Carmageddon is a superb title that still holds up well, me thinks. There's no denying there's a heavy load of 90s cheese smeared all over it, from character names like "Die Anna" and "Wanda Lust" to the games general attitude, but that's by no means a bad thing. It at least has a personality. The game itself is a demolition derby style racer, but with a twist: Instead of private courses with pedestrians safely cordoned to the sides, they are left in the streets and the player is rewarded with time and points for mercilessly running them down! It's tasteless but it is at least self aware and done in a silly manner, from the animals clearly voiced by some office intern to details like the flag waver being impaled by - of course - the flag. The wonky physics, while taking some time to get used to, add to the fun - it is perfectly normal in Carmageddon to fly and slide willy nilly while crashing like mad into other racers and pedestrians, it's chaotic but unquestionably fun. There are a lot of maps to play through, even if some do feel like they are just flips of previous maps and certain themes and textures do get repetitive and it isn't exactly a great looking game for 1997. Nonetheless, this is a very entertaining ride and one of the more chaotic and memorably silly combat racer games of its era.
