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2015 · Frontier Developments · Arcade · Puzzle

Screamride

Xbox exclusive

Screamride is a full-featured, physics-based coaster game where creativity and destruction are equally welcomed. This game features stunning high definition graphics, hundreds of customizable building components, physics-based destruction, cinematic collisions, unlockable levels, in-game leaderboards, global rankings & more.

Released
3 March 2015
Platforms
Xbox 360Xbox One
Genres
ArcadePuzzleSimulationStrategy
Developers
Frontier Developments
Publishers
Xbox Game Studios
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
Third personBird view / Isometric
Themes
ActionSandbox
Country
United Kingdom
Age ratings
USK 12ACB PGCERO BESRB E10+GRAC 12+
Languages
English, English (UK), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Spain)

About

Screamride is a construction simulator and a puzzle video game developed by Frontier Developments and published by Microsoft Studios for the Xbox One and Xbox 360. The game was released worldwide in March 2015.

Keywords

  • destruction
  • construction
  • management
  • achievements
  • high score
  • xbox live
  • gamescom 2014
  • destructible environment
  • leaderboard
  • consolation achievements
  • xbox one backwards compatibility

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

Screamride features more than 50 levels and three gameplay modes: Engineer, ScreamRider and Demolition Expert. In the Engineering mode, players are tasked to solve development puzzle for roller coaster and thrill rides to meet certain conditions with limited resources. In the Screamrider mode, players can ride and take control of the coasters, with an aim of keeping riders from falling off the coaster. In the Demolition Expert mode, players are tasked with demolishing environments and objects to meet various conditions in order to gain points by throwing cabins with people.

All parts of the roller coaster are destructible. Removing any single part will naturally cause derailment of the coasters. Destroying the coaster will also lead to the destruction of buildings. Well placed coaster destruction could lead to explosion, chain reaction and the collapse of a skyscraper.

Development

The game was announced at Gamescom 2014 during the Microsoft press conference. The release date was announced on November 14, 2014. A demo of the game was released for the Xbox 360 and Xbox One on February 17, 2015.

Reception

Screamride received mixed to positive reviews from critics, with praise particularly directed to the game's fun element, gameplay, destruction, theme and puzzle-design, while receiving criticism regarding the game's difficulty, technical issues and presentation. It received an aggregated score of 75.19% on GameRankings based on 36 reviews and 71/100 on Metacritic based on 54 reviews.

Writing for Game Revolution, Nick Tan gave the game a 4.5/5, praising the game's futuristic theme, rich content, high replayability, addictive gameplay, accessible coaster-building, flexible sandbox mode, which allows players to fully utilize their creativity, as well as the level sharing, which adds free content to the game. He also praised the game for capturing and delivering the "fun factor" that many other modern games lack of, as well as the 3 game modes, which he stated "they all fit together cohesively and challenge your gaming prowess from multiple angles and directions." He summarized the review by saying that "Screamride is a surprisingly remarkable Xbox exclusive. It's truly a game that's greater than the sum of its parts, and yet every part is crafted with care and a sense of excitement."

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Xbox One3 March 2015North America · Europe 6 March 2015
Xbox 3603 March 2015North America · Europe 3 March 2015

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