lufia22

A shallow arcade racer with a vibrant coat of paint. The zaniness of seeing dinosaurs and UFOs attack you while racing certainly invokes some nostalgia, but Cruis'n Blast's shiny coat of paint wears off fast. The game is so devoid of mechanics and skill it almost feels like it plays itself. In fact, it's probably optimal to enable auto-acceleration because there is no need to brake or slow down. Hitting a wall or taking a turn poorly has little affect on you. Some "obstacles" you straight up clip through. Other than drifting and boost, the game offers no in-depth mechanics. You can do stunts like flips and barrel rolls, but they do nothing for you other than rewarding a small amount of cash at the end of the race. With no online play, the limited amount of tracks, some of which just get reused by replacing helicopters with dinosaurs, and the feeling that each race is more of a time trial than an actual race against opponents, this is not a $40 worthy game.