Surprisingly I did not encounter any bugs or glitches in this game. Some performance issues with the game stalling for a couple seconds in the after-race screens, and a slight drop in frame rate here and there during races, but overall a solidly built game from a technical standpoint. That's pretty much the only thing good about this game, and the only reason i gave it a 2 instead of a 1.Surprisingly I did not encounter any bugs or glitches in this game. Some performance issues with the game stalling for a couple seconds in the after-race screens, and a slight drop in frame rate here and there during races, but overall a solidly built game from a technical standpoint. That's pretty much the only thing good about this game, and the only reason i gave it a 2 instead of a 1.
The difficulty spikes in this game are incredibly massive and quite frequent, with some races being won 5 miles ahead of 2nd place, and others requiring 4 or 5 retries before finally getting 1st place. Controlling your kart is quite difficult, as the control input has some minor lag and not enough sensitivity, on top of the controls themselves being quite loose, sluggish and overcompensating. For example, turning: it takes about a second for your kart to start turning after you make the input, where most driving games take a couple milliseconds, and the turn starts real slight and suddenly shifts to a hard turn. This takes a while to getting used to, and can often cause you to hit walls or to slow down too much and over turn. Bumping into walls at moderate speeds causes you to bounce really far backwards, and your kart takes a couple precious seconds to start up again. If you crash or get hit with a weapon, it takes a whopping 7 seconds to respawn, and another 2-3 seconds to get going again once you're back in. So if you're barely in first place and wipeout somehow, you end up all the way back in 5th place. This, combined with mediocre track design and some BS obstacles that can only be avoided if you know they're there because they're around tight corners, make the game artificially difficult, and ends up being an aggravating experience. There's quite a difference between difficult and straight-up BS.
The weapons in the game are decent. There's the EMP which negates any weapon you have and slows you down a little, the Rockets which fire two homing missiles at up to 2 targets, the Shield which seems to constantly be obtained when you don't need it and never when you do, and the Uzi which is by far the worst weapon in the game. Minuscule damage and non-existent accuracy force you to literally be right up on another racer's bumper in order to hit them with Uzi rounds, and even then most of them miss. The other power up in the game is the boost, which only lasts about 2 seconds and you can't use any weapons while boosting, making it more useless than helpful. Pressing or holding Circle allows you to melee other racers with a cane or equivalent, but even fully upgraded, the damage it does and the range it has is so small, it's barely worth using. Weapons obtained from the power up boxes aren't balanced either, so if you're in 1st place, most of the time you will get rockets or Uzis, which serve no purpose there, and if you're in last place, you can often get oil cans or shields, which also serve no purpose there.
For game modes, there's Story Mode, which consists of 13 races across 5 themed areas. 99% of your time will be spent here. You need to complete the story mode once as any of the Oldies, and then again as the Grim Reaper. Crazy Grandad requires you to collect items before the time runs out. That game mode is one that probably will only be played just for the trophy, as it's not really that fun and gets boring immediately. Time attack is another mode that probably won't get played, unless you want an easy way to do the Skater and Biker trophies. Time attack usually is good for practicing and getting to know tracks, but you don't get any coins like in Story Mode, and there's no progression system either, which makes Time Attack a waste of time. Explore mode does absolutely nothing, it's just free roam. There's no point.
The game costs $11.99, and its actual value is probably around $3.99-4.99. Any more than that is a waste of money, even for the trophies. This platinum is short, only about 3 hours, but it's quite an aggravating and rage-inducing game.… Expand
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