While I will admit I’m not a fan of speedrunning games, I will say this game will definitely appeal to the speedrunning community because of the challenge, as well as to regular gamers alike. It’s a varied list with objectives such as not touching the floor for fifteen seconds, beating all chapters in story mode, or shooting yourself with your own rocket. SpeedRunners has a short list of sixteen trophies, with fourteen Bronze trophies and four Silver trophies. To stop games going on far too long, as time goes on the screen will get smaller and smaller, until the last person standing is on a podium! This was an interesting mechanic, but I think a couple of chequered flags and a lap timer would have been a lot better, as I have found myself wondering how long a race is going to be. How about throwing a bomb and setting it off remotely at the right time? You can also do some nifty things with your grappling hook, such as boosting past your competition or grabbing an unsuspecting player. You can also collect a variety of power-ups to help you disrupt the run of the other players. There are sections of a level that have a turbo boost which will give you an advantage, as long as your opponents don’t jump on the chance. It takes a great deal of skill to master going from one to the next in the more brutal difficulties, but practice and patience go a long way. The mechanics are simple to grasp since you can (obviously) run, but you can also jump, grapple and slide. To win races, you need to memorize the level layout, and that may take a couple of tries depending on how good your memory is. Don’t do anything that will cause you to slow down, because one slip up is all it takes for you to be out for the count. Make good use of your grappling hook and jump over high obstacles. Do be mindful of the hazards and obstacles along the way that will hinder or make you lose your standing in the race. If you leave the screen, you are automatically out of the race, so that’s a bad place to be. The game requires absolute precision, or you risk falling behind and being eliminated. So if you’re looking for a considerable challenge, then you can give Unfair a go. That is, unless you’re playing in Unfair – this is the highest difficulty setting from the lot. Even in higher difficulty settings, it does not take long to complete them all. The single player portion of the game has 16 levels short levels that won’t take long to complete on the lower difficulties. If you’re eliminated, then you get zero points. First place nets you three points, while coming in last nets you 1 point. Elimination is automatic, and the points system is simple and to the point. Each level goes in a loop, with sections repeating until the match is over. Since this is a 2D release, you can’t see the entire map in SpeedRunners. Sure, there is a single player mode, but the story is bland, and the developers clearly wanted to make the multiplayer portion of the game the big focus of this release. SpeedRunners is a purely competitive game that you can play alone with AI bots or in local or online multiplayer.
The game, as you can tell from its name, is certainly aimed at the speedrunning community.
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