Moto Roader MC Review (PlayStation 5)
Our Moto Roader MC Review has us traveling back to when the iconic Moto Roader MC was first released in 1992. Full speed ahead thirty years and this beloved title is now poised at the starting line on consoles. Play head to head against the computer or locally with a friend in multiple modes of futuristic race challenge. Choose from an array of cool cars and drivers, as well as a variety of gameplay modes. When it comes to iconic video game fun, Moto Roader MC is a time-honored first-place finish.
Moto Roader MC Review Pros:
- Gorgeous graphics.
- 303.7MB download size.
- Platinum trophy.
- Top-down racer gameplay.
- Graphics settings – display (fullscreen/4:3 DAR/1:1 PAR/Perfect/Perfect 1x), scaling (soft/crispy/razor), wide-screen, and CRT with the following settings – mask type, mask intensity, scanline intensity, sharpness, curvature, Trini – curve, corner round and CRT gamma.
- Can rebind controls.
- Rewind speed – adaptive, 1x and 2x.
- Five car styles to choose from can change each player individually.
- Four players local support.
- State save and state load.
- Full-screen preview button for when messing with the settings.
- Game options – cars collide, super slip, number of players, and Omake players set to 1v1 or 2v2.
- Five locations – circuit, City, Nature, Machen, and special. Each contains five races.
- Local leaderboards.
- Omake is a football mini-game with 3 stadiums.
- Touchpad brings up the overlay where you can change settings and use the state save/load.
- Two racing modes – Race and time attack.
- The race is just going through each track needing a 3rd place or better to progress.
- Simple controls with rickets and pipe Bombs buttons chucked in for some carnage.
- Plays really well.
- Looks fantastic.
- Excellent soundtrack and effects.
Moto Roader MC Review Cons:
- No tutorials or practice modes.
- Getting used to top-down racing can be tricky at first.
- Doesn’t support any online from multiplayer to leaderboards.
- Pretty basic modes.
- In solo play, it’s very limited.
- Cannot play the Omake mode against the CPU.
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Moto Roader MC:
Developer: Masaya
Publisher: Ratalaika Games S.L.
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- Graphics - 7/107/10
- Sound - 7/107/10
- Accessibility - 7/107/10
- Length - 7/107/10
- Fun Factor - 7/107/10
Summary
I loves me a good top-down racer, they were amazing fun on the NES and a well-made one is still fun now. Moto Roader MC is a game I recognize the name of but never played, I probably saw it in a magazine and didn’t realize but at any rate, this is all new to me. I like that they have added in many of the now staple re-release options allowing you to tinker with settings for the CRT and having state saves and rewind so us crappier players can still finish the game. The gameplay itself is solid and a lot of fun I must say, I wish you could change the settings for lap amount as 8 is a big ask most of the time but the Cutesy little cars driving around these brilliant tracks never get old. The Omake mode which is basically Rocket league in the early year’s edition is good fun with friends, otherwise, it’s you against a nonmover because for some reason the CPU is not invalid loved or maybe doesn’t like sports? With local leaderboards and four-player support, it’s a good game for local play but a major bummer if you only play online. There is no online functionality at all and that is a real shame but even just as a solo game it is fantastic, maybe not as groundbreaking as previous games or the later ones but it still demands your attention.
