Danger Zone

« It’s great fun and easy to play, but hard to master. It is delightful on your own playing against the world’s high scores and those of your friends, but also wholesomely entertaining as a party game given each go takes seconds or minutes and you can try again very quickly. There is no right or wrong way to play and many sets of tactics which can be employed to garner great results. You might blast through the levels, or collect all the trophies, or spend ages just chasing the top of that leaderboard. You can play it in multiple ways, trying to achieve varied goals. I wholeheartedly suggest you take the highway to the Danger Zone. There, I said it. »

« Danger Zone might be a lean package, but the car-smashing joy that package contains is more than worth investing in. »

« Despite its sparse offerings, Danger Zone still proves that you can do beautiful things with a car, no matter how damaged it is. »

« Danger Zone is about as barebones as arcade games get, and yet its explosive gameplay loop is so addictive that it’s somehow passed our crash test relatively unscathed. The presentation may be offensively simplistic and the runtime a little on the short side, but once you’ve launched your Smashbreaker a few times, you’ll feel like all is well in the world. »

« Danger Zone is a very fun arcade on a budget, something Burnout fans will enjoy. It's very limited, but it takes us closer to the promised Burnout 3 spiritual successor. »

« For all its talk of destruction and carnage, Danger Zone plays it pretty safe. »

« It takes a little while to reach its best, but Danger Zone takes the classic Crash Mode from the Burnout series, distils it and then finds ways to push it to new, even more ridiculous heights. Crash Mode is back, and despite a few flaws, it ends up being as morbidly compelling as ever. »

« It’s worth a look for Burnout veterans, as long as you calibrate your expectations appropriately. »

« You definitely get what youre asking for with this game but theres only so much time you can spend doing the same thing. »

« Great simulator of crashing cars in an attempt to overtake your own record. »

« Quick, fun, explosive game. Go for high score while doing light puzzle solving. Fantastic for what it is. »

« Eigentlich ein halbwegs würdiger Nachfolger, dann aber doch nicht. Man merkt dem Spiel an, daß es mit minimalen Mitteln entwickelt worden ist, es macht aber dennoch Spaß. Zwar gibt es kein Schadensmodell, keine wirklich unterschiedlichen Autos und wenn, dann klingen alle gleich, das vergißt man aber während des Spielens schnell, was defintiv für das Game spricht. Schlecht finde ich die Umsetzung in 3D. Die Vogelperspektive von Burnout Crash hatte 1000x besser funktioniert; bei Danger Zone treibt einen die Kamera in den Wahnsinn. Auch ist die Abwechslung massiv auf der Strecke geblieben. Man fährt nicht in "echte" Kreuzungen rein, sondern befindet sich immer in einem Crash Test-Center. Das bringt dann doch irgendwann Langeweile - und warum da dann Polizei und Schulbusse unterwegs sind, bleibt wohl ein ungelöstes Rätsel. Insgesamt macht das Spiel aber Spaß. »