Review of Destruction Derby 64

Destruction Derby 64 Nintendo 64 I thought this game was the coolest when I was 7. It had car crashes all the time and back then I loved them but now I relize that the car crashes weren't that great. What I mean is that there isn't much visible damage on the car, at most your hood will pop off or some flames come out of the engine. I was also disappointed at the shortness of this game there are only two modes in single player and about four in multiplayer. Another issue with shortness is the length of a race, sometimes (if you are driving a weak car) one crash and your car blows up. Also there are very few unlockables and the majority of them are almost impossible (and hard to figure out what to do). There is also a limited number of tracks (they all seem the same) for the mode wher you drive in a circle craching in to cars going the opposite direction and there are only four for the arena version. The cars are very unbalanced because once you unlock the ambulance (the best car) you win almost every time because you can take so much damage. Also no matter what car you drive you always race against the worst cars in the game (with some of the worst AI ever [they get stuck all the time and you have to find them and blow them up]) no matter how good your car is. The tournaments are very generic because they have no variety and the only differnce between each tournament is how many and what tracks you race on. The best of the game is when you go really fast and just kill the other car in one crash even though you take almost no damage. But this can only happen in the race mode not arena mode where the points you get for each crash is really low (like 10) but this is where all the action should be. Summary Concept:Make a bash'em up with no replay value let alone play value. Graphics: Cool explosion effects (for the N64) but poor visible damage. Environments are ok. Sound: The annoucer is annoying! He has only like 5 lines! The music is forgettable. Playablity: Two words describes it: Gas and Brake Entertainment Value: Bashing cars is fun but five seconds into this and it starts to look like a piece of white bread with mold. Rating: 4 stars out of 10 *Credit to Game Informer for giving me the idea to use the "Summary" Section.