Welcome to our review of the game called BAFL – Brakes are for losers!
BAFL is all about pure arcade fun.
Challenge your friends, pick a funky car and outrun them with your driving skills and dirty tricks. Ram them out of your way or pick up bonuses to wreck them.
BAFL is a tribute to Old School Arcade Racing Games such as Super Sprint, Indy Heat or Super Off Road. Scooch together on the couch and gather up to 8 people playing on the same screen, compete in championships, upgrade your cars, and break friendships! BAFL also offers a challenging solo experience with championships against fierce AIs and special modes such as Time Attack or Perfect Race. Run in unique tracks inspired by the pop culture of the 80’s and 90’s along with funny details and surprising events. Each location takes you to a different setting, from peaceful Caribbean island to hellish underground, from fabulous Las Vegas all the way to the Moon! BAFL is an invitation to dive in a state of the art old-school epic racing game. With no freaking brakes!
That was the official description of the game and just about the most exciting thing, there is to say about it. This game is hectic, unclear and just not fun to play. Upon starting the game, you are hit with an ingenious menu selection though, you drive your brakeless car towards the play style you want to start.
And that is where the fun ends, this game is quite bland and throughout, you just bounce off the walls, get hit by freakishly weird… I guess you can call em power-ups, one of which froze over the screen, making it even harder to see what you are doing. All while having no brakes, the main premise of the game.
On top of the often useless power-ups, this game can get quite hectic and I actually lost track of my own car a few times. I pretty much play exclusively in handheld mode, which turns the screen size down by a lot and the cars are tiny. So tiny, that I have troubles recognizing my own car. Just so many things are wrong with this game.
Another bad point about this game, the steering seems to be very non-responsive at times. You are supposed to double tap the steering twice for a shorter turn, but I often fail to perform this move, even in the main menu, where you don’t even get other cars near you…
From the easiest mode all the way to the hardest, this game offers no challenge at all. Even the added cars, the pitstops to repair your car, … nothing brings any real value to the table. I think even those that love the genre might not enjoy this game….
In conclusion, I think this game is best avoided, I rarely break down games but sigh… This was such a disappointing experience, nothing really appealed to me and I do feel I would revisit if they’d fix the horrible steering…
My rating right now is 20%
