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Mantis Burn Racing
The race is on in Mantis Burn Racing, where fast-paced bumper-to-bumper racing combines with intuitive, tactile gameplay and stunning visuals in one of the best-looking and most immersive top-down racers around. Drive incredible built-for-racing vehicles across highly detailed, visually stunning tracks, in high-risk, high-speed races where winning ...
Details
- Released
- July 4, 2016
- Developer
- VooFoo Studios
- Publisher
- VooFoo Studios
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Mantis Burn Racing Reviews
Professional reviews from gaming critics
Time to get together and race like never before. Mantis Burn Racing will have you on your toes as you compete in this glorious top-down arcade racer. From the many lush environments to the extensive upgrade system, you're in for one intense racing event!
All in all, Mantis Burn Racing is a title you can’t go far wrong with if you enjoy a bit of casual racing. The presentation is spot-on, and the game is effortlessly fun to play with its responsive controls and thoroughly enjoyable handling. Hopefully the loading times are addressed in a patch at some point, because currently that’s the only blight on an otherwise excellent indie gem.
All said Mantis Burn Racing plays brilliantly on the Switch whether in docked or handheld mode. Control is smooth, the drifting is satisfying, and in general it looks great. You can enjoy playing against the AI but it is far better to play with friends locally or online and in general I didn’t have issues finding people to play against since it is cross-platform to boot. If you’re willing to grind through the Career Mode in order to learn the nuances of the controls and unlock everything the game has to offer it does deliver a satisfying payoff, I just wish tastes of it came sooner.
All in all, if you’re looking for a fun pick-up-and-play game that’s easy to race a round or two and then move on, Mantis Burn Racing might be for you. If you like driving games which offer you the option to tune your machine to the way you like your car to handle, MBR has a promising system to allow you to do just that.
Overhead racing games are an under-represented genre in today's gaming market. So, does Mantis Burn Racing live up to classics such as Super Off Road? Put the pedal to the metal and let's see how this beast handles.
Zeb gives his review on Mantis Burn Racing for the Nintendo Switch