It’s acceptable that Starxium 20XX caught my eye with among the finest suns in videogames. Just have a look at that dappled opalescence, shining down on a Tron-style multiplayer driving game the place particular skills are charged by doing cool stunts. I’ve performed slightly of a super-early prototype that you can nab for free, and it’s each bit as soothing because it seems to be.
Well, nearly. There’s a disclaimer that’s very eager to level out that this can be a pre-alpha demo, “missing 95% of the features of the final game”. Cars drift alongside in eery silence, towards backdrops, ramps and tracks which might be evidently placeholder. Apart from that solar. If they mess with the solar, I’m out.
It’s nonetheless a pleasing place to spend a couple of minutes, and I’ve simply been chilling within the “freeride” mode. The multiplayer was borked for me, however it includes hacking a practice whereas punting rival racers away. It’s “not a racing game”, insist builders The Midnight Team – it’s a seize level game “where the point is a moving convoy that runs at 200km/h in the middle of a big highway”.
Automobilic acrobatics cost your particular energy, which could allow you to ram into different automobiles at pace or teleport your teammates. Which doesn’t truly sound soothing in any respect, however is an attention-grabbing twist on conventional drive ’em ups. The dev’s post on ModDB additionally mentions an upcoming battle royale mode, which sounds about as soothing as a shower in that solar I’m so enamoured with. It’s cool and all – simply actually not the vibe I anticipated from the trailer.
There’s no phrase on when Starxium can be completed, although you may wishlist it on Steam.
