May 26th, 2008

TrackMania United Forever

"Design it. Build it. Drive it!"...no idea? OK, TrackMania sounds better? You don't know TrackMania? Well, no matter if you do or you don't, I have to tell you about the latest game in the series, called TrackMania United Forever. The big news is that, after a pretty long wait, Ascaron Entertainment has announced that TrackMania United Forever has been officially released, and can be purchased from retailers across the United States!

Before moving on, I have to make a confession, and you should take it as a word from gamer to gamer, because I wasn't paid by anyone to say it. All TrackMania games I played were simply great, and I am not talking about how much fun can you get from a simple arcade racing game, but how well they scale to slower hardware.

Announced on the 7th of October 2007, together with TrackMania Nations Forever, TrackMania United Forever includes the classic Race mode, the crazy stunt mode that awards points for aerial manoeuvres, as well as platform/puzzle modes where you get challenged to create tracks before racing on them, closely following the "design, build, drive" approach, one of the most important parts that make this game series stand out of the crowd.

If you want to know more about TrackMania United Forever, I am sure the official page will satisfy your thirst for information, but I know one thing may seem to be missing from my article here, and that is the part regarding this game's system requirements. No, you won't get that info from me! Why? Because almost any decent computer built in the last 4-5 years should run the game without any problem!

These being said, I'll be waiting for your feedback. Do you think I should give TrackMania United Forever a try, or should I skip it? At last, since pricing can be different, depending on the retailer, give me a hint on pricing, please! I heard that a friend of mine got it on Steam for about 30 bucks, but I am not using Steam yet...so I'd be grateful for your help!