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FlatOut 4: Total Insanity
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FlatOut 4: Total Insanity is a return to the franchise’s adrenaline-pumping arcade destruction roots. Featuring an exciting blend of white-knuckle speed and wild out-of-control racing tracks, FlatOut 4 promises an intense death-defying demolition derby game featuring muscle cars, race cars, trucks and even a rocket boosted ice cream van!
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GENRES:
- Action, Racing
DEVELOPER(S):
- Kylotonn Games
- Tiny Rebel Games
PUBLISHER(S):
- Strategy First
- Bigben Interactive
SERIES/FRANCHISE:
- FlatOut
GAME MODES:
- Multiplayer, Single player, Split screen
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Ratings & Reviews
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Critic Reviews
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“Flatout 4 brings the franchise into the modern day and gets away from the line with a dash, but nonsensical progression and frustrating AI quickly kills its drive.”
“FlatOut 4: Total Insanity is better than I’d feared but not as good as I’d hoped. Kylotonn has dredged this near-forgotten racing rebel from the very bottom of the barrel and fashioned it into a basic but fun, stunt-filled speedster, but I found myself regularly frustrated with its repetitive career mode, its stingy economy and nebulous unlockables, its superficial demolition derby events, and its uneven difficulty. A respectable franchise rescue mission but one that still needs some fine tuning and some extra grunt.”
“FlatOut 4 is a frequently irritating game that’s held down by incredible amounts of grind, it has some saving graces with a variety of game modes and track types, but they don’t do enough to balance out against the negatives like AI, physics and more.”
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3DNews | Алексей Лихачев | 7 / 10 | 03-24-2017 | Not the worst FlatOut game but “4” in the title doesn’t mean anything — you won’t see much difference between this and FlatOut 2. But it’s much better than awful FlatOut 3, although, to be honest, it wasn’t that difficult to do. | Read review |
Areajugones | Jorge Albalate García | 7 / 10 | 03-27-2017 | FlatOut 4 improves the good points of its predecessor and bring new features. However, it does not achieve to be as good as the first titles of the saga. | Read review |
Critical Hit | Kervyn Cloete | 6.5 / 10 | 03-28-2017 | FlatOut 4: Total Insanity is a fun, nitro-boosted jaunt down memory lane. But while it’s good in small does, its lack of variety | Read review |
Cubed3 | Gareth Fidler | 7 / 10 | 03-22-2017 | FlatOut 4: Total Insanity does a surprisingly accurate impression of its aging predecessors, but it fails to expand upon Bugbear’s original blueprint in any meaningful way, and as such, misses the opportunity to forge its own identity. While it doesn’t quite deliver the heady thrills and spills of Ultimate Carnage, it does come pretty darn close, and given that there’s precisely zero demolition derby titles on the PS4 at this moment in time, it fills a tank in the market that’s been left unleaded for far too long. | Read review |
Digitally Downloaded | Jim S. | 3.5 / 5 stars | 03-30-2017 | Aside from a few annoyances and occasionally unfair difficulty, I found myself always coming back for more with FlatOut 4, and one hour would often turn into three-hour play sessions. It was just plain fun to play, and sometimes a game doesn’t need to be more than that. | Read review |
Everyeye.it | Alessandro Mazzega | 6 / 10 | 04-05-2017 | Flatout 4 is an unpretentious racing game; funny and unremarkable, it’s characterized by a driving system easy to learn but not quite satisfying enough. | Read review |
Gameblog | Julien Hubert | 5 / 10 | 03-23-2017 | FlatOut 4 is an average “destruction racer” that fails to deliver a constant dose of fun to the player, who is mostly frustrated by the collisions. | Read review |
GameGrin | Ethan Butterfield | 8.5 / 10 | 04-03-2017 | FlatOut 4 is a well-made and well-presented racing game that does a lot to escape the level of ‘mediocre’ that falls among other racers. With modes like beer pong, survival and time trail to choose from, FlatOut 4 is a great experience from start to finish. | Read review |
GamePro | Tobias Veltin | 60 / 100 | 03-17-2017 | An irrelevant and bumpy action racing game whose core idea has now overtaken itself. | Read review |
Gamerheadquarters | Jason Stettner | 7.2 / 10 | 05-06-2017 | FlatOut 4 was an average racing game with a focus on absolute destruction and the casual driving fan will certainly enjoy playing it. | Read review |
Gamers Heroes | Casey Scheld | 6 / 10 | 05-05-2017 | FlatOut 4: Total Insanity is what you make out of it. Though its Career mode drags on, the game has a number of different options that are sure to appeal to almost any kind of racer. It’s not the most polished or refined racer on the market today, but its raw thrills will resonate with old-school gearheads yearning for days gone by. | Read review |
GameSpew | Richard Seagrave | 7 / 10 | 03-17-2017 | In this case, total insanity doesn’t equate to total fun; it equates to frequent failure. Albeit, often financially rewarding failure. No, the finer moments of FlatOut 4: Total Insanity are to be found when it’s either being more restrained or just all out daft. | Read review |
GameSpot | James Swinbanks | 5 / 10 | 03-30-2017 | Flatout 4 brings the franchise into the modern day and gets away from the line with a dash, but nonsensical progression and frustrating AI quickly kills its drive. | Read review |
GamingBolt | Vijay Sinha | 7 / 10 | 03-31-2017 | FlatOut 4: Total Insanity has a solid foundation to draw in new fans, and is a welcome addition to the genre for fans like myself. | Read review |
GBAtemp | Thomas Hugh | 7.9 / 10 | 03-17-2017 | FlatOut 4 Total Insanity is possibly the best game in the series to date. Some of the characters and tracks may feel a bit generic, but that doesn’t detract from it being a more than competent racer that is seriously fun with a lot of unique features exclusive to the series. | Read review |
Generación Xbox | Desirée Clary | 7.3 / 10 | 03-23-2017 | For those who are tired of driving games where the rules and strategy are important, comes FlatOut 4: Total Insanity. The worst part of the game has AI problems and that it has technical deficiencies. | Read review |
God is a Geek | Gary Bailey | 4 / 10 | 03-17-2017 | With its weird physics issues and inept AI, FlatOut 4 is a frustrating game that simply disappoints on every level. | Read review |
Hey Poor Player | Mike Vito | 3.5 / 5 stars | 05-10-2017 | Does FlatOut 4: Total Insanity restore the series to it’s former glory? Well, kinda-sorta. What is here is really fun and entertaining, but there isn’t enough of it. | Read review |
Hobby Consolas | Hobbyconsolas.com | 70 / 100 | 03-28-2017 | Flatout 4 Total Insanity for PS4 has many game modes and minigames, but it´s poor controls and unrealistic physics engine ruin the arcade driving experience. | Read review |
IGN | Luke Reilly | 6.6 / 10 | 03-17-2017 | FlatOut 4: Total Insanity is better than I’d feared but not as good as I’d hoped. Kylotonn has dredged this near-forgotten racing rebel from the very bottom of the barrel and fashioned it into a basic but fun, stunt-filled speedster, but I found myself regularly frustrated with its repetitive career mode, its stingy economy and nebulous unlockables, its superficial demolition derby events, and its uneven difficulty. A respectable franchise rescue mission but one that still needs some fine tuning and some extra grunt. | Read review |
IGN Italy | Stefano Castelli | 7.9 / 10 | 03-17-2017 | A fun racing game filled with lots of different game modes. Too bad the graphic engine feels outdated. | Read review |
IGN Spain | Juan García | 7 / 10 | 03-17-2017 | A good but simple racing game that gets old too soon. | Read review |
Impulsegamer | Chris O’Connor | 3.8 / 5 stars | 03-26-2017 | Car games boiled down to what I enjoy… destruction. | Read review |
JVL | Jarod582 | 7 / 10 | 03-17-2017 | Against all expectations, Kylotonn Racing Games successfully gives a new breath to a franchise that had hit rock bottom. While our first races on board of yoghurt pots were quite worrying because of unfair physics, the rest of the game turned out to be more convincing and pleasing. Original and varied game modes on a large selection of tracks and arenas, nutty races although a bit muddled without forgetting the arcade mode packed up with fun, FlatOut 4 will have you brush off its few flaws to offer you some good time worthy of the first entries. | Read review |
Metro GameCentral | GameCentral | 3 / 10 | 03-23-2017 | In so many ways this feels like a driving game from another age, but no matter how much you miss old school arcade racers FlatOut 4 will end up driving you crazy. | Read review |
New Game Network | Ben Thomas | 63 / 100 | 04-16-2017 | FlatOut 4: Total Insanity is a valiant effort and a modestly satisfactory sequel. Its track design and relative speeds help make it a much better destructive racer than the last effort. However, it still requires tuning when it comes to stunts, visuals, physics, and vehicle damage. | Read review |
PlayStation Universe | John-Paul Jones | 8 / 10 | 03-17-2017 | For fans of FlatOut your patience has been rewarded; the series has reached its zenith at a time when nobody expected it to resurge, let alone do so with such brutal conviction. For the rest of you, FlatOut 4 is the perfect antithesis of all those sensible racers out there; a real, rough around the edges prospect that demands your attention. | Read review |
Press Start | Steven Impson | 6 / 10 | 03-18-2017 | The short-lived but exciting FlatOut modes are great fun for a minute, but between the unexciting visuals, frustratingly unpredictable collision physics and overly aggressive AI, racing in FlatOut 4 is too hostile to be fun. | Read review |
Pure Playstation | Jeremy Peterson | 6 / 10 | 05-22-2017 | FlatOut 4 is an over-the-top racer that’s got the potential to entertain. However, the stingy payouts and an unrewarding unlock/progression system flattens a few tyres and holds back this decent game from being a great one. | Read review |
Push Square | Sammy Barker | 6 / 10 | 03-20-2017 | Perhaps the main takeaway here is that FlatOut 4: Total Insanity is safer than its name suggests. There’s not a lot to criticise in terms of its execution, but its ambition feels firmly rooted in the PlayStation 2 era. There’s nothing particularly wrong with that, and if you’re looking for a distraction to occupy between juggernaut releases, then the PS4 isn’t host to many destructive racers that are better. But while there’s fun to be had while you’re playing, don’t expect this above average car crash to live long in the memory at all. | Read review |
SomHráč.sk | Martin Kubeš | 60 / 100 | 04-08-2017 | FlatOut 4: Total Insanity fixed the issues of the previous game, but it’s still not enough. If the biggest problem of the game centered around crashes is the collision model, then it’s not worth much. If you’re tolerant enough, maybe the game will appeal to you, just wait for a discount. | Read review |
SpazioGames | Matteo Bussani | 7 / 10 | 03-25-2017 | Fallout 4 is a good game under different aspects. Fast and funny, gives different hours of fun for the players who are looking for a dirty and destructive racing game. | Read review |
Sports Gamers Online | Anthony Nappo | 6 / 10 | 05-22-2017 | While it is heads and shoulders above its predecessor, FlatOut 4 still leaves you wanting more. Fine tuning the difficulty and career mode would go a long way to redeeming the one time great FlatOut franchise. | Read review |
Stevivor | Steve Wright | 6 / 10 | 03-18-2017 | All up, FlatOut 4: Total Insanity is quite an improvement over the last game in the franchise. | Read review |
The Games Machine | Ivan Conte | 5 / 10 | 03-22-2017 | We desperately tried to like FlatOut 4, but we simply couldn’t. Despite some fun game modes and a decent multiplayer offering, the gameplay is sooo confusing, and bugs abound all around. Well, the steep price doesn’t help either. | Read review |
TheSixthAxis | Tuffcub | Not Recommended | 03-17-2017 | FlatOut 4 is a single minded beast where destroying your opponents is just as important as good driving. There are very few games of this type on this generation of console and whilst it’s not up to the standards of Motorstorm or Blur, it’s still a lot of silly fun. | Read review |
TheXboxHub | Carlos Santuana | 3 / 5 stars | 03-26-2017 | There should be no doubt that long-time fans of the series will be happy to finally have FlatOut return, but it will be more for the lack of anything like it available on the market right now, rather than the quality of the game this time round | Read review |
TrueAchievements | Andrew Ogley | 3 / 5 stars | 03-21-2017 | FlatOut 4 starts fast, furious, and certainly makes for plenty of early fun. However, after that initial adrenaline boost has passed, there comes a question about the longevity of the title. | Read review |
Video Chums | Stephen Palmer | 6.4 / 10 | 03-17-2017 | FlatOut 4 could have been a much better experience if its car physics were improved and it had a more varied career mode. | Read review |
Wccftech | Chris Wray | 4.5 / 10 | 04-02-2017 | FlatOut 4 is a frequently irritating game that’s held down by incredible amounts of grind, it has some saving graces with a variety of game modes and track types, but they don’t do enough to balance out against the negatives like AI, physics and more. | Read review |
Windows Central | Paul Acevedo | 4 / 5 stars | 03-19-2017 | FlatOut 4 is a little rough around the edges. | Read review |
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