"When Ubisoft announced the ManiaPlanet platform at its E3 2010 press conference and at the same time revealed two titles that would join with TrackMania 2 in the Mania family, these being ShootMania and QuestMania, I was full of excitement. I am an avid fan of the TrackMania franchise, not only because the games’ themselves are fantastic, but also becauset Nadeo created a self-contained environment that allowed people full control in creating an unlimited amount of tracks and decals for TrackMania’s themed courses and vehicles. Applying that concept to a shooting game and a RPG sounds damn right amazing. ShootMania Storm took a while to arrive from its scheduled release of Q1 2011, but it’s here now, so after spending time with the game, is it worthy of the Mania title and the ideas that come with that?"
One Angry Gamer "Now here’s a bit of news you probably didn’t see coming: Nadeo has announced that you can gain free access to their ManiaPlanet games right now, no strings attached. You download the free demo and for 48 hours straight you can play the ManiaPlanet titles for free."
Shootmania Platform, developed by Nadeo, will be free in its current beta form for the whole summer.
The Trackmania games rarely go on sale, so getting any and/or all of them is a recommendation.
