FlatOut 4: Total Insanity

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6.0

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  1. Positive: 22 out of 59
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 59
  3. Negative: 18 out of 59
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  1. SuperkenGaming
    May 5, 2017
    6
    FlatOut 4: Total Insanity
    Fun Racer with no balance
    Flatout 4 is an arcade racer that’s fun to play, with great track design, but broken rules and broken multiplayer… There’s a career mode here where you take place in racing cups, speed trials, and arena battles… Winning races and destroying opponents will earn you cash to buy better cars or upgrade your current car… The only problem    FlatOut 4: Total Insanity
    Fun Racer with no balance
    Flatout 4 is an arcade racer that’s fun to play, with great track design, but broken rules and broken multiplayer…
    There’s a career mode here where you take place in racing cups, speed trials, and arena battles…
    Winning races and destroying opponents will earn you cash to buy better cars or upgrade your current car…
    The only problem is the payout is far too low…
    A low payout mixed with unbalanced rules makes getting through this career mode a drag…
    There is way too much emphasis on the total insanity aspect of this game…
    There’s a derby cup, classic, and all-star, but the rules remain the same unbalanced mess…
    You aren’t rewarded for being a flawless driver like let’s be honest.. I am of course…
    jokes... a little... I do have my moments…
    But there is a nitro boost to help you in races…
    The thing is that sure you get a little from jumps and sharp turns… but you only really get nitro for ramming into other cars..
    because of this enemy ai is extremely aggressive, constantly spinning you out…
    doesn’t sound like a big deal until you realize that being out in front means there’s no one for you to hit.. There’s no way to fill up your nitro...
    you aren’t rewarded for maintaining certain speeds or dodging obstacles…
    because of this you have everything to lose by holding the top spot…
    it’s way too easy at the last moment for an opponent that’s been ramming into cars all race to use it nitro to catch up to you and then spin you out… forcing you to reset your car and be placed in the middle or near the end of the pack when you were in first place…
    this unbalance makes the racing segments of the game feel unfair..
    Sure coming out on top against all odds is thrilling...
    but being first the whole time and then losing because there is no nitro reward for you makes the game feel cheap, and ultimately makes winning feel like you got lucky…
    this of course could be balanced out by high payouts for wins and damage.. But you don’t get that… the payouts are low so you can’t just go buy a better car... you’re stuck with playing the same tracks over and over until you can afford one…
    The tracks are well designed and fun to play through though.. easily the best part of the game…
    Outside of the grindy career there’s flatout mode which features stunt tracks where you try to nock items down for example for the most possible points, beat the bomb which is a race the clock checkpoint style challenge, carnage where you destroy as many items and cars as possible, and finally death match which like the arena modes in the career is a demolition derby style game, expect here you have infinite lives trying to get the most kills, while in the career its more last man standing…
    and finally there’s multiplayer..
    Which is completely broken...
    I’d tell you how it plays but for 1 it’s a ghost town, no one’s playing it, and for 2 the game would crash every single time the match start counter got to 0, so don’t plan on buying this game for its online…
    The negatives of this game could be overlooked if the payout killed the grind…
    But unfortunately that isn’t the case… this game is an imbalanced grind that you’ll lose patience for…
    I give Flat-out 4: Total Insanity
    a 6.5/10    … Expand
  2. Letiste-Gaming
    Mar 23, 2017
    6
    Flatout 4 no llega al nivel de calidad de sus dos primeras entregas, ya que copia en demasía a estos y no innova nada, pero esta a años luz de su abominable tercera entrega. Es divertido, no se toma en serio a si mismo, goza de un notable apartado técnico y ofrece unas carreras muy caóticas (en el buen sentido).

    Pero se ve lastrado por su falta de circuitos, su desajustado sistema de    Flatout 4 no llega al nivel de calidad de sus dos primeras entregas, ya que copia en demasía a estos y no innova nada, pero esta a años luz de su abominable tercera entrega. Es divertido, no se toma en serio a si mismo, goza de un notable apartado técnico y ofrece unas carreras muy caóticas (en el buen sentido).

    Pero se ve lastrado por su falta de circuitos, su desajustado sistema de desbloqueo en el modo carrera, y su irrisoria IA, que convierte a los campeonatos y desafíos en un simple paseo.

    Si todos estos problemas son solucionados en posteriores parches (que estoy seguro que sí) y echáis de menos aquellos títulos de conducción arcade de antaño, aquí tenéis una opción a tener en cuenta.    … Expand
  3. Lukecali97
    Aug 1, 2018
    5
    average game it was far to easy the campaign get far to repetitive i hope you like racing on the same track several times moving to a different tier only makes the cars shinier and faster and that,s it the stunt mode can be fun though if you got friends to play agents but that,s pretty much about it i could only recommend getting this if it,s a. heavily discounted and b. if you always gotaverage game it was far to easy the campaign get far to repetitive i hope you like racing on the same track several times moving to a different tier only makes the cars shinier and faster and that,s it the stunt mode can be fun though if you got friends to play agents but that,s pretty much about it i could only recommend getting this if it,s a. heavily discounted and b. if you always got friends coming over to your house if these two requirements are not met i just cannot recommend this game even if its super cheap… Expand
  4. Sagnol
    Jun 28, 2020
    5
    Its fun and makes you keep playing but it can't be compared with Flatout 2 and Ultimate Carnage...
    It needs better physics,more cars,tracks and better OST... But if you compare it to Flatout 3 its a lot better.
    Let's hope Bugbear sometime will make a proper FO game in the future..
  5. Yojimbo2015
    Apr 27, 2023
    7
    I was a big fan of Flatout: Ultimate Carnage on the XBox 360 which was a breath of fresh air compared to the ocean of soulless, terminally anal Gran Turismo clones out there, thanks to its concentration on fun rather than "realism". This is another smash and basher in the demolition derby mould that's not quite as good as its predecessor, but is still good fun if you like the Burnout andI was a big fan of Flatout: Ultimate Carnage on the XBox 360 which was a breath of fresh air compared to the ocean of soulless, terminally anal Gran Turismo clones out there, thanks to its concentration on fun rather than "realism". This is another smash and basher in the demolition derby mould that's not quite as good as its predecessor, but is still good fun if you like the Burnout and Motorstorm games.… Expand

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62

Mixed or average reviews - based on 32 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 22 out of 32
  3. Negative: 4 out of 32
  1. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    May 29, 2017
    80
    Look past the scruffy visuals, because Flatout 4's penchant for vehicular violence means it passes its madcap MDT. [May 2017, p.92]
  2. Playstation Official Magazine Australia
    May 2, 2017
    60
    Flatout’s schtick is its physics-heavy racing, but that engine is antiquated now. Like the nitro it ungenerously ekes out – fun in short bursts only [May 2017, p79]
  3. GameOver.gr
    Apr 14, 2017
    80
    As its name implies this is an insane arcade racer that offers a kind of gameplay not so common these days. Flatout 4 is fun, crazy and enjoyable, albeit a bit repetitive in areas.
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