JDM Rise of the Scorpion Review (Steam)
JDM Rise of the Scorpion Review, Discover the beginning of the story of the titular “Scorpion” through a story guided by manga panels. Take on the role of Hatori ‘Scorpion’ Hasashi – an offspring of a traditional Japanese family who became one of the best racers in the area. Strict parents and high school expectations couldn’t stop him from becoming a part of the drifting revolution!
JDM Rise of the Scorpion Review Pros:
- Decent graphics.
- 9.03GB download size.
- Full controller support.
- Free download.
- Graphics settings – quality preset, display mode, resolution, v-sync, detail mode, v-sync, motion blur, and volumetric clouds.
- Camera settings – field of view cockpit view slider, camera rotation, Colourblind support, and camera style (hood/bumper/roof/driver/cockpit/close chase/distant chase).
- Keyboard support.
- Driving assists – ABS, TCS, ESP, gearbox, and game pad and keyboard assist.
- Steering wheel support.
- Driving gameplay.
- Manga comic book cutscenes.
- Full 3D game world.
- The combo counter comes up as you do drifts.
- The drifting controls are good, not too sensitive, and not too tight.
- Living world with other AI drivers on the road.
- The map lets you set your destination and then draws the route on your mini-map.
- The mini-map is on your phone screen in the bottom corner.
- Thumpy base soundtrack.
- Familiar controls for a racing/drifting game.
- Has potential.
- It’s a fantastic world to explore and drift around.
- This is the prologue before the full game comes out.
JDM Rise of the Scorpion Review Cons:
- No Steam achievements.
- Not all the menus work with the controller or they don’t work well enough.
- The mouse cursor stays on the screen even when using the controller.
- A couple of graphics settings are just greyed out and if you try to change graphics preset it will warn you if you don’t meet the benchmark for specs.
- As it’s a Prologue for the main game it displays everything as if it were the main game but greys and padlocks them out.
- The mini-map on the phone is zoomed right in and is hard to read.
- I couldn’t set a route anywhere it had to be a point of interest or mission.
- The camera sways around a lot and did make me feel a bit sick. (I am sensitive to this kind of movement)
- The button prompts in the game are keyboard only despite it being a controller in the menus and map.
- The Ai is crap driver and will just drive into you regardless and cause pile-ups.
- The performance is not great and even though we are using an i7 RTX chip I can’t get it to run well at all.
- Overall the graphics look smeary and not clear.
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JDM Rise of the Scorpion:
Developer: Gaming Factory
Publisher: Gaming Factory
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