Move over Mario Kart! It's Cruis'n!

Mr_Grinch

I struggle to believe this game has yet to get a mention on here. It's the next in the series by Midway who made the brilliant Cruis'n USA which I remember fondly from my childhood. Upgradable cars, stunts and an innovative use of the Wii controller.

It features fantastic graphics (especially for the Wii), awesome physics and stunning weather effects! A brilliant departure and proof of point that the wii doesn't just get shoddy ports. For some reason screenshots are hard to find but I did manage to track down these which justifiably show a game which can almost graphically compare to PGR4. Sadly though, being on the Wii, it would benefit from being in HD.

Screenshots behind spoiler to keep the op tidy.

Has anyone else picked it up? I've yet to get it but I was hoping it had Online play so we could turn this in to a Game On.

Raijin Quickfoot

Have the standards for fantastic graphics been lowered while I was sleeping last night? It might be a good game but those are not fantastic graphics.

Niceguyeddie616

This is....This is a joke right?

I mean, those screenshots look like an N64 game, maybe PS2 at best, but I can't seem to read your sarcasm

captaink

Yeah. I think they look worse than the Cruis'n I played on my n64.

darleysam

This game would be awesome on the 360.

0blique

He's being sarcastic. Read the wikipedia article. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruis%27n_%28Wii%29

Raijin Quickfoot

In the first screenshot what is that grey thing in the middle of the screen?

Mmmm... Cocks...

Ah these are the same lovely screens we all laughed at last time.
Except of course, actually the shots and not even blurrier magazine scans. Though they did actually look better as a magazine scan.

LewieP

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Raijin Quickfoot

I've missed the N64 days of blurry textures and fog.

Forever Zefiro

I hope it's the moon

Mr_Grinch

Mmmm... Cocks... wrote: »

Ah these are the same lovely screens we all laughed at last time.
Except of course, actually the shots and not even blurrier magazine scans. Though they did actually look better as a magazine scan.

The screenshots are taken by a kind soul on a different forum I believe through a capture card. Except the last one, that's a classically bad one.

And yes, it was sarcasm but the game IS actually out now and I was wondering if anyone was actually daft enough to buy it.

Athenor

LewieP wrote: »

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Technically the sign is right, as the two signs are perpendicular to each other. Thus, the Do not enter represents the direction opposite of the one way.

It's a horrible angle, though.

HyperAquaBlast

Yeah it kinda looks like Need for Speed 3 but with reflections turned off.

The only thing I liked about Cruis'n series was the voice that said "CHECKPOINT" and I say it in that same way when ever any other game has a checkpoint.

Raijin Quickfoot

I loved hitting animals and having them fly apart into steaks and roasts.

I remember having some good times with the Cruisin' series in the arcade but that was a loooong time ago.

captaink

Maybe it's secretly for the DS.

Ohio

I don't think we'd be impressed by those graphics if this were a DS game.

darleysam

And what the hell's a "CRUZZZN"

Gosling

I remember when these graphics were acceptable. Ah, the days of Number Munchers.

HyperAquaBlast

Raijin Quickfoot wrote: »

I loved hitting animals and having them fly apart into steaks and roasts.

I remember having some good times with the Cruisin' series in the arcade but that was a loooong time ago.

Teaching kids early that hey roadkill is cool way to get some delicious meat!

Mr_Grinch

I actually think I'm going to buy it when it comes out here, just out of morbid curiosity, as long as it doesn't hit £20 or more.

darleysam

mtvcdm wrote: »

I remember when these graphics were acceptable. Ah, the days of Number Munchers.

It's not about graphics it's about gameplay! This could be the best driving sim or arcade racer ever made!

Or, this could be the videogame equivalent of Jade Goody.

Nickle

Man, this game is so fun you guys.

I haven't quite figured it out yet, but I'm pretty sure I'm supposed to keep the red blurry thing on the gray blurry thing. There are other colored blurry things, I think I'm supposed to beat them to the blurry black and white thing.

The one thing I've noticed is that occasionaly, while playing, bits of food that I've previously eaten seem to be coming back up into my mouth, but a bib solved that quickly enough.

Overall, 10/10. Best blurry thing simulation I've ever played.

urahonky

Midway wrote:

Midway has refused to respond to these claims, officially saying that the graphics of the game are not their focus, the gameplay is.

Hmm. I might give it a rent. Sure my eyes will bleed, but if the game's actually fun then I might be able to overlook the graphics.

Mr_Grinch

Renting! I'll be doing that in the new year, this is totally going on my list now.

Thanks urahonky, you've just saved me wasting £20 on morbid curiosity

Daedalus

Is this another of those PSP -> Wii ports?

Niceguyeddie616

Nickle, I'm sigging that entire post

Sanders

Except for maying a quick play vs a friend before going into the theater, has Cruis'n ever been fun? The game is like a on-rail shooter or one of those old NES 3D racing games.

zeroomegazx

na the game looks GREAT guys! I don't know what your issue is. I mean they are some of the best graphics I've seen on the Wii!! And Since its a Crus'in game we all know it plays fantastic!.

FYI Please remove the vasaline from the camera lense to see what this game might have had a chance at looking like

PatboyX

I'm an M&M racing game fan myself. This looks like a cheap knock off.

ben0207

darleysam wrote: »

mtvcdm wrote: »

I remember when these graphics were acceptable. Ah, the days of Number Munchers.

It's not about graphics it's about gameplay! This could be the best driving sim or arcade racer ever made!

Or, this could be the videogame equivalent of Jade Goody.

I wish I had the sig room to quote that.

Dodge Aspen

Those shots cannot be anywhere near recent. I refuse to believe any company would release a game that looks that shitty, when it really wouldn't take much to at least clean them up a tad. Hell, it probably takes more work to make things look that bad than it does to smooth some things over.

I've always had a fun couple of days rental with the past Cruisin titles. I'm definitely gonna give it a try. I hope it looks better than those shots indicate. There has got to be some newer ones.

brynstar

I used to really enjoy the Cruis'n games. Cruis'n USA and Cruis'n World are two of my favorite Arcade racers, and I'd buy the 64 versions if Nintendo put them on the VC. A friend of mine and I used to play them constantly.

This on the other hand, looks like some bad budget title made by high schoolers who don't know how to code.

Edited for proper placement of hip apostrophes.

Daedalus

Dodge Aspen wrote: »

Those shots cannot be anywhere near recent. I refuse to believe any company would release a game that looks that shitty, when it really wouldn't take much to at least clean them up a tad. Hell, it probably takes more work to make things look that bad than it does to smooth some things over.

I've always had a fun couple of days rental with the past Cruisin titles. I'm definitely gonna give it a try. I hope it looks better than those shots indicate. There has got to be some newer ones.

The bottom screenshot there is not recent. The top three were taken with a capture card from the retail release.

This looks like a mediocre PSP game. What the shit are these people doing? Hey, you want to know why third party games sell like shit on Nintendo's systems? Here's why.

LBD_Nytetrayn

Dodge Aspen wrote: »

Those shots cannot be anywhere near recent. I refuse to believe any company would release a game that looks that shitty, when it really wouldn't take much to at least clean them up a tad. Hell, it probably takes more work to make things look that bad than it does to smooth some things over.

I've always had a fun couple of days rental with the past Cruisin titles. I'm definitely gonna give it a try. I hope it looks better than those shots indicate. There has got to be some newer ones.

Wii prints money, lolol

Daedalus

brynstar wrote: »

I used to really enjoy the Cruis'n games. Cruis'n USA and Cruis'n World are two of my favorite Arcade racers, and I'd buy the 64 versions if Nintendo put them on the VC. A friend of mine and I used to play them constantly.

This on the other hand, looks like some bad budget title made by high schoolers who don't know how to code.

Edited for proper placement of hip apostrophes.

I have a feeling that Cruising USA (fuck the apostrophes) on the Virtual Console would look better than this game.

brynstar

Daedalus, you are probably right, especially since the game used a great deal of sprite art which tends to age a little better than the 3D of that era.

Alright, now I want USA on VC.

In fact, Midway probably would have been better off releasing a compilation disc of the past games than this new one, given all the heat it's taking.

urahonky

Mr_Grinch wrote: »

Renting! I'll be doing that in the new year, this is totally going on my list now.

Thanks urahonky, you've just saved me wasting £20 on morbid curiosity

Yeah np. I hate being burned on games that I am curious about, especially since Cruisin' has gone down hill.

DiannaoChong

Its december, and theres a huge influx of these kinds of titles for the wii, I was in wallmart the other day and my eyes burned them out of the sockets at the images for 5-6 titles that literally looked like n64 titles with waggle controlls. This includes a WWII shooter game that *I shit you not* looked like wolfenstien 3d, and this is by the 10x10pixels pictures on the back of the box.

TelMarine

my god from those first two screens, the game looks like a quake2 mod.

Cameron_Talley

Sanders wrote: »

Except for maying a quick play vs a friend before going into the theater, has Cruis'n ever been fun? The game is like a on-rail shooter or one of those old NES 3D racing games.

I spent Many, many hours enjoying Cruis'n USA when it was released on the N64. Of course, the graphics were outdated then, but I had a fun time playing it, at least until San Fransico RUSH came out.