While its arcade-style gameplay is enjoyable, LocoCycle is wrapped in racist, lowest-common-denominator presentation that doesn't succeed at being funny or scandalous.
LocoCycle2013
LocoCycle
2013 Microsoft Studios44Bad
Playtime
ShortTypically 5 hours
Playable on
- Steam DeckPlayable
- Steam MachinePlayable
Available on
- −67%$3.29
- $9.99
Game modes
Details
- Launch
- November 22, 2013
- Developer
- Twisted Pixel
- Publisher
- Microsoft Studios
Overview
Presenting I.R.I.S.: Two-time Valedictorian of the illustrious Big Arms Academy's School of Assassination. Proficient in over forty forms of unarmed combat, earning Sensei status in Jiu-jitsu, Aikido, Krav Maga, and Jeet Kune Do. Equally deadly with blades, handguns, and the latest in nuclear technology. Fluent in over fifty languages and virtually every local custom. Can blend in and disappear at a moment's notice in any country around the world. The first female cadet to break the four minute mile ... by three minutes and forty seconds. All this, and it won't even run down her batteries. Twisted Pixel Games proudly presents Lococycle -- because today's criminal requires tomorrow's hero!
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Reception
Press49
Players53
BadMediocre- Metacritic48from 46 reviews
- OpenCritic51from 31 reviews
The fact that Lococycle was intended to be an Xbox 360 game to begin with is quite clear, as it does nothing to take advantage of the new power that the Xbox One affords it. Despite a mixed bag of launch titles on the console, this is by far the biggest disappointment, as Twisted Pixel have delighted us so much in the past.
I wanted to love LocoCycle, but in the end, I just liked it. It has moments where I had a lot of fun with it, and others where I was forcing myself to play another level. This is probably my least favorite TP game to date, and that is depressing.
The whole experience frustrates me. Driving at insane speeds on a wise cracking sentient motorcycle should be gaming nirvana, but the writing, mechanics, and design of Loc0Cycle are subpar. It's not worth the price of admission, and is one of the Xbox One's weaker launch titles.
There may be a good idea buried somewhere within LocoCycle, but what Twisted Pixel delivered disappoints on practically ever level.