Cruis'n Velocity

Cruis'n Velocity

North American cover art
Developer(s) Graphic State Games
Publisher(s) Midway Games
Series Cruis'n
Platform(s) Game Boy Advance
Release date(s)
  • NA November 28, 2001
  • EU February 8, 2002
Genre(s) Racing
Mode(s) Single Player
Multiplayer

Cruis'n Velocity is a racing game and the fourth game in the Cruis'n series. The game was developed by Graphic State Games and released by Midway for the Game Boy Advance in 2001. It is the only game in the series not to be preceded by an arcade release and features slightly different gameplay from its predecessors. The game uses the same engine as Dark Arena, a first-person shooter game also developed by Graphic State, to achieve a pseudo-3D effect. This approach garnered the game mixed reviews.

Gameplay

Unlike the previous games in the series instead of the racing down one-way courses consisting of streets based on real-life locations while avoiding various road hazards such as oncoming traffic and construction you travel through a large environment racing eleven different cars and winning the races without getting hit by walls and such. Fourteen different locations are available.[1]

There's a new speed boost system by pressing on the gas button twice.[1] There's also an option that you can have a damage system on or off and there will be a damage bar and it can go down when you crash into different objects.

There are three different races to choose from. Players can run through the Cruis'n Cup which unlocks new courses and cars. Championship allows players go through courses and if to earn points like in Mario Kart. In Freestyle players can go through courses to get the highest track record.

The game features a three-player multiplayer mode using the Game Boy Advance's link cable. Instead of a save feature this game used a password system so that players can save their progress.

Cars

Reception

Reception
Aggregate scores
AggregatorScore
GameRankings48%[2]
Metacritic53/100[3]
Review scores
PublicationScore
AllGame[4]
Computer and Video Games5/10[5]
Game Informer4.5/10[6]
GameZone5.7/10[7]
IGN6/10[1]
Nintendo Power[8]
Nintendo World Report3/10[9]

Cruis'n Velocity was met with very mixed to negative reception, as GameRankings gave it a score of 48%,[2] while Metacritic gave it 53 out of 100.[3]

IGN gave the game a score of six out of ten and called it "somewhat enjoyable" with its multitude of play modes, while criticizing the collision detection, game-crashing bugs, use of a password system and A.I.. They also remarked that the game was significantly less over-the-top than its arcade predecessors.[1] The game's Doom-style graphics engine was criticized by AllGame, which gave it one-and-a-half stars out of five and called the graphics "ugly and sluggish" and compared them unfavorably to Mario Kart Super Circuit, which used scaling to achieve its pseudo-3D effect.[4] Nintendo Power gave it two-and-a-half stars out of five, calling it a "so-so racing game."[8]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Harris, Craig (December 13, 2001). "Cruis'n Velocity". IGN. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Cruis'n Velocity for Game Boy Advance". GameRankings. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Cruis'n Velocity for Game Boy Advance Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Miller, Skyler. "Cruis'n Velocity - Review". AllGame. Archived from the original on November 16, 2014. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
  5. ↑ Skittrell, Lee (March 8, 2002). "GBA Review: Cruis'n Velocity". Computer and Video Games. Archived from the original on June 24, 2007. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Cruis'n Velocity". Game Informer (107): 91. March 2002.
  7. ↑ Watkins, Rob (January 6, 2002). "Cruis'n Velocity Review - Game Boy Advance". GameZone. Archived from the original on February 9, 2008. Retrieved November 16, 2014.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Cruis'n Velocity". Nintendo Power 151: 172. December 2001.
  9. ↑ Sklens, Mike (March 2, 2002). "Cruis'n Velocity". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved November 16, 2014.

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