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Modnation Racers (vs Mario Kart?)

Nightflash28 · 2010-01-22 05:17:40

Hey everyone,I just finished playing some online races in the Modnation racers beta and I mus say I am pleasantly surprised. Having seen the first few gameplay vids, i didn't think this game would play like much, but it's fun as hell!The creation tools give you a lot of freedom (though most items need to be unlocked first) and I already ran into some pretty well-made and / or humerous knock-offs of Spiderman, Naruto and even Mario and so on. I haven't dwelved into the track editor yet.But I don't really wanna talk about the create-things-yourself part of the game, but the gameplay itself.When some people here have made comparisons to Mario Kart, well, they weren't really that far off. In fact, to me, the game feels like Mario Kart on steroids. And man, it's GOOD! The game is super-fast and hectic, the controls are tight and you really feel in charge of your vehicle. There are power-ups such as boosts, rockets, homing missles, mines, and they seem to be all rather well balanced.The problem I had with Mario Kart on the Wii was that a lot of things were purely based on luck and that many power-ups could easily help you blast from 8th place to 1st. It's not a racing game with funny elements anymore, it has become a 'party game' with racing as its secondary focus.Now that I've just played Modnation Racers for just about 2 hours, I can safely say that I had more fun with it that I did With Mario Kart Wii. I felt much more that I was in control over the outcome of the race. If I got stuck at a wall and lost precious seconds, that really had an impact and there's no such power-up as the 'Bullet Bill' power-up to automatically blast you over the track to catch up. The weapons, racing, drifting all take skill to master, and I honestly wish that Mario Kart Wii would have been a bit more like this.All in all; the game plays great, looks great (graphics are detailed, crisp and the presentation is beatufil and vibrant) and is just a hell lot of fun. And although some people didn't think this game could not be better than Mario Kart, I think it can.

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kozzy1234

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#51 kozzy1234

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People really think Modnation is better then Mario Kart? Serious?
-starman-

Mario Kart is a great cart racer... but it's lack of real support and nintendo's unwillingness to fix what are glaring errors really bring down it's playability.

they're stance on patching problems is ridiculous, especially when compared to how the other two operate.

Nintendo could literally fix the track issues with fences. little pixel fences. but they wont

so screw them. i'm playing MNR instead.

IMO Modnations is only better at custimization which it does very well. But Mario Kart has better gameplay and contrtols to me.

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#52 intro94

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mkart had more freshness, and personality. A mee/too racer with upgrades from the original game and a mere character editor to replace likeable chars is not enough to make it a land home even if its better in other regards.it had to be better since they could see what was good on the world biggest hit and just add upon that.I dont really agree with the OP yet, and i spent 200 hours in MK, but didnt have the time to spend as much in mod. Just saying,luck in MKART is very less important than unskilled players think.Thats why there are 9999 people and not everyone is 5000.Skilled players beat items with skill.people who complain of the luck in mkart are often mediocre or average players under 8000 who blame luck rather than their skills. To be honest, even the sonic racing game had better visuals/even the wii version regarding mkart, and online support. Was it better?seriously? in some cases, patch ability and such extras arent gonna put a game above the genre king even.

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