Championship Rally
Genre: racing - overhead
Publisher: Intec
Year: 1993
System: PCE CD
Gameplay Score: 4
Gameplay Notes:
Controls feels great - like Micro Machines, but tight. The turning sensitivity is just right. Sliding around a corner feels perfect and never requires you to let off the gas. Once you get going the camera gives you a good 70% of draw distance which is just enough to see around corners. Crashing will happen but you've got good acceleration so it's not a big deal. You always go up and so never need to fight with the controls to figure out which direction is left or right.
Level Design Score: 2
Level Design Notes:
I know they were going for a lot of winding backroads for the Rally setting, and these work on the simple tracks, but there are a number of them with convoluted branching paths and obstacles all over the place. I was smacking into everything and finishing the track in twice the time that I needed. Overall this is the problem with the game - the expectation of perfection that it places upon you. The time limits that must be met require tremendous skill, memorization, and reflexes that I'm simply not capable of.
Theme Score: 4
Theme Notes:
Jump right in. All English menus. I love PC Engine games and their no-nonsense presentation.
Art Style Score: 4
Art Style Notes:
Colorful, cartoony, and performant. Graphics are simple yet extremely effective.
Audio Score: 3
Audio Notes:
Pleasant music and sounds, but I didn't take any special note of either.
Overall Score: 68
Review ID: 11015
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