Gnizmo on 28 April 2008
| CAL4M1TY said: Another issue I have with the game is the unbalanced nature of the weapons, you could literally be miles ahead in first place, only to be hit by a succession of weapons and end up finishing 5th, even though your skill level indicates you should have finished 1st. It's quite frustrating being first place then being hit by the blue shell, the lighting cloud, the lightning, the Pow box, the squid and a few more other items, which ends up putting you in 6th place in the last half of the final lap. All the more frustrating when you play competitively, on my first outing of online (I hadn't read the manual about the revised drift mechanic) so I didn't snake/drift at all in the race, I was coming 10th, only to have a string of lucky items which put me into 2nd place. My skill at the time obviously didn't warrant me getting 2nd, but the unbalanced nature of the game means Luck is almost always > skill. |
You are noticing a small gap in skill being overcome by a nice bit of luck. The skill in Mario Kart has never been about snaking. Snaking is way too easy to master for the amount of extra speed you get. I crush my friends when we play Mario Kart and I have never snaked. Knowing the turns, knowing the karts, knowing the strengths of your character, and knowing how to use/defend against items is the true key to victory. If you think winning or losing is dependand on luck in any way then you suck at the game. Luck will only ever factor in when there is a race between two (or more) equally skilled players.
