Daft Posted June 3, 2009 Posted June 3, 2009 Yeah, I love LBP but it requires a lot of time to make even a basic level. This looks amazingly simple. I hope there are a load of game modes to go with it too. Point to point races would be nice and not just circuits. After looking at MAG, 256 player race anyone?
ReZourceman Posted June 5, 2009 Posted June 5, 2009 I see this has having a longer lasting appeal than LBP....it looks....so good. I'm gonna make mega volcano awesome ice jungle hax tracks.
flameboy Posted June 5, 2009 Posted June 5, 2009 Good preview over at Eurogamer; http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/e3-modnation-racers-preview Gives sense of the fundamental differences there are in the design choices they've made regarding level creation. One thing I've wondered about about the actual karting is how good will it be? Just LBP did get criticism for not being that tight a platformer, due to the loose controls and the slight problems of moving between the 3 planes. I think however that the overall experience of LBP made up for these slight misgivings some people might have.
ReZourceman Posted June 5, 2009 Posted June 5, 2009 Word Flamey, its something I'm somewhat hesitant of. From the video....the handling looks a little.....wet, but I guess I can't really comment without having played it. I'd say its very important for them to get some tight controls down. Certainly drifting sounds and looks ace, and so we could be onto a winner.
flameboy Posted July 10, 2009 Posted July 10, 2009 Not a bad little trailer looked fun enough to me. Nothing new really revealed tbh odd to see them going back to the play,create,share as in the press conference they had changed it to race,create,share.
Daft Posted September 6, 2009 Posted September 6, 2009 That does look awesome. I wasn't that excited before but I am now. I thought MK on the Wii was lame (the DS one is the best) so I had my fingers crossed with this. I read a hands on and apparently the handling is pretty good so that's my biggest concern alleviated.
dwarf Posted September 6, 2009 Posted September 6, 2009 MKDS was awesome because of the retro feel they gave it, The 3D graphics were just about good enough to make it look awesome in an oldish sort of way. MK Wii is okay, just felt slightly wrong somehow. This I am still hesitant to say whether I like the look of it or not. I probably need to see the amount of options that they give you, because so far they haven't showed us a really outlandish F-Zero course and those sort of things need to be made possible. As I said, with so many levels that will be created and tested, you wonder if the karting will get boring or not. I'm not really too bothered about winning on some rubbish circular circuit that someone's knocked up in five minutes, like almost every other creator. The creation here is only half about making it look cool because you'll probably be concentrating and it'll be hard to notice the efforts of the designer. With LBP you can jump in and out and explore the levels freely, or be made to see everything within the levels and it just works.
Goron_3 Posted September 6, 2009 Posted September 6, 2009 Sweet! This looks absolutely epic i'm in love Retro are you getting a PS3 then? I defo want one so if you're getting one too we're gonna have to make all the F1 tracks Can you imagine racing up Eau Rouge?
Daft Posted November 11, 2009 Posted November 11, 2009 New screens and artwork. I'm looking forward to this. Hopefully it'll be a good replacement for Mario Kart DS since both the Gamecube and Wii Karts are utter crap. Double Dash less so. I'd like to see some customisable weapons, just aesthetically, so I can tell who's shooting them.
dwarf Posted November 11, 2009 Posted November 11, 2009 Hey I liked Double Dash. Not really rating this though, the characters are obviously trying to appeal in the same way that sackboy did but they aren't as good, or charming.
Daft Posted November 11, 2009 Posted November 11, 2009 I actually like the characters. They remind me of Kubricks. You're right though, they aren't charming.
Goron_3 Posted November 11, 2009 Posted November 11, 2009 This game is going to be my baby i just know it. Aslong as the items are balanced unlike some games (MK Wii take notice) I can definately see myself getting a PS3 for this.
Retro_Link Posted November 11, 2009 Author Posted November 11, 2009 I loved Mario Kart Wii! Double Dash was rubbish. This continues to look good! You're right about the characters, though hopefully if there's plenty of customisation options for them it will be better. It's definately one of those games that has me interested in buying a PS3!
Happenstance Posted December 18, 2009 Posted December 18, 2009 ModNation Racer Beta code GET!!! All I got was a code for a free theme
flameboy Posted December 18, 2009 Posted December 18, 2009 All I got was a code for a free theme same here....:weep::weep::weep::weep::weep::weep:
Daft Posted December 18, 2009 Posted December 18, 2009 There are framerate issues and the loading is a little long and the online didn't seem to be working when I tried... But the racing is rock solid. It's got powersliding and all. It pretty much is like Mario Kart except you can't snake. After a bit of powersliding the boost kicks in. The customisation is immense. I haven't tried track customisation, not sure it's in the beta, but the cars and the little people are ace. Also, I take back what I said about the little people being charmless, they are ace. From what I can tell of the tracks that are included, track creation is going to be pretty comprehensive. The important thing is the racing feels fun.
Happenstance Posted December 18, 2009 Posted December 18, 2009 Whens the game scheduled to be released?
flameboy Posted December 18, 2009 Posted December 18, 2009 Whens the game scheduled to be released? February/March
Daft Posted December 18, 2009 Posted December 18, 2009 Looks like there'll be a bit of a story with the career mode.
flameboy Posted December 18, 2009 Posted December 18, 2009 There are framerate issues and the loading is a little long and the online didn't seem to be working when I tried... But the racing is rock solid. It's got powersliding and all. It pretty much is like Mario Kart except you can't snake. After a bit of powersliding the boost kicks in. The customisation is immense. I haven't tried track customisation, not sure it's in the beta, but the cars and the little people are ace. Also, I take back what I said about the little people being charmless, they are ace. From what I can tell of the tracks that are included, track creation is going to be pretty comprehensive. The important thing is the racing feels fun. Just to go back to your previous post! That's the most important thing, I was kinda worried that the racing experience may be lacking but sounds like that perhaps is not the case.
Daft Posted December 18, 2009 Posted December 18, 2009 Yeah, it's alleviated my worries. The camera seems a bit close to the racer but you get used to it pretty quickly. Can't wait to try some online races. I'd definitely play this online. No problem. FPSs are a bit too intense for me to bother online but racing, I'm all for.
flameboy Posted December 18, 2009 Posted December 18, 2009 Yeah, it's alleviated my worries. The camera seems a bit close to the racer but you get used to it pretty quickly. Can't wait to try some online races. I'd definitely play this online. No problem. FPSs are a bit too intense for me to bother online but racing, I'm all for. same here...thats why I loved Burnout so much.
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