Space Ribbon - Slipstream to the Extreme Reviews

ugly ugly ugly. The whole point of a racing game is its replabability, and this game has none. 2 friends and I tried this game and none of us had any desire to ever play again.

Awesome, works on our rubbish laptop unlike most other games. Bit hard on the Halloween level for the kids though but the rest of the levels are easy.

The Backgound looks nice, and the track looks ok. The cars and sound effects are not so impressive - the sound effects are awful to be honest. The music is nice if you like electronic music. The game does indeed have a trippy feel thanks to the animal mouths spewing out the track, and thanks to the cosmic background. The gameplay itself I think is just too barren at present; whizzing around a randomly generated track, where sometimes the sharp curves are hard to see coming. Can't say I enjoyed it much in its current state. I will not get a refund, but hope the game gets more fleshed out and may try again in the future

NOTE: this not-recommended review is based on the VR mode. This is basically the first VR game that gave me motion sickness. I don't know exactly what it was that caused it, but I couldn't even complete a 3rd round of a race in the easy mode. Maybe the fact that the car position is not static to my head/view? Maybe too much moving around in space? (I wouldn't think so, I played eve valkyrie with no problems). I have no idea what caused motion sickness, but I'd think there's something very odd with this game, as I've played different VR games with different movement mechanics and had no problems. If it wasn't for that, the graphics are pretty cool and the feel of is was enjoyable. Audio seemed a bit repetitive. I can't attest for or against fun factor, I didn't have the chance to play with many AIs or online and explore all the cars and powerups and whatnot. It looks like it has lots of potential, and I was really excited to explore this game. Unfortunately, it won't happen I guess. :(

Meh! I got it because it's VR racing for cheap. Bad camera tracking is the biggest drawback with this one. There is still fun to be had but it's not as fun as it could've been. Maybe it good enough for you for the price, but it's not right for me.

It feels broken. Thought my keyboard had problems accelerating constantly, until I read about the rubber banding which slows you down to a crawl, so the others can keep up. Was hoping for a competitor like SEGA All Stars Racing, but this is far away. Update 2020: The game is way more polished now. Graphics made a huge leap forward. I disabled the rubber band, but it still feels it's in place. I'm ahead of all others and the speed bar goes down to almost zero. AI opponents are catching up and overtaking. Then the speed bar goes up again. Not sure if that is the rubber band, or any other mechanic, but I can't figure out how this works. I would change the review to more neutral if it were possible. Maybe it's just me. Can someone explain?

I got this on sale for a dollar after reading some good reviews. In VR, it is certainly intense, and not for those with weak stomachs! The graphics are good - especially the trippy winding ribbon track concept. I’m about half an hour in, just getting into the weapons, and scoring some upgrades for my cars. The (up to four player) split screen is a welcome surprise – I was expecting this to be a solo game, but it’s fun for couch gaming parties, works well using Steam controllers. Solid game, and certainly worth my dollar! Thumbs: UP!

You chase a Space Panda or Tiger on a track it spews out in space using various space cars. It's like a David Bowie fever dream, kinda. It's an experience eitherway. Cars look pretty cool, and go through an evolution of upgrades, and the Space Beasts are both fantastic and a little creepy. Driving can get kinda clunky though, feels like there's a lot of resistance to turn around and go the other way but, on spinouts it's rather hard to get the car facing the right way. Power-ups would be nice though. Maybe run it through some tests to liven things up, races at the moment just feel a little straightforward, there's little agency other than slipstreaming but nothing to combat when someone gets too far ahead other than they can end the race. Colour me impressed but don't "panda" to me by adding a Snow Leopard skin for the Tiger, or do, actually I'd really like that. Eitherway the potential for greatness is there, it's just a case of realising it, and I'd suggest things here and there but, I'll keep an eye out for a full release.

Space Ribbon is good fun for short bursts of time. The visuals and soundtrack are fantastic, while the sound effects aren't so strong. I love the attention to detail, the cars are especially cool. The graphics remind me Beetle Adventure Racing meets BLUR. The game plays fairly well, the handling is pretty tight. When I hit the side of the ribbon road, I expected to fall off, Mario Kart style. But it just bounces me back into the linear road. It would be great if there was some alternate paths to take or some power ups or something in terms of content while actually racing. In my experience of the game, it's pretty easy to win every race. The challenge comes really late into play time. All that being said, this is absolutely worth the Early Access price tag of £9.99 (£6.59 on sale) Grab it now, put up with it not being perfect and enjoy the finished game.

The concept is a unique one, and it drew me in. However there is barely any game here. There are attempts to flesh out the game with unlockables and parts for the cars; but the races are extremely dull and unsatisfying. The sound design is almost non-existent, and the handling and controls are clunky. Definitely not worth £6.99 in its current state.