Mad Tracks
Platform: PC, Xbox 360
Publisher: Load Inc.
Review Type: Touchy
Version: Demo
If I was an indie game developer I'd be very excited about Xbox Live Arcade right about now. With low budget titles like Hexic and Geometry Wars doing bang up business through the Xbox 360's downloadable game service there's a huge opportunity for the little guy to make good -- and just when we all thought that the exorbitant budgets of next generation titles were going to price out smaller developers.
Mad Tracks is a suite of mini-games revolving friction racers -- those toy cars that you pull back and let go to race. Gameplay doesn't really incorporate the idea of having to jerk your vehicle back before gaining momentum. Instead, you've got a spring meter that runs out if you accellerate for too long. There's a bit of combat involved. Power ups grant you weapons, like missiles and oil slicks, as well as replenishing some of your spring meter.
As a single player game, Mad Tracks is fairly light weight. But I can see certain mini-games, like Foosball being something to do while shooting the shit with friends on Xbox live.
The full version of Mad Tracks is due out for PC in February and via Xbox Live Arcade in March. Download the PC demo here.
Publisher: Load Inc.
Review Type: Touchy
Version: Demo
If I was an indie game developer I'd be very excited about Xbox Live Arcade right about now. With low budget titles like Hexic and Geometry Wars doing bang up business through the Xbox 360's downloadable game service there's a huge opportunity for the little guy to make good -- and just when we all thought that the exorbitant budgets of next generation titles were going to price out smaller developers.
Mad Tracks is a suite of mini-games revolving friction racers -- those toy cars that you pull back and let go to race. Gameplay doesn't really incorporate the idea of having to jerk your vehicle back before gaining momentum. Instead, you've got a spring meter that runs out if you accellerate for too long. There's a bit of combat involved. Power ups grant you weapons, like missiles and oil slicks, as well as replenishing some of your spring meter.
As a single player game, Mad Tracks is fairly light weight. But I can see certain mini-games, like Foosball being something to do while shooting the shit with friends on Xbox live.
The full version of Mad Tracks is due out for PC in February and via Xbox Live Arcade in March. Download the PC demo here.
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