Welcome welcome one and all, this is the domain of The Dashboard Gamer. Which would be me. My name is Virus and I started doing game reviews a couple years ago, but ended up putting gaming in the back seat to take care of more important things. I'm back now though and ready to give harsh reviews to the games of the modern age. An explanation of the name? I give my harshest reviews when I'm on my way to trade games in at Gamestop (I am not legally affiliated with them in any way, although I wouldn't mind it), so I decided to record my reviews and then type them up for others to read. Let's get started.
Today I review the game Blood Drive, a game that should be my favorite Twisted Metal look-alike, but isn't.
The premise seems promising enough. You have a badass car fitted out with some awesome weapons and special abilities, other cars are trying to blow you up, and (here's the selling point) ZOMBIES. So where do they go wrong? Where do all games go wrong nowadays? The Multiplayer. Now I get that the big thing people are looking for now is "can I play online?" but, call me old fashioned, I like to see the frustration on a friends face when I kick their ass. What's the fun in destroying your friends in every event, if you can't rub it in their faces? I'm joking, I'm not really that much of a sore winner (yes I am). Really though, as if having the limited options of Single Player or Online wasn't enough, nobody plays the damn game online anyway. I had the game for a couple months and in that time I only found 2 lobbies where actual people were playing. What does the game do if it can't find you a compatible lobby? You start your own automatically. There's no choosing of the map or event, it just throws you into a match against the AI.
On the topic of the AI, that's one thing the developers got right in Blood Drive. When you first start you'll probably notice that there's no difficulty setting. The only reason I know this is because I was losing too much, so I looked around the menus but it was nowhere to be found. This game has one setting and the AI has one mode; Slaughter the player. As usual, the AI drivers will target whoever is in the lead, but they won't just attack you like most games make it seem. If you're in the lead, you are the primary target, but it's not afraid to kill the other drivers to get to you. The part that the AI could be better with is the Zombies.
Ah the poor zombies. Running, shambling, hopping, and charging their way around the maps only to be flattened against the hood of your vehicle or blown apart by your weapon. Well, all zombies except one that is. If you own an Xbox 360 then you've probably played Left 4 Dead or Left 4 Dead 2, which means you have had the fear of God put into you by a tank at some point. That fear doesn't end with those games. The Tank has followed from your gaming nightmares and jumped right into this off-brand Twisted Metal. Only this time, you can't kill it. You want to survive the round? If you see one of those, turn around and boost your way as far from it as possible. Or, charge it. See what happens.
Okay, I'm currently not able to go in depth as I wanted to, my computer battery is dying. So just to finish up, I'd give this game a 3 out of 5 Stars rating. Good idea, but poor execution. If you have any more questions about Blood Drive please leave them in the comments section below and I'll try to cover them in my next post.
-Virus
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