Take the part of 'Beat', 'Tag' or 'Gum' - and no-one else with a sensible
name - and roller-skate around selected made-up towns upon which to spread
your graffiti. Collect some paint cans from all around and then target the
areas specified, some of which are, at first, untainted, while others have
been got at by rival gangs already.
The graphics stand out particularly because of the cartoon effect brought
about by the black outline drawn around your character. Initially I was made
to feel like I was skating around the city used in
Crazy Taxi but
that's because of the bold, stark colours used and you don't have half as
big a playing area in which to explore.
There's a funky soundtrack and minimal sound FX, but it's not something to
need to take too much notice of.
It takes a while to get used to skating at speeds and jumping at the right
time so you land on a rail to skate across, for example, but gets to be a
pain if you want to jumping onto something from an angle and it doesn't work,
just at the same time as you're being chased by the cops even though I'm only
trying to paint over someone else's graffiti :)
Overall, I'll probably give this another go but it becomes a bit tiresome
as you try to complete your task while being followed by a gunman who has
absolutely no reason for shooting at me, just to give one example.
GRAPHICS SOUND EFFECTS AND MUSIC PLAYABILITY ORIGINALITY ENJOYMENT
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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
Skate or die!
The graphics stand out particularly because of the cartoon effect brought
about by the black outline drawn around your character. Initially I was made
to feel like I was skating around the city used in
Overall, I'll probably give this another go but it becomes a bit tiresome
as you try to complete your task while being followed by a gunman who has
absolutely no reason for shooting at me, just to give one example.
