Coffin Dodgers Demo

Coffin Dodgers, a very inspired name for a kart racing game that’s between senior citizen, who burn asphalt and swing walking sticks at each other. While racing, apart from disconnecting your competition from the pension plan, you also have to watch out for the Grim Reaper, who takes part in the races.

You might ask yourself what’s fun or funny about a game in which elderly people race in tricked out mobility scooters. Well, that’s what’s fun about it. Coffin Dodgers is designed around the rock solid Mario Kart gameplay scheme which means that it’s fast-paced, semi-chaotic and humorous.

The suburban retirement town becomes quite the hard-core race track once these high-level humans take to the track. Considering its play style, expect to have weapons, traps and power-ups to collect while racing, along with a bonus system that grants you experience for the amount of damage you do to the track. The latter refers to smashing into boxes, taking down traffic cones and hitting fire hydrants, all of which the elderly should be accustomed to.

In Coffin Dodgers, it’s easy to win as it is to lose. One little mistake and the Grim Reaper’s got a new friend to spend time with. It’s kind of sad when you put it like that. None the less, the game is made to be humorous and an example of that is the on-scooter melee attacks that can be performed by the racers.

To make things a bit more interesting, you can upgrade your scooter with a new engine or gearbox, strap on a fresh coat of paint, and even purchase a new weapon. There is enough variety in the game to keep you playing for hours on end, and that without going into the multiplayer side of things. Moreover, it’s rumored that after the Grim Reaper takes you, it’s not game over; you get to come back, but as a zombie racer.

Coffin Dodgers doesn’t reinvent the genre; it adds some nice touches, but that’s about it. There is a bit more that can be done to it, for example, make the ragdoll drivers a bit more amusing when they get knocked out of their vehicles. A little bit if elderly rumble-taunts would be nice too.

Summing things up, Coffin Dodgers is a neat game to have around for any casual day of if you’re into competitive kart racing.