Gravel Reviews
Gravel is an above average arcade game that doesn't seem to know what it wants to be. Milestone should probably slow down the pace and focus on quality, not quantity
Review in Slovak | Read full review
If you're looking for a game with fun arcade off-roading, Gravel is a decent choice but its lack of gameplay variety, average visuals, and steep price hold it back.
Gravel is a game displaced. It's a competent and occasionally pretty pick-up-and-play arcade racing game at its core, but it has the whiff of a game released in the wrong era – a scent it just can't shake. A 2018 rendition of '90s ambition. Gravel certainly channels the spirit and straightforward simplicity of Milestone's own 1997 arcade off-roader Screamer Rally but it has no unique hook for today's audience; no over-the-top arcade pizazz that folks will still be discussing 10 or 15 years down the track. It's functional and fun enough in small bursts, but arcade racers have come a long way over the past two decades and Gravel doesn't bring any new ideas to the paddock.
Gravel is a game worth playing for despite its technical shortcomings. Although the result is generally good and promising, it is still affected by a very rough graphic background and an excessively simple game development.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
All in all, Gravel, despite its best efforts, isn’t a bad game. It’s rough, annoying, hard on the eyes, and unpolished. But it is still fun to play and for a quick and dirty arcade session, there is a lot worse out there.
It is certainly not difficult to find faults in Gravel, but most of them are easy to forgive. It's a great feeling to put the pedal to the metal and just enjoy some great arcade racing. Rarely has a racing game been this fun and varied, although It could – and maybe should – have been better in a lot of ways.
Review in Swedish | Read full review
We have fun in each session and it makes us want to keep playing but the joking physics at times, his lack of technical ambition, his crazy AI or his repetitive mechanics to advance in career mode muddle the experience.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
While Gravel has issues like strange collisions, cars literally merging into each other and some issues with shadows, there is a lot to say about it. There's a wide variety of racing types, tracks and cars to use. Almost everything is fast paced and entertaining and simply gratifying. Simply put, Gravel is a very good arcade style racing game and Milestones best game yet.
Gravel may be visually inferior to other modern racers, but what Milestone has achieved mechanically and creatively deserves to be praised.
Gravel is a fun game that I siphoned a lot of enjoyment out of during its brief stint. I wish online was more populated and I wish the single player was a bit more meaty, especially at full asking price. Still when it hits a deep sale Gravel is worth a look for those that enjoy the off-road arcade racing we used to be flooded with on consoles.
Gravel offers relaxing off-road experience with arcade feeling. Milestone created enought content, but tracks are mostly boring.
Review in Slovak | Read full review
it will be difficult to convince you that the game suits you now with better games that offer more, not to mention the diversity of cars and tracks, we cannot say that we will leave these games to play Gravel it is an experience passed quickly will not remembered.
Review in Arabic | Read full review
Gravel's vehicle selection is small but well-chosen, the tracks are interesting to drive the rally classics around and online multiplayer is simple to use and well implemented
Gravel is entertains for the most part but outside the career mode the game lacks longevity. Coupled with some odd omissions such as leaderboards it's a competent racer and not much else.
It may have the blandest visuals on the block and its multiplayer offerings are currently in shambles, but Gravel is still brimming with attitude and excellence. No-frills racing to the extreme, Gravel is a nostalgic road trip that excites, thrills and charms when its given a chance to rev its engine.
Gravel's arcade sensibilities conjure occasional moments of flat out fun, but unimaginative track design and a lack of depth means most races are just dull.
If you like fun racing games, especially ones that never try to be too serious, Gravel will scratch your itch. The driving part of it is consistently enjoyable.
The fun you can have with Gravel outweighs its shortcomings.
In general, therefore, we want to say that the work done by Milestone for Gravel is definitely good; although there is some note to do, in fact, we are ahead of a nice and fun title. We like the style, the races and even the tracks. Definitely improved, but certainly very enjoyable by most. In short, an interesting game that deserves to be played!
Review in Italian | Read full review
Milestone has created something that's been missing in the genre, and though imperfect, it's a good start to what may be a new recurring franchise.