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![]() However, the main problem with the voice acting is not the script it is the sheer lack of emotion and flatness of the actors. These statements are repeated regularly and given they weren’t that funny the first time you are unlikely to find much amusement in them the seventeenth time around. The dialog itself tries hard to be clever and funny, with a lot of self-referencing humour in comments like “we should have our own TV show”. ![]() Being a German game, obviously it was necessary for all voice acting to be dubbed for an English speaking audience, but clearly the budget did not stretch to professional quality voice actors. However, the voice acting is truly terrible. ![]() The music does its job well enough providing you with fast tempo beats that match the speed of the game well. The fact that you never see either actor outside the vehicle and that all story is communicated via disembodied dialog is the main reason I still have no idea which one is Ben and which one is Semir. Clearly this is a limitation of the game engine, but leads to some strange moments such as slowly driving around a pedestrianised area searching for clues rather than getting out to walk. The game remarks on this, a little tongue in cheek, by saying they wouldn’t be safe with your driving but this still impacts on the believability of the game world making things seem a little empty in the city.Īnother thing that strikes as odd is the lack of cutscenes and the fact that you are unable to leave your car. After you have pulled over a Syndicate member you will receive a message notifying you they have been arrested, but they will remain seated in their car at the side of the road as you drive away. Look closely and you’ll notice that with the exception of your own car and those driven by Syndicate members, the vehicles around you lack drivers and seem to cruise through the streets and highways on autopilot. Explosions are a little damp though and the car damage modelling is also weak – leaving little to get excited about during collisions and crashes.Ī few odd issues raise their heads in the visuals. ![]() The roads are nice and busy too and during a high speed chase you will have your work cut out for you as you weave through traffic in pursuit of your mark through the 100+ kilometres of road in the game’s two locations, Cologne and the Autobahn. The cars themselves aren’t officially licenced, but they are all well modelled so driving fans will be able to pick from their favourites once they are unlocked through completing missions. Give your eyes time to adjust to the frame rate and the graphics themselves aren’t bad – they certainly aren’t great – but they manage to fall on the right side of average. Unfortunately that frame rate is consistently low resulting in a rather stuttery experience and this is noticeable from the moment you pass that first loading screen. It’s fair to say that no matter how much action is going on at any one time, Crash Time 4 succeeds in maintaining a consistent frame rate. The first thing you are likely to notice on loading up Crash Time 4 is the frame rate. The game follows the adventures of two highway cops and their struggle to break up a notorious group of international super-criminals known as the Syndicate.īen and Semir – otherwise known as the one who looks like Gomez Addams and the one who doesn’t (I have no idea which is which) – set about accomplishing this task by utilising high tech surveillance, a network of informants, and some ridiculously reckless high speed driving. Well, it seems that publisher RTL Playtainment was listening and has decided to bring Synetic‘s late 2010 title, Crash Time 4: The Syndicate, to the UK gaming market.Ĭrash Time 4 is based on German TV’s cop action-extravaganza, Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei. I’ve been saying it for years: what we really need is more police themed driving games based on German TV shows. Reviews // 8th May 2012 - 10 years ago // By Ross D. |
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