The chariots provide a reasonable mix of driving styles, although in practice they don’t drive all that differently the way karts in Mario Kart are so distinguishable from one another.Īs a general rule, every chariot has a high top speed but is slow to turn. Players can choose any character they want from the beginning, and other than the second round of race tracks there is nothing to unlock. At this point let’s just all agree to set aside the dubious Greek mythology connection for now and get on with the game play.Įach of the 9 characters has their own unique Chariot with its own unique characteristics measured in speed, acceleration, turning, and physical strength. That’s right… Beezy the Bee woman who fights in Minotaur’s army. So instead of historically accurate choices, the game instead includes such characters as the half-man/half-bull Minotaur who is not directly connected to Heracles in the mythology and “Beezy”, the Minotaur’s sexy half-woman/half-bee ‘soldier’. After doing a bit of research, it appears that Poseidon was the villain in an earlier, platforming game Heracles: Battle with the Gods, released by the same company. ![]() Completely absent is Heracles’ nemesis, Hera the wife of Zeus. For instance, there is only one god to play as (Poseidon). There are only 9 characters in all and most of them are at best only loosely based on the source material. Although based on the figure from Greek mythology, don’t expect much of a history lesson here. In this racing game, everyone’s second favorite half-man/half-god competes in a mythological chariot race. Beware… Heracles: Chariot Racing is like an ancient Greek bearing us gifts. But that is exactly what developer Neko Entertainment has given us here, and at a price point equivalent to a SNES download on the virtual console. One certainly would not expect a complete port of a PlayStation 2 game on the service. ![]() Due to the space constraints that Nintendo places on WiiWare games, most games on the service are short, simple, and lacking in the graphics department.
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