Stunt Bike Draw

Wanna be crashes and burns

Reviewed by BoMToons from bomtoons.com

Play as a stunt motorcycle rider who must jump from ramp to ramp over increasingly difficult obstacles.

While I'm a big fan of "line rider" type games, this particular one was a bit disappointing. But first I'll tell you what was good about it:

1. You get to draw your own ramps which makes you feel somewhat in control of your destiny. The game even builds the scaffolding below your ramps which is a nice touch.

2. OK physics...your stunt bike does gain momentum pretty accurately on the down-ramp and the way the tires react to the lines is pretty good.

3. It shows you dotted lines of past ramp constructions so you can avoid repeating mistakes or improve on slightly flawed ramp designs.

4. You get to jump through a ring of fire.

Here's what miffed me about Stunt Bike Draw:

1. Graphics were sub-par at best. The background never changes and the foreground changes are pretty cheap...mostly just adding more of the same car from the same angle with a few buses thrown in (fire ring was a nice change up though)

2. There are virtually no animation states on any elements besides the "wreck" animation of the stunt bike. This smacks of poor planning and a rush to release the game without tie-ing off all the loose strings.

3. It's almost impossible to actually wreck your bike even on the "Hard" setting. My guy was flipping upside down on ramps, running into ramps with his neck, and overshooting ramps completely and still surviving. It feels like the programmer got the game engine to a certain point, then realized he didn't account for certain situations but never went back to fix the exceptions.

4. The ramp drawing itself is a little klunky with lines sometimes not being able to be connected when making a second drawing pass...this is especially noticeable when you try to draw a ramp from right to left instead of left to right.

5. There's not really any change in difficulty besides jumping longer distances.

6. The menu design was horrid, I had to search around for lots of elements (especially the "go" button) and the way the screen space was used was really amateur. A lot of this could have been avoided with more planning and a better color palette (all the colors were a bit murky and tended to blend together).

Overall, I think it's a good idea for a flash game, and even this poor implementation has been addicting for many who have played it, but better graphics and a redesign of the engine would definitely take this from "meh" to "hooray!"

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