In Freestyle Scooter,
prefixed with "Razor" in some countries, a crazed robot has stolen all your
friends and you have to scoot about Tony Hawk-style to get them back. Pardon?
What sort of premise is that? In fact why bother with a premise when it would
be perfectly feasible to say that it's a skateboard sim but with those
scooters that were all the ages a couple of years ago.
Choose from schoolkids Chad and Ami (taking the number of riders up to 10 as
you progress) and enter various skateparks through nine levels to pull off
tricks and combos so as to score enough points to move onto the next level.
By the mention of Tony Hawk, you know what this game is about. The question
arises as to how well it plays. Well, for seasoned gamers it's not a lot to
write home about (or for a review :))
Your character moves about adequately, although it's hardly a taxing set of
moves that need to be performed, while the colourful world twists and turns
appropriately. Soundwise, the SFX are okay and the music is a selection
of Sum 41-lite and other watered-down rock-style bands.
Definitely one for the younger players here. It's incredibly undemanding and
the fact you can go just about anywhere you want will give them the kind of
freedom they need, but I'm looking for a little more substance in my gaming
arenas.
GRAPHICS SOUND EFFECTS AND MUSIC PLAYABILITY ORIGINALITY ENJOYMENT
As of April 2009, Blu-rays and DVDs reviewed by the editor are watched on a Panasonic TH-37PX80B
37" Plasma TV with a Sony BDP-1500 Blu-ray player and played through a Yamaha DSP-AX820 amplifier.
PC games reviewed by the editor are on:
Since Jan 2011: Intel Quad Core Dell XPS 8100, i7 CPU 860 @ 2.80Ghz, 8Gb RAM, nVidia GeForce GTS 240, Windows 7
Since Nov 2005: Intel Pentium D 830 3.0Ghz, 1Gb RAM, 128Mb nVidia GeForce 6700XL, Windows XP
Since Aug 2003: Intel Pentium 4 2.66Ghz, 512Mb RAM, 128Mb GeForce4 MX440 graphics, Windows XP
Since May 2003: Intel Pentium 4 2.6Ghz, 512Mb RAM, 128Mb ATI Radeon 9600TX graphics, Windows XP
Since Jun 2002: Intel Pentium III 600Mhz, 384Mb RAM, Windows 98 SE, 64Mb ATI Radeon 8500LE
Since May 2000: Intel Pentium III 600Mhz, 384Mb RAM, Windows 98 SE, Voodoo 3 3000 AGP
By the mention of Tony Hawk, you know what this game is about. The question
arises as to how well it plays. Well, for seasoned gamers it's not a lot to
write home about (or for a review :))
