Excessive Speed

Published by Sold Out
Designed by Iridon Interactive
Platform: PC CD/ROM
Price £4.99
Released: Out Now

Top down racers are thankfully few and far between on the PC. Controlling the vehicles always seems so awkward and the ususal limited view that you get makes serious gameplay virtually impossible. Perhaps one of the few top down racers that managed to succeed was the Micro Machines. The appeal with Micro Machines though was the wackiness of it's circuits, driving on a breakfast table or in a chemistry lab was fun even it never was the best racing game ever. Excessive Speed feels the same as Micro Machines but has none of the character of the Codemasters hit title.

The game has a total of 6 cars and 14 tracks, most of these are locked at the beginning of the game. There are 4 modes, 3 single of which are single player modes and none of which are particularly entertaining. Control is as awkward as ever even if you use a gamepad rather than the keyboard. The limited viewpoint is again very evident in Excessive Speed and unless you know the tracks off by heart you're never going to get very far. What makes matters worse is that one crash will completely ruin your chance of finishing any place other than last. As you can imagine it soon becomes tiresome and you have to ask yourself why you would pay £4.99 for this title when Sold Out offers the likes of Colin McRae Rally and other class driving games for the same price.

There are no problems for deaf gamers with excessive speed. There is no verbal content and as such no subtitles, but they aren't necessary. All information is given in text.

Recommendation: Caution. There are better games for the same money.
Suitability for deaf gamers: Suitable.

Overall Game Rating: 2.0/5