Slackers – Carts of Glory Review

Electric vehicles might be good for the environment, but nothing is more eco-friendly than the tried-and-true shopping cart.

Enter Falling Saints’ Slackers – Carts of Glory: a racing game where players can hit the road with these supermarket staples. Should players go out for what amounts to the ultimate beer run, or do we need some help on aisle 10?

Slackers – Carts of Glory Review

While players are setting out to save the world in some of this season’s top titles like Metaphor: ReFantazio and Frostpunk 2, Slackers – Carts of Glory throws players into a far more serious dilemma.

With the store closing soon, it’s up to one’s slacker friends to barrel down the hill AQAP (as quick as possible) and make a beer run before they have a sober evening on their hands.

Needless to say, the Dude Abides.

However, if one wants to drink and drive, a car is out of the question. Slackers – Carts of Glory changes things up by giving players a shopping cart to get to their destination, letting players barrel down each of its hills without a care in the world.

As one would expect, Slackers – Carts of Glory’s four wheeled wonders aren’t quite modern marvels. Brakes are nonexistent, and the most control players will have is a jump, push, and scoot.

Unfortunately, some of these mechanics work better than others. Slackers – Carts of Glory prides itself on simplicity and danger, but the system doesn’t always work. With each run clocking in at around a minute, each area is short enough to master, overcoming nasty wipe outs from dump trucks and curbs.

Players can also easily respawn in Slackers – Carts of Glory at their leisure and grab additional beer cans to get their stamina back up (just like in real life). The stamina system is fairly generous, and it’s easy to hit top speeds before too long.

As a result, Slackers – Carts of Glory’s system is a bit of an acquired taste. While it can be fun hitting the perfect line, the limited tools for the job will not appeal to everyone. We ended up struggling a bit with its system, feeling that it was a bit limited. While intentional by design, it didn’t quite gel for us.

Even when one masters each of these shopping carts, each run can just as easily be undone by a curb clipping or some other random bit of nonsense. There is some skill involved, but Murphy’s Law reigns supreme.

On that same note, there just isn’t a lot of substance to Slackers – Carts of Glory. The whole title feels like a glorified minigame, and while players can get beer for their alter of chug to unlock additional levels, it’s over sooner rather than later.

Slackers – Carts of Glory is made up of the concepts of a plan, featuring an interesting idea and stretching it a bit too thin for a full release. The end result feels like a fun minigame, something that is good for a lazy afternoon rather than a skill-based addiction.

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