Chocobo GP

 Switch
User Score
2.2

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 139 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 139
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 139
  3. Negative: 111 out of 139

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  1. GamergodsFail
    Oct 13, 2022
    2
    Chocobo GP is flat out one of the worst racing games I've ever played, and the worst Switch exclusive of all time I think. It's a piss poor Mario Kart clone with bad controls, attrocius track designs, terribly cringe story cutscenes and enough pay to win tactics to make me ultimately regret my purchase. I can't stress this enough. NEVER buy this game for any amount of money. Get Mario KartChocobo GP is flat out one of the worst racing games I've ever played, and the worst Switch exclusive of all time I think. It's a piss poor Mario Kart clone with bad controls, attrocius track designs, terribly cringe story cutscenes and enough pay to win tactics to make me ultimately regret my purchase. I can't stress this enough. NEVER buy this game for any amount of money. Get Mario Kart 8 Deluxe instead if you want a good Kart racer.… Expand
  2. TheLinkgirl
    Apr 22, 2022
    1
    Sadly, this game falls into that lovely little category of games that has no passion. Attempting to pull off what Mario Kart and Crash Team Racing do seemingly so effortlessly is much more difficult than it may seem, and Chocobo GP combines disappointingly tedious gameplay with microtransactions in a premium game. This game is a failure in every regard.
  3. Altendo
    Apr 14, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. CASH GRAB
    GASH GRAB
    SQUARE ENIX GREEDY
    CASH GRAB
    CASH GRAB
    WHY DOES SQUARE ENIX NOT PUT THIS GAME ON MOBILE DEVICES WHERE GARBAGE LIKE THIS BELONG BECAUSE THE KNOW NINTENDO WILL NOT JUST SAY NO.

    ok    … Expand
  4. cid_luc
    Apr 7, 2022
    0
    Malisimo, nada recomendado, perdí valiosos minutos esperando a que descargue para terminar decepcionado
  5. Webberjo
    Apr 2, 2022
    1
    Designed like a freemium mobile game ported to Switch last minute and sold for $50.

    6.8 GB file size. For comparison, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is 6.7 GB. Cash currency (mythril) can be obtained through Nintendo's eShop, as a weekly login reward or as maintenance compensation. Mythril expires if you don't use it within 5 months. In-game currency (gil) can be obtained by completing daily    Designed like a freemium mobile game ported to Switch last minute and sold for $50.

    6.8 GB file size. For comparison, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is 6.7 GB.

    Cash currency (mythril) can be obtained through Nintendo's eShop, as a weekly login reward or as maintenance compensation. Mythril expires if you don't use it within 5 months. In-game currency (gil) can be obtained by completing daily and weekly challenges, or as level up rewards from prize passes. The game heavily incentivizes you to spend money on it by making things take weeks or months to obtain otherwise.

    The tutorial does not teach all core gameplay mechanics, instead it teaches you the basics and leaves the rest to random loading screen tips.

    Most tracks take 60-90 seconds to finish. Item effects are similar to Mario Kart, though you can hold up to 3 at a time and similar items are combined for an increased effect. Some character abilities are highly unbalanced. Getting hit by items and abilities is overly punishing. Drifting and boosting feel awkward and unrewarding.

    Story mode can be completed in 20-60 minutes depending on whether you skip cutscenes or watch them. Unlocks 12 characters, 8 courses and Extra mode. Also adds 8 characters to the ticket shop. Tickets are earned by completing story chapters, missions, collecting crystals and racing. Extra mode is the same as Story mode. Unlocks 1 character and adds 2 rides for each character to the ticket shop.

    The AI behaves suspiciously at times. Sometimes the character behind me will zoom past then immediately slow to match my speed. Sometimes characters will drift through tight corners without losing speed.

    There are several bugs and user experience issues. The tutorial fails you for releasing the accelerate button. The pause menu does not have a restart race option. Menu transitions and animations are slow. The story's epilogue video loops before fading out. Development was likely rushed and things definitely weren't optimized.

    tl;dr: My disappointment is immeasurable, and my day is ruined.    … Expand
  6. MezNyx
    Mar 30, 2022
    0
    As many others have said, this is a full price game and is just riddled with micro-transactions. After just a few days of racing, I lost interest in it very quickly. The fact that you unlock store options by doing story mode instead of unlocking the items itself for the more part, is just really horrible game play. SE needs to do better.
  7. CommanderXander
    Mar 29, 2022
    4
    This game is absolutely awful. If you liked all the annoying, unfair mechanics that Mariokart has; but none of the polish and entertainment, then this is totally the game for you. The fact that it uses micotransactions pretty aggregiously doesn't help. Bad show Square-enix. Bad show.
  8. jerryernst
    Mar 28, 2022
    0
    This game is one of the most predatory and insulting things square has put out lately, and that's saying something. They may as well have a tutorial in game on how to use your mother's credit card for the kids they're targeting.
  9. Killy565
    Mar 27, 2022
    2
    The tutorial in story mode is freaking annoying, i can't even play and always failed, because the game paused everytime the instruction pop up on screen.
  10. GarrReviews
    Mar 25, 2022
    0
    Gameplay is overall OK, if potentially unbalanced in characters and weapon selections. However, overall content is designed in a way to exploit player to spend on unlock content that is normally free with a 50 dollar game - and beyond character selection choices, the rest of the content not behind this paywall feels fairly limited for the cost of this title. If you don't already have aGameplay is overall OK, if potentially unbalanced in characters and weapon selections. However, overall content is designed in a way to exploit player to spend on unlock content that is normally free with a 50 dollar game - and beyond character selection choices, the rest of the content not behind this paywall feels fairly limited for the cost of this title. If you don't already have a kart racing title, buy Mario Kart instead. Try this game prior to buying and make sure you are ready to grind out the game for a lot of hours + spend money to unlock the additional content. Even if you decided to buy this and hope for more content, be aware as overall, I don't see this game have a long life as a live service game given the cost, amount of grind, and low count of overall simplistic courses.

    Game would probably be a 6 out of 10 from me if they provided they paid content as free unlocks through normal gameplay and had double the amount of courses. As-is, I wish I could get a refund.    … Expand
  11. helladarionx
    Mar 25, 2022
    0
    Vou dar zero, por que é um jogo de custo cheio e ainda tem as merdas de microtransação. é ridiculo custar tão caro e ainda ter loja no jogo
  12. PhilPlays
    Mar 25, 2022
    0
    This is a Freemium mobile game put on a home console, and charging DAMN NEAR FULL RETAIL. Square enix needs to stop trying to jam greedy, live service trends into their games. JUST MAKE GOOD GAMES
  13. FoxyChalet
    Mar 24, 2022
    3
    It's sad that my three will raise the score. It's not a terrible game but worth twenty dollars not fifty. It's worse than Mario Kart 8, CTR, Team Sonic, or Nicktoons 2, by a lot, but better than the actual bad games.
  14. Zer0Necrosis
    Mar 24, 2022
    0
    I will not give a cash grab any points at all. I don't care what it is. I have a completionist personality so I will not even touch this game. I hope any of you who do have a strong will and can accept most of the game is locked behind wasting time or just straight paying for another game without actually getting on.
  15. xSins
    Mar 24, 2022
    2
    Low budget micro transaction cash grab. After paying full price for the game, some character are only unlockable by paying the online race of 64 players for a stupid amount of time, if you own a battles pass that is, which you have to pay for... It's an exploitation. As someone who loves final fantasy and chocobos, I was incredibly disappointed. Square Enix has rubbed me the wrong way on this one
  16. Multality
    Mar 23, 2022
    0
    Expensive AAA gameand still full of microtransaction.
    This cannot be tolerated, this game is garbage and will be flopped like other square titles that are following this path from the bottom of the well.
    It doesn't matter if the game is good, just the fact that they did that ended the game.
  17. shinx100
    Mar 22, 2022
    0
    I was excited for this release, as an chocobo racing fan on PS1. However, this game has very bad design that is extremely greedy to want to suck all your money (and time) while give you a mobile-phone-quality-like trash game. I'll say: This game is complete trash. no dout.
  18. Lord_Biggington
    Mar 21, 2022
    3
    I was excited for this release, as an avid Mario Kart & Final Fantasy fan. I can't say the game is worth it. The game feels like a really cheap, unbalanced mess with an onslaught of crappy free-to-play mobile mechanics (in an already full priced Nintendo switch game...). Drifting kind of sucks and doesn't feel very responsive, even if you hit a wall whilst drifting you just continue atI was excited for this release, as an avid Mario Kart & Final Fantasy fan. I can't say the game is worth it. The game feels like a really cheap, unbalanced mess with an onslaught of crappy free-to-play mobile mechanics (in an already full priced Nintendo switch game...). Drifting kind of sucks and doesn't feel very responsive, even if you hit a wall whilst drifting you just continue at full speed like in Mario Kart Tour. On top of that though, some of the turns are just ridiculous in that you can fall off the map with seemingly no way to avoid at times, making for a really inconsistent stop-starty feeling to some of the races.

    The dialogue in the campaign is truly awful and is seemingly aimed at small children... Why even have a campaign? Just give us the characters and let us play?

    Maybe try the free version to get your own verdict but I really wouldn't say the game is worth it right now.    … Expand
  19. MattArgon
    Mar 20, 2022
    1
    This game is not good. Racing feeling is really bad, speed and control have problem and why must add money to buy character? this not a free mobile game
    None of that is fun for me.
  20. Champion_chris
    Mar 20, 2022
    0
    This is a pure exploitated cash grab. This is a full priced game that plays like a free to play cell phone game. The monetization is among the most aggressive I've seen. Do not buy this game. You will regret it.
  21. naon
    Mar 19, 2022
    0
    Premium bonus item to boost your experience if you waste money on they, absurdly high grind, the lite version is complete garbage without NSO can't believe Square Enix released this game with so much pride with all these things wrong in it.
  22. IronTusk
    Mar 19, 2022
    0
    Not even worth the time you'll waste downloading this thrash fire disguised mobile f2p "game".
    It's a blatant disrespect towards longtime fans and anyone interested in this. Never have I been so disappointed in my life.
    After 20 odd years you would imagine they wanted to make a good game that did the original chocobo racing justice but nope, instead we get this greedy ass mtx riddled    Not even worth the time you'll waste downloading this thrash fire disguised mobile f2p "game".
    It's a blatant disrespect towards longtime fans and anyone interested in this. Never have I been so disappointed in my life.
    After 20 odd years you would imagine they wanted to make a good game that did the original chocobo racing justice but nope, instead we get this greedy ass mtx riddled "game" that costs 50 bucks, mind you! And it's aimed to take advantage of children and fans alike.
    Please I beg you, for only 10 bucks more you can get mario kart 8 deluxe which has nothing of this crap and a load of content and if you have it already, keep it and forget this disgraceful piece of thrash ever existed. It will be dead soon anyways.    … Expand
  23. Haivle
    Mar 19, 2022
    0
    This game is horrible, no word to describe my anger disappointment. Micro-transactions sucks
  24. Remiulv
    Mar 19, 2022
    3
    Horrible horrible game. Full of microtransaction. You have to play the awful GP mode( online mode) to level up battle pass. Battle pass takes FOREVER level up. I have played a bit since launch, still not lvl 10. and to get Cloud you have to be lvl 60! You can be in the lead the whole race only to get hit by an barrage of items and suddenly be in last place. Maps are boring, only one mapHorrible horrible game. Full of microtransaction. You have to play the awful GP mode( online mode) to level up battle pass. Battle pass takes FOREVER level up. I have played a bit since launch, still not lvl 10. and to get Cloud you have to be lvl 60! You can be in the lead the whole race only to get hit by an barrage of items and suddenly be in last place. Maps are boring, only one map is kind of good. Its clear Square Enix thought only about making a quick buck with this game, it could be good, if not for the horrible battle pass, and better maps.… Expand
  25. mistahroth
    Mar 18, 2022
    0
    Shame on Square-Enix. This game is exploitative trash like most Square-Enix mobile games.

    Fire Yosuke Matsuda before he destroys the company.
  26. CanIBeUrHero
    Mar 18, 2022
    0
    Do I really need to say why? Im disappointed with this game and its company tbh.. Smh
  27. SLoT4ever
    Mar 17, 2022
    0
    "The game? 50 bucks please. The season pass? Roughly 10 to 24 bucks, depending on which one you get. Thank you for your purchase!"

    Later "Huh? You've run out of consumable XP stickers and the season pass just became an unbearable grind? You say that even though you've been placing first during races, without the added XP boost, you're getting next to nothing in XP? And it's leaving    "The game? 50 bucks please. The season pass? Roughly 10 to 24 bucks, depending on which one you get. Thank you for your purchase!"

    Later

    "Huh? You've run out of consumable XP stickers and the season pass just became an unbearable grind? You say that even though you've been placing first during races, without the added XP boost, you're getting next to nothing in XP? And it's leaving you stuck in your season pass progression? That's terrible! Well, don't worry, because we'll sell you some more stickers, and they only cost a little bit of in-game currency. The cost? Roughly 50 cents each! Huh? Sorry but we only accept payments in mythril. That's our in-game currency. How do you get mythril? By buying it from us using real life money! Huh? Sorry, but 10 dollar increments of mythril is the smallest amount that we carry. If you want your 50 cent sticker, you'll have to buy 10 dollars worth of mythril to pay for it. What's that? You'll just save the rest of the mythril? Well, it expires. Huh? You say there's nothing really that great to spend this on right now? Well, it sucks to be you then. Thank you for your business! Happy racing!!"

    I actually bought the "full" version of this game game, and so far THIS has been my experience.    … Expand
  28. OnlyOneHere
    Mar 17, 2022
    0
    This game is complete trash. The greedy developers are charging $50 for an off-brand Mario Kart game. The graphics are a joke. The gameplay is boring and repetitive. The developers added cute upbeat music and pretty colorful lights everywhere in this game, to give players the illusion that the game is fun. None of that is fun for me. Speaking of music, the music is extremely cringeworthyThis game is complete trash. The greedy developers are charging $50 for an off-brand Mario Kart game. The graphics are a joke. The gameplay is boring and repetitive. The developers added cute upbeat music and pretty colorful lights everywhere in this game, to give players the illusion that the game is fun. None of that is fun for me. Speaking of music, the music is extremely cringeworthy when I win a race. It is overly exaggerated and tries too hard to be upbeat in a pathetic attempt at making players excited when they win. It doesn't make me excited. If anything it made me irritated, to the point where I almost wanted to snap my Switch in half if I heard that victory cringeworthy music again.

    The online multiplayer is garbage. The tracks are too short. I literally had one 3-lap race last for only one lousy minute. The game is incredibly unbalanced. The story is beyond horrible. There is no lip syncing in this game. The developers were too cheap and lazy to implement such a basic feature that even PS2 games have. Sometimes the characters don't even open their mouths when they talk. The physics are laughable. I don't recommend this game at all, unless you want to support laziness.    … Expand
  29. DarkwingSchmuck
    Mar 16, 2022
    3
    A solid blueprint for a fun mascot cart racer is horribly squandered in yet another cynical cash grab. Chocobo GP is a full-priced game, yet is still ripe with excess monetization. Between Avengers, Babylon's Fall, Final Fantasy XIV, and now this, Square Enix has fully embraced the horrendous live-service model.
  30. BigEggsKitchen
    Mar 16, 2022
    0
    Paid $50 for predatory micro transactions. Stay away from this garbage- it’s a mobile game priced as a full product
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 72 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 72
  2. Mixed: 48 out of 72
  3. Negative: 5 out of 72
  1. Het Nieuwsblad
    May 11, 2022
    40
    Where Chocobo GP really goes off the rails is in the way it demands money from the player. The game already costs full price, but also works with a season pass and microtransactions for all sorts of extras that should have been in the base game in the first place. Illustrating this is how Chocobo GP puts Cloud and Squall deep behind the pay wall. It's like you can only race Mario and Bowser in Mario Kart after opening your wallet.
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  2. Starbit
    May 7, 2022
    70
    Chocobo GP brings us back to the world of go-kart racing with these famous Square-Enix characters and what we have here is a fun game with a huge cast and a very motivating main campaign with plenty of content to unlock and a well implemented online multiplayer component. It takes a considerable amount of time to unlock every single item but what's on offer here is a very wide and long-lasting game that will certainly make fans happy.
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  3. ZTGD
    Apr 22, 2022
    60
    It’s crazy to believe that I can be down on a game that is really fun to play both offline and online. Somehow, Square-Enix has thrown so many things into the game that either you must pay for, or grind for weeks to unlock. It wouldn’t be that big of an issue if it was just cosmetic items, but characters who have different stats and special moves that could possibly throw the advantage to the player that paid money. I just can’t get on board with that. Still, there is a free version of the game for anyone to play and see how they feel about the game. If you enjoy it enough to spend some money, you can, just keep in mind, this game can be really fun, but the grind can be real.
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