Trax is delightful. There are two halves to it. One is the single player adventure. It’s a tiny, maybe 15 minute, explodathon through farms, factories, and cities. What impresses me about HAL is their cartooning work. The design of the tank and the enemies are simple but emotive and there’s character to their movements. One of the bosses is a giant, bipedal robot. He chases after me but slips every two steps. It’s obvious why everything else in the game rolls around on balls. There’s a running gag where I encounter versions of me, but bigger. There are so many bullets, cannons, and bombs flying that the game can’t handle it and slows down to bullet-time. It rules.
The other half of the game is basically a version of Combat that I could and would play with three other people if I had the gear. Only thing is, I really wish I could turn the turret counterclockwise.
Oh, I guess I got tired of the shader I was using. I switched it to something muddier.
