Carmageddon: Reincarnation

 PC
Metascore
54

Mixed or average reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 21
  3. Negative: 6 out of 21
  1. Pelit (Finland)
    Jun 14, 2015
    80
    Carmageddon is back with a crash. Reincarnation offers little new in terms of gameplay if you have played the first two Carmageddon games, and is riddled with technical problems, but Reincarnation still has its moments after all these years. A solid, gore-filled and violent racer. [June 2015]
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  2. Quarter to Three
    May 31, 2015
    80
    It's the latter-day high-octane car smashing ped mashing antidote to racing games.
  3. 4P.de
    Jun 12, 2015
    76
    Reincarnation is trash and proud of it. It celebrates its roots and is consequent in what it tries to achieve: To be a thoroughly entertaining waste of time. Well… Mission accomplished.

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User Score
4.4

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 168 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 57 out of 168
  2. Mixed: 23 out of 168
  3. Negative: 88 out of 168
  1. surprisedcritic
    May 22, 2015
    2
    I have been waiting almost 2 decades for this sequel game title since Carmageddon 2. that is a long time and a lot of suspense. But I mustI have been waiting almost 2 decades for this sequel game title since Carmageddon 2. that is a long time and a lot of suspense. But I must say, I see all of the positive comments saying that this is the game that Carmageddon fans have been waiting for. AND, Yes, well, erm, err....... it was supposed to be but it isn't, not even close.

    The fact that the money for the development of the release was raised almost completely by fans of the prequel is absolutely amazing! Truly! Unfortunately though it looks like the developer ran out of money and didn't want to confess up to it, or just didn't care about the sorry unoptimized state that the computer game is presently in, maybe they just hated the idea of not making a profit on their title, and so instead served up their fans with what they describe on steam as a "FULL RELEASE". and NO NO NO, this is a sorry excuse for a FULL RELEASE, its a terribly unoptimized piece of crap. Either the development team have overextended themselves, or they have run out of money. This is embarrassing, even to me, and truly, someone who has worked in the computer game industry and spoken to developers all over the world I have to say that I'm extremely disappointed. The outdated graphics, and "Playstation 1" textures is really quite acceptable really, lets remember the DOS version of Carma2 was absolutely spectacular and had terrible graphics, so thats no problem and it was generally accepted because the playability of the prequel was so high. It just seems like a waste.

    What a waste Stainless games, you just stained yourself with this terrible release. A real slideshow of a game, by the way that means stuttering and terrible performance issues, even on a supercomputer with the best graphics card available in the world, (thats a $5000 machine), a sloppy hideous mess! Really? I'm not sure how the developer managed to fool themselves that this was in any proper state to release, because the Q&A and beta testers feedback must have still been ringing in their ears. What did you do? You chose to ignore them and release it anyway, and I have to say, looking at other spectacular A++ titles, you have failed, miserably to capture something which could have been the most epic title in a decade.

    FAIL!

    Expect a lot of "hate" from real hardcore fans whom you have really disappointed. I am sure the turdbuying teenagers won't notice the difference between other B titles, but you really messed this up. and what cost? Another sequel that could have been golden and had great promise ruined by budgeting , greed and project management ignorance! argh it burns.    … Full Review »
  2. mindrust8
    May 22, 2015
    2
    Can not even start the game. Fails and gives windows error at start. Watched youtube vids of full release, graphics total ****

    This is    Can not even start the game. Fails and gives windows error at start. Watched youtube vids of full release, graphics total ****

    This is second time i feel like scammed after buying diablo3. Please stainless fix the game, optimise it as soon as possible. You are not as big as Blizzard, you ll be damned.    … Full Review »
  3. David87
    May 24, 2015
    1
    Bad optimisation is the smallest problem!There are a lot of annoying things in this game,what are turning fun into suffering.1.: LowBad optimisation is the smallest problem!There are a lot of annoying things in this game,what are turning fun into suffering.1.: Low scores-high fixing costs. 2.: Every bot is against you.They won't **** with each other-as was in the previous episodes-and they make you lost in a second. 3.: Cars are so fragile and light.Esp. yours. 4.: Sounds: There are no dynamic sounds.You always hear the same effect. 5.: Chechpoint or ped hunting events are awful. 6.: Bugs,bugs and bugs!
    They say,that will make a better optimisation in the future,but everybody knows,that it won't be better because of the complexity of the cars: shaking motor,rotating axis...    … Full Review »
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