Modnation Racers IGN Video Preview: Is it a Mario Kart Killer?

[Xero]

hsrob said:

Xero said:
Mario Kart Wii sucks anyway, boring tracks, dumbed down core gameplay for casuals... didn't it get like an 80 metascore?

It'd be a much fairer comparison if this was something like Mario Kart: Double Dash or MK: DS vs Modnation Racers.

My only fear for the game is that if it doesn't get the loading times sorted out, it's not going to do very well. With 3minute loading times not only will it get bad review scores, it's not going to be fun to play either so I doubt the creation community will pick up. However they said in the beta that the game was intended to run with optical support and not solely off the HDD so I guess I can assume load times will be at least ~halfed.

This is the line generally pushed by people who can't play the game very well.

Hmm, nope. I had no problem completing everything on Double Dash and Mario Kart DS, I just don't like Mario Kart Wii because it doesn't have a decent learning curve to keep crappy players from winning. On MK DD or MKDS, if you can't snake and play well, you won't win. End of. On MKWii you can, just like you could on MK64... and the exact same reason back then Crash Team Racing  was a much better game.

Not that Modnations mechanics are any less 'dumbed down' though. But it adds a new level with gameplay being on a different track each time it's more about who the better driver is than who's memorised the tracks, or gotten luckiest with the powerups.