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Moren on 04 May 2010

there's no video review?
Aww, I wanted to see what were the arguments for making this game better than mario kart

also pretty good score I guess, I wonder if the mk thing is true



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Euphoria14 on 04 May 2010
MaxwellGT2000 said:
Euphoria14 said:
MaxwellGT2000 said:
Euphoria14 said:
Torillian said:
FreeTalkLive said:
maverick40 said:
wow a better score than mario kart wii!!Making modnation racers the best cart racer this gen so far!!

There is an outside chance it is #4 behind 2 Mario Karts and TrackMania United Forever.

based on what would it be #4?

TrackMania United Forever is on PC and the 2 Mario Karts from DS and GBA.

 

In other words it is the best on consoles and the best that offers splitscreen 4-player local play and as well as online + track creation and sharing.


To me that means that when directly compared, nothing else is close. 

 

I may end up picking this up. It is between this and RDR.

Or rather it's just too different from the other games to be directly compared... which it will, and it's gonna end up being a pain in my ass.

It's like comparing Mario Kart 64 to Diddy Kong Racing, yeah they're both kart racers, but they don't even come close to playing the same.

And I'm pretty sure the context was THIS GEN so freetalk was meaning MK Wii.  Not sure why you want to throw MK Wii out of there and then have some banter about MNR as "the best on consoles" and "best that offers splitscreen 4-player"... I mean honestly you're (and everyone else that quoted each other) just fanning the fire that CGI tried to defuse with a joke. 

It's rather dumb if you've extensively played the games in question (I know MNR isn't out but there is the beta)

So we can't compare MNR and Mario Kart Wii?

Back in the day me and friends would compare DKR and MK64 all the time, especially in regards to the 4 player games.

 

Just because they aren't exactly the same doesn't mean you can't compare them.

Then that's sort of like comparing L4D to Halo to CoD, all three are FPS games, all three can be compared to some extent which is fine with MNR and MK Wii but they do things much differently and there will be people that like one type of gameplay to the other and some people will like competitive mechanics of one to the other, etc.  It just ends up being a mess when you start trying to put the "best" label on it which is exactly what you did... so yeah, they're all really different >_> not sure why everyone needs to have the biggest E-peen about their games anyway...

I see nothing wrong with what I posted anyways. He said that it is on track to be #4 in terms of Kart Racers, this was in response to someone saying it scored higher than MKWii. This makes me believe he is referring to scores to determine the placement.

Then someone asked how he came to #4.

MKWii = 82, MK64 = 83, Double Dash = 87, Super Circuit and DS are both over 90. TrackMania United has no Meta but it has (2) 90s and an 85. MNR has 2-3 90's and (1) 91 score. That would put it in top 4 according to what the discussion was about.

I simply responded by saying that would then make it #1 on consoles since the 3 that may score equal to or better would not be on consoles.

 

As I said, I see nothing wrong with my post. It is also why I finished that sentence with one of these -->

 



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Tailgunner on 04 May 2010

This game looks fantastic. It will be the first kart racer I ever purchase. Never even rented one.



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Notorius.A.i.G on 04 May 2010

Great score ! Another AAA game for the PS3's library.



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Moren on 04 May 2010

well, he never said it was better than mario kart, he said it stood into their legacy, meaning they're equally good
Period.



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Euphoria14 on 04 May 2010
morenoingrato said:
well, he never said it was better than mario kart, he said it stood into their legacy, meaning they're equally good
Period.

Which may end up being a fantastic thing. Hopefully Nintendo ups the ante on the next Mario Kart.



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eggs2see on 04 May 2010
MaxwellGT2000 said:
Euphoria14 said:
MaxwellGT2000 said:
Euphoria14 said:
Torillian said:
FreeTalkLive said:
maverick40 said:
wow a better score than mario kart wii!!Making modnation racers the best cart racer this gen so far!!

There is an outside chance it is #4 behind 2 Mario Karts and TrackMania United Forever.

based on what would it be #4?

TrackMania United Forever is on PC and the 2 Mario Karts from DS and GBA.

 

In other words it is the best on consoles and the best that offers splitscreen 4-player local play and as well as online + track creation and sharing.


To me that means that when directly compared, nothing else is close. 

 

I may end up picking this up. It is between this and RDR.

Or rather it's just too different from the other games to be directly compared... which it will, and it's gonna end up being a pain in my ass.

It's like comparing Mario Kart 64 to Diddy Kong Racing, yeah they're both kart racers, but they don't even come close to playing the same.

And I'm pretty sure the context was THIS GEN so freetalk was meaning MK Wii.  Not sure why you want to throw MK Wii out of there and then have some banter about MNR as "the best on consoles" and "best that offers splitscreen 4-player"... I mean honestly you're (and everyone else that quoted each other) just fanning the fire that CGI tried to defuse with a joke. 

It's rather dumb if you've extensively played the games in question (I know MNR isn't out but there is the beta)

So we can't compare MNR and Mario Kart Wii?

Back in the day me and friends would compare DKR and MK64 all the time, especially in regards to the 4 player games.

 

Just because they aren't exactly the same doesn't mean you can't compare them.

Then that's sort of like comparing L4D to Halo to CoD, all three are FPS games, all three can be compared to some extent which is fine with MNR and MK Wii but they do things much differently and there will be people that like one type of gameplay to the other and some people will like competitive mechanics of one to the other, etc.  It just ends up being a mess when you start trying to put the "best" label on it which is exactly what you did... so yeah, they're all really different >_> not sure why everyone needs to have the biggest E-peen about their games anyway...

I can't disagree with you more.  If MNR isn't to be compared to MK then why do you think it was even created? Sony is directly taking on MKwii so i think it is completely reasonable, even expected that people would compare these games.



Chairman-Mao on 04 May 2010

Awesome! I'm looking forward to it.



radiantshadow92 on 04 May 2010

its like sex in a track..



DaHuuuuuudge on 04 May 2010
patapon said:
All aboard the Modnation hype kart?

I'll drive!

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