Chocobo GP

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2.2

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 139 Ratings

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

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  1. eyecourt
    Jun 29, 2023
    6
    Currently playing after they sacked the Micro-Transactions. Has potential but drifting feels odd and can be interrupted by a nudge. The Spells are very imbalanced with most of them shooting forward or backwards and only one item can defend against it. The Special skill being on Y button by default generally means I have to let go of the Acceleration to use it.

    I think the most annoying    Currently playing after they sacked the Micro-Transactions. Has potential but drifting feels odd and can be interrupted by a nudge. The Spells are very imbalanced with most of them shooting forward or backwards and only one item can defend against it. The Special skill being on Y button by default generally means I have to let go of the Acceleration to use it.

    I think the most annoying thing is the lack of pressure on First Place. With enough distance, only global specials(Shiva, Atla, Ultros, Sylph) and Ultima can touch you in first place and if you are caught in the center of the pack, you WILL be bullied by every racer on the track with an ability or magic.

    Doom only seems to be useful when playing online as AI racers can deal with it easily on any difficulty, the AI racers also have perfect reactions to counter spells with MBarrier, having seen them deflect a point blank Firaga with MBarrier 2 on frame 1.

    It is fun but the grind is too real, especially for gil where it can cost up to 6.5m gil to unlock everything in the shop and you can only get a maximum of 800 gil from the Series Cups, forcing you to grind in Custom races endlessly with Haste-only with weak CPU on Monster Village (at a rate of 200 gil per race)    … Expand
  2. LastResource
    Jan 14, 2023
    10
    worth it and glad to play this game again. so much memories and nostalgia within this spin off game in the series.
  3. 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
  4. Ardho
    Oct 20, 2022
    6
    the tracks are all bad and too few, very repetitive and boring, very disappointed with this game
  5. nikuniku
    Jun 4, 2022
    9
    ok,in season 2 now look great & not alot gambling like mobile style(nokia era game is best),i happy this game become like console game like ps1 ver,hope season 3 better like this,hope release ff7,ff8 star or aya brea or lightning ff13 or even kadaj ff7 ac with he bike,cloud with ff7 ac outfit & fenrir bike or can summon bahamut sin ff7 ac not reguler chibi blue bahamut & vincent ff7 doc &ok,in season 2 now look great & not alot gambling like mobile style(nokia era game is best),i happy this game become like console game like ps1 ver,hope season 3 better like this,hope release ff7,ff8 star or aya brea or lightning ff13 or even kadaj ff7 ac with he bike,cloud with ff7 ac outfit & fenrir bike or can summon bahamut sin ff7 ac not reguler chibi blue bahamut & vincent ff7 doc & sephiroth,thanks for season 2.… Expand
  6. eazyedd2
    May 14, 2022
    10
    This game is great I'm have way more fun playing this them Mariokart season pass started out bad but after added stickers got better I see there adding two new stages and more people to choose nest season can't wait
  7. 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.
  8. 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
  9. cid_luc
    Apr 7, 2022
    0
    Malisimo, nada recomendado, perdí valiosos minutos esperando a que descargue para terminar decepcionado
  10. 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
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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
  21. Xplocion
    Mar 23, 2022
    8
    The good:
    A new game/Remake of the Chocobo Racing series. Nice graphics. SD cute style for identifiable Final Fantasy characters. Great variety of characters.
    The bad: It has extra payouts and extra monetization with real money, despite being a full priced game, this may set the game apart from other “somewhat” Karts games. Except for the main theme, there are no more memorable    The good:
    A new game/Remake of the Chocobo Racing series. Nice graphics. SD cute style for identifiable Final Fantasy characters. Great variety of characters.

    The bad:
    It has extra payouts and extra monetization with real money, despite being a full priced game, this may set the game apart from other “somewhat” Karts games. Except for the main theme, there are no more memorable musical themes. You have to at least know the classic Final Fantasy series or Chocobo Dungeon to more or less understand some of the game's references to Final Fantasy. Some tracks are not the most inspired of the genre. Releasing this Kart game on a console where everyone has eyes only for Mario Kart is a very bad idea.

    Lo Meh!:
    It took more than two decades for Square-Enix to revive Chocobo Racing (from PSX) now known as Chocobo GP. The series is older than many believe but it remained forgotten. Except for emblematic figures like Boko the Chocobo, Cloud (FF7), perhaps Vivi the black magician or Squall (FF8), the rest of the characters have belonged to the franchise but they are not pop characters and are highly forgettable. I hope Square-Enix releases it for PS4/PS5 or Xbox One/Series    … Expand
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. 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
  25. 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.
  26. 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.
  27. xeratdragonsGam
    Mar 20, 2022
    7
    Chocobo GP Il videogioco ispirato a Mario Kart con regole di Final Fantasy Il gioco in se non è male è un bel gioco ispirato proprio alle Regole di Mario Kart e compreso offre una bellissima parte online che è molto ben fatta è originale, le piste non sono male ispirate al mondo di Final Fantasy.

    Ho notato che si finisce molto in fretta riguardate la storia, anche se è fatta per un    Chocobo GP Il videogioco ispirato a Mario Kart con regole di Final Fantasy Il gioco in se non è male è un bel gioco ispirato proprio alle Regole di Mario Kart e compreso offre una bellissima parte online che è molto ben fatta è originale, le piste non sono male ispirate al mondo di Final Fantasy.

    Ho notato che si finisce molto in fretta riguardate la storia, anche se è fatta per un pubblico per piccini che si basa sul mondo delle Corse per dimostrare che il pilota più bravo del mondo di gioco e che ha una durata complessiva di tre Ore per finire la storia e può rigiocarla in due modi:
    1) principiante e quella base per dare spazio hai principianti di conoscere le piste.
    2) Professionista è quella che dovete arrivare sempre per primi ma l’intelligenza artificiale è più attiva e si comporta come l’online ma il ritmo è molto veloce.
    Offre anche una modalità extra che permette di sbloccare altri biglietti che consentono di spendere per prendere personaggi nella storia compreso vari SKIN e vetture aggiuntive.
    Compreso c’è la possibilità di giocare in Locale oppure fare delle prove a tempo per conoscere al pieno i tracciati del gioco.
    Parliamo al livello Grafico su Nintendo Switch:
    Al punto di vista dei tracciati sono ben colorati e ispirati al mondo di Final Fantasy troviamo Alexandria, Gould Saucer, La pista dedicata su CID, Chocobo e tanto altro che sono molto ben colorate e fatte molto bene che rendono un’atmosfera viva però purtroppo c’è un rovescio della medaglia su questo ho notato cali di frame rate e certe volte blocco sullo schermo per elevati modelli poligonali o animazioni che interrompono la scena e poi si riprende dopo pochi secondi e speriamo con vari patch saranno risolte, i personaggi vengono da una versione del gioco chiamato Dissidia Opera Ommia e ho riconosciuto i vari modelli da Cid, Steiner, Cloud e Squall e altri personaggi che vengono li con versioni restaurate che su switch con le texture e i veicoli sono molto ben caratterizzati e originali.

    Anche la sua colonna sonora non è male è molto ben caratterizzata

    Parliamo della Parte Online:

    Riguardante come Torneo e il suo funzionamento che potete scontrare in tutto il mondo fino massimo 64 giocatori che possono essere i migliori 8 piloti nella scalata, ed ottima cosa e permette al giocatore di fare molte ore di sfide finche non sia il migliore nel suo percorso e compreso offre molto varietà che cambiano totalmente i giocatori che potete sfidare in tutto il mondo quindi non è region Locked Locale ma potete incontrare Cinesi, Giapponesi, Coreani e tante nazioni.

    Il punto criticato sono le micro transazioni:

    Se parliamo riguardante sulle micro transazioni che il gioco è diviso in due fasi di rilascio tra il modello FREE TO PLAY (Quello LITE offre solo la PARTE online), e quello Completo che costa 50€ e sblocca la campagna Single Player e quella Locale da fare in due o quattro giocatori.
    Il giocatore non è obbligato ad utilizzare la moneta di gioco riguardante che molte cose può sbloccare benissimo nella campagna single player una mangiata di ore può sbloccare già dei billetta aggiuntivi che permettono di comprare personaggi, skin, e le vetture per la storia per renderlo a 100%, ma riguardante sui Gil e il Mitrhil si accumulano giocando nella parte online facendo le sfide richieste quindi non è obbligatorio spendere, se volete spendere potete fare per sbloccare tutto ma è facoltativo.    … Expand
  28. tetra_
    Mar 20, 2022
    10
    Great game! Cars models are amazing an the races feels like real life. The weather change is an awesome feature too
  29. 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.
  30. badmonkey91
    Mar 19, 2022
    10
    Everybody's upset that the game has micro transactions, but they're missing the fact that this is a good kart game.

    Though it doesn't have everything that I was hoping for from the original game, the magic system is a really good idea, and I'm glad they kept it. Because of the wide variety of spells and the fact that you can charge them to different levels for different effects, each    Everybody's upset that the game has micro transactions, but they're missing the fact that this is a good kart game.

    Though it doesn't have everything that I was hoping for from the original game, the magic system is a really good idea, and I'm glad they kept it. Because of the wide variety of spells and the fact that you can charge them to different levels for different effects, each race is considerably different from the last. This game could have much more legs than other Kart racers, with many more potential hours of play before it becomes stale.

    The game really opens up as you play through the story mode. The tracks included in the GP mode for the free version are all really same-ish and boring. It was off putting to me at first. But I took the chance and purchased the game because I loved the first game, and wanted to support the new release. I'm glad I did!

    This game isn't stupid-easy like every other mainstream kart racer out there. The story mode is actually enjoyable because it isn't ridiculously easy. The A.I. is good, and the different spell interactions are highly enjoyable for Final Fantasy fans!

    Making people pay for things like characters right off the bat (cloud), and pay real money for nostalgic music tracks is hideously stupid. And thankfully, Square Enix is paying for it and making changes for the better. So I don't bemoan the folks flame-bombing the game. I just wanted to give an honest outlook on the game. If you're a fan of the original and of FF, don't avoid it just because it has microtransactions!    … Expand
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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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