Hydro Thunder Hurricane Review by: thing1 - 6.5/10
How do you burn while you are in the Water?How in the world am I blowing up while I am in the water? I barely touched that wall! *hits the button to respond* YES! I won the race... what? Are you kidding me? I crashed on the last turn, and the game took that long to let me respawn, and I end up getting sixth? I am so done with this game!
That is how this game affects people if you have the full version. Granted, it was worth the cheap $4.99 I spent on it, seeing as how when my visit my Dad and step-Mom, my little brother and sister love paying it with me. It's a good game to play with the family, but if you are an achievement hunter of any kind, I would not recommend this game.
GRAPHICS: 7 ( A solid number for an arcade game of this type )
The graphics are actually pretty good for this arcade game. You can unlock different levels of the Hydro-Boats, and you can do different things to get new paint jobs on them, which are actually pretty good in detail.
Then the water is actually done nicely. When you boat jumps up and down from the choppy waters, if you look at the water, you can see it splashing all over the place.
So far, I have only said good things about the graphics, so you might be wondering why I have rated it a 7? Well, the maps. Most of the maps are not done as well as they should have been. I'll use the Bowl for an example; the only thing that was done probably were the walls of the track, and even that wasn't done very well. Almost every track is like this. I am saying they are bad... I am just saying that they are not done as well as they could have been done.
SOUND: 8 ( That is being uber generous )
For the type of game is it, being an arcade game, it is surprisingly not that bad. The game has unique sounds, some decent music while you are racing, and a unique announcers voice. I don't really know what else I can say about the sound, though, as even though it is decent for the game that is hosts, it is not exactly memorable.
ADDICTIVENESS: 4 ( This game is so frustrating at times )
Note: See depth. I ended up combining the two descriptions together. Depth covers my reasoning for bot Addictiveness and Depth.
STORY: 5 ( It doesn't really have a story, but... )
This game doesn't exactly have a story, but you could turn this game into a good streaming series with the amount of frustration that you are sure to endure.
DEPTH: 7 ( The game has a lot to offer, but it's so frustrating )
Note: This category describes both Depth and Addictiveness.
This is one of those games that you start off having fun. You go ahead and get all the gold trophies on easy and medium... and then hard comes around. The difficulty on Hard is just way over powered.
Then, you have the ring events. Some of them are just so ridiculous. The times you have to meet in order to get Gold in them are outrageous. Only a profession could do it, and even they would have a hard time.
Then there are the tournaments. Those are as bad as the ring events, but there are still those moments where you just want to throw your System off of the Tallest Building you can possibly find, and just watch it go BOOM in a teeny tiny cloud of smoke.
There is one other mode, but I never really played it.
The games has a lot to offer, but the difficulty of it takes away from it.
DIFFICULTY: 8 ( The amount of crap you deal with... )
If you read the opening two paragraphs, or the Depth description, then you already know where I am going with this:
This game starts off relatively easy, if you go straight to the easy and medium races to unlock the rest of the Hydro-Boats. It's not until you try the other modes that the game becomes unbearably, ridiculously hard.
OVERALL: 6.5 ( The game isn't half bad, overall... )
The game actually isn't a bad title if you have the full version, and not the demo. It's pretty fun to play with your family or little siblings or little ones. The game doesn't have much replay value unless you just like to race with your friends or family.
All in All, this game is a pretty solid title and is worth the small amount it costs.
Thank you for reading my review. All feedback is welcome, as long as it is done in a respectful manner. I do take requests, but only from my Game Collection or Game Profile. if you do have a request, please PM it to me.
Graphics
7 Sound
8 Addictive
4 Depth
7 Story
5 Difficulty
8
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