Beach Buggy Racing 2 Review

Reviewer: Carless Yen

Platforms: XBOX,Playstation,PC, and Switch

Developer: Vector Unit

Publisher: Vector Unit

Release Date: 03-17-21

Price: 19.99

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Description:

Match your kart racing skills against a rag-tag crew of rivals as you explore a mysterious island packed with ancient temples, dragon-infested castles, and post apocalyptic ice cream stands. Unlock and upgrade moon buggies, monster trucks and more. Collect and master over forty unique powerups in an epic race for the ultimate trophy.

Beach Buggy Racing 2: Island Adventure is an action-packed, mayhem-filled kart racer with split screen competition and game rule customization. Play any part of the game solo or with friends in split screen—from the story-driven Adventure mode to multi-event Championships, adrenaline-pumping Races, skill-mastering Drift Attacks and more.

Ready to go deeper? Craft your own custom game modes! Set your favorite configurations of powerups, race rules, lap counts and more, then save your rule set and play with up to 8 local players. Want a 10-lap Race with Bouncy Tires and Rocket Boost powerups? You can do that. How about a Drift Attack with permanent Police Chase that you can play with 4 friends? No problemo. Maybe you want to test your racing skills with no powerups at all. That's fine too. It's your game, your rules.

Easy to pick up and play, yet challenging to master, Beach Buggy Racing 2: Island Adventure is a fast-paced driving action game that delivers explosive fun for all skill levels.

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Features

ADVENTURE MODE. Explore a massive interactive map as you rise through the ranks of the Beach Buggy Racing League.

JUMP IN AND PLAY. Collect trophies in multi-event Championships and tons of individual quick events including Race, Drift Attack, Firework Fury, and more.

GAME CRAFTING. Customize your own ridiculous game rules and save them for insane battles with up to 8 local players.

WEEKLY TOURNAMENTS. Compete with players around the world in leaderboard Tournaments with unique custom contests.

THRILL-RIDE RACE TRACKS. Discover Egyptian pyramids, dragon-infested castles, pirate ship wrecks, and experimental alien bio-labs—23 unique worlds, each packed with secrets and shortcuts.

PACK YOUR GARAGE. Collect and customize over 40 unique cars including monster trucks, moon rovers, race cars, and of course...beach buggies!

BUILD YOUR TEAM. Recruit a crew of 14 drivers, skeletons, robots, aliens...each with their own unique special ability and strategy.

POWERUPS GALORE. Master 44 (yes, forty-four!) individual powerups like Donut Tires, Tesla Coil, Ball'n'Chain and Dodgeball Fury.

FUN FOR ALL. Choose the difficulty that's right for you, and change it on the fly. Kart experts and noobs can play together with individual handicaps.

My Review

Beach Buggy racing holds a special place in my heart as it was the first game we ever reviewed on Gamer Guys and Gals. Vector Unit was the first Developer/Publisher to trust me with their art to give a honest opinion on it. I spent hours and hours on it, because I just loved the game so much. It was also the first game I ever edited video for it as I made a video showing where all the Easter Eggs were hidden. So as we draw nearer to ending reviewing games, as I would like to just enjoy games again as a gamer. I was excited to see the sequel arrive. I was actually tempted to make it my last game I reviewed, but I actually have a lot more I have to cover that was sent to us before I can think about that again. I'm a little behind on getting this one out as well, because I lost my grandmother this week. So I'm running a little behind on everything, but that is okay. So let's talk about beach Buggy Racing 2, and why "Spoiler Alert" I think it's even better than the first Installment. 

    

So "EVERY" single track from part one is in part 2. Plus a bunch of new ones as well. So you can finally uninstall part 1 if you wish because all the tracks you love are right here in the sequel to be enjoyed again. They have various changes/upgrades, but that is making them even better. The same can be said for everything. More cars, upgrades, weapons/abilities, and drivers. "EVERYTHING" you love from the first game is here, but better.  Over 40 Cars all with unique unlockables, missions, paint jobs. 14 different drivers and 44 Power-Ups to learn how to use. The new Adventure mode is just amazing. The world is just huge full of fun things to accomplish. Unlocking secrets is a blast. You have to find or complete challenges to find all the different drivers and skills. You can spend hours and hours doing this, and it never feels repetitive. If anything it can feel addicitve, so you may feel the need to limit yourself. I didn't I just kept playing and playing as it was a great excape for me from what was going on in my life at the current time. I was thankful to have such a fun game to just bury myself in right now. Hopefully it will do the same for you. 

   There is so much more to do than just the adventure though. There is custom multiplayer modes. Online tourney events where you can compare times against other drivers. It's more than just racing though. The same goes for Adventure mode as well. You have drift modes, modes where everyone has dynamite strapped to their back, so they can't bump in to anything, elimination races, and so much more. It's always fun and fresh feeling. It's always fun and fresh looking as well. Like the first game it's bright and colorful, and appeals to all ages. In my opinion the "BEST" Kart racer for people who don't have a  Nintendo and Mario Kart. It does everything you love about Mario kart , for a far better price. It doesn't feel like a bargin Kart game at all. It actually feels so much better than "ALL" of the modern ones released of late. Nickelodeon Kart, Garfield, Sonic, and Crash Bandicoot Kart Racing all feel like less of an overall experience compared to Beach Buggy Racing. It's just loaded with adorable characters, awesome powerups, beautiful designed maps, and just plain ole Kart Racing fun. I "HIGHLY" recommend Beach Buggy Racing 2. I actually think it's the best Kart Racing Game since Mario Kart 8. I actually kind of prefer it over it, because I feel the fun last longer. I feel as if It just has a lot more replay value, and options to it. So if you love Kart Racing games it's a most own. 

HUGE Adventure Mode, hours of game play.

Beautiful Maps loaded with hidden items.

Tons of Drivers, Cars, and Abilities to unlock

Plenty of modes and challenges to keep you busy for days.

Carries over everything from the first game pretty much.

Only Local Multiplayer.

My Achievements aren't unlocking , but sure update coming.

Overall Impression:

Beach Buggy Racing 2 far exceeds the original, even though the original was amazing as well. It brings you everything you know and love from the first in a beautiful new package, and throws so much more at you. If you love kart racing games it doesn't get much better than this. 

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