Jailbreak is an embarrassment to the Road Rash franchise. It's so weak and pointless and the gameplay is unbelievably crap. Everything that makes Road Rash great has been whittled down to nothing that I ended up wondering why they bothered.
1. You cannot fall off your bike and run around. If you smash into your car you just go right through it. Falling off only happens (rather unspectacularly) when you're energy hits zero. But you magically reappear on the bike in a second.
2. There are only 4 rashers per race. In previous games there were 15. It doesn't really feel like a race anymore and there are 11 less people to beat-up.
3. Marshall Lee only chases you. He will not go after any other rashers.
4. There are very few/no opportunities for stunts/jumps.
5. The sound effects are rotten.
6. There is no rear-view mirror or indicators telling you who is behind.
7. There is no counter telling you how far you've come in the racecourse.
There is also a new feature here in which you can play Marshall Lee on his police bike. The aim is to knock the rashers off their bikes before they reach the finish line. But where is the fun in this? If you're going faster you have to slow down to their speed and painstakingly attack them while maintaining slowness. This is not what Road Rash is about!
Mix this in with some horrible graphics and you have a total stinker of a game. A huge disappointment indeed.
Graphics D- Sound D- Gameplay- D- Lasting Appeal F
1. You cannot fall off your bike and run around. If you smash into your car you just go right through it. Falling off only happens (rather unspectacularly) when you're energy hits zero. But you magically reappear on the bike in a second.
2. There are only 4 rashers per race. In previous games there were 15. It doesn't really feel like a race anymore and there are 11 less people to beat-up.
3. Marshall Lee only chases you. He will not go after any other rashers.
4. There are very few/no opportunities for stunts/jumps.
5. The sound effects are rotten.
6. There is no rear-view mirror or indicators telling you who is behind.
7. There is no counter telling you how far you've come in the racecourse.
There is also a new feature here in which you can play Marshall Lee on his police bike. The aim is to knock the rashers off their bikes before they reach the finish line. But where is the fun in this? If you're going faster you have to slow down to their speed and painstakingly attack them while maintaining slowness. This is not what Road Rash is about!
Mix this in with some horrible graphics and you have a total stinker of a game. A huge disappointment indeed.
Graphics D- Sound D- Gameplay- D- Lasting Appeal F