Data Jammers: FastForward

Fun, straightforward little arcade game. Easy to beat and get achievements. Doesn't have lasting value, but if you have 5-10 minutes to kill and want something light and fast, this will fit the bill.

This game is very so-so. Plays like an arcade and probably would fit better in one of those machines, where you just insert a quarter to play until a game over. I got this in a bundle, don't think many people would buy this alone. It's very short and I personally don't see much replayability.

This game has a nice, Cyberpunk endless runner theme. Even though overall controls are mostly solid, the game started off ok, but became more annoying over time. This is due to the camera angle that isn't always great at showing you what dangers and forks in the road you need to see, and I often got knocked into the lane I didn't want to see and ended up loosing out on chains of coins for points, taking damage, or worse, dying. There's an interesting variety of enemies here, some run down the track on the same lane infinitely, some mirror your actions, some sap your health from long range. Then you have two extremely annoying monstrocities near the end game, a flying enemy that is near impossible to kill and can damage you quickly with overhead laser beams, and another that knocks you into the air. The second one isn't that bad, and in fact, can help you "skip" much of a level by having it constantly juggle in the air. But with the combination of two said enemies, you can find yourself in near death, or more often than not, insta-death situations. This can happen in chains in some section of levels, draining your non-replenishable, three lives very quickly. You also have a smart bombs to kill enemies in a small AoE Range - however, often times, this attack misses enemies that are real close to you, which is unacceptable when you have limited bombs. I personally think you can avoid this game, unless you are a big fan of "endless runners", though technically, the levels do end and in fact, the game game usually be completed in less than an hour. The awful camera, floaty controls, obtuse level design, and annoying enemies made this game a bit of a pain for me. Data Jammers: Fast Forward definitely got something right with the interesting and challenging mix of enemies and level obstackles, but the end result had me more fustrated than entertained.

This is a slick little game with a nice feeling of speed, but there are a few frustrating things about it that for me ruin the experience. It's too hard to tell what lane you're in due to the perspective, could be easily fixed by making items float a little lower. You can't see far enough ahead to make intelligent decisions, because it's physically difficult to change lanes in a timely fashion. I beat the first boss without having any idea how I accomplished it. And finally, I got stuck in a loop after a crash which just auto-crashed me and ate up my remaining lives. C-

This game is really fun especially if you like trying to top your score or a leaderboard since it's pretty short. Controls are nice and works well with a 360 controller but is in my opinion easier to play with a keyboard. I don't really have anything bad to say about this game except the menu sound is high pitched and ear piercing. With that exception I really like the game and recommend it, especially at 2 bucks.

Great game, highly recommended!