Uniracers
Sonic meets Tony HawkGenre: racing - bike
Publisher: Nintendo
Year: 1994
System: SNES
Gameplay Score: 3
Gameplay Notes:
Very smooth gameplay. Controls are minimal but adequate. Basically just hold whichever direction you're heading. Doing tricks is optional and gets old quickly. The game runs as smooth as butter. Not much to the game but it runs well anyway. It's basically a really fast Motocross Maniac.
Level Design Score: 3
Level Design Notes:
Tracks have obstacles, ramps, and hazards that either slow you or speed you up. These aren't so much helpful as they are the reason to memorize the track. Some tracks loop while others are a linear path with separate start and finish lines. Meh, it's fine.
Theme Score: 2
Theme Notes:
You're a unicycle. All the other racers are unicycles. They have names like Andrew and Melissa but they all look identical, save for a palette swap. The character models could've been given some sort of personality.
Art Style Score: 3
Art Style Notes:
It's a mixed bag. The game animates and the screen scrolls beautifully with a fast framerate and no slowdown. Good job DMA. However, the rest of the presentation has a decidedly Western feel, with excessive animation of the backgrounds, cursors, and text. Uggh I hate this sort of thing.
Audio Score: 2
Audio Notes:
The air guitar riffs seem out of place in this cartoony world and aren't good besides. Let's just say I did not like the music or sound in this game and leave it at that.
Overall Score: 57
Review ID: 664
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