Written By: Patrick Orquia
Title: Aqua Moto Racing Utopia
Developer: Zordix AB
Publisher: Zordix
Genre: Racing
Number of Players: upwards to four players
Release Date: xix April 2018
Platform: Wii U
Price: $19.99
Aqua Moto Racing Utopia is a jet-ski racing game that was originally released every bit a mobile game some four years ago. H5N1 Wii U port of the game was announced long earlier the annunciation of Nintendo’s novel console, the Switch. The Switch version was released also released, but kudos to the developers for truly fulfilling their hope of all the same releasing the Wii U version. Unfortunately, the game lacks overall lineament in addition to the four years betwixt the annunciation in addition to its actual unloosen on the console truly didn’t equate to making the game better. I own got never played the original, but if its lineament is merely the same every bit this version, thus it’s non a rattling practiced game to laid about with.
But despite that, the game could all the same potentially furnish some fun, peculiarly to H2O racing game fans. Upon playing the game for the outset time, y'all are asked to consummate a curt tutorial score that teaches y'all the basics, similar how to drive your ski in addition to how to become to a greater extent than or less buoys, in addition to also the advanced mechanics, similar doing stunts, managing speed, etc. After this initial tutorial level, y'all are directly (supposedly) prepare to bring together races.
There are many game modes available for both solo in addition to multiplayer gameplay. There is the Championship fashion wherein y'all start every bit a beginner in addition to y'all own got to win races to increase your score in addition to to unlock novel race levels. There is also a fashion that is dedicated to performing stunts to attain a for sure seat out of points to win medals that volition also unlock novel stages. If y'all are non besides corking to play either modes, at that topographic point is also a Leisure fashion where y'all merely explore the waters of unlocked stages to practise your riding skills in addition to stunts. If y'all own got upwards to 3 friends (with the same seat out of Wiimotes, Wii Classic Controllers, or Wii U Pro Controllers), y'all may opt of local couch multiplayer. You tin post away race alongside ane some other or essay the political party mode, where y'all tin post away play a multifariousness of different games.
Races tin post away endure pretty challenging, fifty-fifty against AI players. The game features a pretty aggressive H2O physics that could accept some fourth dimension getting used to. There is ane course of didactics that tin post away endure raced inward early on inward the game is laid virtually an crude rig in addition to the waves are truly large in addition to wild in addition to I personally let out it quite annoyingly frustrating. It took me quite a spell to goal inward the top 3 on that course. By the way, courses tin post away endure replayed indefinitely during a race movement until y'all learn satisfied alongside the results. You own got to goal inside the top 3 of each race movement to unlock the side yesteryear side one, in addition to y'all own got to learn truly practiced to do that because of the aforementioned H2O physics. Add to that the necessity to become to a greater extent than or less buoys. Red buoys demand to endure passed on the right side of it in addition to the yellowish ones on the left. If y'all missy 3 buoys or don’t follow the right means to overstep them, y'all learn disqualified, thus again, y'all truly own got to run difficult to endure practiced at a particular course.
If finishing a race on the top 3 isn’t truly your goal, thus perhaps performing stunts is. Performing a stunt is pretty slow alongside solely a combination of at to the lowest degree two buttons to press. You tin post away do on H2O stunts or air-borne stunts (do it spell on air afterwards riding upwards a ramp). The longer in addition to to a greater extent than complex the stunt performed, the higher score y'all learn (which volition endure equivalent to the currency used in-game). You also fill upwards your turbo counter faster. Pressing B spell the turbo counter is at max tin post away brand y'all become truly fast for a for sure catamenia of fourth dimension (depending on the jet-ski that y'all are using). If y'all wipe out or missy a buoy, your turbo counter goes dorsum to zilch right away, thus y'all own got to endure rattling careful in addition to mindful of when to perform stunts.
Overall, Aqua Moto Racing Utopia on the Wii U is something that is non a necessary buy, but tin post away endure a practiced purchase if y'all are a fan of H2O racing games. It’s challenging in addition to could endure frustrating at times but it tin post away also endure rattling fun to play if y'all seat some run on it. The game has a practiced choice of jet-skis available tin post away help inward obtaining the best possible results inward race, depending on your play style. So until a improve game comes along (very unlikely, since it’s the Wii U), this should quench your thirst to race difficult in addition to fast on water.
REPLAY VALUE: medium
PROS:
- The H2O animation looks amazing
- The game supports the Wii U Pro Controller, Wii Remote (+ Nunchuck), in addition to the Wii Classic Controller
- The stages are decently designed
- Opponent AI is pretty good
- The grapheme in addition to ski customizations are cool
- Up to four players for local multiplayer gameplay
- Performing of stunts tin post away endure done yesteryear a elementary combination of buttons, alongside some that tin post away endure done yesteryear toggling the R stick to a for sure direction, but could endure challenging to do because of timing in addition to speed constraints during races
- Hit detection is pretty good
CONS:
- The overall graphical trend looks a fleck dated
- Races takes quite a long fourth dimension to charge in addition to start; fifty-fifty restarting them takes the same long fourth dimension to load
- The aggressive H2O physics makes the jet-ski a fleck besides unwieldy to command at times
- The whole passing to a greater extent than or less buoys mechanic of the game makes the game a lot less enjoyable, at to the lowest degree for me. There should endure an choice to non include that mechanic for merely straight-up racing
- NO ONLINE MULTIPLAYER
- The soundtrack lacks variety
- The gamepad shows what is seen on the TV but during actual gameplay, at that topographic point is no audio coming from it, making off-TV gameplay incomplete
RATING: 3/5 waves in addition to splashes
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