I never had a Dreamcast growing up – I was strictly a Nintendo kid – but like any good millennial gamer, I've grown obsessed with a nebulous style of game with a "Dreamcast vibe." Think Crazy Taxi, Jet Set Radio, or Space Channel 5, with a nebulous combination of colorful graphics, a bangin' soundtrack, and a spirit of experimentation. That spirit isn't dead, either, as the Steam Next Fest demo for Denshattack! has offered the most distilled Dreamcast vibe experience I've had in ages.
The name of Denshattack! evokes the popular Japanese train series Densha de Go!, exclamation point and all, but this isn't a simcade experience that has you roleplaying as a train conductor. Instead, you drive a train like Tony Hawk rides a skateboard, jumping off ramps, pulling off tricks, and trying to build a high score out of increasingly intricate combos.
