Review: Flashout 3D for Mac blatantly wears its influences on its sleeve
Flashout 3D could be described as Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing for grown-ups, as it replaces the neon colors of the Sonic game for the gleaming metal of futuristic flyers straight out of a Star Wars-like universe.
In fact, Flashout wears its influences on its sleeve quite blatantly. Some of the vehicles that you can buy look just like Tie Fighters from Star Wars, while the racing action is clearly following in the skid-marks of the classic Wipeout.
Even so, Flashout is well-presented, with attractive graphics and a variety of game modes that will help while away a few idle moments during lunchtime at work. There’s a hugely annoying techno soundtrack—thankfully, you can turn this off, but it’s a shame that you can’t listen to your own iTunes music during races, as driving in silence spoils the fun a bit.
The game includes a career mode that allows you to tackle a series of races on tracks all around the world, but the Blade Runner art design looks pretty much the same from one track to another, so there’s no real sense of location as you work your way around the world. However, winning races does allow you to buy new vehicles with different speed and handling properties, as well as buying upgrades such as a machine gun or rocket launcher that you can use to eliminate the opposition.
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