REVIEW: Jak X: Combat Racing

March 7, 2006

And Jak X is beaten. Not all that bad really. I kind of went into it thinking it was just gonna be some lame attempt at a Mario Kart or something, but I was pleasantly surprised. The driving was really fun, and the sense of speed was pretty damn good. Some of the racing mode felt a lot like Burnout in a way. You get pretty much endless boost, and all you really needed to do was just go as fast as possible. (There is more to it, but those that aren't familiar with the Jak universe might have it go right over your head... so I will just give you the simple idea of the mode. ) The weapons really pretty sweet as well. There was a lot of nods to Mario Kart it seemed with the weapons, (like a Blue Shell type weapon) but it turned out to be pretty good because you had a pretty good idea of what each weapon was going to do.

The only real problem I had with this game is that it would lock up every now and again. There wasn't any really spot where you would know where it would lock up, it just sorta 'happened' It was a little frustrating getting through a tough race only to have it lock up, but it wasn't that big of a deal.

Anyway, worth the rental if you are into racing games.