Game: RC Revenge
Console: Sony Playstation
Developer: Acclaim
Release Date: 16th August 2000
The remote control car racing genre had plenty of titles from 1999-2001; ReVolt, Stunt GP, RC de Go! and RC Revenge in addition to a few others. While they all had a their own unique twists on the racing formula, RC Revenge was one of the most conceptually interesting, featuring tracks based on movie sets, transitions between car and boat racing, and items that were possibly inspired by the Mario Kart series.
Interestingly, around six months after the release of RC Revenge on Playstation, RC Revenge Pro was released on Playstation 2 as an enhanced port of the original game. As they're pretty similar, I won't be doing a seperate review for Pro, but rather comparing both games in places and giving individual scores for each at the end.
(RC Revenge for Playstation) |
Championships consist of one race on a course from each of the worlds, with Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum championships available to race, as well as mirrored versions of each. Points are awarded to racers for their finishing positions and winning races and championships unlocks tracks and cars for use in other modes. The other modes are fairly self explanatory and have no real unique features.
(RC Revenge Pro for Playstation 2) |
Items are acquired from boxes scattered about the track, which range from a heat ray, to an oil slick, to water balloons, and there's even a shockwave item which takes out anyone in close enough range. With 11 to choose from in total, and some vehicle specific weapons in RC Revenge Pro, there's a good amount of choice although none of them seem as well thought out as the weapons of Mario Kart, and there's nothing in place to stop players from taking 2 or 3 hits from weapons in a row.
(RC Revenge Pro for Playstation 2) |
Overall RC Revenge is a fairly mediocre remote control car racing game which can be fun at times, but has no real unique qualities. Its remote control car racing can be found in Stunt GP and ReVolt, its item system can be found in Mario Kart and its boat racing in Hydro Thunder. Other than this, the game's track design isn't particularly good (though Acclaim do get points for including a track editor in which players can make better ones), and aside from the various championships there's not a lot else to do.
Rating: 57/100 (RC Revenge) 58/100 (RC Revenge Pro)
Grade: D
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