Tony Slopes™

I've had this on my wishlist for a long time and decided to give it a go. I really wanted to like Tony Slopes but it's just not fun as a racing game, at least for now. The main selling point of this is the wacky races, characters, and vehicles, but ironically it restricts everything to a grindy system that just isn't fun. You start off with one character and one vehicle. All the AI in solo mode mirror what you've unlocked, so you're literally racing with clones. So immediately, a game that's supposed to be silly and awesome looks dull. You get one map to start. It has a couple of jumps, some interesting visuals going on in the background but the track itself is unexciting, both visually and to drive. During my play time I didn't experience any power ups, weapons, any variation in possible strategy. Now, there is a boost feature and you get energy by knocking down people walking on the track, which leans into the sense of humour this game is supposed to have. But for some reason it resists indulging this funny, surreal style, and everything else pulls back and feels like a generic racing game, which betrays the selling point. About a year ago someone wrote a similar review no…

Slopes is in the name but not in the game. The pictures lead it to be like you are flying down the map but really you are not going all that fast. There are some hills and lumps. should be Tony Lumps tbh.

EARLY ACCESS REVIEW: A couple of minor game breaking bugs but overall a good experience. I decided to give this game a go purely on my Steam Deck. Initially the game ran well, until about the 5th level, where the game dropped into the teens on framerate making it virtually unplayable. Altering the graphical fidelity in the main menu fixed these issues and I finished the game with no other complaints. There were two bugs for me, one of which resulted in the game crashing back to desktop, the other allowed me to gain a headstart. The latter wasn't really needed on the standard difficulty. The maps/tracks all seem really well designed and clearly seemed to have been where the most effort was placed, this pays off as they all seem pretty unique from one another and fun to race on. There is a good selection of vehicles on offer here, but they all felt like they were purely cosmetic and if there were a difference between them then I didn't notice it. I'd say the game still needs more time in the oven, but has the potential to be a lot of fun when done. If you want to support the developers then purchasing a copy whilst it's in Early Access is a great way to do so. I hope to see …

What is this nonsense.

Good game. Nice idea for fun :)

Fun with Friends, Simple but NICE game.