Skydrift: Gladiator Multiplayer Pack Review

By Kevin Mitchell  |  Posted: September 21, 2011

Instead of adding even more new planes to the game, the Gladiator Pack adds two additional game modes. Take out your frustration from a close race with a friend in the return of two classic multiplayer online modes — Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch. There are six different arenas to do battle in, each with optional time of day or weather effects to utilize. As with the original game's online play, we experienced the same issues in these newly added online modes.

Throughout the matches, the score displayed different amounts on each of our three screens. At the end of the matches, the game refused to end but allowed two of us to break past the barrier and fly around the entire map unimpeded. It was cool to explore and see that right next to the Deathmatch arena was the race course, but it was still terrible that we were forced to quit the match.

Simply Put

The matches are fun when you have a group playing together, but I wouldn't recommend it for one-on-one matches – it can be very slow-paced due to the size of some maps. If the online play worked flawlessly, it would be a must-buy, but since the same problems appeared that we had in the original game, and there isn't any local play, I would only recommend it if you have a group of friends to play with, as finding a random match online is a rarity.