zath.co.uk Updated: 2014-09-20 02:03:23
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I’ve been waiting for a decent racer for a while since playing Mario Kart Wii, and ModNation Racers has definitely filled a hunger I’ve developed since getting rid of my Nintendo Wii. However saying that, ModNation Racers definitely comes with its pr...
Overall, I’ve been impressed with ModNation Racers but because of the stupidly long load times for pretty much everything you do, I’ve knocked my score down a bit. There is meant to be a patch coming out to solve this issue, but it’ll need sorting soon...
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The kart racing genre is arguably one of the most mature in the gaming world; for decades developers have tried to improve its basic formula. Generally this has required little more than simple gameplay interspersed with colourful characters and a hand...
So many releases these days are heavily layered and difficult to master – to the extent that gamers are expected to spend ten to fifteen hours before really mastering the in-game features. The best thing about Modnation racers is that it was developed...
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What do you get when you combine Mario Kart with Little Big Planet? The answer is ModNation Racers, an addictively entertaining kart game that opens up a Pandora’s Box of custom modifications which is almost as fun as the racing itself. This kart game...
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ModNation Racers is the debut title from United Front. The highly customisable kart racer builds on Sony’s "Play, Create, Share" philosophy. The driver and track editors are both intuitive and detailed. The singleplayer experience can prove frustrating...
Highly customisable characters. An intuitive track editor with both “auto-generate” and manual editing options to cater to both budding designers and people less inclined to spend hours tweaking the minutiae. Very cool “urban vinyl” presentation.
Best played multiplayer: The AI racers in singleplayer can be teeth-gratingly ruthless. Some weapons are simply too destructive. Long load times.
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I promised myself that I wouldn’t stick the phrase “Little Big Racer” into any of the teaser blurbs for this review. It was difficult – this is, after all, Sony’s attempt at crafting a user-driven experience that does for kart racing what Little Big Pl...
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s a brand to sell games on, Play, Create, Share always felt a little hollow with only LittleBigPlanet to pin it on. Now Sony has ModNation Racers to add to this new genre it’s trying to pioneer; a genre that holds all the promise of this generation in...
Even as a karting game ModNation Racers puts the likes Sonic to shame, but add the immense levels of creativity and this is a class apart. It has some technical issues, but once the community comes it should make a worthy partner to Sackboy’s adventure...
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After years of having to deal with petulant games journalists, vocal forum members and an increasingly fussy buying public, we’re not surprised that more and more developers are turning to us and saying “Fine! You don’t like what we’ve done? Why don’t...
Wacky (in a good way) races, Intuitive track editing, Sound racing mechanics...
Frustrating objectives, Annoyingly artificial rubber banding, Might experience 'developer's block'...
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What is it about?ModNation Racers takes the typical, chaotic Kart racing formula and adds a host of customisable, social and multiplayer features. Gameplay typically involves speeding around a variety of obstacle-laden tracks, drifting around corners a...
Customisation tools are easy to use, yet extremely indepth, Track Editor adds infinite replay value, Performs well on the track, with smooth handling and fastpaced races, Up to 12 players online...
Would have been nice to be able to tweak Kart performance more, Career mode commentators are irritating and it's a little bit boring...
and scoreThat fun factor could have been multiplied if karts handled differently. In Mario Kart (sorry to refer to it again) you have a roster of characters that all have different strengths and weaknesses on the track; and that works extremely well...
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