Review NaN of 8
, from Pennsylvania, USA
Price Paid:
$50.00
from Gift Summary:
This was the first game I ever played on X-Box. I recieved it as a birthday gift along with the system itself, and a copy of Madden 2002. Madden was an excellent game and I thoroughly enjoyed myself, and continue to play it to this date. As far as this wagonload of confusion and ignorance slammed into a racing game, I will never pick it up again. Ever.
Now, I'm not emotional by any means when it comes to games. Playing the most frustrating of games I would do something along the lines of lightly setting down the controller on the ground and, while pretending for a moment that I'm an English scholar, say, " Gosh darn this bloody asinine piece of rubbish." But then I consider how much work the developers put into the game and force myself to slog through it. Well, I may be underestimating my rage a little bit, but I would never break a controller or TV screen. This game in particular nearly drove me to the breaking point.
A platform racing game is a lovely idea, and as stated in an earlier review, Mario Kart handled the concept very well. But, my God, did Mad Dash Racing mess it up. One thing that was there right from the beginning was an annoying attempt to be funny. This is held back, 1) By forgettable voice acting, and 2) By unforgettable writing. Unforgettable writing really means that it scars you so deeply and wretchedly that it forever lingers in your subconcious as a constant reminder of just how underpaid the scripter for this game was. It's like he had to sit down and crank out a game concept and all of the lines in a month. That poor, poor illiterate hobo. Nevertheless, the gaming industry shouldn't act as a Salvation Army.
You should notice as soon as you get in just how cliched and unoriginal the characters are. In fact, I would swear that the main antaganist was none other than Dr. Vortex sneaking temporarily out of Crash Bandicoot to terrorize this time not a fictional universe, but our real one. Destroying the public's will to live one sucker at a time.
My father bought this game, unaware of just how bad it was going to be, as most parents are. I've found that the best route is to specifically direct exactly what gifts you want for Christmas, leaving no free reign for parents to guess. Everybody wins. This time though, as the system itself was a surprise, he could gain no advance council. So I played out of respect for him, until I could take it no longer, put it out of sight, and never looked back once. Report this review >>
| 
5 of 5
1 of 5
3 of 5
