The HUD (a carbon copy of Reincarnation) presents a mini-map, weapon selector, and your racing controls (right trigger to go, left to stop, O/B to handbrake X/A to fire weapons). The big city, the first level of the game and biggest throwback to Carmageddon’s heritage, with its sports stadium, high-rise buildings, river and plazas, gives an early sign of trouble. I say ‘drove’ but the game does its best to impede your ability to race. There is parity between formats and, even though I was playing a beta version, I didn’t experience any kind of frame lag as I drove around the giant city.
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It is currently running at 900p and 30fps on both PS4 and Xbox One. Does it have the shock value of its former life? Is it even attempting to make that comparison to its forefather?Īrtistically it doesn’t stray too far from the original. Nearly twenty years later the racer is coming to consoles with Carmageddon Max Damage, a cousin of 2015’s PC-offering Carmageddon Reincarnation. See also: Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens preview It released with an 18 rating before later being successfully appealed and returned to its original form.
Rather than be banned outright, the compromise was to replace pedestrians with zombies and turn blood green. But back in 1997 Carmageddon’s vehicular violence was censored in the UK by then games ratings regulator – the BBFC. It seems incredibly timid compared to the likes of Grand Theft Auto, Manhunt and Hatred. Carmageddon is a game that was intriguing and notorious for the same reason Frankie Goes To Hollywood interested BBC-exclusive viewers – it was censored.
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