Is that a reason to fork out $40 for a violently average game? Not at all. Garfield Kart – Furious Racing feels a lot like the old cartoon tie-in games of the early 3D console generations, and I kinda dig that about it. Now, I know that all sounds harsh, but in a strange twist that I’m not even sure is legal in the field of video game review writing – I actually have a counterpoint to my own criticism of the game. This is a kart racer that not only does nothing inventive to try and carve out a space for itself within the market, but it barely manages to get the fundamentals right. Garfield Kart, on the other hand, does not. What makes a good kart racer? Is it exciting track design that’s fun to master? Accessible yet tight driving controls? Is it a varied and interesting selection of power-ups? There’s a reason that the genre has long been dominated by the likes of Mario Kart (although we were blessed this year with the excellent Team Sonic Racing ), it has all of that and more. Whether it needed to happen or not though, it has, so the real question becomes – is this latest entry into what can now technically be called a franchise any good? The short answer is no.Īctually, that’s the long answer as well, but let me preface that with another question. And yes, Garfield Kart – Furious Racing is not the first time the lasagna-loving tabby and his friends have found themselves behind the wheel. VirtuaVerse is a challenging old school cyberpunk point & click adventure set in a future not so far away narrating tales of technomancers, AVR graffiti writers, hacker groups, tribes of cryptoshamans, digital archeology, epic cyberwars and virtual reality debauchery.Of all the things that people are nostalgic for in 2019 – I didn’t think Garfield Kart would be one of them. Having accidentally broken his custom headset, Nathan is now disconnected and determined to find out what happened to Jay, but he soon finds himself tangled up in an unexpected journey involving Jay's hacker group and a guild of AVR technomancers. Waking up one morning, Nathan discovers that Jay disappeared overnight, but not before leaving a cryptic message on their bathroom mirror. He shares an apartment in the city with his girlfriend Jay, a talented AVR graffiti writer whose drones have been bit-spraying techno-color all over the augmented space in the city. Geared with his custom headset, he is among the few that can still switch AVR off and see reality for what truly is. Nathan, an outsider still refusing to comply with the new system, makes a living off the grid as a smuggler of modded hardware and cracked software. In a future not too far away, one Artificial Intelligence has prevailed over all other AIs and their governments. The Market, so they tell you, can provide all these things and more - as long as you're prepared to pay the price Will you be tempted by the fortune-teller and her young apprentice? Dazzled by the alchemist and his golden promises? Drawn into the tent of marvels, and to the dancers who hide behind their veils? Or will you stay loyal to your Lady Catherine - and perhaps even become more than a squire to her. The Goblin Market is in full swing, and any one of its denizens might hold a clue to finding the Prince, or offer experiences you can hardly dream of. Your search has brought you to the Fair at Crook's Field - but you discover a much stranger festival being held on the outskirts. You are squire to Lady Catherine of the King's Own Retainers, sent on a secret mission across England to find the heir at any cost. It's entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. The Prince of England has been kidnapped! And with the country still reeling from plague and rebellion, civil war now looms on the horizon - unless someone can recover him in time.Ī Squire's Tale is a 150,000-word interactive adventure by Benjamin Appleby-Dean, where your choices control the story.
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