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Gensou Skydrift has little going for it. There’s little to appreciate for fans of Touhou or racing games. The story doesn’t have much charm in it to justify getting it for the campaign and the character dialogue is forgettable gibberish. The racing is unappealing due to the often abysmal track design as well as the driving that feels clunky and simplistic. Gensou Skydrift is a title that’s only worth playing for the sheer novelty of playing a Touhou racing game where characters ride on top of each other.
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Gensou: Skydrift is an awful game. There are 101 far more capable kart racers out there offering better value for money and far more fun.
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GENSOU Skydrift may be essential if you’re a Touhou Project fan who always wondered, “Hey, how would those girls work as racing karts?”, but for everyone else, there are plenty of other much better racers out there.
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Gensou Skydrift is an interesting beast, its visuals and characters alone tell you that you ar in for a ride, and a very fun one at that. gampelay wise, the fact that you use a person as your vehicle is really funny and makes the double dash mechanic of switching characters hold more meaning, specially since each one of them has their own special abilities, the way you use this abilities, by charging and energy bar instead of the usual boxes, also gives it more identity. Now the actual control itself is what appreciate the most about the game since since it takes some time to master, but once you accomplish it you feel all the more rewarded when you achieve victory, it also includes a story mode which is something i will always appreciate on racing games Visually, it gives this arcade/Dreamcast style that i'm a realy fan of, every character looks charismatic and colorful this mixed with the cool design of the characters makes for a very pleasent and even nostalgic visual experience the soundtrack is beyond perfect, every song is catchy and beautifu, one of the best and more unique sountracks i've ever heard on a game. Overall with nostalgic graphics, colorful characters and an epic soundtrack Gensou Skydrift is an unique racing game that every fan of the genre should try
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Gensou Skydrift A nice firt attempt. Gensou skydrift has potential as a series, right now it feels like a what could be teaser.. featured is a 1 and a half hour long campaign of witches vs farriers, and a free roam as well as verses mode that can be played online or offline.. featured here are 18 characters and 14 tracks.. this is a very challenging yet addictive racer… the team behind this have worked on Mario kart games, and I definitely felt a bit of Nintendo magic here… skydrift wont blow you away with itsvisuals, but its track design still manages to be done well enough to be memorable.. here you choose a teamof two charcters,all with unique stats and race up to5 other teams… going through hoops, drifting around corners to fill up your magic meter, you can then cast a random spell to help you get ahead in the race.. and this is where gensou skydrift comes up short … its character building.. techincally stats are different, but no two characters felt different playing with for me.. not only that, the spellsbeing the same no matter who I am didnthelp either… gensou skydrift is such a baree bones game that I feel like this is an area it could have shined in with its spell crafting , each character having a unique set of spells, something to make matchmaking actually matter, do I want this more defensive or a more offensive withcor fairy? Rather than do I want the better magic or speed cause I feel like these stats don’t really matter… other than what id like for the future, skydrift is a really good racing game, one that you wont just hop in and be good at=, you have to master the drifting and timing your spells correctly, the track design is great and memorable, and I love the music here… Gensou Skydrift wont blow you away or probably keep you hooked for more than a couple of hours, but those couple of hours will feel like a nostalgic drift and for the right price feel is a good experimental kind of racing game with potential as a series for you to give a chance to I give Gensou Skydrift a 7/10
GENSOU SkyDrift
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Mar 9, 2021
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Apr 11, 2021
70
Gensou SkyDrift is easily one of the more unique kart racers I’ve played, if a little rough around the edges. Unbalanced spells, aggressive rubber-banding, and a relative lack of game modes are frequent sources of frustration, but it’s also so full of clever ideas and the inherent charm of the Touhou property that it’s hard to get too mad at it. And hey, if it’s a choice between a polished game and an interesting one, I’ll choose the latter every time.
Mar 31, 2021
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Gensou Skydrift isn’t a terrible racing game, but its awkward controls and iffy drifting mechanic heavily reduce the fun that can be had from it. Add into the mix poor visuals and a dire campaign, and unless you’re happy to race online you should probably avoid it. Hopefully the option to remap the controls will be delivered in an update, because that would definitely make it more of an interesting proposition.
Apr 12, 2021
42
GENSOU Skydrift may be essential if you’re a Touhou Project fan who always wondered, “Hey, how would those girls work as racing karts?”, but for everyone else, there are plenty of other much better racers out there.
Apr 27, 2021
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Gensou: Skydrift is an awful game. There are 101 far more capable kart racers out there offering better value for money and far more fun.
May 27, 2021
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Gensou Skydrift has little going for it. There’s little to appreciate for fans of Touhou or racing games. The story doesn’t have much charm in it to justify getting it for the campaign and the character dialogue is forgettable gibberish. The racing is unappealing due to the often abysmal track design as well as the driving that feels clunky and simplistic. Gensou Skydrift is a title that’s only worth playing for the sheer novelty of playing a Touhou racing game where characters ride on top of each other.
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SummaryFinally, a Touhou Project racing game! Race down courses set in the magical land of Gensokyo! Use the tag system to swap rider and board! Lots of spell cards and Last Words! Features online VS mode and multiplayer. You can check records and win rates after races. Get a move on and get racing!
Rated Efor Everyone
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- PlayStation 4
- PC
- Nintendo Switch
Initial Release Date:Mar 9, 2021
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