With how I finished the third game so quickly and was surprised by how not-terrible it was, I pretty much immediately jumped into the 4th game to see what was up. Turns out, it's definitely more of the same. There's a little bit more refinement in the visuals and gameplay speed, but they absolutely bungled up the collision detection this time around, it's SO EASY to get stuck on ledges this game has absolutely no idea what to do if you are close to a wall or an edge. The AI is also absolutely braindead which leads this game to also feel a bit more "through the motions" and easier than the previous installments as well. The final boss is still a dumb stupid difficulty spike though so don't let your guard down too much should you choose to give this game a play. They also kinda bungled up the controls too as now double pressing gas activates turbo which kinda sucks since usually driving precisely and slowly on ledges makes me want to feather the gas to go slowly, which in this game would make turbo go off in the exact places where I absolutely do NOT want it to. So yeah, it does a few things better than the third game, and also does a few things worse. I also had NO clue that Ryan Drummond voices a character in this game so you could imagine my shock getting jumpscared by sonic in a twisted metal game, shoutouts to pizza boy.

Reviewed on Aug 17, 2023


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