June 1, 2023 - Day 152 - NewPlay Review
Total NewPlays: 168

Game: Slipstream

Platform: Steam
Release Date: May 22, 2018
Library Date: Mar 4, 2019
Unplayed: 1550d (4y2m28d)
Playtime: 18m

Slipstream is a retro-styled arcade racer. It's not 8-bit retro, so much as a throwback to the arcade racers I sucked at in the early-mid 1990's.

One of the things I find myself struggling with is that the more games I play, the more reference points I have, and the harder it becomes to enjoy some games.

If I open an MMORPG, I played WoW for over a decade, but that burned me out on MMORPGs. So an MMORPG has a lot to overcome.

If I open a survival game, it needs to grab me as well as Subnautica... used to. Until I played Breathedge. Friendship ended with Subnautica, Breathedge is my survival friend now.

For arcade racing games, it's Forza Horizon 4*. Slipstream is a very well designed arcade racer, and leans heavily on nostalgia for that era of games. It's just that I don't have any nostalgia for that style of game.

So while it's well done, it doesn't offer me something that I don't get from another game, in a more enjoyable way.

Sorry, Slipsteam. You're just a bit:

2: Meh

#Slipstream #ArcadeRacer #Racing #MastodonGaming #Gaming #Project365ONG #Project365 #NewPlay

*Almost 18 months ago, I found a literal showstopper bug that causes FH4 to crash, regularly. It took months for the Forza team to accept that it was a bug.

It's STILL not fixed. Much disappoint.

https://youtu.be/HoLPUfd4i6Y My Review of the Arcade Game Speed Racer 3 DX #arcade #arcadegame #speedrider3 #arcaderacer #videogames #racinggames #gaming #gamer

2/2
...even turned out to be a fantastic arcade racer! I miss this style of aecade racer so much! Cruis'n Blast is an almost perfect blend of the Cruis'n-, Burnout- and San Francisco Rush-Series! It is complete madness, features huge jumps, destruction, dinosaurs, all kind of silly things!

Haha I'm having so much fun with it 😅👍🏻

https://youtu.be/0Qfz2_Eys3I

#Nintendo #arcade #arcaderacer #racinggames #gaming #videogames #games

I'm in a arcade racer mood today, so here's the The Hornet from Daytona USA I drew awhile ago! :^D

#art #illustration #daytonaUSA #sega #arcaderacer

SuperTuxKart 1.3 Released with New Arenas, New Karts, and GUI Improvements

https://9to5linux.com/supertuxkart-1-3-released-with-new-arenas-new-karts-and-gui-improvements

#SupertuxKart #kartracing #racinggame #arcaderacer