Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers Reviews

Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers is ranked in the 40th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
4 / 5.0
May 24, 2018

Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers follows a strict schedule of working, saving settlements, and enlisting in races. It may end up feeling a bit repetitive in the long run, but the game aims to mix it up with various jobs, different race track designs, and enemy variations.

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7 / 10
May 24, 2018

Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers takes the best part of the series' early games, adds some nice improvements, and provides a more refined overall package.

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8.5 / 10.0
May 24, 2018

The only shame is that Dead-Heat Breakers is launching on the 3DS at a time when the system is old hat. If you have the desire to put down your Switch and play some 3DS, Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers is very much recommended. Here's hoping the silent armadillo makes it to the greener pastures of the Switch in the future.

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6 / 10.0
May 24, 2018

With a 15+ hour storyline, Dillon’s Dead-Heat Breakers is fun when played in short bursts. The varied map terrain and heated battle action helps keep the monotony at bay, but the daily minigame-to-money grind and the odd, forced inclusion of Amiimals leaves this tower defence game with a bitter taste. Frankly, Dillon deserves better.

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7 / 10
May 23, 2018

Dillon’s Dead-Heat Breakers is a welcome return for the Red Flash, but sees the muted armadillo roll back into our lives with an inconsistent gameplay experience that has many flashes of thrilling brilliance that are let down by an otherwise heavily repetitive setup.

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