There’s a fundamental disconnect between the mechanics at play, here, which the game never surmounts. This is, mechanically, a game about momentum, about boosts and jumps and drifts. But it’s ponderous. You’re constantly being told to stop jetting to scan something, or pick something up, or just wait for dialogue to finish. The first true level has a 20 minute timer that you end up just… waiting for?

I wanted to love this, I’ve been waiting for this game for 12 years, but it just doesn’t work.