Fatal Inertia
by KOEI Corp
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Product Summary
Brand: KoeiRelease Date: 2007-09-11
Platform: Xbox 360
Model: 00165
Publisher: KOEI Corp
Product features:
- No-boundaries racing - your speedway is the untamed wilderness
- Powered by the award-winning Unreal Engine 3 from Epic Games
- Fast-paced single and online multiplayer experiences
- Eight racing series in six distinct racing environments
- Variety of astounding on-craft weapons
Video Game Reviews of Fatal Inertia
Customer Review: It has its charms.
Summary: 4 Stars
Fatal Inertia is a title whose shortcomings are mostly the product of inaccurate expectations. This isn'ta deep modern racer like Forza or Gran Turismo; tracks aren't very long, and if you're expecting a calm endurance race, you're parking up the wrong tree. This is a 'combat racer' in hover-crafts, on fast-paced tracks that require some well-practiced reflexive play (at least, on the harder difficulty matches.)
The game has lush graphics and an appealing design, though vehicles can feel a little generic until you unlock all the various parts, paints, and decals for them. I find the lack of money a welcome decision, since you can swap parts and cosmetics all you want until you find a combination that suits your style, rather than having buyer's remorse about that engine or those wings that slow you down too much.
Fatal Inertia doesn't have a whole lot of track enironments, but each track has a variety of different iterations, creating 51 in total. Top that off with several different race types (Knock Out, Combat, Velocity, etc) and you've got a package that'll entertain you for a while. Weapons are also implemented in a neat way; all weapons have a secondary fire, which will either fire the weapon backwards, or utilize it in a way that'll speed you up for a short time. There's even a grappling hook, ala The Empire Strikes Back.
However, in the polish department, this game needs a bit of work. Combat races can degrade into an all-out brawl whilst in the mix of other racecraft on higher difficulties, and all the riff-raff going on can disrupt your concentration on the actual racing - causing you to hit bumps in the road or slide off the path. The control of pitch and yaw, while helpful at times, can become too much to pay attention to during the mayhem. At these points, you just want to get up front and forget about the pesky AI, as they beat the snog out of eachother.
Still, this introduces a challenging gameplay scenario. I've been hooked on it because it tests my piloting skills in many ways, and gives me a shiny, stream-lined flying machine to do it with. You definitely get a sense of power and speed, and on a good track, getting that grappling hook snag on the leader's tail, only to attach the other end to a boulder and stop him in his tracks as you fly by him over the finish is a good feeling.
Overall, if you can forgive the developer's inexperience, you'll find a niche game that rewards long-time players.
Description of Fatal Inertia
In the middle of the twenty-second century, mankind's thirst for excitement has spawned an evolutionary sporting event that draws from the combined disciplines of rally racing, demolition derby, and high-performance aeronautics. In Fatal Inertia, drivers will reach speeds of over 500 mph as they blast through harsh environments spanning dense rainforests to immense glacier fields to canyons of razor-sharp rock where there is little room for error. But Fatal Inertia is not merely a test of speed. The brave men and women who choose to compete must face the mental and physical punishment of low-altitude combat maneuvering. Each craft is armed with a unique array of unconventional weapons that manipulate velocity, force, and even time. Explosive magnets that impact racecraft stability and rockets that can counter thrust and velocity are just some of the dangers drivers must face. Full racecraft customization Rated E10 for gamers ages 10 and upAll Games
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