Calvin Tucker's Farm Animal Racing
- March 8, 2018
- Team 6 Studios
Get on Steam"Calvin Tucker's Farm Animal Racing" is a humorous kart game featuring farm animals in crazy organized tournaments across various wacky locations such as pirate islands, polar regions, and medieval times. The game offers 12 unique tracks with interactive elements, and players can compete in tournaments to win golden trophies and unlock new tracks. The game's six environments include the farm, tropical, arctic, Egyptian, medieval, and space themes.
PC
Windows
Reviews
- Surprisingly fun and enjoyable gameplay, especially considering the low price.
- Unique and humorous themes with a variety of power-ups and characters.
- Good graphics and music that enhance the overall experience.
- Lack of controller support and customizable controls makes gameplay frustrating.
- Limited content with only a few tournaments and races, leading to low replay value.
- Gameplay can feel random and luck-based, diminishing the skill aspect of racing.
- gameplay22 mentions
- 45 % positive mentions
- 36 % neutral mentions
- 18 % negative mentions
The gameplay aspect of the game receives mixed reviews, with some praising its masterful automotive physics, addictive mechanics, and well-designed tracks, while others criticize it for poor controls and lack of gamepad support. Overall, it features instant gameplay, a variety of power-ups, and a challenging yet accessible difficulty, but some players feel it falls short in execution, particularly in less polished titles aimed at younger audiences.
“An absolute masterclass in automotive physics, 10/10 gameplay combined with jaw-dropping graphics rivaling any AAA title.”
“Let’s start with the game pros - instant gameplay, short and well-designed tracks in most cases, sense of humor, variable environment, various power-ups to use, aggressive and original opponents, challenging yet not frustrating difficulty, simple controls, beautiful graphics, and a variety of music tracks.”
“This game is good fun with tight controls and enjoyable game mechanics.”
“This ruins everything about the gameplay, which is a damn shame because this game had great potential.”
“No gamepad support; gameplay is a mess.”
“This is a basic farmyard themed kart racer aimed at kids with poor controls, bad graphics, and mediocre tracks and gameplay. There's nothing here of any value to PC gamers.”
- graphics18 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 17 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game receive mixed reviews, with some praising them as beautiful and comparable to AAA titles, while others criticize them as poor and lacking customization options. Overall, the visuals are noted for their potential and appeal, but technical limitations on certain devices detract from the experience.
“An absolute masterclass in automotive physics, 10/10 gameplay combined with jaw-dropping graphics rivaling any AAA title.”
“Let’s start with the game pros - instant gameplay, short and well-designed tracks in most cases, sense of humor, variable environment, various power-ups to use, aggressive and original opponents, challenging yet not frustrating difficulty, simple controls, beautiful graphics and a variety of music tracks.”
“Wonderful graphics, addictive gameplay.”
“An old, dusty laptop with no graphics card is the shoddy device I use to run it.”
“This is a basic farmyard themed kart racer aimed at kids with poor controls, bad graphics, and mediocre tracks and gameplay... there's nothing here of any value to PC gamers.”
“There's no option to change the resolution and no useful graphics tweaks.”
- humor16 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The humor in "Calvin Tucker's Farm Animal Racing" is characterized by its lighthearted, gross-out style, featuring whimsical elements like poop mines, farting, and other comedic power-ups that enhance the racing experience. Players appreciate the game's redneck humor and funny animal characters, which contribute to a fun and engaging atmosphere, despite some critiques about the developers' effort. Overall, the game successfully combines fast-paced action with a variety of humorous moments across its well-designed tracks.
“In Calvin Tucker's Farm Animal Racing, you will get simple fast-paced action racing with a lot of funny moments on mostly well-designed tracks in interesting environments.”
“It's totally full of gross-out humor and gigantic animal turds and slime and cow milk as power-ups and special attacks.”
“Let’s start with the game pros - instant gameplay, short and well-designed tracks in most cases, sense of humor, variable environment, various power-ups to use, aggressive and original opponents, challenging yet not frustrating difficulty, simple controls, beautiful graphics, and a variety of music tracks.”
- music8 mentions
- 75 % positive mentions
- 25 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The music in the game is highly praised, with reviewers highlighting its uplifting quality and variety, contributing significantly to the overall experience. Many consider it a standout feature, with one reviewer even rating it a perfect 10/10. Overall, the soundtrack complements the game's humorous and vibrant atmosphere effectively.
“Let’s start with the game pros - instant gameplay, short and well designed tracks in most cases, sense of humor, variable environment, various power-ups to use, aggressive and original opponents, challenging yet not frustrating difficulty, simple controls, beautiful graphics and a variety of music tracks.”
“Music 10/10”
“Variety of music tracks.”
- story6 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 67 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The story is highly praised for its exceptional lore and storytelling, with many users considering it among the best they have encountered in recent gaming experiences.
“The lore is insane, honestly some of the best storytelling I have seen in a long time.”
- grinding4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players emphasize that grinding is a significant aspect of the game, often requiring substantial time investment, likening it to needing a "second life" to fully engage with it. The repetitive nature of grinding is acknowledged, but it is also seen as a necessary part of progression.
“You'll need a second life for grinding.”
“Keep grinding.”
- monetization4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The monetization of Calvin Tucker's Farm Animal Racing is criticized as a blatant cash grab, with reviewers labeling it as a cheap and poorly executed port of an old Nintendo Wii game, lacking any genuine value or innovation.
“Calvin Tucker's Farm Animal Racing is a 14-year-old abandonware Nintendo Wii shovelware kart racing game (basically a cheap, nasty ripoff of Mario Kart) that's been dug out of the trash pile and dumped onto Steam as a cash grab.”
“Just a nasty abandonware cash grab.”
- stability2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Reviews indicate that the game suffers from significant stability issues, with many users describing it as an "extraordinarily buggy, broken mess." This suggests a widespread consensus on the game's lack of reliability and performance.
“I knew going in that the game would be an extraordinarily buggy, broken mess.”
