What is initially fast and exhilarating soon becomes more about correct button timing, and the enjoyment falls off a cliff. For the first few levels this on-rails racing is fast and somewhat thrilling, helped by a stomach-churning camera, but it soon becomes rather dull. Trying to stay on the track by turning into corners, avoiding obstacles by pressing up on the left stick to lean over them, and building up boost on certain track sections all feature heavily, as do jumps and correctly timing a button press for a good landing. Imagine Trials, but your bike is a ‘coaster car and the camera is behind the vehicle. Riding comes first, in which you must get round the course as quickly as possible. They’d have been some of the best mini-games in the package, but still…Ĭareer mode is split into three distinct gameplay types: Driving rollercoaster cars, destroying buildings, and making rollercoasters. That comparison, if you aren’t aware of Microsoft’s multiplayer party game series, isn’t a compliment. At the same time, it’s hard not to see it as a collection of mini-games that wouldn’t have seemed out of place in a new Fuzion Frenzy.
Part rollercoaster game, part demolition sim (with a hint of driving thrown in), there’s often something here that will keep you playing, almost mindlessly. Screamride is a likable diversion, albeit one with a setup that promises more than it delivers.
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