Lost Classics: Rogue Trip (Playstation)

This past week, I featured Twisted Metal Head On: Extra Twisted Edition, so it’s only fair that I feature another car combat game. This game was even developed by SingleTrac, the team behind Sony’s car combat series. Due to creative differences with Sony, SingleTrac briefly split with them, developing this game for GT interactive. When this game was created, the car combat genre was full of copy cats. Many of them weren’t very good. Some of the more notable failures included a WWE car combat spinoff and a Star Wars title that forced players to stop and refuel every few seconds. It’s only fitting that one of the few good games in the genre was created by the developers who innovated it.

It’s 2014, and much of the world has been destroyed. Now, the only thing left for the world’s people, is…. wait for it….vacationing. It’s such a hot commodity that nutjobs everywhere (better known as automercanaries) are willing to blow each other up for the rights to show tourists a great time. Fans of Twisted Metal will find themselves right at home here, as this game has its own selection of off-the-wall personalities and vehicles to choose from. There is a Sunday school bus, a weinermobile, a tricked-out ambulance, and even a UFO. Even with its obvious similarities to Twisted Metal, this game manages to carve out its own identity. Transporting passengers to each spot is a key factor in gameplay, and there is a different selection of weaponry. A notable part of the arsenal is a missile which can be controlled by the player after it’s fired. Fans of car combat will love this game, if for no other reason than because of the developers behind it. Only time will tell if this game will see a re-release on the PSN store.