Riff Racer | Timekiller Tuesdays

    Riff Racer is a game where you drive to your music on a custom built track and perform tricks and drifts to conquer the leaderboard. The game usually is priced at $9.99 USD but is often on sale and in 2020 the cheapest it was discounted was 85% off at $1.49 USD on Steam. During this review I will be highlighting the major draws of this game like its gameplay, the amount of replayability the average user can get, customization features, achievements, and more! 

(Pictured: Driving at x10 score bonus.)

The Gameplay / Game Loop

    The first game loop of Riff Racer is to drive to music that either you selected from your computer or what was already bundled in the game already. The gameplay is simple, the player presses the accelerate button and drive through the custom built course while avoiding obstacles and performing tricks like rolls, jumps, and drifts. There are these cubes that the player can pick up to gain a temporary boost to catch up to the progress of the song or to boost ahead and get 10x the points of your tricks. 

Montaro | Timekiller Tuesdays

 Montaro is a casual cutesy runner where you play as a shiba dog and collect doge coins and 'pantsu.' | 

    Montaro is a fun game made in 2016 by JCKSLAP and published by MBDL on Steam. The non discounted price is $0.99 which is a good price when you have leftover money from the winter sale that ended recently. Although, Steam.DB says the game goes on sale for $0.69 cents if you'd rather wait for the nice number.

    The gameplay is pretty simple. Keep going forward for as long as you can. Avoiding obstacles and trying not to get trampled by chickens or swarmed by crows is key to making a good run. The pink 'pantsu' meter on the top left is your health and if you lose them all the run ends and you'd have to start over. You are able to gain health by collecting more by jumping underneath the skirts of schoolgirl passer-bys. A nice joke mechanic that strays from the normal health stereotype a bit. The environment around you changes the farther you go so try to explore as much as you can! Additionally the goal is to collect Dogecoins, a currency used to purchase costumes for the shiba you're playing as.