I usually must play a sport for just a few hours earlier than I really feel assured in saying I preferred it or didn’t prefer it. Earlier than I can say that is good or that is unhealthy. Generally you play a sport that, inside 20 minutes or much less, makes it clear that it ain’t superb. Sadly, Useless Static Drive was a kind of video games.
Useless Static Drive has been in some type of improvement for nearly a decade and has repeatedly gone viral on-line because of its eye-catching artwork model. And now the isometric survival horror sport is out on Xbox, PC, and Recreation Move. Usually marketed as “Grand Theft Cthulu,” Useless Static Drive has you stealing vehicles, finishing missions, and exploring a monster-infested world that gives numerous freedom to go the place you need to go whereas making an attempt to assemble the provides you’ll want to keep alive. It’s a cool concept, for certain, nevertheless it by no means comes collectively. Most of this sport doesn’t actually work, and aside from Useless Static Drive‘s fantastic low-poly artwork model, there’s little about this sport that I loved.
The largest concern I encountered is how horrible it feels to drive vehicles within the newly launched sport. In one thing describing itself as Grand Theft Chthulu, I anticipated the vehicles to deal with nicely and really feel enjoyable to drive round desolate cities and highways. Nope! It doesn’t matter what digital camera or controller settings I modified, driving in Useless Static Drive is a large number. I by no means felt in charge of any car I entered, and getting round corners with out crashing proved to be the largest problem. I’m additionally baffled by the choice to not embrace any engine noises. The primary time I received right into a automotive and drove off, I assumed the sport had bugged out and the automotive needs to be making noise. Restarted, tried a distinct automotive, and nope. Nothing. Silence. I checked out different folks’s gameplay and it seems that this isn’t a bug, however a design alternative. And it’s odd! This robs the completely different vehicles you encounter of numerous the persona and makes the sport really feel unfinished.
Loads of this sport feels unfinished, although, in order that’s in all probability why I assumed the lacking audio was a bug at first. Fight is a slog, animations are clunky, quests break on a regular basis, and NPCs get caught on geometry. The stock display appears half-finished, lacking options like “Fast Transfer” which makes managing all of the gubbins you discover annoying as heck on a controller. Characters additionally don’t have voice traces, which may have been fantastic, however in a sport the place vehicles make no noise past tire squeals and the world round you is empty, it simply results in Useless Static Drive being a boring expertise.
After about three hours of taking part in Useless Static Drive, I pulled over and received out. It’s a disgrace as a result of the world appears wonderful, and I just like the premise lots, however what’s right here simply isn’t value any extra time.
