![]() ![]() Enough speed plus enough of an incline in a track will nearly always mean a trip into the abyss below the tracks. There's a problem here, though: the same sense of momentum that lets a bunch of 'tude-sportin' racers go careening off-course at pre-set spots also affects some less-than-ideal corners. The track designs however, which twist and warp not unlike a rejected WipEout course (even the racers themselves sound like re-skinned WipEout hovercraft), never really gel enough to feel inspired, but the game regularly tries to play with elevation, throwing racers off huge jumps at least once per course. pretty good?" Furthermore, the courses have all the color pop of classic Sonic levels, which just feels weird to type. The number one comment that people in the office had after finding out what game I was playing was a reserved, "that actually looks. The limited animation on each of the characters is fluid and clean, and the models themselves are really rather detailed. It's not going to wow anyone beyond the whole, "wait, this is what a Crazy Frog game looks like?!" comment, but it's certainly a solid looking game. What's really weird about the whole mess is that visually, the game is pretty damn impressive. It is, like the rest of the game, something that you start up and give to a three year old to keep them happy for a few minutes.īuy. Your reward? A tally of how far you went before the sweet, sweet embrace of video game death saves you from this nigh-eternal suffering. There is no more perfect an example of what Crazy Frog Arcade Racer than the Chase Mode, where you continually race around a track - not picking up any weapons or power-ups or anything, just racing endlessly - over and over until the drones placed all over the course hit you enough to whittle your health down to nothing. which, I suppose, is why they called it a mini-game. Although, tapping all four face buttons in various one-, two- and three-button combinations to a bunch of Crazy Frog tunes or guiding a pinball around a course with billiards-style bumpers to hit a bunch of targets barely qualifies as a game. Or mini-games! Yes there are two delightfully simple options for those that just can't seem to rid themselves of their Crazy Frog addiction. Well, unless you absolutely crave the frighteningly well done CG videos for two of the Crazy Frog "songs."ĭon't. A whopping 12 tracks, a dozen racers and the "option" of running through the former with the latter in Time Trial and Single Race Modes is really all that greets here. Last man standing: A survival mode where players attack their opponents with items to be the last one standing.Ĭrazy Frog Racer received generally unfavorable reviews with an aggregate review score of 28% by GameRankings for the PlayStation 2 release.In actuality, Crazy Frog Arcade Racer (also known as Crazy Frog Racer 2, thanks title screen!) is exactly what you think it is: a racer that piggybacks off the baffling success (at least abroad) of one of the most annoying mash-ups of eurobeat backgrounds and, well, something that sounds like a guy doing an impression of an F1 car sped up a bit too much.Checkpoint madness: Similar to checkpoint rallye, but has the player competing against the AI. ![]() Checkpoint rallye: On a selected track, players race to the next checkpoint before time runs out.Tournament: The main game mode where the player must race across four tracks in the Bronze, Silver, and Gold Cups at a chosen engine class (50cc, 100cc, 150cc).Unlike the PS2 and PC version, the GBA version has four modes but no multiplayer: Similarly to the 2001 video game Mario Kart: Super Circuit, players race across tracks to win and use power-ups to stop their opponents along the way. In the Game Boy Advance version, players can play as The Annoying Thing along with seven other characters: Big Elk, Dream Boy, Puschel, Rasta Dog, Punk Girl, Mafia Hen, and Toro. Arena: A two-player mode where players battle it out in a chosen arena.Chase: While playing as the Annoying Thing, players must run from several Drones for as long as they can.Time trials: The player completes a track as fast as they can.Single race: Up to two players race on a track of their choosing.There are four modes, each played differently: As they race, there are coins scattered across the tracks that give the player 500 points for each coin picked up, which can be used to buy bonuses during races. In the PlayStation 2 and PC versions, players race as the Annoying Thing, an animated character, across four tracks to come in 1st place. A year later in 2006 a sequel was released, entitled Crazy Frog Racer 2. PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS, Microsoft Windows, Game Boy AdvanceĬrazy Frog Racer is a European and Australian only video game developed by Neko Entertainment and published by Digital Jesters. ![]()
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