A Review: Crusi'n Exotica, N64 2000
Cruis'n Exotica is a 1999 racing game developed for arcades by Midway Games. The game is a sequel to Cruis'n World and is the third entry in the Cruis'n series. It was ported by Gratuitous Games and released on the Nintendo 64 in 2000, along with a Game Boy Colour version developed by Crawfish Interactive. I wasn't that impressed by this game, really, nor did I think that it was all that bad. It was just another one of the many arcade games that seemed to be ported to home consoles for no reason. It suffered from mediocrity in every sense of the word and just couldn't quite rise above the average soup that this series seemed to swim in. The controls are twitchy and hard to get to grips with, but once you get the hang of things, it reduces play down to basic, boring, and repetitive racing. There is little in the way of content, and a complete playthrough can be done in under six hours, with breaks. The cars slop all over the track or seem to stick better than gum t...