tbone51 said:
Ummm... You haven't played online have you? Vs somebody with 8k+ ranking and lets see you win with that 80% luck :-/ |
When I play online, I'm better than everyone else skills wise 99% of the time. Every single time, I work my way (via skill) up to the top three then, almost without fail, I'm hit with some shit and it's instantly back to 7-10th. Then, guess what happens? I work my way back up, through superior driving skills, to the top three, only to see it get erased by ANOTHER item.
That's how modern MK plays online. If you're someone like me who is ultra competitive, you can't play and enjoy yourself because it's not designed to reward that kind of play. It's a game that is designed to have fun with and not take seriously (which is fine if you're into that sort of thing).
The first Mario Kart, you had ZERO chance to win against your friends unless you had serious skills. The most deadly item back then was a red shell only THOSE red shells were alot harder to use. In MK8, those little fuckers are like mini blue shells. In the original game, you had to basically be within striking distance to make use of them.
The only MK I can't remember playing very well is the N64 version, so I can't vouch for whether or not it was a skill based game but the others? Only the original can lay claim to that title. It was the only console MK that I can remember where skill>luck.
