Hydro Thunder Hurricane

Posted: 07/29/10

Making a splash from the past, aquatic arcade racing returns on Xbox Live with Hydro Thunder Hurricane. Should you get your feet wet or stay high and dry?

Hurricane features eight diverse courses, ranging from icy fjords to Parisian sewers. Each course has a number of shortcuts and alternate routes, often triggered by gear-shaped icons that raise ramps or lower gates. Single-player tasks you with completing races, navigating series of rings, and speeding through tracks littered with exploding barrels. You can play with friends in four-player split-screen or eight-player online races, and there's a fun online mode called rubber ducky. One player from each team drives a rubber ducky tasked with crossing the finish line, while the rest of the team does their best to harass the opposition.

Hydro Thunder's boats make quick turns like hovercraft, and each of the 10 vehicles has a distinct feel. The game's arcade roots put a huge emphasis on collecting boost canisters, making big jumps, and crashing through objects. Rolling waves rock your boat, and you can gain speed by drafting in an opponent's wake.

AI racers start off far ahead of you, and you can't turn them off in split-screen to limit competition to friends. The performance dips noticeably as well in split-screen, but overall, the game looks sharp for a $15 release.

Hydro Thunder Hurricane doesn't make a huge splash, but riding the waves and boosting for shortcuts make for some good, cheap summer thrills.

Reviewed on Microsoft Xbox 360.


Hydro Thunder Hurricane

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