Zen Nihon GT Senshuken: Hyper Battle Game
Turn here. Here? HERE!Genre: racing - overhead
Publisher: Banpresto
Year: 1995
System: SFC
Gameplay Score: 4
Gameplay Notes:
As good as it gets with an overhead racer. Fast acceleration, responsive movement that doesn't require too much correction, a weighty feel to the controls, nice arrows indicating what upcoming turns look like, and good physics for bumping the walls and driving offroad. It's all very forgiving, but rewarding to get good at. The only thing missing is a HUD with a map.
Level Design Score: 2
Level Design Notes:
Only two modes - Story/GT and Time Trial. Unfortunately, the only way to race against other racers is in GT and it's hidden behind multiple warm up races and layers upon layers of menus. I played for 30 minutes and never did get to play an actual race. I only know it exists because of the demo video from the title screen. There are only 4 tracks! Four!! I don't see this game having much replayability.
Theme Score: 2
Theme Notes:
Lots of Japanese text. It's hard to recommend this as a competitive racing game since you need to know Japanese to play the GT/Story mode. But this works well as a time trial only, driving simulator. There are real-world drivers and realistic headshots of people all over the menus. It has an authentic, real-world feel to it.
Art Style Score: 5
Art Style Notes:
WOW! I'm shocked that this is running on an SNES. It looks simply incredible. The framerate, in particular, is blazing fast and helps to convey a tremendous sense of speed. The car sprites and are detailed and feature amazing animation. This is easily one fo the best looking 16-bit racing games ever and beats a lot of the next generation's titles as well. Simply stunning.
Audio Score: 2
Audio Notes:
Terrible music. It's high-pitched and shrill. The menu theme drove me absolutely nuts. No music plays while racing, and thankfully the sound effects are perfect. Mute the game while in menus and then unmute while racing.
Overall Score: 66
Review ID: 1962
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