Status Reset_Tears Jan 15, 2020
An overall solid arcade racing game for the PSP, this one taking place in Alaska or somewhere like that way up north. I kind of liked that this one stuck with a specific theme for its tracks -- they had to get creative with making them all look a bit different from each other. In Arctic Edge, you race in …
An overall solid arcade racing game for the PSP, this one taking place in Alaska or somewhere like that way up north. I kind of liked that this one stuck with a specific theme for its tracks -- they had to get creative with making them all look a bit different from each other. In Arctic Edge, you race in all sorts of different vehicles: cars, motorcycles, snowmobiles, ATVs, giant snow plows, and big rigs. The game looks extremely good for a PSP game, and the rockin' soundtrack fits the adrenaline-pumping mood of the game perfectly. (And if there's a song you don't groove with, you can edit it out of the game's tracklist... A very appreciated little feature!)
The game offers a ton of races and other challenges to compete in. It starts off easy enough, but then gets super difficult after a little while. Yeah, I don't think I'll ever finish them all. But it's a fun enough game to jump into from time to time. A couple issues I have with the game though: 1) The vehicles don't really affect one another? I always feel like I ought to be able to knock over smaller vehicles with my giant snow plow for example, but it never works. And 2) It seems WAY too easy to wipeout. Pretty much every race, I'd have a few times where I barely brush up against the side of a wall, and BAM. Slow-mo crash replay I have to sit through. Maybe that would be realistic for real life, but this is an over-the-top arcade racer. Let me bump into the walls a bit, lol.