Asphalt: Rebellion (2018) (PC/J2ME/Vita/3DS/iOS/Android/XONE/PS4)

Asphalt: Rebellion is a 2018 racing video game developed by Mojang Santa Monica and published by Mojang Dallas for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo 3DS, iOS, Android, XBOX ONE and PlayStation 4. The 3DS/Vita version was developed by RenderWare Interactive. Hot Pursuit is the sixteenth Asphalt title and was released in September 2018, with digital distribution versions released within October 2018. A remastered version, titled Asphalt: Rebellion Remastered, was released on December 21st, 2028, for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Zeta, and on December 25th, 2028, for PlayStation Portable 2 & XBOX 420.

Rebellion 's gameplay is set in the fictional Wilson County, which is based on the American & Canadian states of Alaska, Yukon and British Columbia, in which players can compete in several types of races. Players can compete online (except in the Wii version), which includes additional game modes such as Hot Pursuit, Interceptor and Race. The game features a new social interaction system called "Autolog", which is a network that connects friends for head-to-head races and compares player stats for competition. The game also features paid downloadable content in the form of new cars, new race and pursuit events, and new trophies and achievements.

Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and XBOX ONE
Rebellion goes back to the Asphalt series' roots and takes on the gameplay style of the earlier Asphalt: Test Drive and Asphalt: Urban GT titles in the Asphalt franchise with exotic cars and high-speed police chases. The relationship between the cops and racers is described as "a dog chasing down a rabbit"; the police being more powerful while the racers are faster. Each side has several power-ups including calling for roadblocks and radar jamming. According to Mojang Santa Monica the single-player section is somewhere between 12 and 15 hours long, but with much replay value.

The game takes place in a fictional location known as Wilson County based on Alaska, Yukon and British Columbia. It's an open world and features over 100 miles (160 km) of open road, four times larger than that of Elite Import Nights, Criterion's previous title. Hot Pursuit features a new social interaction system called "Autolog" which is described as "Facebook for the game". The game features both single-player and multiplayer game modes with up to eight players; as an option to live multiplayer racing, players can post records and achievements on the Autolog feed for friends to see, which they then can try to beat. Autolog also contains an experience system called "Bounty".

The driving mode of the game is described as "fun, accessible, okay", however not as arcade-styled as Elite Import Nights, but far from a simulator. All vehicles in Rebellion are licensed real-world cars and SUVs, described as "all the cars you dreamed of driving, in the way you dreamed of driving them".

Most vehicles are available in both racer and police variants, but a few cars are exclusive to each side. There is no car customization or tuning, other than color changing, "just because the game really focuses on the retro Asphalt element." Unlike previous Asphalt games which use unbranded, fictional models, real cars like the Tesla Model S, Toyota Prius, Jeep Wrangler, Volkswagen Touareg, and Ram 1500 are used as traffic cars.

3DS/Vita/iOS/Android
The 3DS/Vita/iOS/Android version of Asphalt: Rebellion has very little in common with its Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and XBOX ONE counterparts. This version was designed by a different company (RenderWare Interactive), and was a completely different game in nearly every virtual aspect: graphics, soundtrack, racing modes, gameplay, and customization. Some reviewers cited that the 3DS/Vita/iOS/Android version showed stark similarities to a previous Asphalt installment, The Murder Derby. This version takes place in four real-life cities across the world, as opposed to the fictional Wilson County in the other versions. The four cities, each set in a different time of day — New York City, USA, set in the morning, Cape Town, South Africa, set in the afternoon, Barcelona, Spain, set in the early evening, and Tokyo, Japan, which is set in the middle of the night.

In Career mode, there are 4 super-tournaments (each city) and a Grand Prix Tournament. Each super-tournament consists of four smaller tournaments, which consist of Hot Pursuit (circuit with cops), Eliminator (knockout), Time Marker (solo timed circuit) and Rush Hour (100 to 1) races. Each super tournament concludes with a Boss Race, which is a free roam race (with GPS) to capture more of the checkpoint flags than the Boss (2 out of 3, etc.). Besides Career, the game offers Quick Race mode, which allows up to four players on split screens, each with their own map, and the four race types from Career plus a fifth, "Interceptor" (be a cop & bust a speeder).

The cars, purchased with Bounty, improve in speed, acceleration, and strength (D, C, B, A, and S Class cars, plus police vehicles in the Quick Race's "Interceptor" race). Racers do not have names, just the Career/Profile names. During the race, players can accumulate and use regular nitro and super nitro (more powerful but shorter), similar to The Murder Derby. Power-ups/"Supes" are acquired while driving: Boost (extra nitro), Drain (others' nitro), Cruise Control (brief auto-steering), Deflect The Heat (send police after opponents), Jammer (invisibility to police), Tank (resistance to crash damage), Soundwave (circular explosion), and Repair (immediate car restoration). Repair is the most important, as players' car must be in a good condition to accumulate Nitro and be immune from being busted by the cops.

A complex yet extensive range of visual customization options is available, including body kits, wheels, and a full range of colors & vinyls, including freehand drawing ability. The most obvious difference is that the graphics and racing physics in this version are completely different from the other versions, giving it a retro look and feel reminiscent of retro PlayStation 2 games.

Setting
Set way in the future, ICE Cars is considered relics and shunned by the general public, constantly pushing to own the newest, most advanced electric cars on the market, in a world where racing is a thing of the past, shunned by the environmental extremists of this futuristic utopia. Yet in what has been called the Second Gilded Age where appearance and image is everything, a group of freedom fighters seek to break free from the social norm, and rise up to fight this tyranny brought about by decades of perversion and brainwashing by the politicians. Their mission: Resurrect the gasoline-burning brutes of the past, and use them as weapons in an automotive warfare to rise above the dictators of this age.

Story
The story begins in the year 2032, 10 years after a 30-car-pileup in Tokyo's Wangan Route caused the public and politicians to turn against gas-running cars, first banning Diesel-ran cars in the year 2025. A young car enthusiast by the name of Maelstrom drives a 2005 Ford Mustang GT, escaping the city of Chicago, leaving for the fictional Wilson County in the North of the country. After arriving in Devil's Highway (infamous for it's hairpin turns), he meets an 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS, flashing it's lights towards it.

The Camaro turns and launches & Maelstrom follows it, who leads it to a garage. There he meets several protagonists from older Asphalts; Tyson from Death Race, Hayden from Elite Import Nights & Death Race, White Hat & Ryder from Most Wanted & Death Race & the Protagonist of Death Race, and Eric Marshall from The Run, who piloted the Camaro. Tyson then tells the player that they need their help with taking down the government's anti ICE car stance by wrecking their image.

The player racks up enough followers on social media for their brand to be known. Although the Government tries deleting all of their accounts, Hayden sets up more sockpuppet accounts, causing the president to come over Twitter's HQ and berate the President of Twitter for the lack of action. Soon afterwards, his name is so famous, another young car enthusiast by the name of "B00ST3RJUIC3" who drives a 1991 Ferrari 512 TR, challenges Maelstrom to a touge race. After winning she takes off her driver helmet to reveal herself to be Tess Wintory, the daughter of Stuart Wintory from Test Drive Unlimited 2. She reveals that she ran away from her rich father to live as a outlaw, now referring to herself as "The Outlaw Princess".

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Cars
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