| Torillian said: @Zen and Twist I'm curious, at what point does Kart Racing become a subgenre instead of every game that comes out with Karts being a ripoff of Mario Kart? I mean you guys recognize TPS as a subgenre right? And don't call every one of those an RE4 clone. |
I think it really depends honestly.
To me it's like 3D dot heroes and Zelda. It's very clearly a ripoff. Not that being a ripoff is a bad thing. Well unless you are ripping off a bad game.
There are Kart Racers that have weapons that aren't straight ripoffs. Like say Street Racer. Their are still a lot of Mario Kart concepts... however a lot is different. For example the weapons are custom for each car... and you always have access to them.
The weapons in Mod Nation Racers seem to have just taken the Crash Bandicoot route of largely copying them but giving them different skins to make them look different.
There are tons of ways to alter Krat Racing, but so far MNR hasn't show much altering to the core mechanics from the Mario Kart base.
Though why people are mad about this I don't know... "Oh No! Another game just like previous games i've enjoyed! Those bastards!"
