Review: Star Overdrive (Switch) - Uneven But Ambitious Open-World Hoverboarding

The boards do work on water.In much the same way that modern society pines for the flying cars they have always been promised, the modern gamer yearns for hoverboards in their open-world adventures… or they should - because it’s a lot of fun. Last year’s Gori: Cuddly Carnage featured a floating board as both transport and weapon, and now Caracal Games' Star Overdrive uses one as your main method of traversal in a vast alien landscape. It’s an engaging, often exhilarating way to zip around, and the key element that sets this title apart from its most obvious influences.Responding to a distress signal from his fellow researcher NOUS, BIOS crashes on the planet Cebete. Discovering a series of mining outposts and encountering hostile fauna, he sets out to find his companion, armed with a deadly Keytar and a swift grav-board. Kicked off by an intriguing opening sequence aboard BIOS' ship, the story is pieced together across scavenged log tapes. This is the kind of emergent narrative that keeps a lot from you, making plot progression part of the reward.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Apr 9, 2025 - 14:19

Review: Star Overdrive (Switch) - Uneven But Ambitious Open-World Hoverboarding

The boards do work on water.

In much the same way that modern society pines for the flying cars they have always been promised, the modern gamer yearns for hoverboards in their open-world adventures… or they should - because it’s a lot of fun. Last year’s Gori: Cuddly Carnage featured a floating board as both transport and weapon, and now Caracal Games' Star Overdrive uses one as your main method of traversal in a vast alien landscape. It’s an engaging, often exhilarating way to zip around, and the key element that sets this title apart from its most obvious influences.

Responding to a distress signal from his fellow researcher NOUS, BIOS crashes on the planet Cebete. Discovering a series of mining outposts and encountering hostile fauna, he sets out to find his companion, armed with a deadly Keytar and a swift grav-board. Kicked off by an intriguing opening sequence aboard BIOS' ship, the story is pieced together across scavenged log tapes. This is the kind of emergent narrative that keeps a lot from you, making plot progression part of the reward.

Read the full article on nintendolife.com