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Full Auto Video Game Review – A Jammed Barrel And A Blown Piston
There are a lot of people out there who, despite the fact that it happened years ago, like to debate why Sega shut down. And the reasons are always plentiful, if a bit outlandish. Things like insufficient processing power, a glut of games in the market, a low number of total releases, payoffs from Big N or Sony or Microsoft, and so on right down the line.
But one thing I think they all–indeed, WE all–can agree on is it wasn’t from a lack of quality games. Sega’s been making them fun and offbeat for some time now. In fact, one of Sega’s biggest advances came in the development of the “wacky car” subgenre, as personified by its Crazy Taxi title. And they advanced this concept outward into a safari hunting game, and more recently, into a car battle game. We’ll be going over that one today, a fun little title called Full Auto.
Full Auto doesn’t have much in the way of a plot: basically you just drive around and blast other cars into shredded smoking metal with a handful of weapons including land mines, machine guns, and missiles, among others. You can likely insert your own motivations in here, somewhere, for extra fun–maybe the guy in the lead car killed your wife and you’re playing Jason Statham.
A game like this presents lots of opportunities for fun. Driving around, blasting other cars? That sounds like a party. And indeed, the opportunities for multiplayer gaming are there and ready at any time. Get a few friends together and Full Auto may well be the highlight of your evening. Of course, this begs the question, what if your friends aren’t around, or you don’t actually HAVE any friends? Well…that’s where you’re going to be a bit let down.
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