Trail Out has an 81% positive rating from players on Steam, with a free demo to boot. The over-the-top reckless racing video game just launched on Xbox consoles for 30 bucks, and you should at least check it out because it's pure insanity. It combines the best gameplay elements from titles like Stuntman, Burnout Paradise, Road Rash, and Carmeggedon.
If you're into high-speed races, insane stunts, utter (intentional) vehicle destruction with no regard for your opponents or yourself, dirt and snow racing, kart racing while fighting other racers with baseball bats, destructible environments, crashing into chest-high walls only to catapult your driver 200 yards away into a giant dart board, explosions, old-school muscle car rust buckets, and heavily modified golf carts, then Trail Out might definitely be your jam. Oh, and it has over 70 cars, 40 maps and, why not, a split-screen mode for up to four players.
Now, that was a long paragraph, but you can't split up the action into short bursts. Otherwise, you'll ruin the whole show, and Trail Out is all about spectacle. But I digress. This game's key features are all about total car carnage, dynamic environments, endless excitement, customization, and conquering the tracks themselves.
The cars feature some "gnarly" physics like destructibility, crumbling, and going KABOOM!, just like The Joker would have wanted, which is great because the game does feature a Joker knockoff that shoots RPGs at your car from a plane. The environments feature destructible buildings, barriers, ramps, roadblocks, and any other form of obstacle standing between you and victory or the racer in front of you.
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Customizations are a key part of the game, with over 50 unique vehicles (out of 70) like sports cars, muscle cars, tiny Mario Kart-inspired vehicles, golf carts with spinning saw blades attached to the front bumper, supercars, buses, armored transport vehicles, tanks, and why not, cars with huge jet engines strapped to the back. Suffice it to say that variety isn't scarce in Trail Out.
Locations have also been thought out, with over fifty different locales presenting challenges to overcome. The scenery varies from big New York-like cities to battle arenas, snowy woods with icy terrains, you name it. There are even wild animals trying to attack you for unknown and better-left-unexplained reasons.
Battle royal fans are in for a treat with the Derby Classic Mode, but don't ignore the Hunter Mode, where you can take control of a police cruiser and unleash spikes, traps, and missiles against unsuspecting or even suspecting targets. These are fun and dandy, but the main attraction is the Bowling and Darts modes, where it's exactly how it sounds like.
If you long for the days when games were fun just for the heck of it, Trail Out should be on your radar.
Codrin just loves American classics, from the 1940s and ‘50s, all the way to the muscle cars of the '60s and '70s. In his perfect world, we'll still see Hudsons and Road Runners roaming the streets for years to come (even in EV form, if that's what it takes to keep the aesthetic alive). Full profile
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