MrThunderwing | Parking Garage Rally (Sega Saturn Style Racer) @MrThunderwing | Uploaded September 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
I got sent a STEAM key to try out this game about a month ago, but because I've been a bit pre-occupied with a few other real life things going on, I only got around to trying it out for the first time yesterday morning (which was actually a day after it got publicly released).
I always appreciate any Indie devs who take the time to contact me about their games, but, unfortunately, Parking Garage Rally wasn't really my particular cup of tea.
I wasn't really into this style of gameplay - lots and lots of tight 90 degree bends on very enclosed and samey looking tracks. I'm also not really a fan of stuff that's intentionally trying to look like a 32 bit console game (as much as I loved my Saturn and later PS1, I couldn't wait for 3D graphics to be more like the actual arcade titles that were around at the time, like the far superior looking Model 2 and Model 3 games) but, I do appreciate the work that's gone into this to give it that particular old school Sega Saturn look (right down to the lack of transparency effects and the use of dithering to simulate them). Controls felt tight and the drift mechanic felt intuitive.
But it seems to be getting some very positive reviews on STEAM, so I think it's really just a 'me' thing - I think I probably wasn't the right target audience for it. I prefer my arcade racers to be less like an 8-bit Mario Kart and more like an Outrun 2, Daytona USA or Sega Rally. But, hey, maybe this is the sort of thing that some of youse might enjoy, so I thought an upload was warranted at the very least! Thanks to Walaber Entertainment for sending me the STEAM key.
Official info:
"Parking Garage Rally Circuit is an arcade racer where you drift around parking garages using tight controls and chainable Mario Kart-style boosts. The game is designed to look, feel and sound like a lost Sega Saturn game that could have been released in 1998. In the full game, there will be 8 tracks for you to unlock, along with three progressively harder car classes to race with. As you refine your times by mastering the game's effortless and compelling drifting system, the game will pull in ever tougher ghosts based on the runs of other players on the leader boards for you to compete against, always giving you a new challenge to aim for."
More info here: walaber.com/parking-garage-rally-circuit
#ParkingGarageRally #retrogaming #arcaderacer
I got sent a STEAM key to try out this game about a month ago, but because I've been a bit pre-occupied with a few other real life things going on, I only got around to trying it out for the first time yesterday morning (which was actually a day after it got publicly released).
I always appreciate any Indie devs who take the time to contact me about their games, but, unfortunately, Parking Garage Rally wasn't really my particular cup of tea.
I wasn't really into this style of gameplay - lots and lots of tight 90 degree bends on very enclosed and samey looking tracks. I'm also not really a fan of stuff that's intentionally trying to look like a 32 bit console game (as much as I loved my Saturn and later PS1, I couldn't wait for 3D graphics to be more like the actual arcade titles that were around at the time, like the far superior looking Model 2 and Model 3 games) but, I do appreciate the work that's gone into this to give it that particular old school Sega Saturn look (right down to the lack of transparency effects and the use of dithering to simulate them). Controls felt tight and the drift mechanic felt intuitive.
But it seems to be getting some very positive reviews on STEAM, so I think it's really just a 'me' thing - I think I probably wasn't the right target audience for it. I prefer my arcade racers to be less like an 8-bit Mario Kart and more like an Outrun 2, Daytona USA or Sega Rally. But, hey, maybe this is the sort of thing that some of youse might enjoy, so I thought an upload was warranted at the very least! Thanks to Walaber Entertainment for sending me the STEAM key.
Official info:
"Parking Garage Rally Circuit is an arcade racer where you drift around parking garages using tight controls and chainable Mario Kart-style boosts. The game is designed to look, feel and sound like a lost Sega Saturn game that could have been released in 1998. In the full game, there will be 8 tracks for you to unlock, along with three progressively harder car classes to race with. As you refine your times by mastering the game's effortless and compelling drifting system, the game will pull in ever tougher ghosts based on the runs of other players on the leader boards for you to compete against, always giving you a new challenge to aim for."
More info here: walaber.com/parking-garage-rally-circuit
#ParkingGarageRally #retrogaming #arcaderacer
