FurBalls Racing
- January 30, 2023
- Michael Maresch
Get on Steam"FurBalls Racing" is a delightful, fast-paced platforming racing game featuring over a dozen quirky characters with unique attributes. Compete in local or online multiplayer, Grand Prix, or Time Trials mode, where you can race against ghosts or challenging staff ghosts. Look out for hidden shortcuts, advanced game mechanics, and unlockable content for hardcore players.
Reviews
- The game features polished mechanics and fluid controls, allowing for creative movement and mastery of advanced techniques.
- Each character feels unique and balanced, adding strategic depth to character selection and gameplay.
- Levels are visually distinct with engaging layouts and iconic music, providing a fun and challenging experience.
- The last grand prix features poorly designed levels that rely too heavily on movement polish, making them frustrating for players.
- There is a lack of variety in items, with only one item available that can be used in multiple ways, which limits gameplay dynamics.
- The game suffers from performance issues in split-screen mode, which can detract from the overall experience.
- gameplay5 mentions
- 40 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 60 % negative mentions
The gameplay is characterized by polished mechanics and enjoyable level design, making it fun to navigate. However, achieving higher accolades like platinum medals demands mastery of advanced mechanics, presenting a challenge primarily aimed at experienced players who appreciate optimization and practice, with minimal assistance for newcomers.
“It has solid game mechanics that feel very polished and smooth, paired with deceptively simple level design that's really fun to fly through.”
“Once you get all gold medals, though, there are still platinum medals, which generally require you to start getting used to mastering the other game mechanics.”
“This is the biggest hurdle in the game, because all of the fancy speed mechanics have sacrifices.”
“Clearly targeted at advanced players who like to practice and optimize, with little in the way of handholding or comeback mechanics.”
“Once you get all gold medals, though, there are still platinum medals, which generally require you to start mastering the other game mechanics.”
- music4 mentions
- 75 % positive mentions
- -50 % neutral mentions
- 75 % negative mentions
The music in the game is highly praised for its uniqueness and quality, with each level featuring a distinct and often iconic track that complements the visuals and gameplay. Players appreciate how the music enhances the experience, remaining consistent even when restarting offline races, and effectively matching the increasing difficulty of the challenges. Overall, the combination of great music, charming visuals, and fluid controls contributes to a captivating gaming atmosphere.
“With great music, cute visuals, charming little details, and some of the best fluid platforming controls I've played with.”
“Every level is visually distinct, has a completely different layout from all the rest in some way, and has a unique, often iconic song that plays with it, which are all very good.”
“The music works with each stage and the game has increasing difficulty with each challenge met by the player.”
“The music doesn't reset each time you restart offline races, which can be frustrating.”
“While every level has a unique and often iconic song, the overall music experience feels repetitive.”
“The music works with each stage, but it lacks variety and can become monotonous as the game progresses.”
- graphics3 mentions
- 67 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 33 % negative mentions
The graphics are characterized by cute visuals and charming details that enhance the overall experience, complemented by fluid platforming controls. However, some levels feature graphics that can obscure visibility, though the aesthetic successfully blends elements from various games, creating a unique and engaging environment.
“With great music, cute visuals, charming little details, and some of the best fluid platforming controls I've played with.”
“It's a mixture of Sonic with its placement of out-of-the-way springboards for those looking for shortcuts, Monkey Ball with its aesthetic, pitfalls and means to get through tracks faster by plummeting to tracks below (as long as you still hit every checkpoint) and Track Mania with its unorthodox pathing.”
“Some of the graphics make parts of some levels a little hard to see, but overall it does the job.”
- emotional1 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
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- humor1 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Players find the humor in the game particularly enjoyable, especially when finishing a race allows them to playfully disrupt the remaining competitors, adding a comedic twist to the competitive experience.
“In fact, finishing the race grants you the privilege to freely interfere with the remaining players, which is pretty funny.”
