Every once in a while you might have to take on a boss too, which proves to be quite a challenge when you’re also being hounded by a swarm of minions. Before each event you’re given an objective it might be as simple as crossing the finish line first, or it could be to wipe out a set number of rival gang members hell-bent on putting an end to your progress. Instead, I’ve been in too much of a hurry to just actually get into the action and carry on my career of speeding and maiming. The action is propelled forward by a narrative, though while its characters are enjoyably larger than life I’ll admit I’ve paid little attention to it. Of course though, being a game released in 2017, there’s more to it than that. The core of the game remains very faithful to the Road Rash experience: you race point-to-point through a variety of environments including American highways, and along the way you’re encouraged to partake in acts of brutality to increase your chances of victory. Road Redemption is the Road Rash successor that fans have been waiting for, capturing the very essence of the much-loved series and bringing it violently up to date.Īnnounced way back in 2013 alongside a Kickstarter campaign, Road Redemption may have been over four years in the making, but it was sure worth the wait. Numerous sequels and spiritual successors have been mulled over during the years but none have ever really come to fruition. Peaking with the CD version of the first title, which was released on numerous formats including the Sony PlayStation and SEGA Saturn, the series had its up and downs but on the whole it was a great deal of fun.Īfter Road Rash: Jailbreak however, released on PlayStation in 2000 before being ported to Game Boy Advance in 2003, the series has been absent from the gaming world. If you’re a thirty-something year old gamer like myself, it’s likely that you have fond memories of a game series called Road Rash.ĭeveloped and published by Electronic Arts from 1991 through to 2000 (apart from 1999’s Road Rash 64 which was developed and published by THQ), the Road Rash series provided point-to-point motorcycle races with a difference you could violently attack other racers to ruin their day.
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