The gemstone in the game’s crown, though, is the online multiplayer offering, allowing up to 8 players to race together over a dozen different race types. Here you race against other players while firing machine guns and dropping mines at will, and given how likely you are to die (it’s a lot), the tide of the race can change at a moment’s notice. On the single player side, the show-stealer is the game’s Battle mode, which was DLC in the original game’s release and is curiously tucked right at the back of the Career mode menu, such that it can easily be missed. However, it has to be said that, overall, Career mode is best jumped into when you have a spare 20 or 30 minutes, because over long play sessions it does begin to feel rather repetitive, mainly because the map variety just isn’t there. The central gameplay loop of gaining experience and acquiring cogs, which can be used to purchase new cars and upgrades, is surprisingly comprehensive and addictive.
The meat of the game is its Career mode, a suite packed with almost a dozen different seasons of events, featuring races, time trials, knockout events, and my personal favourite, Accumulator, where you gain more points the higher position you are in the race, which can lead to some staggeringly close finishes. By skilfully drifting around corners with as little margin for error as possible, you’ll manage to take first place and confidently keep it, but calculating a corner incorrectly will result in a nasty collision and likely being overtaken by your tenacious AI opponents. What differentiates Mantis Burn Racing somewhat from its genre brethren, however, is its central drifting mechanic, the mastering of which is an absolute necessity for consistently winning races. While ultimately a little too piecemeal to approach greatness, its simple yet addictive gameplay makes for another rousing racing title on the Nintendo Switch.įor the most part, this is your typical, garden variety top-down racer, with races unfolding over rocky terrain that encourages players to fly over death-defying jumps, find sneaky shortcuts and take advantage of a boost that gradually builds over the course of the race. Though this past summer’s Micro Machines World Series ended up being a disappointing bust, VooFoo Studios will help fill that void with the stylistically similar – if decidedly less eccentric – Mantis Burn Racing. Shaun Munro reviews Mantis Burn Racing on Nintendo Switch…
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