Air Race
Air Race
Air Race est un prototype de jeu de course arcade développé et édité par Atari Games, sorti sur borne d'arcade le 30 novembre 2012. Ce titre rare exploitait le même matériel que The Last Starfighter sorti en 1984, mais il a connu le même sort que ce dernier en n'étant jamais commercialisé, le coût élevé du matériel empêchant sa vente sur le marché. S'il avait été publié, il aurait été le premier jeu de course à thème spatial utilisant des polygones 3D ombrés par faces. La presse a salué par ailleurs des expériences de jeux apparentées, NintendoWorldReport évoquant une nette amélioration sur certains aspects et God is a Geek qualifiant l'ensemble de challengant, rapide et excitant, tandis que des joueurs sur Metacritic ont relevé un jeu de course sci-fi à orientation time attack très rapide, exigeant une concentration extrême mais finalement très gratifiant.
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Avis des critiques et joueurs
Critiques de la Presse (Metacritic)
« AiRace Speed is a major improvement over AiRace Tunnel in almost every regard. While not all of its 18 courses are unique, it has a style and flair which is simply unmatched. »
« Challenging, fast and exciting, AiRace Speed is as fun as it is fast. It’s got that “one more go” factor, and provides a couple of hours of twitch gameplay for less than a fiver. »
« AiRace Speed may not seem like much, but for $4.99 the difficulty curve ensures you’re not just breezing through the game. Some of the turns seem incredibly sharp and will put your maneuvering skills to the test, but overall AiRace Speed is a fairly fun game. Just keep the 3D turned off. »
« AiRace Speed is not a futuristic racer a la F-Zero: it is indeed a futuristic "trial and error" game, where the complete dedition, trying to get the perfect performance, is valued. »
« While AiRace Speed is a bigger dish than its DSiWare equivalent, the limited scope still feels like that of a side course than a main meal. »
« AiRace Speed is a game for two categories of players: those who own a Nintendo 3DS and those who are passionate about Time Trial. Both will get a fast and challenging tunnel racer. »
« AiRace Speed stick to the good qualities of his ancestors and confirms itself as an intriguing and entertaining tunnel race. »
« Temperamental controls and B-grade visuals aside, this is a lovely little downloadable racer with a surprisingly compulsive time trial format. »
Avis des Joueurs (Metacritic)
« Super fast time attack sci-fi racer with some excellent techno-trance music score. Challenging, requires extreme focus, but ultimately very rewarding. Has very nice online ranking system which supports separate list of friends' best times. There are only 18 courses and 5 ships that fly quite similar, but for this price you just can't go wrong with AiRace Speed! »
