Freaky Flyers

Freaky Flyers is an air racing video game developed internally by Midway San Diego for Xbox and PS2 while the GameCube version was developed by Point of View, Inc. and published by Midway Games.

Released: 5 August 2003
Platforms: GameCube PlayStation 2 Xbox
Genres: Racing
Developers: Midway Games
Publishers: —
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: Third person
Themes: Action Comedy
Country: United States
Age ratings: PEGI 12 ESRB T

About

Freaky Flyers is a 2003 air racing video game developed internally by Midway Studios San Diego for the Xbox and PlayStation 2, while the version for the GameCube was developed by Point of View and published by Midway.

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Media

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Development

Freaky Flyers had a protracted development cycle. It was initially to be published by SCi Games, who demonstrated it at the 1997 European Computer Trade Show (ECTS). It was released for the Xbox and PlayStation 2, before a two-disc GameCube port was issued shortly afterwards.

Reception

The game received "mixed or average reviews" on all platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Areas that were praised include the large cast of characters and over 90 minutes of pre-rendered cutscenes included in the game. However, the game was criticized for its slow racing speeds and repetitive character lines and music.

Jeff Gerstmann of GameSpot noted that "The game does have its moments, but the racing simply isn't very exciting."