“Tokyo Xtreme Racer,” even the identify has a scrumptious early-2000s taste to it. Studio Genki’s newest is the primary entry the long-running racing collection in 20 years, profiting from the rabid Y2K nostalgia within the air with an early entry Steam launch out of nowhere, one which’s gotten a ton of warmth with 4,728 evaluations on the time of writing and an “Overwhelmingly Constructive” reception after simply 4 days.
I’ve by no means been a lot of a racing sport man, with the notable exception of a passionate dalliance with Want For Velocity: Most Wished on the Xbox 360. What I am seeing from Tokyo Xtreme Racer ’25—technically the fourth mainline entry of the collection, sixth if you happen to depend the Drift spinoffs—scratches the identical a part of my mind as EA’s absurd 2005 racer. I am used to photorealistic racing video games with real-world vehicles being these uninteresting, nearly simulationist affairs, however Tokyo Xtreme Racer has a lot swagger. Screaming down the highways of a near-future Tokyo to the tune of an impossibly cool soundtrack that alternates between jazzy funk and delectably retro jungle—that is the long run we had been promised.
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Among the many hundreds of constructive Steam evaluations, I am seeing loads of reward for TXR ’25’s dealing with, ambiance, and singleplayer-centric, throwback sense of worth. That final one is one thing that significantly excites me: TXR is constructed round looking for out rivals to race in opposition to on the streets of Tokyo, and it appears to have the type of construction and story context I really want in my video games—you’ll be able to simply make your personal enjoyable if you would like, however there’s loads of course.
That system of colourful rivals on this surreal, near-future, “blocked off” Tokyo is type of giving Armored Core by the use of The Quick and the Livid, its characters and human drama fully mediated by the machines on the coronary heart of the expertise, with nary a human face in sight. I have not even performed Tokyo Xtreme Racer but, however I simply maintain enthusiastic about it. You’ll be able to attempt it out for your self in early entry over on Steam.
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