This is pretty much the best Wipeout game you'll ever play.
Only it's not a Wipeout game.
It's a Doritos game.
Maybe ABC will do a game about licking your fingers.
It's Doritos Crash Course.
So this thing was released to the Xbox Live Arcade back in 2010.
It was actually the winning entry in a game design competition called Unlock Xbox, which
means it got an official release as a free download on Xbox Live...as well as Doritos
branding.
So let's recap here...an amateur designer, a free game, based on Wipeout and Doritos.
This thing has no business being any good.
Somehow, it's actually pretty good.
Leave it up to Doritos, to defy the odds.
So you play as your Xbox avatar, and you basically just...play Wipeout.
Each level is a series of obstacles, and you run through them until you reach the end.
Your objective is to go fast, since this thing's all about the leaderboards.
And Cool Ranch.
Run past the hammers, jump over the gaps, slide down the slides...don't fall in the
water.
Although, to really drive it home...there should be, like, mutated Dorito monsters,
in the water.
When they see you, they're like, "Nah, bro.
It's cool.
Want to...get some tacos?"
So what makes it so good?
Well, a few things.
The levels are actually fun, for starters.
And really challenging.
I mean, actual Wipeout games tend to be made for, like, families and kids and all that
sh*t.
But this one's a proper ball buster.
It's a nice little test of your platforming and speed-running skills.
Especially if you want to make good time.
I don't usually make good time.
I make magic.
But I think the best thing about Doritos Crash Course is how well it plays.
I mean, honestly, you kind of expect a game like this to play like crap.
But that was the biggest surprise of them all.
The fact that...it's, like, a decent little platformer.
The weight feels right, the momentum...jumping is good and responsive.
You can hold it down to do longer jumps...surprisingly good stuff.
Even without the Dorito monsters.
There are five different countries to play in.
The US, Japan, Europe...Las Vegas.
You know what?
Forget the countries.
Three of them are part of the free download, the other two are DLC.
There's multiplayer, achievements...it's a nice little package, for a free game.
And again, with its solid level design and controls, Doritos Crash Course is actually
kind of a steal.
I did not expect to say that.
Well played, Frito-Lay.
You deserve to be...Frito laid.