Electro Ride: The Neon Racing

I've beaten the Switch version of this game before and now I wanted to reexperience it on my Steam Deck. The PC version looks and runs much better (obviously) and the handling is also much more stable now... BUT today upon opening the game, the story mode just locked up somehow and it won't let me select any races even though I was only halfway through the campaign, like WTF!? Now I'm just sad, angry AND disappointed. Besides, why does the story mode not let me replay any previous races anyway? Edit: Also my save file is now called PlayerSingle instead of the original name I gave it.

Symulator twojego starego jadącego na dyskotekę w '85. Połączenie demoludów, gruzów i synthwave to najpiękniejsze co człowiek mógł stworzyć.

GOOD PLEASANT NEON RACING! 7 out of 10

While the art style is appealing and the starting levels are pretty fun, the overall rawness of this game ruins the experience the further you progress into it. The controller is barely supported and analog controls for smoother handling work the same as the keys do. On later levels, the gas pedal randomly stopped working as if I am in the Most Wanted intro level and refused to work until I quit and re-entered the race. The collision of the cars is unhinged and I got bumped into the air on a smooth road (don't pick the last car for East Berlin). The cutscenes are unskippable and play every time you enter a level (which you will a lot if you try to play this with a controller). Great potential, released raw. A shame.

自車の色に合わせたレーンを走るとブーストがかかるという変わったシステムのレースゲーム。先行している他の車が同じ色だとブーストゾーンを取られてしまうので、状況に応じて自車の色を変える駆け引きがある。面白いかどうかは微妙なところではあるが、セール時の値段は安いので価格なりの面白さと言えるかも。 XUnity.AutoTranslator-ReiPatcherで日本語に自動翻訳可能。

Sürüş hissiyatı sıfır. Yarış oyunu olmak için yarış oyunu olmuş bir oyun. Farklı tarzda arabalar var ama hepsi aynı sürüş özelliklerine sahip, farklı özellikleri olduğuna kanmayın yani. Yol tutuşu desen o da yok, virajlarda araba ya bariyerlere çarpıyor ya da takla atıyor. Taşımı sürüyorsunuz arabayı mı sürüyorsunuz belli değil yani.

This is a hard game to recommend, which is a real shame because this is a game with a vision. If the aesthetics of an eastern bloc synthwave racer are enough to carry the game for you, then it's worth playing. If not, then race-ending bugs, jank physics, inconsistent performance, and the cutthroat story mode necessary to unlock cities will test your patience. These are things that could be fixed. The game deserves a remaster.