
Platform: PlayStation 2
Publisher: SCEA
Review Type: Touchy
Version: Retail
Just a few posts ago I comment on racing games and their need for additional action to hold my attention. Jak X: Combat Racing is the kind of game I was talking about. The game is a cross pollenation of cart racing ala Super Mario Kart and the automotive carnage of the Twisted Metal series. In fact, Jak X: Combat Racing wisely samples DNA from nearly every such game you can name, in an attempt to create the ultimate battle race hybrid. This sampling is best seen in the game's varied race modes. The Death Race, which charges you with slamming into as many drone vehicles as you can, feels cribbed straight from Burnout 3: Takedown. And the Artifact Race, in which you rush to capture flag, recalls the gameplay of Smuggler's Run.
Jak X: Combat racing is by no means perfect, though. The organic look of the futuristic race tracks (dictated I'm sure by the design of the ongoing series) conjures painful memories of Star Wars Episode I: Racer. Nooooooooo!
Publisher: SCEA
Review Type: Touchy
Version: Retail
Just a few posts ago I comment on racing games and their need for additional action to hold my attention. Jak X: Combat Racing is the kind of game I was talking about. The game is a cross pollenation of cart racing ala Super Mario Kart and the automotive carnage of the Twisted Metal series. In fact, Jak X: Combat Racing wisely samples DNA from nearly every such game you can name, in an attempt to create the ultimate battle race hybrid. This sampling is best seen in the game's varied race modes. The Death Race, which charges you with slamming into as many drone vehicles as you can, feels cribbed straight from Burnout 3: Takedown. And the Artifact Race, in which you rush to capture flag, recalls the gameplay of Smuggler's Run.Jak X: Combat racing is by no means perfect, though. The organic look of the futuristic race tracks (dictated I'm sure by the design of the ongoing series) conjures painful memories of Star Wars Episode I: Racer. Nooooooooo!
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