A Night at the Races

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  • Summary: You have the night to win a clandestine tournament. Lead the rankings, get the prize, pay your debts, escape hell.

    You’re invited to the arcades tonight. Compete illegally with other players for the top of the global leaderboards. You need the prize money to survive. FEATURES: ● A    You have the night to win a clandestine tournament. Lead the rankings, get the prize, pay your debts, escape hell.

    You’re invited to the arcades tonight. Compete illegally with other players for the top of the global leaderboards. You need the prize money to survive.

    FEATURES:
    ● A unique narrative - you play as the player, and face their challenges on and off the screen.
    ● Challenging Arcade-Platformer gameplay - easy to learn, hard to master. Perfect for speedruns.
    ● Online ranking leaderboards - by level and global.
    ● Great playtime value - 200+ levels and additional game modes.
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  2. Mixed: 4 out of 4
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  1. Pure Nintendo
    Sep 28, 2021
    70
    A Night at the Races does an admirable job of balancing difficult, twitch-style gaming with a narrative that’s unique to the genre. It’s not for everyone, but those who are up to the challenge will find it a bit more rewarding than most high-speed platformers.
  2. Switch Player
    Oct 13, 2021
    70
    A Night at the Races is a challenging arcade platformer that will put your fine motor skills to the test. If you’re a fan of the genre, definitely pick this one up as the story is quite juicy.
  3. Finger Guns
    Jun 21, 2022
    70
    A Night At the Races is an interesting if unbalanced narrative experiment. Despite its issues, it’s a peculiar indie curio that completely divorces its central arcade game play from its story which results in some odd effects. If you like original experiences, this is certainly worth the hour it takes to complete.
  4. Gaming Age
    Feb 25, 2022
    67
    A Night at the Races is worth checking out if you’re after a game that’s unlike anything else out there, but even then, you’ll want to proceed very, very cautiously.

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  1. ttesla
    May 18, 2022
    10
    It's an excellent adventure platformer game. It has a very unique and touching story. It both suits for casual and hardcore gamers. There is aIt's an excellent adventure platformer game. It has a very unique and touching story. It both suits for casual and hardcore gamers. There is a global leaderboard for each level if you like to compete with other players around the world.… Expand
  2. NindieSpotlight
    Dec 17, 2021
    5
    This is one of those titles you run into periodically that’s simply hard to wrap your head around. The majority of the time playing it you’llThis is one of those titles you run into periodically that’s simply hard to wrap your head around. The majority of the time playing it you’ll be jumping and dashing around in a pretty fast-moving retro platformer that’s admittedly a challenge, especially due to its breakneck speed. Sitting in a layer on top of that is a slowly-developing story in the “real world” that’s pushing you to git gud in a hurry at said game in the hopes of winning a tournament that will get you out of the financial bind you’re in. It’s strange, will challenge your reactions, and can be a tad glitchy in places, but if you enjoy playing games that seem to be teed up for the speedrunning community it may have some appeal.

    https://www.nindiespotlight.com/2021/08/mini-reviews-august-27th-edition.html    … Expand