Posted on: December 8, 2024

James_Blood
Verified ownerGames: 1001 Reviews: 36
Bumper cars, with blood (and metal)
take one part bumper cars, one part car races, liberarly apply blog, gore, viscera add some creativity and very dark hummour and you get carmageddon. the fundation and my prefered itteration of the series (certainly like it more than Carma2 of accursed TDR). YES for anyone unfamiliar with the series you ought to start with 4th (reincarnation / max damage) but there is a lot more diverse feel within the original game (especialy this itteration that also features splat pack) tracks especialy but even classics like FEARarrari f666 (that some stupid maranello company did not find one bit funny, which makes it even better joke) are all here. Floaty controlls, short render distance (yeah for some reason it was console optimalised even on PC *shrugs* ) would be problem for rookies, but to me it enhances this feeling of nearly ballet-like proceedings. you spin and thwirl never feeling like you have full controll.... exactly how i'd feel within these insane contraptions. Oh yeah i gues be warned the game gets tad bit violent, with eyeballs popping out of corpses and such if the NPC gets hit hard enough .) I personaly love it, its manifestation of off sense of hummour, dark, violent, but ultimatley not melevolent. In some ways it is almost childish with its giddy attitude towards showcaing the violence or the triumph cutscene. If you want silly little car racing game with ability to completly wreck your opponents than Carmageddon is good, if you are adjusted to more floating controls or are willing to put up with them than conssider Max Pack, else Max Damage.
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