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Horizon Chase - World Tour is a racing video game developed and published by the Brazilian[1] Aquiris Game Studio. It was released on August 20, 2015, for iOS and Android platforms. It is a 3D game inspired by 2D, 16-bit titles. Its soundtrack has Nintendocore influences.[2]

Horizon Chase - World Tour
Developer(s)	Aquiris Game Studio
Publisher(s)	Aquiris Game Studio
Composer(s)	Barry Leitch
Series	Horizon Chase
Platform(s)	iOS, Android
Release	August 20, 2015
Genre(s)	Racing
Mode(s)	Single-player

In 2019, a successor called Horizon Chase Turbo was released for Linux, Windows, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PlayStation Vita via a Play-Asia physical release, one of the last of such for the system. A second sequel, titled Horizon Chase 2, launched for Apple Arcade on September 6, 2022, and consoles in 2023.[3]

Gameplay

In Horizon Chase, the player has to complete races on tracks located all around the world. The player has to pickup fuel refills on the track, in order to continue playing. The player also has to collect coins, as currency, to unlock new tracks. The player can also use nitro boosts to speed up their car.[4] Like a standard race, the player starts every race at the back, and needs to overtake opponents to win. Different weather effects and track types can affect handling and the difficulty of driving.[4]

Development

The game's soundtrack was composed by Barry Leitch, who was contacted due to his work on Top Gear, a racing game released in 1992 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.[5] The soundtrack of that game was popular among Brazilian fans, leading to a remix contest.[5] The remixes were later released as part of the soundtrack[6] and a cover of the popular Las Vegas track from Top Gear was included as an Easter Egg.

Easter Eggs and Trivia

The game's composer also included a hidden marriage proposal to his longtime girlfriend in the game with the assistance of the development team, which was discovered by fans but kept secret until he was ready to share the story.[7]

Courses

California	Chile	Brazil	South Africa	Greece	Iceland
Death Valley	Easter Island	Chapada Diamantina	Madagascar	Bay of Kotor	Gulfoss Waterfall
San Francisco	Atacama Desert	Brasília	Cape Town	Meteora	Videy
Sequoia National Park	Santiago	Niterói	Die Uniegebou	Acropolis	Reykjavík
Los Angeles	Villarrica	Salvador	Blyde River Canyon	Santorini	Eyjafjallajökull
United Arab Emirates	India	Australia	China	Japan	Hawaii
Al Gharbia Qasr	Valley of Flowers	Brighton Beach	Hong Kong	Sapporo	Na Pali Coast
Abu Dhabi	Amristar Golden Temple	Uluru	Beijing	Tokyo	Molokini
Palm Island	Taj Mahal	Sydney	Great Wall	Kyoto	Honolulu
Dubai	Varanasi		Chengdu	Iya Valley	Kīlauea
French Polynesia
French Polynesia

Reception

Horizon Chase received positive reviews, with an aggregate score of 88/100 on Metacritic.[8]

Carter Dodson of TouchArcade rated the game 5/5 stars, praising the game's visual style, soundtrack, and controls, and calling it a "template for how other developers need to do retro-inspired games."[9] Harry Slater of Pocket Gamer rated the game a 9/10, calling it "a bright and brash arcade racer that looks stunning", while saying that its gameplay is good enough to back up its presentation. He noted that the game got "a little grindy at times", though calling it "the type of grind you're happy to wade through". The site awarded the game the "Gold" award.[4] Tom Christiansen of Gamezebo rated the game 3.5/5 stars, calling the visuals "solid" and praising the soundtrack, but saying he disliked the auto-turn assist system that was impossible to turn off, also calling the AI "impossibly fast" and unlocking new cars overly difficult.[10]

References

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