"Are YOU messing with me?"

This is an amazing game as long as you are playing with a friend. Once you beat single player, this game is not very interesting. Lets just go a little deeper into each aspect of the game (Im using big words :D)

Graphics 9/10:
The graphics of this game are pretty good and really deserve an 8 but the 2Dness really makes it a game on its own, which earns it an extra point. There is vivid colour, and every car has its own unique design and special, as well as the characters who are diverse.

Control 10/10:
It can't get any easier than this! A button to reverse, a button to accelerate, and a button to use a weapon! Very very easy. With atleast two minutes of practise you can easily get used to the controls, so there is not much to say in this section of the review I guess.

Gameplay 8/10:
All you do in this game is go around killing! No you don't kill humans, but you total your opponents cars with different weapons! Axes, chainsaws, chainguns, baseball bats, missiles, and a lot more! You are just driving and aiming to get the most points! There are 3 modes. Collect the flags, where you obviously collect the flags, theres gate relay where you race your opponents on a track and try to cross 20 or more gates first, and then the most common game mode which is smack attack, a free for all killing frenzy, where you use everything to your advantage! Call a train to kill your enemy, get a cliff to drop rocks on your enemy, push them into lava! It's all good as long as you reach a certain amount of points before them!

Sound 7/10:
Not much to say here, except that the sound is pretty good. Its got music to match each environment, and its got different quotes for each of the characters! They all talk while you drive, and to trigger their speech, press the Y button! Its mostly used to annoy people, but I usually use it for a few laughs!

Difficulty 7/10:
Not much to say here as well. You can just change the difficulty to suit your gaming needs, but on the difficulty that lets you unlock characters/arenas/weapons, it is pretty easy.

Replay Value 3/10:
You will NOT want to go around unlocking EVERY weapon for EVERY character because it will annoy you to death and if you have that much time, go out and take a walk and think about what you are doing. You can dedicate your whole life getting EVERY thing in cel damage, but it still might not work, as you will probably be bored in a week or 2 weeks max. After you beat it, no challenge. The replay value deserved a ZERO but since multiplayer is still fun, it got 3 marks for it. For me, this game is probably covered in DUST! It is only used when my cousins or friends come over and I want to totally anhilate them in a game where they have no excuse for forgetting the keys! That's probably all that this game is good for, Multiplayer!

Overall 7/10
Go buy this game because when I bought it, it costed $30 CDN! Its not worth spending a penny more on it. And ONLY buy it if you have people to play with, otherwise don't even bother renting it.

Reviewer's Score: 7/10, Originally Posted: 11/13/02, Updated 11/13/02