Most novel is King of the Hill, where players must avoid running out of energy by being shot. Again, with a real video game feel, these modes offer a wide range of challenges.
Here you can challenge a mix of three other human or commander opponents to modes that include Race, Battle, Time Trial, and King of the Hill. Add in another couple of cars ($50 each) and the multiplayer aspect of the game really takes off. This enables you to work through the campaign with enemy commanders being loaded into the other vehicle. With the Starter Pack, you get your first two cars. Taking down the early commanders is quick work, but later on, they present a real challenge - and take on a personality all their own. These are selected from a team of commanders each with their own racing style, personality, backstory, and voice work.
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A full campaign mode pits you against a series of competitor drivers. Here the experience hits its video game sensibilities. Because different cars have exclusive weapons, sometimes this means picking a particular ride to take down the next opponent. At the same time, the car’s top speed, armor, and energy are also powering up.Ī few hours in, you find yourself making tactical decisions about which weapon load-outs to take into the next race. Each vehicle’s armament is added to as you complete challenges. With a touch of Mario Kart, although through a Minority Report lens, the cars each have a set of weapons.
Sometimes it’s hitting boost just as you leave a chicane and hit the straight.Īs you can tell, it’s not just about racing. Sometimes this is slamming on the air brakes to pull up behind a competitor before letting rip with an autocannon. Sometimes this is hugging the near-side of a bend to avoid coming off. This is where the real skill begins as you learn to tilt the Anki Overdrive app to steer the cars into the ideal racing line. Seeing them take off after the first race countdown is something of a surprise, as they fairly rocket round the circuit. Once the cars have scanned the track they position themselves automatically on the starting line. Some tweaking is usually required to get things just right, but again, this becomes part of the fun. Here, you discover whether the slopes and bends you make are too ambitious. Place the smart cars on the new construction and they slowly “learn” the circuit with a few test laps. Winding in and out of furniture, the courses take on a life of their own. You soon realize that Overdrive’s flexible track go up coffee tables and down around soft furnishings. On a flat surface it’s fast and fun to construct different circuits to race. The Starter Pack ($150) includes six curves and four straights to offer eight different circuits, but add one or two expansions (from $20) and the combinations soon become endless. Snapping together the track has that same confidence-inspiring snap of a MacBook magsafe power connection. Robotic cars automatically keep themselves on course round a slot-less circuit, leaving players to use its app to find the ideal racing line and trigger all manner of weapons, gadgets, and maneuvers.
Anki Overdrive debuts September 20 to solve this and more.
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