User Reviews (1 - 9 of 9)

Show these reviews first:

Highest Rated
Lowest Rated Newest
Oldest Most Helpful
Least Helpful

Disappointing

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 10 / 11
Date: December 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Anyone familiar with Midway's Cruis'n series in the arcades and the Nintendo 64 will find that Cruis'n for the Wii retains almost none of the fun gameplay elements that the previous games in the series possessed. Cruis'n bears little resemblance to the aforementioned games, as it features some incredibly dated graphics, a static interface, and above all, a barrage of technical issues. These technical issues range from long load times and a variety of bugs and glitches to be found among the boring and all-too similar race tracks that are featured here. What is also worth noting is that the Wii-mote controls aren't actually half-bad here and are pretty responsive overall, but they can't save Cruis'n from the fate that it's been given. All in all, Cruis'n may be worth a look or a rental for Wii owners looking for an arcade racer or fans of Midway's Cruis'n series, but everyone else can easily avoid it.

Set gaming back 20 years

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: December 16, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Midway's new version of Cruis'n set gaming back 20 years. With their corny cliches of hip hop style music with annoying evil laughs, and the stereotype that only men would be playing the game. At least give us the option of making the group of pixelated 8 bit women go away. Most of the game makers, at this point had discovered that women like to play the racing games too, and not just the games ending in the word "Kart". So minus a star for that.

Not only are the extra graphics of women unnecessary and poorly made, but they slow the game down, as does a lot of the extra graphics. The details are nice, but only if the game system can handle it. There are some other game glitches, but aren't so bad that it makes the game unplayable. They will just leave you wondering how your car jumped from one place to another. Minus another star for graphics and minor glitches.

Overall, the game concept is fun, once you get used to controlling it. So don't give up on your first few tries. It DOES get easier, and can become addictive. You get to unlock new tracks, and new cars when you reach your goals. And some of the stunts that learn to do are fun and challenging. Not so difficult that you don't play either. Choosing a car, the color, and customizing the car are nice features as well. From the first day placing 7th and 8th, to placing 1st and 2nd on the second day. There are levels of difficulty also. If you want to stick to easy until you get comfortable with the controls, that option is available.

If you can forget everything you remember and loved about the original Cruis'n games, and allow yourself to feel you are playing a brand new game, then you will be more satisfied with this game.

Great Game Play... Decent Graphics

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: December 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

If you were a fan of the Arcade version of Cruis'n USA or the equivalent Nintendo 64 versions, this game is for you. I'm not sure why there have been such negative reviews around the web regarding the graphics of this game. The graphics are adequate for the Wii system although the women depicted in the game can be a little boxy or pixelated at times.

This is the first racing game I have purchased for the Nintendo Wii system and I was surprised how good the game play was. You hold the Wii Remote vertically and you steer by moving the remote left or right. As you win races you accrue money which unlocks cars and courses.

I highly recommend this game to anyone who wants a simple arcade-style racing game to play.

Fun game, has feel of speed, one of the better controled games for the wii steering

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

My favorite driving games are Burnout 2 & 3 - you crash like real life, the point is to avoid getting hit but celebrates your mistakes w/spectacular results so you don't mind. Crashing can happen a lot since there's always plenty of traffic to run into & they do have great AI traffic that try to get out of your way which can make you crash more. It's real, but it's intention is fun unlike NFS: carbon which takes themselves too seriously. I wish it would come out on wii w/steering, using a joystick for a driving game is way too easy.
I am a casual gamer, I like only arcade games as I don't have the patience for long games. I am nowhere near the best driver as I rarely play driving games. (My last system before this was the original NES.)
Other drving games I have rented: Excite truck, Hot wheels, Cars, NFS: Carbon & Emergency Heroes.
Excite truck - has better graphics, one of the best, great controls, but you spend 1/3 of the time in the AIR. It's an arcade, yes, but no truck can do 1080 spins in the air or be 500 ft. in the air & land w/o a problem. The driving while on the ground was superb though. Several camera angles. The mini game where you go through gates is the only time you're not constantly in the air & it's much more realistic. Has great speed feel & content feeling that you're going to crash any second. Also has invincible cards so you can drive through trees or pick things up to change the landscape so you can go into the air more & rings in the air. Definitely not a sim other then how the truck responds to the environment on the track or when hitting things.
Hot Wheels - easy to control once you get used to the tight controls in about 10 min, fun tracks, but only has the camera behind the car. The cars drive too similarly. One car that said it had the worst handling I had the easiest time controlling. Otherwise the cars fishtail a bit like real. You get to shoot at other cars by collecting weapons when go through rings after mild jumps or green rings for temporary speed boosts. The tacks are narrow w/many pitfalls or places to get stuck, your car reacs to all things in the road like dominios, balls, markers, soap, etc. Graphics could be much better. Does not let you get away with hitting things w/o being stopped & then have to fix yourself say like a time consuming 3 ponit turn which is more real then say the usual driving game that just plops you back on track (though if you fall into a large drop it will plop you back).
Cars - VERY loose controls, you really spin the remote to turn which feels more realistic, but it's too easy to win even on normal mode, not kiddie easy mode. When hitting other cars, they only call you rude or other horribly corny remarks. Too corny/sweet & the track is very dull (there's no otehr cars then the ones racing out on desert tracks). One mini game style of driving was totally reversed & made no sense wich many game critics also criticized. Only behind the car camera. I still enjoyed the novelty of the tracks & it definitly captures the fun factor. On easy, even if you fall significantly behind, your car catches up very easily. Has quickrace, eliminator, rampage (shoot down targets in alloted time) & tournament (4 different races in one game) type games each for the two different type tracks in each of the five sections on each level.
NFS: Carbon - It's all at night which means no traffic, controls can be tight or loose, I used tight & I still couldn't navigate the very windy roads in the challenge races area. (Another friend had trouble even on four lane highways though I did not.) You can tell thhis game is a port from PS2/3 title & the wii tilt is tacked on unlike Hot Wheels, Excite Truck & Cruis'n. Uses the A button for "over steering" so you actually have a chance in ... of making turns. Several camera angles, more realistic of how a car drives w/fishtails, etc. Great graphics. But w/o traffic, with only 4 other cars it felt dull. NFS also has ALWAYS taken itself VERY seriously. It's intentions doesn't feel as like it's for fun as it is more a simulation for car/racing enthusiasts only. You can hit bus stands, paper stands, garbage containers, light poles, police cruisers, police car blocks & still keep going like you went over a soda can. Carbon is very serious/complicated simulation in regards to upgrades, etc. Carbon specifically uses helpers such as a blocker, scout & drafter that you can use one at a time which critics said none really did not help.
Emergency Heroes - I reviewed it on that game's listings. Suffice to say it had great wii tilt controls, good traffic on the parkways w/decent AI but no physical damage shown. COns are there are no other camera angles, boring gameplay except the pursuit mode, irritating, over the top narration/character acting & had too many bugs.

Cruis'n - ok, it's graphics feel from the 1990s, but it's still 3d which some textures on all the city, parkway, country roads. There is some traffic, but you can tell there would be more if there was more time & effort put into it. The feeling of fun & speed when you get over 80 IS there which is important & feels great. You have 3 different camera angles including hood like excite truck or carbon. Night & day times, tight or loose control options. You have diff levels of tracks (of different areas of USA) such as easy, medium, hard & extreme. About 12 diff cars? That show you speed, acceleration (how many seconds takes to get 0-60), traction & charge. You can upgrade by simply choosing "spoiler" for speed, "engine" for acceleration, "Nos" for nitrous (only allowed to use 3x max, "lights" for under board lights (gives more points when in air), "tires" for traction, etc. A good pick up & play w/o commitment game unlike Carbon. It's 1 player for Circuit mode to unlock tracks & upgrade cars for getting $ for how well you do. Arcade for 1 or 2 player & still earn $ to upgrade cars. I found it VERY easy for easy, medium tracks in cars that had decent traction which is most of them. Wii tilt is very responsive & taking turns was too easy becasue you rarely fishtail which is unrealistic. The speed when going 130-150 mph was a great, you could barely see what was coming up next like real life & almost too late. There is a woman's voice for beginning & to tell you to "WATCH OUT!" but it's cued in either too late or even after the fact. There are great alternate paths (find yourself or see AI cars use) to take like going through skyscrapers floors & roofs of buildings. There's a decent amount of traffic to hit. The cons are that you can sometimes go through solid objects like bridge foundations like it was nothing & you flip in the air when hitting a car head-on which is silly. This is more a great fun game while still w/realistic tracks. A great casual pick up & drive game w/o a lot of deep thinking career modes, videos or storyline or commitment (it has none).
If you just want to drive on somewhat realistic tracks w/silly & fun play, w/o investment or take it too serious, get this. If you are a serious racer who loves NFS style, don't. If you like a more unrealistic arcade feel of doing other stuff, get Excite truck. This is great for kids as well.

Fun Gameplay with good Wii controls

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: December 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Cruis'n is a fun racing game. There are many license cars to drive, upgrade, and unlock. You race through a variety of well designed tracks perfectly suited for this type of game with huge jumps, wild turns, shortcuts and a ton of objects and buildings to drive or crash through. Some of the tracks have landmarks that are recognizable like the Statue of Liberty, Goldengate Bridge, and Lombard Street.

The cars drive really fast and control well using the Nintendo Wii motion control. It's fun to perform wheelies and flips while racing. The load times can be long, but the fun gameplay makes up for it.

If you are a fan of the Cruis'n series or just a casual gamer looking for a simplistic racing game, than I wouldn't hesitate to pick this one up.

This game is fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 19, 2007
Author: Amazon User

A few years ago, every arcade had a 'cruis'n' game in it where you sat in a drivers seat, pushed the gas and brake pedals, and steered around courses. And there was the Nintendo 64 version ('cruis'n usa') back in 1996 that was pretty good. Now, here it is on Wii. Amazing. The game uses wiimote steering pretty good but they didn't rewrite the graphics much from the Nintendo 64 although there is a little more detail. But...the game is just fun for some hard-to-define reason and it's great that they put out a Wii version...for 2 players. Would have been better if there were 4 players, though.

Fun and familiar, but could've been better

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I'm a fan of Cruis'n series and yes this game IS fun. But the garage lacks a lot of features i was expecting to see. the graphics are JUST OKAY, considering this is a 2007 game on a Wii... could have been better. graphics are not better than even on N64. very simple and cartoony. i'm from San Francisco however, so that's the reason i love cruis'n games because there are always a lot of SF environments. overall game is fun! SUPER SLOW loading time to start a race for a WII!!! other games i own load in seconds, this loads like need for speed on a PS (hate that aspect). and it's NOT difficult at all... my friend and I almost beat the whole game on our first day of playing it.

Great Product

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: January 07, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is a nice game. It is just kind of difficult to operate the car properly. The price was great. I even bought a steering wheel and still had problems. Hopefully with practice I will overcome these issues.

Fun game!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I like racing games and this one is great. The tracks are exactly like the "Fast & Furious" arcade game at the pizza place. After I bought this game, I was watching people play it and noticed the tracks are the same. There are probably other arcade games that use this same developer. This game has an arcade type feel to it. It has single player and simultaneous split-screen two-player modes. Buy it.

Review Page: 1 

Actions