|
|
|
|
|
|
||
|
Platform: PC
|
Crash
Day
Remember
Stunts, the DOS-based PC game where you had to take a car and flip it
around every which way, trying to do the most insane stunts possible off
of ramps, slopes, and anything else that could hurdle your vehicle
through the air? Well, Moon Byte
Studios /Replay Studios has a new game in the works for the PC that may just spark some
fond memories for fans of the classic, as they work on their new stunt
oriented game, Crash Day.
While
this game will have a single player component to it, where it is really
intended is for online play. Regardless
of what route a player decides to go, what they will encounter are
gigantic maps where freedom is the name of the game.
One of the things that Crash Day is trying to emphasis is for
players to just get behind the wheel of one of the game’s thirteen
cars, and start driving, partaking in any of the stunt
opportunities that come along. Of
course, for anyone that would rather crash things up whenever possible,
as opposed to developing a finesse-oriented game, that’s fine too.
Whatever
the case, Moon Byte is making sure to keep a close eye on
how they handle physics in Crash Day, since this will be so important in
performing stunts. Interestingly,
they are going for a more realist approach to the physics, as opposed to
any sort of arcade-like, over-the-top approach.
Also, the game will have highly destructible cars, as players can
smash them up mercilessly while driving around.
This is something to remember, though, as the game’s name is Crash Day, and not Stunt Day after all. Crashing, smashing, and bashing the game’s cars is emphasized as a big part of |
|
|
the game,
as the developers are trying to make something reminiscent of
Carmageddon in that regards.
Considering all of the stunts that players will be doing in the game, the developers will also be including a track editor so that players can make their own insane gauntlet of ramps, loops, and who knows what. It’s expected that the editor will actually be quite powerful, as the ability to make tracks is a facet of the game that its developers are really trying to stress. Hopefully, it will be relatively easy to make these available online so that people can download one |
Advertisement
|
|
|
another’s
courses. What will likely
get those interested in customizing things in-game salivating the most,
though, is that once the game is released Moon Byte plans to make many
of the game tools available for free so that people can make their own
cars, and track pieces.
Despite
all the talk of cars flying through the air, and smashing into stuff,
there’s more to the game than that, as quite a number of game modes
are planned for Crash Day. There
are the self-explanatory modes of Race mode, Stunt mode, Test Drive
mode, and Capture the Flag mode. On
top of this, there is Pass the Bomb mode, which acts like a game of hot
potato as you and your friends pass around a bomb, trying not to be the
one holding it when the timer runs out.
This shouldn’t be confused with Speed the Bomb mode, which is like
something out of a Keanu Reeves movie, as there’s a bomb in your car,
and if you go too slow you’ll get blown up.
The goal of this mode is to last as long as you can on the
correct route. Finally,
there is Knockout mode, where players race one another and the slowest
person each lap is eliminated from the race.
It
has been ages since Stunts came out, and since that time no one has ever
been able to recreate what that game accomplished.
Hopefully Crash Day will be up to the task when it comes to
rekindling gamers’ love for this sort of game.
Mr.
Nash (April
25, 2005)
Game
Features:
-
Stunt racing game with convincing stunt physics -
Absolute freedom of movement -
Powerful, easy-to-use track editor (containing
sets for country side environments, race tracks, highways, towns &
cities, offroad
tracks, stunt pieces and much more) -
Numerous game modes (+ team-based modes) -
Full multiplayer support via Internet and LAN -
Career mode -
13 varietal, detailed vehicles -
Detailed damage model including real-time dents,detachable car parts and
breakable headlights and car windows -
Numerous tuning possibilities (wings,
rims, engine, decals/airbrush, performance exhausts...) -
Car accessories and weapons optionally available - Support for saveable replays files |
||
|
|
||
