![]() The only aspect we can lavish praise on is that there are dozens of vehicles and alternative backdrops to unlock, with several lifted from the world of pop culture. Welcome to 2020, the year the humble Tiger LCD game experience is born anew as a music visualiser. Put the joypad down and return a few minutes later and you’ll see the car whizz through the finishing line with a hefty combo and enough points to bag a 1- or 2-star rating. Here, the pillars are removed and so it’s impossible to break a combo chain. Just to hammer home Music Racer’s simplicity, not only can it be played with a flick of a thumb, but the Zen Mode effectively plays itself. Try and imagine if Just Dance, or any other music game for that matter, had a silent music selection screen and you’ll realise how peculiar this is. Said, it hardly had us ‘pumping up the jams’ (as the cool kids presumably stillĪnother odd design choice is that the tracklisting menu doesn’t provide music samples, so you’re forced to go in ‘blind’ when making a selection. Somebody coughing (!) we never felt the need to turn the volume down. But despite one track sounding as if it features a sample of Though it features three different artists. Trance, with a smattering of female vocals – suffers from repetition even ![]() The music selection – a mixture of Euro-style electro and When this happens collecting every pellet becomes an impossible task, lost in a psychedelic haze. If perceived solely as a rhythm action game Music Racer still falls short as the only way the music affects the “gameplay†is that vehicles accelerate faster when basslines kick in. Time you revisit the track menu, you’re back to a blank slate. Scores, we can’t even class Music Racer as an arcade-style score chaser. This really is the barest boned experience we’ve played in some time.īecause scores aren’t saved and as there are no target It doesn’t matter if you miss a few pellets, or perform poorly – there’s no punishment or consequence whatsoever. This means there’s no learning curve, ergo no progressively challenging difficulty level, and certainly no drip-feed of new ideas and mechanics. They aren’t ranked in difficulty, and backgrounds aside, you’ll be pushed hard to notice any differences in track layouts. There’s no game (per se) to progress through – simply select a music track, and off you go. No AI, no checkpoints, no lap times – nothing. There are combo-ending pillars to avoid, which sometimes appear out of the blue due to the bendy nature of the tracks, and that’s the whole game in a nutshell. Never mind being played with one hand Music Racer can be played with one thumb. Without exaggeration, we have no qualms in saying Music Racer has gameplay on par with a generic ‘80s LCD racing game.Īcceleration is handled automatically – the only interaction comes from switching between three lanes to collect score-boosting pellets. If you were expecting something similar to Horizon Chase Turbo or Neon Racer, you may want to lower expectations. Some twenty years later, developer Abstract Art is trying to pull a similar trick – Music Racer features cars, bikes, and psychedelic rollercoaster-style tracks, but no actual racing. Much to the amusement of the gaming press, it featured no racing whatsoever, being a mission-based affair. #Musicracer license#We do not take responsibility for any copyright issues.During their skint as the James Bond license holder, EA released the deeply flawed 007 Racing on PSone. The game may use music files on your device. Different game modes: classic, zen, hard and cinematic Retrowave, vaporware, hi-fi, neon, cybernetic and geometry designed environments Vehicle customization, color your car or rims! Listen to your favorite song while playing and collect gems to catch the beat! Try yourself on different tracks and surf the audio! ![]() Listen to the beats of music and maneuver in order to pick up beats flying by. Each music track you select will influence the time of a round, length of a track and movement speed. ![]() Listen to your favorite music on your device. Rush along the fantasy track in your car or fly along the space tunnel to the sounds of your favorite music. Music Racer is a music-adapting racing/runner/action game where you use your own music tracks to race! The shape, the speed, and the mood of each ride are determined by the song you choose. ![]()
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