POD 2

POD 2: Multiplayer Online (released under the title POD: Speedzone in North America) was the sequel to the 1997 racing game, POD, made by Ubisoft and available for Dreamcast.

Gameplay

In POD 2 the player had the option of connecting to the Internet to play against other people. The game takes place on a terraformed version of Saturn's largest moon Titan where a planet-wide viral outbreak has taken place. The premise of the game is that the only person who knows how to contain the virus will only assist the player if they race against him. There are a variety of courses that include volcanoes and deserts.

Development and release

A PlayStation 2 and a Microsoft Windows version were also planned for release in 2001, both developed by Ubisoft UK but were scrapped.

In October 2017 the online portions of the game where brought back online thanks to fans.[1][2]

Reception

Blake Fischer reviewed the Dreamcast version of the game for Next Generation, rating it two stars out of five, and stated that "As mediocre a racing experience as you can possibly buy."[3]

gollark: They're mostly just a mildly aesthetic part of the skybox.
gollark: Literally take them from space and run them through the GTech™ stellar disassembly line.
gollark: The stars are worse, even, since they're basically entirely deterministic, while osmarks.net COULD but doesn't use a CSPRNG.
gollark: I'm not sure what it'd involve.
gollark: Write it and I'll host it.

References
  1. http://www.dreamcastlive.net/blogs/
  2. http://www.thedreamcastjunkyard.co.uk/2017/10/pod-2-is-back-online.html
  3. Fischer, Blake (April 2001). "Finals". Next Generation. Vol. 4 no. 4. Imagine Media. p. 84.


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