Amazon Maximum Age: 17 years Amazon Minimum Age: 96 months Binding: Game Cartridge EAN: 0031719198351 ESRB Age Rating: Everyone Label: Midway Entertainment Manufacturer: Midway Entertainment Platform: Nintendo 64 Publisher: Midway Entertainment Sales Rank: 3945 Studio: Midway Entertainment
Product Description: This is the third time that Midway has ported a Cruis'n coin-op title to the Nintendo 64, and in three years. While the series has been a commercial success (nearly two million units sold), there's still nothing new to be found. This is a shame--this is one series that could have benefited tremendously from an overhaul (no pun intended).
Cruis'n Exotica is an arcade racing game in which players choose a vehicle (be it a car, truck, or "other") and compete against various opponents in a no-holds-barred trek across many varied tracks. If this doesn't sound terribly original, you're starting to get the picture: it's not.
Midway's Cruis'n Exotica features courses from across America, not to mention previous titles in the series (Cruis'n USA and Cruis'n World). Thankfully, Midway went the extra step and crafted levels that literally go beyond the familiar landscape, and genuinely qualify as exotic. Planet Mars, anyone?
Gamers have 30 different vehicles from which to choose (12 default, 18 to unlock by winning races), and include a police car, a 4 x 4, and a hippie van, to name but a few. There's also a selection of drivers from which to choose (a baby, clown, alien, etc.).
With substandard graphics that seem to ignore the achievements that developers have squeezed out of the Nintendo 64 hardware over the past few years, this game delivers only mediocre gameplay and uninspired play mechanics. The N64 is no stranger to great racing games--the amazing Ridge Racer 64 and Beetle Adventure Racing! have shown that the console is quite capable of delivering a good time behind the wheel. While it's not a terrible game, by any means, Cruis'n Exotica simply is superfluous. --Todd Mowatt
Amazon.com Review: This is the third time that Midway has ported a Cruis'n coin-op title to the Nintendo 64, and in three years. While the series has been a commercial success (nearly two million units sold), there's still nothing new to be found. This is a shame--this is one series that could have benefited tremendously from an overhaul (no pun intended).
Cruis'n Exotica is an arcade racing game in which players choose a vehicle (be it a car, truck, or "other") and compete against various opponents in a no-holds-barred trek across many varied tracks. If this doesn't sound terribly original, you're starting to get the picture: it's not.
Midway's Cruis'n Exotica features courses from across America, not to mention previous titles in the series (Cruis'n USA and Cruis'n World). Thankfully, Midway went the extra step and crafted levels that literally go beyond the familiar landscape, and genuinely qualify as exotic. Planet Mars, anyone?
Gamers have 30 different vehicles from which to choose (12 default, 18 to unlock by winning races), and include a police car, a 4 x 4, and a hippie van, to name but a few. There's also a selection of drivers from which to choose (a baby, clown, alien, etc.).
With substandard graphics that seem to ignore the achievements that developers have squeezed out of the Nintendo 64 hardware over the past few years, this game delivers only mediocre gameplay and uninspired play mechanics. The N64 is no stranger to great racing games--the amazing Ridge Racer 64 and Beetle Adventure Racing! have shown that the console is quite capable of delivering a good time behind the wheel. While it's not a terrible game, by any means, Cruis'n Exotica simply is superfluous. --Todd Mowatt
Pros:
Plenty of new courses
Cons:
Mediocre gameplay and control
Very little that's new, to distinguish it from other Cruis'n titles
Amazon.com Product Description: While there are many different types of racing games, one might say generally that the genre splits into two categories: one for people who know the difference between a rocker arm assembly and a cam follower chamber, and one for people who just like to burn rubber and jump things. Cruis'n Exotica falls decidedly in the latter category. You don't have to put your car together before you drive it, and you certainly aren't restricted to an oval track--or even the road, for that matter. You'll race through prehistoric jungles, the ocean floor, and even a Martian city (imagine your competition, choking on your red dust), as you perform midair stunts along the way. There are loads of exotic vehicles just waiting for a nice lead foot, as well as shortcuts, nitro boosts, and 60 tracks in all. Your friends can join in, too, thanks to the four-player, simultaneous split-screen mode.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Not the best but...
First let me say, read my reveiw for Cruisin' World. I won't say this game isn't enjoyable or that it has bad graphics. However, I do believe that Cruisin' World is better. I rented this game after looking for Cruisin World and finding that they did not have back in at Blockbuster yet. So I rented it thinking "Okay it's probably just as good." The problem is, the courses got tiring, the music was as well. And the entire game got an average of three stars because the second of the three, Cruisin' WOrld is the best!
Rating: - the best game ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
best game ever even though where in 2004 and not 2000 this changed my life it made me jump of the walls theres this tokyo track where you can go on a plane runway in the night time also the graphics are sweet and I could not wait for it to come I'm going to give it five stars 10 points
Rating: - ITS A CURSE!
Alright,I do give this game 5 stars,but beleive me,Its bad.The graphics are good.But the cars are cool,the bad thing about 'em is when unlocking rail there's only one more car to unlock,so don't have n64 life gone forever.What I'm saying is that this game is good in the beginning,and stupid in the ending.
Rating: - CRUIS'N EXOTICA
It is fun in the beginning,but after you get all the cars, it is boring.
Rating: - CRUIS'N EXOTICA
It is fun in the beginning,but after you get all the cars, it is boring.
- Not the best but...
- the best game ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- CRUIS'N EXOTICA
