SpeedRunners has officially become a title I will continue to enjoy coming back to for playing with friends and for satisfying my inner speed running dreams. Also, the accompanying big band soundtrack fit the tone and fast paced nature of the game. The stages are also nicely varied in appearances, from traversing city rooftops to running through bustling casinos or nightclubs, they provided a welcome change of pace, although the stage structures largely remained the same. I really appreciated the amount of customization in the character designs and found myself laughing out loud at their over-the-top costumes and personalities. This does slow your momentum so timing is of absolute importance. Also, every character has a slide which can be used to trip someone or slide under low hanging obstacles. To be the best speed runner you can be, it is required to memorize where every speed boost pad is and making sure to hit every one. Boosting is not unlimited though, it needs to be charged up at specific boost pads in a level. Similarly, if you are in last place, boosting can immediately get you caught up with the competition. If you are able to time the boost when an opponent is near the edge, this could give you the tiny push to edge them off. It was immensely satisfying (or depressing if you were in the lead) to have a Super Mario Kart blue shell-like power up steal victory away from an unsuspecting victim.Īlong with the power-ups, every character has a speed boost and this can be used offensively or defensively.
On top of these, there are power-ups consisting of fireballs, rockets, sonar waves, and ice beams, which can really make a difference in who wins and who loses. This can be a concern as the camera sometimes has a hard time catching up to the first place runner, which in turn makes it hard to see what’s coming up next in the level and if you don’t have a course memorized you will most like be hitting walls or obstacles.
The higher difficulties require a mastery of skills and even playing stages multiple times to memorize where every trap and shortcut is was essential to remain competitive. In single player you race against bots on four difficulty levels, ranging from pathetically easy to the aptly named Unfair difficulty which was nearly impossible to prevail. SpeedRunners ends up being largely a competitive game and, while there is a single player experience with a very basic “story,” the bulk of the title - and where you will find the most of enjoyment - will be in multiplayer. "There is a certain amount of satisfaction in beating your slow friends who may have left you waiting in other games." Regardless, the last person standing earns a point and the first to three points wins the overall match. It’s in these times where Speedrunners truly shines and becomes an exercise in just staying alive as you try to avoid becoming complacent and slipping up. This leads to complete pandemonium as the remaining runners are scrambling to remain within the confines of the ever-decreasing diameter of the screen. To further speed up the competition, when the first of your speed runners hits the edge of the screen not only are they eliminated, but a countdown begins and the screen begins to get smaller and smaller until it is only a few inches wide. There is a certain amount of satisfaction in beating your slow friends who may have left you waiting in other games. As you loop through the level, your goal is to move fast enough so your opponents are pushed off the screen, knocking them out of the race.
Your goal is to speed run, obviously, and you do this on an endlessly looping level filled with traps and disasters to slow down your runner. One-time license fee for play on account’s designated primary PS4™ system and other PS4™ systems when signed in with that account.Now out on PS4 (after having been released last year for Xbox One and after an extensive Early Access period on PC), SpeedRunners is a multiplayer platformer that is all about going fast. Online features require an account and are subject to terms of service and applicable privacy policy (/terms-of-service & /privacy-policy). Software subject to license (us./softwarelicense). Run, jump, swing around, fire rockets, grapple onto people to knock them off screen. SpeedRunners is a 4 player competitive platformer with grappling hooks, power-ups, and interactive environments. Fortunately there are enough rockets, bombs, grappling hooks, spikes, and other goodies lying around - to make the competition fun and fast. In a city filled with superheroes, getting to crimes becomes a competition on its own.
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