Auto Age: Standoff (2017)

Step into the world of Auto Age: Standoff, set in the year 2080 when America has fallen into ruin. The eastern territories are patrolled by militarized motorist groups attempting to maintain order, while the western wastelands are controlled by ruthless wheeled gangs. Amid the desolation, a cryptic transmission emerges over radio channels, drawing wanderers into the treacherous desert canyons of the Dead Zone.

Choose Your Allegiance

Players must decide their path in this intense vehicular conflict. Support SAIGE and Val Vega in their struggle for a hopeful future, or align with the sinister Dark Jaw and his rebellious Jawlings to pursue total domination. Each faction offers unique gameplay dynamics, ensuring strategic variety and immersive engagement in every battle.

Team-Based Vehicular Combat

Engage in fast-paced, twelve-player online skirmishes or enjoy classic local couch co-op. Auto Age: Standoff supports split-screen gameplay, allowing up to four players to compete or cooperate in private matches while also participating in online encounters. The game’s flexible multiplayer modes cater to both competitive and cooperative play styles, emphasizing teamwork, coordination, and tactical combat.

Customize and Upgrade Your Vehicles

In a high-tech world where survival depends on superior firepower, players can select from a variety of vehicle chassis and outfit them with powerful weapons and advanced gadgets. Options include missile launchers, ramming plates, mines, boosters, and other enhancements. The game features over fourteen vehicles across light, medium, heavy, and tower classes, as well as more than thirty weapons and gadgets for a fully personalized combat experience.

Multiple Combat Modes

Players can test their skills in various game modes, including classic Deathmatch (both free-for-all and team-based) across five expansive wasteland maps. In addition, Point Capture mode challenges teams to secure and defend Eagle’s Nest, emphasizing strategic coordination and communication. Online matches support up to twelve players simultaneously, providing intense and chaotic gameplay opportunities for competitive and cooperative experiences alike.

Retro-Futuristic Audio Experience

The game’s atmosphere combines elements of the 1980s with a futuristic vision of 2080, reflected in both visual and audio design. Players can enjoy a retro-future dashboard soundtrack that mixes synthwave and high-energy guitar tracks, creating an immersive audio backdrop for high-speed vehicular combat. Featured artists include 20Six Hundred, Skull Fist, Stilz, and TWRP, with underscore compositions by Jim Guthrie and JJ Ipsen. The game’s theme song is performed by Matthew Reid, enhancing the overall immersive retro-futuristic experience.

Key Features

• Dynamic twelve-player online combat and local split-screen co-op for up to four players
• Over fourteen vehicles spanning light, medium, heavy, and tower classes
• More than thirty weapons and gadgets including missile launchers, mines, ramming plates, and boosters
• Varied game modes including Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, and Point Capture across five detailed wasteland maps
• Immersive retro-futuristic soundtrack combining synthwave and guitar-driven tracks
• Engaging faction-based gameplay allowing players to choose sides between SAIGE and Val Vega or Dark Jaw and his Jawlings

Auto Age: Standoff merges high-speed vehicular combat with strategic multiplayer gameplay, offering players a unique combination of customization, teamwork, and retro-futuristic style set in a post-apocalyptic 2080 America.

Auto Age: Standoff may appeal to fans of '80s nostalgia and over-the-top car combat, but it fails to deliver a lasting experience. While the game's concept of team-based vehicular warfare in a post-apocalyptic world is intriguing, the execution feels shallow. The combat can get repetitive quickly, and despite a variety of weapons and vehicles, the gameplay lacks the depth needed to keep players engaged long-term.

Though the retro-futuristic aesthetic and synthwave soundtrack are fun, they aren't enough to elevate the overall experience. The multiplayer modes provide some excitement, but the lack of meaningful progression or innovation leaves Auto Age: Standoff feeling like a missed opportunity. If you're looking for a deep, strategic car combat game, there are better options out there.