Topic: Mario kart.....should I bother??

[Pale]

Basically, you know what it comes down to?

IGN is a FOR PROFIT business....

You can't let that bother you.  You just have to understand that, much to most of our dismay, gaming is becoming main stream.  As with anything that becomes main stream, the media must make the same hard fast rules about it.  It HAS to be violent.  It HAS to cause uproars.  It has to be all about sex.  The reason why IGN's reviews come out the way they do, is because they are catering to that audience.  To be honest, they know that all us nintendo/mario kart fans, are gonna look at the review and laugh.  But what they also know is that all those X-Box and PS2 fans are gonna be like..."hahahahha nintend is teh kiddie.  We's are the kewl ones because we like virtuallz titTiez."...... ok, maybe not that bad, but you get my point.  =P

Give the industry 2-3 more years, and ya know whtas gonna happen?  Its going to go back to the way it was before Microsoft hyped the industry out of control.  The corporate sites are gonna come back to the middle.  The fan sites will gain hits from the hard core fans because it will be harder for them to get their info.  The amount of developers in the world is going to decrease.  And everything will be happy in PGC land.  =P  

[Cap]

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Originally posted by: mouse_clicker
Right, the only difference is in the multiplayer. Let's completely forget the whole deal about 2 riders per cart and the strategy you need to use them effectively. ::rollseyes:: Honestly, you guys put too much stock into reviews, especially negative ones among a plethora of positive ones.

i'm assuming that this was meant in response to my post. i might be missing something, but the two riders and the stategy in using them would seem to be most important in multiplayer. i'm sure it factors into the single player game as well, but not as much as it would the multiplayer aspect of the game. as i said, i'll wait to play the game before i make my final judgement, but i dont see it really changing the one player game that much. i was just hoping for an improved single player experience(not really in the gameplay itself, but in the game modes), and it really doesnt seem to be there.

i also didnt consider igns review negative. while they did tend to focus on the negative aspects of the game it basically scored an 8, which i dont consider a bad score.  

[mouse_clicker]

Even in single player you control both characters, and each character has their own special driving abilities and attacks, so one must choose not only the best combination of characters for the track, but the best position for them while actually racing on the track- that's a lot of strategy for a racing game.

[Grey Ninja]

Well, it's like I always said.  You can't spell ignorant without IGN.  IGN lost my respect years ago.  This latest thing of theirs doesn't change my opinion of them in the slightest.

[Molobert]

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That's partly true, the characters actually don't affect driving - the kart does. The strategy is in choosing characters for their special items and for their karts, because big characters can't drive in small karts.

As for the IGN review, it is a little disappointing, but of course I'm still getting the game and I'm sure it will be awesome. You guys should see the backlash on the IGN boards - in the Mario Kart review thread there were 1300+ posts posted in less than a day.

[mouse_clicker]

Meh, that's nothing- there were 1,300 posts in a few hours when it was announced Metroid Prime would be first person.  

[CaseyRyback]

Even people who can not play online will sometimes buy a console to play online. I bought an Xbox for Live(although I hated it when I could play on it because PC is better) and Halo. Mainly though because my parents piad for a high speed connection and I wanted to play games over it. Console gaming over the internet is still a joke, but all it would take is someone to make a Timesplitters 2 online(map making kit) for it to become serious. People play online on thier PC because of the mod community, and just think what it would be like to make your own race track in Mario Kart.

Online play for the GCN is great because it will increase their systems clout and erase some of the image they have as being a kid friendly company thats behind the times. this means more people will buy a GCN and in turn third party publishers will stop canceling games. These companies will see that there is an online market for the GCN and start spending time by making better ports(look at how the GCN is the only one not online). Also when you give people the ability to play online it adds a new dimension in that people who do play online will want to buy games that play online(anyone who owns an Xbox knows that it takes a lot of live games to truely enjoy the service)

Also online play does not make you feel bad when you lose. I lose all the time at Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield, but after awhile I did get good and even after getting good its still 50/50 that I will kill everyone or be the first one down. Online gaming is more about a community and getting to know people and have fun playing aganist them. Online may not be fun the first time butif you keep playing with the dam people you get to know them well and you get better together.  

[mjbd]

It really does suprise me that they gave it such a low score.  They gave True Crime a 9.0, the game is choppy, isnt very deep, and brings nothing new to the table.  I will be trading that one in next week for MKDD.  I think we all knew that it wasnt going to be really inovative, but as long as its fun, thats all that really matters.  I think IGN is a little salty, its missing a few feature that they liked from MK64, and were on their period when they did the review.  I think Fran has changed a lot since his Dolphin Cove days, but who knows.

[mouse_clicker]

Why would someone buy a console to play online, and then not play online? I don't know if I want people like that supporting the Gamecube, or really any console.

[CaseyRyback]

because of the thought of if they do get a high speed connection then they can play online

[Bloodworth]

Another one...sheesh