The tracks are rarely challenging, and the computer-aided opponents take the term “rubberband AI” hilariously literal. There are almost a dozen race types, from Elimination to Time Attack, and just shy of 50 cars to collect. Even when held up against PSP titles, like Burnout Legends it’s hard to find the game’s appeal.

Races are generally quick, allowing commuters to fit a game into even the shortest of bus rides.Īsphalt Injection narrowly holds its own against other contemporary racers, like Ridge Racer. The jump-in, jump-out style of mobile game is what GameLoft has always done best, and Injection definitely fits that bill. None of the control schemes are egregious, which makes it easy to jump in and enjoy a quick game. There is also a neat control method that allows the driver to use the backtouch panel as a paddle-shifter. Although controls are of course mapped to the Vita’s traditional buttons and analog sticks, Injection still maintains the option to use the accelerometers to steer, for people who are now used to playing racing games on the iPhone or the Wii. What we got instead were full-priced ports of next-to-free games.Īsphalt Injection isn’t a direct port of Asphalt 6 for the iPhone/Android/MacOS/Symbian/ToasterOven platforms, but to the feature sets are similar enough that the word “port” still applies. Finally, a dedicated portable would have some quality budget games to help it compete with the popcorn games of the iPhone and Android platforms.

When Ubisoft announced that it would be publishing a handful of GameLoft’s smartphone titles for the PlayStation Vita, I thought it was a fantastic idea.

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