Freaky Flyers

Luscious levels, curvy characters, sweaty aerial combat?get your freak on!

Few games are as polished as Freaky Flyers. It?s packed with over 30 unique aviators animated in amusing cartoon cut-scenes, a handful of mini-games, a sarcastic newsreel announcer, and subgoals similar to those in Tony Hawk within each unbelievably detailed level. Freaky Flyers went for over-the-top aerial racing mayhem and nailed it dead on. Unfortunately, all this hard work seems undercut by thin multiplayer options.

Don?t let the meek multiplayer mode dissuade you, though. Freaky Flyers has a very strong single-player portion. Flying through each ornate map is like riding a Disney attraction?each turn reveals an entirely new and equally detailed portion of the ride. The levels are chock-full of destructible objects and worthwhile subgoals. Rewarding the player for interacting with the course really makes Freaky Flyers a satisfying experience.

The sound effects are superb?pilots yell at each other while flying, planes scream during nose dives, and the self-deprecating announcer will grow on you. Controlling the planes is straightforward, but it still leaves room for fancy flying during two-player dogfights. The only real foible is that the two-player split-screen really does cut your visibility in half, making enemy planes nearly impossible to see and the level that much harder to interpret. The two-player mode isn?t all bad, but for such a solid game, it?s a flaw that?s keeping this otherwise plenary racing game below the ranks of Mario Kart and Diddy Kong Racing.

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