Mantis Burn Racing®

Mantis Burn Racing….WHERE to begin! It’s a fun, top-down racing game. Just that simple. But it’s also much more. It’s a game of extreme skill (over time), as well as some unusually complex strategy. I’d guess from the point that I’ve reached that success is about half skill, and about half a carefully upgraded vehicle. But it’s also very much a game of patience, (and no small amount of grinding) as skills and currency are obtained. Especially for the lesser skilled player. Mantis Burn Racing (MBR) is a “game of threes”: THREE vehicle classes – light, medium and heavy THREE skill levels – Rookie (the starting level), Pro and Veteran (both acquired through skill over time.) THREE seasons for each skill level, each involving all three classes of vehicle. Each new season (after the original) is started upon the acquisition of a specific number of “gears”, or awards for each of numerous races and groups of races within each season. Each skill level has three “n...

[h1]Rating[/h1] [b]6/10[/b] [h1]Worth it?[/h1] For the full price - no. I got it on a -50% discount (7.99€) and that's fair. [h1]Playtime[/h1] I've played it for more than 15 hours. In that time I've completed the Rookie and the Pro seasons in the single player mode. I haven't played any multi player games or the Veteran seasons. [h1]Comparison[/h1] I got interested in it because I loved [b]Death Rally[/b]. Mostly the classic 1996 version, but the 2012 remake was also pretty good. This is similar, but with limited features. The most noticeable difference is that there's no weapons here. You don't try to destroy your enemies, it's purely about racing. [h1]Plot[/h1] There isn't any. You just race in different types of events with different types of cars. You get paid and you can upgrade your car, but that's it. [h1]Look...[/h1] It looks... ok. When you see it for the first time you might actually say that it's pretty. But then you get to play the first season where the only ...

Early critisisms A few things that stuck out to me within my first day of owning the game, when reading please remember that this is a DAY ONE, EARLY ACCESS review, and its not even a review, more like a few issues that struck me within the first day of ownership. The one thing that is bugging me currently more than anything is the camera, and this is probably why I've spent so little time in the game so far. The in game camera is hard tethered to the car and its movement, resulting in the camera swinging jarringly at the touch of a joystick, this is extremely nausiating for me, especially because of the wide FOV of the viewing camera, which is not helping at all. I was rather hoping the camera would be fixed, like in the release trailer, or have an option to be soft tethered, whereby the camera is following the direction and angle of the track, and not the car. Secondly, the handling of the cars seems far too forgiving. The way the cars slide, and speed and angle around corners re...

can't play on win11......

One of the Best Top-Down-Racing Games = Mantis Burn Racing®

This game has potential that hasn't been retrieved yet. The list of incomplete things is long. To mention a few, let's state that there are only a few tracks, a few locations and a few cars (basically 10 tracks, one location, three different car types). It should also be said that there are no free choices to set up own races (number of laps and enemies is preset) The existing driving modes could be called sufficient (Endurance, Light Ball, Race, Sprint, Survival, Time Out, Overtake...), although most of them can be beaten by one and the same strategy. One reason for this seems to be that the basic driving routine has been copied 1:1 from Little Racers Street. The included DLC's make it a little bit better, but the overall complexity and gameplay is still at the same level or even below games such as "Aerial Racers" or "Super Cars International". People who know these games also know what this means. For a nowadays game, it's not enough. It seems as if the developers once wanted to cre...

This game runs terribly with a consistently low framerate. I can run the new Doom at over 60 FPS, but this game struggles to run at 50 FPS with all the graphics settings turned to their lowest. The cars feel too light and aren't as satisfying to drive as most other racing games.

Great game! Really enjoying playing! Pros: -Good vehicle and environment physics -Decent graphics -Simple and attractive menus (interface works!) -Fun gameplay Cons: -Camera angles are very similar and don't seem to change much -Sounds are a little boring and unengaging Would recommend you pick this up if looking for a top-down dirt racer!

The game is not bad for a short-term blast but does not quite compete for quality over similar games such as the more polished top-down racers such as Reckless Racing, Circuit Superstars or Bang Bang Racing. Little Racers Street and Blaze Rush are also better value in my opinion. The game is well-presented, driving feels fluid and is generally enjoyable, AI is well implemented, it does not suffer from any noticeable bugs and the progress system is well paced overall. It also has a good upgrade system for your roster of four cars. Its main downside apart from the painfully slow load-times when accessing menus from the main title page or simply starting (a single-player!) race... is the lack of a time-trail / hot-lap mode with ghost car feature (made brilliantly by Little Racers Street and Reckless Racing). Additionally there is a very strange driving assist mechanic going on under-the-hood when you go round corners that is kinda like an invisible force pushing you round as you go. ...

Great little game to fire up when you don't have a great deal of time to play. Good: -Easy to grasp -Gradually increasing difficulty -Possible to upgrade cars -Good handling Bad: -Feels a bit repetive in the long run