Stuntman: Ignition (360)

Stuntman: Ignition see you take on the role of a Hollywood stuntman, earning kudos as you rise through the ranks.

The aim of the game is to complete movie shoots scene by scene whilst unlocking bonus' and extending your repetoiir of stunts and tricks.

The game starts out as your standard arcade racer. You must navigate the track using whatever vehicle you have been given. The difference comes when you start taking direction from the crew.

The average string of tricks that you must rope together can include drifts, handbrake 1080’s, reverse 180’s, jumps, collisions and special actions which require you to his an action button which could cause you to catch on fire or knee slide if on a bike.


Perform seemingly wreckless stunts
The graphics are not revolutionary but when you finish a movie and unlock the trailer you get to see some nice imagery. The movies that you take part in give a clear tip of the hat to some well known Hollywood flicks such as The Dukes of Hazard, Dante’s Peak and Vertical Limit to name a few which themselves become quite fun to try and spot.

The game has a nice array of tricks to learn which once mastered become quite fun to string together albeit immensely frustrating.

The controls are not intuitive but suitably simplistic. This works quite well as the learning curve is initially steep enough without having to learn a million different button combos!

The game also has the Multiclash feature which is the games take on a multiplayer battle. It includes local and Live games which in essence consist of fighting for points.


Average graphics here, nothing to shout about There are downsides to this game – the trial and error style of gaming is not one I generally go for and I can see it deterring many gamers before they reach the end of the first movie and are able to see the trailer. The trailers alone unfortunately become the primary reason for continuing to play the game.
The graphics are nothing to shout about and the game play is quite jerky but this is not too detrimental.

Overall this game boasts some enjoyable features that are worth a spin but it lacks enough originality to compete with other arcade racers such as Juiced or Need for Speed: Underground which although not on exactly the same lines, give more longevity than Stuntman: Ignition.

Longevity is a large part of this games downfall – If you can stomach the trial and error game style and the constant “3, 2, 1, Action!” as you furiously restart each scene, then I think you will be disappointed by the lack of reward.

This being said the cinematic instant replays and the general arcade feel does make for a fun game that you can pick up and play without any real commitment.