Crayola Scoot

Much better than one might expect. The whole concept is extremely fun to play, with enough variation to support multiple hours of play, even solo. Visually, the often saturated and cel-shaded/cartoonish style works well, with varied enough levels, even in a same sector. I particularly liked the NPCs look, and wish the character creator (if you can call it that) provided you with more features (including nonhuman ones like on the NPCs), instead of making you choose between an essentially generic boy/girl. I have no problem with the music! There isn't a lot of it, but it goes well throughout. Controls are great. Everything is responsive, tricks are easy enough to pull off with enough potential for mastery. I encountered very few bugs (clipped through the floor once, and was stuck in a corner for a few seconds) considering the complexity of the game. Progression can seem unusual in a few ways. First off, the "main story" seems more like a subplot. You do aim at winning the Color Cup, but you'll probably win the latter before having seen half of the available events. That being said, it also means that the game is accessible, whether you're looking for a relatively short experience or would rather play tens of hours. Secondly, difficulty levels are phenomenally different from one another: as in medium AI performs about 10x better than the easy ones, and hard AI performs about 5-10x better than medium ones. You'll definitely want to start off with easy mode (if you care about not being trashed) until you get the hang of the controls. And then I assume winning every event in hard mode could take quite a while and a lot of practice. I got the game on Humble Bundle, and at the time of this review, it is still available on the platform at 1$, which makes it absolutely worth it. Even at full regular price, it doesn't seem insanely high, provided you don't mind the absence of online multiplayer (there is local multiplayer though). 8/10