![]() ![]() Instead, all that's on offer here is a server browser, where 21 servers run a set of Bugbear approved courses and modes, and your only real option is to try and find one that has space, running something you might be interested in. Only you actually can't, because incredibly, Wreckfest doesn't allow for private games. With the racing here being so fun - and with a great range of weird and wonderful vehicles to get to grips with - Wreckfest was one of those games that looked like a dead cert for online multiplayer nights with a few friends - maybe recreating the lawnmowers-vs-one-combine-harvester style gameplay with your buds. Perhaps more disappointing, though, is the rest of the game's multiplayer set up. Much to our eternal disappointment, Wreckfest contains nothing in the way of those driver-launching mini-games - which means it's much more of a single-player experience, with no "pass the controller" party fun to be had here. Wreckfest multiplayer driver#If you've ever played any of the FlatOut games, you'll probably have fond memories of the ridiculous stunt driver mini-games, where you get to fire your driver through the windscreen, and use them to play darts, curling, poker, and the high jump amongst others. Yet despite what it gets right, it's worth taking a look at what feels like it's "missing", even if it is only based on Bugbear's previous games. ![]() There are few feelings more satisfying that nudging your opponent at just the right time to send them fender-first into a brick wall, or a well placed rock, and the fact the game outright encourages that sort of driving (and lets you use it to get miles and miles ahead) is a breath of fresh air. There's surprisingly few racing games that don't force you to play by the oh-so-clinical rules, and Wreckfest is a game that really takes the gloves off. Wreckfest multiplayer plus#Made up of a huge number of events, each of which rewards you a number of points based on your position, plus a handful of stars for a number of bonus objectives (wreck 3 cars, finish 50 feet ahead, etc), there are a lot of events to sink your teeth into here - and mercifully few demolition races.įor the most part, Wreckfest is a game that seems to know exactly what it does well, and gives you plenty of it. It's lucky, then, that it feels like Bugbear almost felt the same way, as there's not actually all that many demolition events in the game's "career". In all, it's a bit of a missed opportunity. What ought to be a real fender-bending wreckfest turns into more a game of strategy and simply avoiding being hit, doing your best to simply survive while the other cars take themselves out, only swooping in to stop yourself from being counted out when the timer pops up telling you off for inactivity. And unfortunately, it makes the demolition derbies kind of naff. And so, at least half the AI cars you see in the demolition derbies will spend the vast majority of the race driving around backwards, so the bit of the car they're hitting you with doesn't actually have all that much crucial equipment in there. If you crash head on, you could end up taking as much damage - if not more -Â than the guy you crash into, as your engine takes the hit. With crashes being a two-way street, ramming an enemy doesn't just damage them, but it damages you too. One of the biggest issues is that it seems to take into account where the important bits are in your car. It may sound ridiculous - and it can certainly be frustrating at times, especially when the game requires you to come first to "complete" the events - but it's always fun enough to keep you coming back for more. Wreckfest multiplayer drivers#Seeing your plucky driver strapped on top of a common or garden chair (not a garden chair, a sofa - oh, you get what we mean) - only this time with a giant chuff-off engine strapped to the back of it - it's a recipe for absolute carnage, and one made worse by the fact the figure of eight track has a jump in the middle of it, causing many a mid-air collision - and many drivers to go flying. Perhaps our favourite, though, is the sofa race. Another puts you in a 3-wheeler, and asks you to make your way round a narrow, tight loop circuit. One sees you racing around a figure 8 on a lawnmower of all things, as a giant combine harvester bombs around the course simply trying to wreck as many people as it can. Along with the straight races that see up to 24 (!!) cars jostling it out for position, Wreckfest likes to spice things up with a few more. ![]()
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