X3F TV -- X3F Impressions: Crash Time demo

by Xav de Matos { May 30th 2008 at 11:55PM }

Some people might get to play Ninja Gaiden II and talk about it, but then others (I call them the lucky ones) get to put some quality time in with the new arcade racer, Crash Time. Is it just us or did this game just get announced about five seconds after the demo hit Xbox Live Markeplace? We know it wasn't but all we're saying is the demo caught us off guard! So here are our impressions wrapped into yet another new episode of X3F TV.

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Tags: crash-time, rtl, synetic, x3f-impressions, x3f-tv

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Deekman @ May 31st 2008 12:10AM

When I saw the headline I thought it was a new Crash Bandicoot spinoff

Dave @ May 31st 2008 12:51AM

I ended up deleting it within 10 mins of downloading it, just unacceptable graphics and gameplay at this day and age.

haukke @ May 31st 2008 3:13AM

i will admit that the graphics leave a little to be desired but as far as gameplay......it is a driving game that controls perfectly....actually i completed the demo and thought it was a little too easy.

Andrew @ May 31st 2008 1:01AM

Terrible....why would you make a demo of this game? They would sell more copies if they just tried to trick people into buying it by telling them it's like Burnout.

UnwiseDolphin @ May 31st 2008 1:20AM

Why are you so reluctant to dog on this game? It is obviously a piece of crap. Maybe you were going for a more subtle condemnation so that you would sound professional and informative. Personally i would prefer a complete damnation mixed with wit and humor. Perhaps you could even use some irony. But, I don't want to sound like a hater others might have liked your professional approach.

Grimm @ May 31st 2008 1:51AM

WOW THIS IS THE BEST GAME EVER!...no seriously though I thought about taking a shotgun to the dome while playing that pile of shit. That's easily one of the worst demos I've ever played. Was that a N64 game?

Ray @ May 31st 2008 3:57AM

BEST....GAME....EVER!!

"for me to poop on"

Neuromancer @ May 31st 2008 12:13PM

Hahaha yes.

This game is unintentionally hilarious. Love the dialogue.

Stephen @ May 31st 2008 3:59AM

The music makes me want to kill myself. The game makes me want to gouge out my eyes.

victor360hd @ May 31st 2008 4:07AM

not this is a downloadble game or a box game is a box game so 20 bucks

Deck @ May 31st 2008 4:25AM

Thank you so much Xav for going through the pain of enduring this steaming pile of you know what so I did not have to do so.

It is very much appreciated.

Paulo Eifel @ May 31st 2008 7:48AM

Well as far as I know this is a low budget game from a German Tv Channel (RTL).. Those guys that made Cobra 11 and stuff so there`s not much to be expected!
Cheers

Paulo Eifel @ May 31st 2008 7:52AM

All right I can now confirm my previous comment. The game is actually called "Cobra 11: Crash Time". Cobra 11 is a pretty cheesy tv series from Germany which is.. well all about action and crashes. The more you know ;)
Cheers

Jim Halpert DM @ May 31st 2008 11:50AM

lol....he said bad looking music

Xav de Matos @ May 31st 2008 3:05PM

Actually I said, "bad looping music."

Jim Halpert DM @ May 31st 2008 5:05PM

lol..okay good. Still think my way is funnier, but yours makes more sense.

Neuromancer @ May 31st 2008 12:14PM

When you can see the music you know it's REALLY bad.

jez @ May 31st 2008 12:45PM

I wonder what is going in these people head when making this game?
Surely some one was in the office thinking this game is crap and didn't have the balls to say it. Damm you!!!!

Richard Mitchell @ May 31st 2008 1:01PM

Oh, poor Xav...

ez054098 @ May 31st 2008 6:47PM

I don't think you guys are being fair to this game/demo. I think it is fantastic...for a Xbox original.

ridestowe @ Jun 1st 2008 2:25AM

Xav, if you don't know what you're talking about you really shouldn't be reviewing games. I realize it was a spur-of-the-moment occurance but the part where the ground wasn't "thick" enough really shows your ignorance towards the technical side of gaming. First of all, that was an issue with the camera clipping through the ground plane, there's no such thing as a thick surface to go through, its all just polygons being presented in a 3d world.

Xav de Matos @ Jun 1st 2008 4:03AM

That was actually a joke, I guess I didn't make that clear enough.

Josh @ Jun 1st 2008 3:22AM

I rarely, if ever, comment on this website, but I had to after watching this.

Not only did it show me a lot of the game without me having to tamper with it, but I laughed audibly at the review multiple times.

Jokes like not knowing "this was even a game until I woke up this morning" had me really laughing.

Excellent review and I honestly can't wait until this guy does another one. Keep your same style!

wickedpheonix @ Jun 1st 2008 10:34AM

MAYBE if the cheevo points in this are easy "get-1k-in-5-minutes" it might be worth it, any more than that and I would end up killing myself. Seriously, I didn't even watch the full review, it was just too painful.

But I see myself renting the game with a prepaid credit card (does anyone take cash anymore for rentals, and doesn't require a membership card?), getting the cheevo points, and then taking a crap on the disc and shoving it in the return box.