Deathtrack
Moby ID: 1758
DOS version
Move over punk! Here is the Roadwarrior.
The Good
It's vehicular combat! I simply love the concept of driving & destroying, I like Quarantine and Interstate '76, although those games are first person shooters on wheels while Deathtrack is a racing game.
- It's got personality and a dark post-apocalyptic atmosphere. The opponents have got character and there is some dark humor in the game (for instance the descriptions of weapons).
- It's got more different weapons than other "racing with weapons" type of games. Some of the weapons are pretty cool & original, especially the Terminators. These skate-boards with a bomb keep racing around the track after you've launched them so watch your back.
- 3D modeled cars & digitized images of opponents.
The Bad
- Poor audio, where is the sound of roaring engines?
- Driving doesn't feel like driving. You don't get the feeling that you are really driving a car.
- The gameplay can be a bit unforgiving. If you drive a bad race and have a lot of damage you probably don't have enough cash to repair the damage. And when your car is in no condition to race you're stuck.
- Runs way too fast on a modern PC and MoSlo doesn't seem to work. So you can't play it unless you still have a 286.
The Bottom Line
An extremely cool vehicular combat game with attitude. I wish I never got rid of my old 286.
by Roedie (5239) on June 7, 2001