"All of the stuff that I feel makes a great car combat sequence that Mad Max does so well ... this is that, in a strategy game. I heartily recommend" - Tom Chick, Quarter to Three
"If Speed Racer (the cartoon) had a baby with Death Race (the Roger Corman versions) and it ended up in a Mad Max fut...
"All of the stuff that I feel makes a great car combat sequence that Mad Max does so well ... this is that, in a strategy game. I heartily recommend" - Tom Chick, Quarter to Three
"If Speed Racer (the cartoon) had a baby with Death Race (the Roger Corman versions) and it ended up in a Mad Max future, I think you’d end up with this game... Personally, I think this game has earned a permanent spot on my hard drive" - Adam Harrison, Bell of Lost Souls
"Turns white line fever into something thinky" - Jody Macgregor, PC Gamer
America. 2025.
The government is non-existent and society, struggling against pollution, stagnation, catastrophic climate change and gang warfare, is at the point of collapse. You are a highway warrior for hire, taking on contracts to keep the few laws that exist, in check. You battle against roving gangs to control the dangerous roads and earn a living in these dangerous times.
Tool up your vehicle with a range of weapons and upgrades and head out into The Big Empty. Explore this darkly absurd land, with danger and destruction at every turn.
Customise your vehicle with a variety of weapons - from powerful ballistic artillery, to searing high-tech lasers and makeshift deployable explosives - all designed to cause maximum havoc and destruction on the roads.
Fight against a range of dangerous gangcults in dramatic locations, with jaw-dropping physics and visual effects, all powered by Unreal Engine 4.
Take full control of the chaotic carnage with Command Mode. Slow time down and issue orders to your vehicles in a real time strategy game unlike any other. Choose the right combination of weapons and car upgrades to put the enemy down for good.
Customise your car with special upgrades to suit your playstyle. Want to go totally offensive? Upgrade your Combat Lasers and Multi-Missile Launchers to cause maximum damage. Use your character's special abilities to outwit and outmaneuver the opposition. Put the brakes on your enemies with Road Spikes and Concussion Mines to stop them dead in their tracks. Invest in your Ramming Boost to chase down enemies and smash them off the road. Use these to maximise your payday and keep the dollars rolling in.
Eight stories introduce you to the dystopian society of Games Workshop’s car combat universe of Dark Future. Take on missions and attempt to survive in the scorched wastes of America in brutal, endlessly replayable run-based campaigns.
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“Dark Future: Blood Red States is a quirky video game adaptation of this niche Games Workshop board game, and Auroch Digital have done a great job of preserving that feel in a real time form.”
7 / 10 – The Sixth Axis
“Dark Future: Blood Red States is a truly unique tactical action game, and an excellent adaptation of one of the more obscure Games Workshop properties. It provides action and considered tactics in equal measures, satisfying the strategic and bloodthirsty side of your brain wonderfully.”
9 / 10 – Thumbstix
“A great game for a niche audience interested in a post-apocalyptic single player mix of car combat and rail shooter. The combat is engaging and fun with elements that allow players to make strategic choices.”
8 / 10 – GameSpace
Not really good at reviews, but I'll try:
Was drawn in by the setting and the promise of spectacular vehicle mayhem (with guns), something I didn't get from Carmageddon. The tactical aspect (slow-time, order queue) also helped turn this away from being a generic racing sim.
What stops this from being a full 5 for me is the lack of content and vehicle customisation options (currently its just colors and license plate)
Devs, please don't stop supporting this gem in the rough!
Yes, it's a repetitive simple game, but one you say: "one more run and I'll stop"
But it's the game which will stop you: sometimes the game crashes in the end, and you have lost your run. And the devs don't repair this.
I would give 4 stars, but at now it's rather 2.5
I bought this game yesterday (on sale for £5.99) and found it interesting and different, I like the post-apocalyptic synthpunk atmos and soundtrack (Mad Max meets Terminator?) and the on-the-run micromanagement is pretty unique. Please be sure this is not a traditional racing with guns game, it's an RTS about slowing time to micromanage your next moves to accomplish your goals (mostly, kill other vehicles)
But - it's CRASHED about five times now, each time an 'Unreal Engine 4 Crash Reporter' appears so I've sent the report. My PC is a pretty decent spec so I doubt it's the machine.
Aside from this, the cool retro synth soundtrack is the ONLY soundtrack on each level, there is no voice acting, no cut scenes, just text based story and repetitive levels. Also, while the increased fuel prices adds a goal and drive to the game (no pun intended) it also added a lot of pressure that meant you just want to complete your goals instead of enjoy leveling up your vehicle. It's a fun game on the whole, just a shame it keeps crashing...
A fun interpretation of Dark Future... Dark Future was an interesting riff on table top vehicle combat in spirit of Steve Jackson Games classic Car Wars and later GURPS Autoduel. Dark Future pushed the vehicle model size up to Hot Wheels/Matchbox scale allowing you to use either the included GW plastic kits or any toy cars of a similar scale so kit-bashing and scratch building was a great fun element of the table top game. Dark Future didn't last long only receiving one expansion (Whiteline Fever) and a couple of articles in White Dwarf before the at the time traditional GW content draught killed it. There are a couple of very early GW books using the setting too if you are interested in the lore. Much like Chainsaw Warrior, there are some rules/items not implemented here, most notably Motorcycles are completely omitted and well as the vehicle design and on foot rules, which is a real shame as it would have given them a lot of options to make a more fleshed out game like a glossy modern update to the venerable and also feature reduced Autoduel by Origin Systems on the 8 bit systems which unfortunately this game isn't. OK so the game itself is good, fun, competent and a bit repetitive in longer sessions. I liked it and recommend it but I just wish it was a lot more than it is.
What the game does (using a diverse arsenal to blow up enemy cars) it does well, even though you're doing more or less the same, over and over again. Missions types are:
* blow up a number of enemies
* same as first, plus a boss or three
* blow up robo-trucks (bigger, better armed and armoured vehicles)
* hack robo-trucks by driving long enough inside a moving hacking area beside each
* escort
* barricade run (essentially blow-up-all-enemies, as you can't outrun them).
Could be more, but I'm not complaining.
Completing a "season" unlocks new cars, drivers and weapons. Different cars have different weapon mounts and stats and thus require different tactics.
Weapons fall into three categories: front-facing, turret and rear. First two can be either energy (laser), rocket, or ballistic shooters. Rear weapon is either mines, bombs or a shotgun. Different weapons also require a bit different approach.
Drivers have different perks - but these don't really have much consequence.
All in all, the game is fun to play and I found the anti-corporate humour and the redneck-claiming-to-be-patriot rants, served in form of emails between missions, rather funny, (though not exactly LOL-rated).
However, I'm knocking off a star for the bugs that always (!!!) crash the game right after finishing a mission, without saving any progress. This happened quite a few times to me (every fifth run or so.)
As another reviewer said already: devs have known this for a long time, but don't fix it.
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