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Homie Rollerz is a kart racing game based on some characters on Homie figures you can get from US supermarkets. I've never seen the figures but from what I have read on the internet people consider them racist due to stereotypes the reason I've never seen them is because I'm not from the US and they were only released in the US. But lets get on with this review of the game.
Homie Rollerz was published by Destineer (who in my opinion are known to release awful games) and developed by Webfoot Technologies. The game has up to 8 characters including a Hispanic man in a wheelchair, A talking chilli pepper, Joker, Biker, Zombie, Alien etc. The story in this game is about the character you select and a homeless wizard who grants you wishes but I'm thinking why is a wizard who has powers homeless it's pathetic. Then it also has 11 tracks in the game I'll talk about the tracks later on. As for modes you have challenge mode which is the main story mode and then you have the multiplayer where you can play against your friends with the A.I. I'll admit when I first put this game on I had to laugh at how ridiculous some of the characters are.
The tracks in this game are just bad from the level design I mean some stuff you just crash into because you can't even see that the object is there. At times I found myself going through walls it doesn't help because the track design is terrible. The controls aren't good either the controls are far too tight and it always makes it hard to make sharp turns it gets frustrating far too much.
The A.I is just so difficult to beat considering you haver to come 1st place in every race is not possible. Every other kart seems to be going faster then you every time I was racing the A.I would aim every weapon at me possible putting me into last place. The ramps have objects at the top every time you go up the rump you can't even make it to an object but the A.I can every time. If you ever finish a race you can upgrade or car like putting in a new engine, change the colour of your car, or put on some new tires. I thought Motorstorm was one of the most difficult racing games I've played at least that game gets you get through certain stages before it gets incredibly difficult.
The camera also causes problems because your character is far too close and it just makes it more harder to see what's in front. Pressing the L or R buttons don't help you can tilt your kart to the side but it also tilts the camera. This game was giving me a headache after playing it or about 30 minutes.
The multiplayer I haven't tried this out but seriously who would want to play this game with a friend especially when the DS has far better kart racing games on the market
Overall I would recommend staying away from Homie Rollerz this game is unplayable you can get better kart racers like Mario Kart DS, Diddy Kong Racing DS and My Sims Racing. Avoid the game at all costs it isn't worth the money it's a joke and quite possibly one of the worst kart racers I've played. This game doesn't prove what the DS is capable of the developers could have did a better job. Nothing is good about it I think people will agree on this that's why it gets a 1 out of 10.
1/10
