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I loved the concept of Modnation but something about the way the karts controlled put me off playing it for very long. I'll keep a close eye on this one :D
This looks like a blast!
Very jealous of you guys getting a kart racer with track editing. Afaik there's really nothing like this on PC, even though we get lots of modding etc.Trackmania has a track editor, but it's not a combat racer and has no local multiplayer.
Very jealous of you guys getting a kart racer with track editing. Afaik there's really nothing like this on PC, even though we get lots of modding etc.Trackmania has a track editor, but it's not a combat racer and has no local multiplayer.
As long as they sort out the rubber banding difficulty to it's actually as fun to RACE as it was to build the characters, they'll have a winner.
ModNation was pretty much the child of mario kart and LBP.... but not as good as it should have been.
ModNation was pretty much the child of mario kart and LBP.... but not as good as it should have been.
Modnation Racers was a sound concept for a game but it just did not feel right. So many small problems just added up to a positively average game.
For one racing on custom tracks did not net you any exp so there was no incentive in playing on them. Second was the items were all horrendously overpowered that every tier 3 weapon was blue-shell level bullshit. You could use your boost meter to shield yourself from this but then game just becomes a matter of always keeping your boost and never actually using it unless it is a boost based item.
And thirdly while agreeing with @EdgeL
The game puts far too much emphasis on snaking and e-braking to the point that these are not skilled maneuvers but "push button to slide sideways" tricks and made the game feel not like racing but more like riding hockey pucks.
If they just made Mariokart with custom tracks then they will have my money day one. I am willing to give the devs another chance on this because it is just too fantastic a concept to let die.
For one racing on custom tracks did not net you any exp so there was no incentive in playing on them. Second was the items were all horrendously overpowered that every tier 3 weapon was blue-shell level bullshit. You could use your boost meter to shield yourself from this but then game just becomes a matter of always keeping your boost and never actually using it unless it is a boost based item.
And thirdly while agreeing with @EdgeL
The game puts far too much emphasis on snaking and e-braking to the point that these are not skilled maneuvers but "push button to slide sideways" tricks and made the game feel not like racing but more like riding hockey pucks.
If they just made Mariokart with custom tracks then they will have my money day one. I am willing to give the devs another chance on this because it is just too fantastic a concept to let die.
This could be a good thing. Modnation had great customization, but it wasn't fun. If this is fun I might dip my nuggets into it's giblet juice.
I was skeptical as to how this would differ from Modnation, but after seeing the trailer I can see how being set in LBP's world would allow for more customisable environments.
so basically Sony slapped LBP name on Modnation sequel to make us forget how bad original game was and sell few more copies to unsuspecting gamers? the whole change in style made Modnation 2 look incredibly bland with surprisingly drab color palette.
plus there are people who already know how bad LBP games actually are so i don't think slapping this name will sell more copies of this game.
without some serious changes in balance, physics, gameplay, UI etc. over original Modnation i doubt it could succeed - let alone compete with upcoming Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing 2.
plus there are people who already know how bad LBP games actually are so i don't think slapping this name will sell more copies of this game.
without some serious changes in balance, physics, gameplay, UI etc. over original Modnation i doubt it could succeed - let alone compete with upcoming Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing 2.
@sofik,
Metacritic game scores:
Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing -- 77
Modnation Racers -- 82
LittleBigPlanet -- 95
LittleBigPlanet 2 -- 91
Yeah, wow. Sony's probably REALLY concerned about competing with Sonic Racing 2 and it's absolutely RABID fanbase.
Metacritic game scores:
Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing -- 77
Modnation Racers -- 82
LittleBigPlanet -- 95
LittleBigPlanet 2 -- 91
Yeah, wow. Sony's probably REALLY concerned about competing with Sonic Racing 2 and it's absolutely RABID fanbase.
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