More power with the turn of a knob? Yes, please. Depending on your engine, Sport+ can change the shift pattern and hold gears as you bounce off the rev limiter to extract the most performance from your G70.Ī standard 2.0L turbocharged 4-cylinder engine delivers an exhilarating 252 hp.* With the available 3.3L twin-turbo GDI V6 engine, hammer the throttle and feel the rush of the available 365-hp as it builds boost and launches you in breathtaking fashion.
For me, it’s an interesting curio that I’m glad I played, but won’t be returning to often.Dial the performance up to a new level with the Sport+ drive mode. It does have a multiplayer option and online leaderboards for each stage, so if competitive speed running is your thing, Aeon Drive delivers. While this does mean you can finish Aeon Drive in 1-2 hours, it also means that it becomes somewhat rote by the end. Each different level (zone) includes at least one new wrinkle, like moving platforms, jump pads, or breakable walls, but for the most part you’ll be doing the same thing throughout. The musical score is peppy, though, with some toe-tapping tracks that kept me going. Her run animation appears to be missing a couple of crucial frames. You can choose different color schemes for Jack but I wasn’t particularly drawn to any of them. Granted, the backgrounds will change every couple zones, but the foreground elements are basically the same. Different levels are essentially palette swaps of the same city environment.
I would not call myself a fan of game’s aesthetic. Thankfully, once I quelled that part of myself, the game went by rather quickly. I’m sure there are people who will enjoy clambering all over each stage, but I’m just not that guy. I did, however, find myself enjoying Aeon Drive once I suppressed my urge to get 100% completion. This is not typically the kind of game I enjoy Mighty Switch Force (and its sequel) is the singular exception. Most stages have at least one bonus item to find and grab (gems, hot dogs), but they're entirely optional and usually off the beaten path. Jackie will also get sent back to the beginning if she’s hit by an enemy or environmental hazard, which means that getting certain bonus items becomes an exercise in tedium, which I did not enjoy. Once it clicked, I was fine, but it probably took the majority of the first ten stages before I really felt comfortable with this mechanic. I found that teleporting correctly has something of a learning curve-you’ll quickly be asked to throw the knife very accurately in between spiked floors or through narrow shafts. This allows her to bypass various deadly obstacles, find bonus items, and just plain move through each stage quicker. She’s equipped with a knife-like object that can be thrown and stuck to platforms in any direction, then a quick tap of the A button will teleport Jackie to the knife’s location. Running, jumping, sliding, and attacking all feel great, but it’s Jackie’s teleportation ability that gives this game a little extra oomph. Thankfully, each stage is littered with little batteries to pick up and collecting five will let Jackie add five precious seconds to the timer.Īny platformer that deals with speed running must have rock-solid controls, and I’m pleased to say that Aeon Dive largely meets that demand. For reasons I was never clear on, she only has 30 seconds per stage to do this or else her ship’s AI will Groundhog Day her back to the start of the stage. The threadbare story sees our heroine, Jackelyne (usually shortened to “Jack,” which I found distracting) crashing her spaceship into the futuristic city of Neo Barcelona and racing through stages in an effort to find energy cores for her busted ship. Aeon Drive takes the opposite tack-while precision platforming does come into play, you're trying to plow through each of the game’s 100 stages in about 30 seconds, give or take. This is different from something like Super Meat Boy or Celeste, where precision is the most important factor-not necessarily speed. Aeon Drive is a fast-paced platformer where your primary goal is to get from the start of every short stage to the end in the fastest possible time. If you’re the kind of gamer who goes bananas for speed running, have I got the game for you.
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