Fast RMX Review – High Octane Fun!

<p><em>Fast RMX<&sol;em> is one of a handful of games that helped round out the Nintendo Switch&&num;8217&semi;s launch lineup&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s the Switch version of <em>Fast Racing Neo<&sol;em>&comma; which was released on the Wii U in December 2015&period; It includes the downloadable content that was released for <em>Fast Racing Neo<&sol;em> in addition to six additional tracks&period; There are plenty of tracks&comma; vehicles&comma; and options to keep the attention of racing fans for quite some time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I&&num;8217&semi;m not a fan of traditional racing games like <em>Gran Turismo<&sol;em> or <em>Forza<&sol;em> but I&&num;8217&semi;ve always been a fan of games like <em>F-Zero<&sol;em> and <em>Mario Kart<&sol;em> and so this is definitely a game that appeals to me&period; One of the things I&&num;8217&semi;ve always loved about the <em>F-Zero<&sol;em> series is the ability to go extremely fast and give my hand-eye coordination a true test of its capabilities&period; <em>Fast RMX<&sol;em> is no different and in fact is very similar to <em>F-Zero<&sol;em>&comma; which is very fitting since there hasn&&num;8217&semi;t been a release in over a decade&period; Fans of the series may still long for another official title in the <em>F-Zero<&sol;em> franchise but in the meantime it seems there are plenty of fans that also work in the industry who can do something about it&period; The high speeds&comma; momentum&comma; and tight turns help make <em>Fast RMX<&sol;em> a title worth paying attention to if you&&num;8217&semi;re into futuristic or over-the-top racing games&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;122617" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-122617" style&equals;"width&colon; 960px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-122617" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;03&sol;22054103&sol;2017032002121800-993B0B446253E7FDAAC3C1A7681F46FE&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Fast RMX&comma; Shin'en Multimedia" width&equals;"960" height&equals;"540" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-122617" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Fast RMX&comma; Shin&&num;8217&semi;en Multimedia<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><em>Fast RMX<&sol;em> has an interesting mechanic&period; You can change the light under and around your vehicle between two different colors&comma; which can either help or hinder you&period; There will be turbo strips and launch pads that will be one of these two colors&comma; and if you match colors you&&num;8217&semi;ll enjoy a nice boost in speed&excl; However&comma; if you&&num;8217&semi;re the other color then you&&num;8217&semi;ll get a deep cut in speed&comma; which can quite easily cause you to wreck or fall far behind&period; Being able to change between these two color phases is essential to being successful in <em>Fast RMX<&sol;em>&period; All it takes is the tap of a  button&comma; and quick thinking too&comma; of course&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There are also orbs throughout the tracks that will add to your boost meter when collected&period; You can hold down the &&num;8216&semi;R&&num;8217&semi; button to enjoy a nice boost whenever you want&comma; as long as you have some juice stored in your meter&period; You can get up to some ridiculous speeds when combining your boost with the turbo strips and pads scattered throughout the tracks&period; As long as you can keep up with the action&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;ll be able to fly past the supposed competition&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;122618" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-122618" style&equals;"width&colon; 960px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-122618" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;03&sol;22054136&sol;2017032002142000-993B0B446253E7FDAAC3C1A7681F46FE&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Fast RMX&comma; Shin'en Multimedia" width&equals;"960" height&equals;"540" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-122618" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Fast RMX&comma; Shin&&num;8217&semi;en Multimedia<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>There are plenty of different modes as well&comma; including a &&num;8216&semi;Hero Mode&&num;8217&semi; that ups the difficulty and the challenge&period; Once you master the rest of the game&comma; you can jump into this mode to truly test your skill and prove yourself&period; Once you master that or whenever you&&num;8217&semi;re ready&comma; you can jump into both local or online multiplayer to test your skills against other people&period; You can race against up to four people locally or engage in races online between two and eight different total people&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Fast RMX<&sol;em> packs a lot of content into its small and affordable contents&period; There are thirty tracks to race through and plenty of environments as well&period; From alpine peaks to futuristic cities&comma; there&&num;8217&semi;s such a great amount of variety to enjoy so it&&num;8217&semi;ll continue to feel fresh as you race through the ten different cups with the fifteen different unlockable vehicles&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Vehicles&comma; tracks&comma; and environments pop off the screen with both beautiful graphics and an impressive 60 frames per second&period; I really enjoying seeing the high and consistent frame rate with speed and reaction being such key aspects of this game&period; Frames skipping or bad graphics would really hinder this experience&period; This game looks great both on the TV and on the Switch screen and the multiplayer is enjoyable in both styles as well&period; The online community seems to be pretty good right now&period; I never really had to wait too long to get paired up with other people but I expect there to be a bit of a dip when <em>Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<&sol;em> releases&period; They&&num;8217&semi;re very different games though so I&&num;8217&semi;m sure the community will still be alive and active&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;122619" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-122619" style&equals;"width&colon; 960px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-122619" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;03&sol;22054204&sol;final1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Fast RMX&comma; Shin'en Multimedia" width&equals;"960" height&equals;"540" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-122619" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Fast RMX&comma; Shin&&num;8217&semi;en Multimedia<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><em>Fast RMX<&sol;em> is a great game and it&&num;8217&semi;s hard to argue with the price of &dollar;19&period;99&period; I&&num;8217&semi;m happy that it launched with the console because it gives it better visibility in the eShop so that people can more easily discover this great game&period; On March 5th&comma; the developer announced that there would be updates and additional  content in the future which will include &&num;8216&semi;Time Attack Mode&&num;8217&semi; and &&num;8216&semi;Online Friend Support&period;&&num;8217&semi; The sensational speeds&comma; vehicle variety&comma; excellent environments&comma; tightly designed tracks&comma; and high frame rate help make this title a must own for fans of the racing genre&period; I especially recommend <em>Fast RMX<&sol;em> if you&&num;8217&semi;re one of the many <em>F-Zero<&sol;em> fans that have been waiting in the cold for another title in the series&period; This game may not completely fill that void but the gameplay is very similar&comma; especially the changes that the &&num;8216&semi;Hero Mode&&num;8217&semi; bring to the table&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;