{"id":19903,"date":"2020-02-24T00:01:33","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T00:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=19903"},"modified":"2020-02-01T14:04:57","modified_gmt":"2020-02-01T14:04:57","slug":"speedrunners-switch-ps4-xbox-one-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/24\/speedrunners-switch-ps4-xbox-one-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"SpeedRunners (Switch, PS4, Xbox One, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Do you remember the intro to Disney-Pixar\u2019s The Incredibles?\u00a0 It was done in silhouettes and solid colors with a bravado brass heroic soundtrack.\u00a0 That\u2019s what I first thought of when booting up SpeedRunners.\u00a0 The game has been out for a while on nearly every platform, but for some reason I haven\u2019t reviewed it yet.\u00a0 Just one of those games that fell through the cracks for me I guess.\u00a0 But it was recently released on Switch, so I finally hopped on board.\u00a0 Anyway, SpeedRunners is a 2-D platformer racing game where you choose a super hero character and race against others in lap-based levels.\u00a0 It also kind of reminds me of Runbow<\/strong><\/a>, so if you liked that one, you\u2019ll definitely want to check out this review and the game itself.<\/p>\n

In the game you\u2019ll play as a super hero, or at least someone in a costume at any rate.\u00a0 You have all sorts of moves at your disposal to best the other runners.\u00a0 You can double jump, use a grappling hook to swing around faster and round corners better, wall jump, and slide under obstacles.\u00a0 Avoid crates on the ground, low ceilings, and spikes, which can all slow you down.\u00a0 It sounds complicated, but the play control is very solid and responsive.\u00a0 The first level has tutorial messages near obstacles to tell you how to pass them, too.\u00a0 Only problem is the graphics are teeny tiny, and sometimes things are hard to make out on handheld mode.\u00a0 But even after a few rounds, I was able to figure out the controls pretty well.<\/p>\n

As you run around, you will pick up blue crystals that give you a weapon you can use against the other racers, like freeze rays, homing missiles, boulders, and many more.\u00a0 So it\u2019s kind of like a 2-D Mario Kart.\u00a0 There are also blue strips that when you run across them, you can fill up a meter.\u00a0 Press the R trigger button to give yourself a boost of speed, but this will deplete that meter, so use it wisely.\u00a0 To win the game, what you have to do is run fast enough around the levels that you scroll the other players off screen.\u00a0 The first time you do this, a red border will surround the screen and become smaller and smaller as you race.\u00a0 Whoever can do this three times will win the race.\u00a0 The courses are circular in nature and kind of reminds me of laps on a race track.<\/p>\n

The game has three main modes.\u00a0 In Versus you can compete with three others locally or online.\u00a0 Story Mode is for single players.\u00a0 You race as SpeedRunner, a fast-running man in black tights who must compete with other CPU racers.\u00a0 You have four chapters with four races each, and you can play them with four difficulty levels.\u00a0 As you play this mode, you\u2019ll gain experience points and earn unlockables, like new characters, stages, weapons, and neat little comic books that you can read that explains the backstory of some of the characters.\u00a0 Although there really isn\u2019t much story in this mode.\u00a0 Last is Practice Mode, where you can race any track and character you\u2019ve unlocked, and try to get the best run time against ghost racers from previous laps.\u00a0 Characters you can choose from include a fiery Tiki god, a lady dressed as a unicorn, a guy in a shark suit, and another guy in a chicken outfit.\u00a0 You can also view replays and other options.<\/p>\n

Aside from the tiny graphics, the only other problem I had with the game is that it\u2019s a bit light on content.\u00a0 It left me wanting more, but that\u2019s not necessarily a bad thing.\u00a0 What\u2019s here is a solid game with tight play control and I can see why tinyBuild has always made such a fuss about it at conventions and trade shows I\u2019ve been to in the past.\u00a0 So I\u2019m glad I finally took the time to review it.\u00a0 So again, if you enjoyed games like Runbow, you\u2019ll definitely want to check out SpeedRunners.<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

SpeedRunenrs is rated E-10 with ESRB descriptors of Mild Fantasy Violence and Mild Language.\u00a0 I honestly didn\u2019t notice any bad language in the text, so it must be used sparingly.\u00a0 You can crash into crates and spikes, but all you do is just trip and tumble over and lie down for a bit with dizzy stars over your head.\u00a0 You can also use weapons against each other, but these hardy heroes just get right back up after being hit.\u00a0 Reading skill is needed for the text, and younger gamers may find it a bit difficult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Do you remember the intro to Disney-Pixar\u2019s The Incredibles?\u00a0 It was done in silhouettes and solid colors with a bravado brass heroic soundtrack.\u00a0 That\u2019s what I first thought of when booting up SpeedRunners.\u00a0 The game has been out for a while on nearly every platform, but for some reason I haven\u2019t reviewed it yet.\u00a0 Just […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19896,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19903"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19905,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19903\/revisions\/19905"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}