I've been waiting on this for what feels like forever, after a great run in Early Access the atmospheric racing platformer Distance is now out. A game I've gone back to many times during Early Access! Everything about Distance hits the mark for me.
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It gives a very different kind of rush to other racing games, mainly thanks to the excellent track design with some of the tricky platforming elements paired with the seriously good music. It also has the thickest atmosphere I've ever known in a racing game, especially so with the new and complete campaign which has seen a ridiculous amount of improvements to the feel and design.
I would like to have a chat with who designed these roads, they're really dangerous! Who put that laser there…
Features:
- Adventure: A short single player experience. Drive into the heart of a dark, mysterious city as you pursue an ominous threat.
- Arcade: Race ghosts to take on the leaderboards' best. Earn medals to unlock new tracks in several different modes.
- Multiplayer: Online (up to 12 players) and split-screen (2-4 players) play in modes such as Sprint, Reverse Tag, Stunt, etc.
- Trackmogrify: Random track generation with advanced seed modifiers.
- VR: Full VR integration with support for Oculus Rift CV1 and HTC Vive.
- Level editor: Use a powerful level editor to create levels from within the game and share them with players around the world. Over 2,500 levels have already been shared on Steam Workshop!
- Original soundtrack: New music from the composer behind award-winning games like Nitronic Rush, Solace, and The Fourth Wall. Listen to a preview here.
This is absolutely one release you don't want to miss out on. Find Distance on Humble Store and Steam.
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Also, Distance is a fantastic game.
Last edited by Cybolic on 18 Sep 2018 at 4:54 pm UTC
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Everyone should play this game, it's great. Even if they don't like racing games, because it's actually a 3D platformer :)
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My initial thought was, “A... racing... platformer? What is this madness?” But actually, that looks pretty danged awesome. Another one for the wishlist, I think.
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My initial thought was, “A... racing... platformer? What is this madness?” But actually, that looks pretty danged awesome. Another one for the wishlist, I think.
Racing platformers have been around for a while, never heard of Trackmania or Stunts?
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I've played the full content last year(s) and plenty of player-made maps too, and it's really awesome.
Happy to see it fully released, time to fire the engine again.
Happy to see it fully released, time to fire the engine again.
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ElectricPrism 18 Sep 2018
I heard some people who buy it go in having expectations of it being like other racers. I don't think it is at all.
It's basically neon lights racing with techno music and some really awesome challenges. I might even call it a puzzle racer however the hell that is possible I odn't know.
Still, 10/10 would buy again.
It's basically neon lights racing with techno music and some really awesome challenges. I might even call it a puzzle racer however the hell that is possible I odn't know.
Still, 10/10 would buy again.
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Anyone else having trouble getting it to run? I had it working previously, but now that I tried it again it just fails to launch (on Solus Linux with the latest Nvidia beta drivers).
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Anyone else having trouble getting it to run? I had it working previously, but now that I tried it again it just fails to launch (on Solus Linux with the latest Nvidia beta drivers).No issues for me.
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Racing platformers have been around for a while, never heard of Trackmania or Stunts?Nope. That is, I'm sure I've heard the name “Trackmania” somewhere, but didn't know anything about it.
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It's a great game; I never played F Zero but I hear it's similar. The music is excellent, and it's well optimized (I play it on an integrated card). I played through last year, I'm going to check out what's been added.
One thing I'll say is I'm not a big racing game player (besides Distance, Euro Truck Simulator is as close as I get (: ), but there's a lot more going on with this one. As someone said above, it's almost more of a puzzle platformer at 200km/hr
One thing I'll say is I'm not a big racing game player (besides Distance, Euro Truck Simulator is as close as I get (: ), but there's a lot more going on with this one. As someone said above, it's almost more of a puzzle platformer at 200km/hr
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I was an early backer on this game when they asked for people to fund it via humble and I've put a whole bunch of hours into this game since. I'm really looking forward to seeing the full campaign.
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Herrsheimer 19 Sep 2018
Anyone else having trouble getting it to run? I had it working previously, but now that I tried it again it just fails to launch (on Solus Linux with the latest Nvidia beta drivers).
Im on Solus too but with Mesa drivers (AMD Gpu owner), and it works perfect.
Oh! And the game is fantastic!
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no_information_here 19 Sep 2018
I like the new campaign. I would have loved it to be longer, but still had lots of fun. More to explore!
Love the music and the style. This was definitely one of the good early access games...
Love the music and the style. This was definitely one of the good early access games...
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I see it has Occulus / Vive support up there. I thought neither of those were supported on Linux. Is that just missing in the Linux version, or am I wrong about the Linux support status of the headsets?
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I see it has Occulus / Vive support up there. I thought neither of those were supported on Linux. Is that just missing in the Linux version, or am I wrong about the Linux support status of the headsets?Vive has Linux support as far as I'm aware but it's pretty buggy and I think only supported on Vulkan but I could be wrong.
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I have been playing this on the Vive, Windows though.
It is a beautiful experience.
It is a beautiful experience.
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