Gensou Skydrift Review (PlayStation 4)

Finally, a Touhou Project racing game! Race down courses set in the magical land of Gensokyo! Use the tag system to swap rider and board! Lots of spell cards and Last Words! Features online VS mode and multiplayer. You can check records and win races after races. Get a move on and get racing!

Pros:

• Nice anime graphics.
• 1.57GB download size.
• Platinum trophy.
• Works on Playstation 5.
• 3 modes-campaign, versus and free run.
• Set your own in-game name.
• Save replays-on/off.
• Manual region selection.
• Fast loading times.
• Initial race shows controls as you play.
• Racing gameplay.
• Gates- drive through to charge spell power to then be able to cast magic.
• Simple drifting mechanics.
• You play as two characters (witches) who take it in turns to be the one flying and the other one on top shooting.
• Can store up to two powerups/magic spells.
• Seven tracks.
• Free run-plays like a time trial, you pick your two characters and play against a timer.
• Online multiplayer.

Cons:

• All story is told via walls of text.
• No idea what the spells do.
• Basic track design.
• Feels flat.
• No way to rebind the controls.
• Can’t skip cutscenes even when replaying a level.
• Horrible performance even on the PlayStation 5 with slowdown and pop up.
• Ai gets faster respawns.
• Alow to respawn and recover from hitting the wall or falling off the stage.
• No straight-up Ai races outside of campaign.
• Campaign mode doesn’t give character choices or difficulties.
• In campaign you have to finish first or you fail and have to retry.
• No restart race option.