Pops Maellard
Member
I do, and I definitely prefer the pro controller to it. I'm not a huge fan of the classic controller's shape, and the pro controller is almost literally a 360 controller sans battery pack.
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Mario Kart 8 |OT2| I'm using tilt controls!
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I do, and I definitely prefer the pro controller to it. I'm not a huge fan of the classic controller's shape, and the pro controller is almost literally a 360 controller sans battery pack.
That's one giant fuckup from Nintendo.
We should be able to do direct comparisons!
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
Worst Bowsers Castle run ever. Never recovered from the battering you guys gave me at the end of lap 1.
It really is, no questions about it. The attack patterns (how and when they use items, certain heavies intentionally ramming you offroad, etc.) and the way they race (I'm still mindblown every time I see them go offroad when packing boosts or seeing them go out of their way to avoid long range projectiles) confirmed it for me personally.
LBP Karting popping up in that one frame was a nice touch.
They may have removed rubberbanding (or toned it down?) but holy shit they are smart and actually take shortcuts, it's nuts.
Also, gonna hop on in a few.
Crab Milk Mickey
Member
I need to stop stubbornly trying to squeeze through everything no matter the consequences:
That's just off the top of my head, and other factors like "static race tracks vs evolving ones" of course fall under personal preferences.
Doesn't mean MK8 isn't any less of an incredible game though, just that some of its design choices are a tad bit outdated compared to the competition. Never mind that MK8 is superior in other ways too: it has noticeably better physics and overall polish, its in-game netcode is more solid (communication errors notwithstanding), performance is wildly superior on the same console, it's a more accessible "party multiplayer game" than Transformed and graphically it's even more detailed / cleaner than Transformed. Again, just off the top of my head.
They can co-exist just fine and the both of 'em can learn a thing or two from one another for future iterations.
Nothing strange about his remark. Sonic Racing: Transformed objectively executes some elements better than Mario Kart 8, it's not even up for debate. Weapons aren't as sufficating because a) you can defend yourself against 'em without one of your own if you have the chops and b) there's additional counter-play (see: its Blue Shell equivaliant). Time Trials are set up in such a way that they're more immediatedly replayable than how Mario Kart 8 handles it. Rubberband A.I. and blatant luck is less of an overall factor. The single player isn't just the same old "play all cups in 3 - 4 speed classes" formula that's been rehashed since the series' inception.
It actually has an options menu.
Doesn't mean MK8 isn't any less of an incredible game though, just that some of its design choices are a tad bit outdated compared to the competition. Never mind that MK8 is superior in other ways too: it has noticeably better physics and overall polish, its in-game netcode is more solid (communication errors notwithstanding), performance is wildly superior on the same console, it's a more accessible "party multiplayer game" than Transformed and graphically it's even more detailed / cleaner than Transformed. Again, just off the top of my head.
They can co-exist just fine and the both of 'em can learn a thing or two from one another for future iterations.
Use GIFcam instead, by the way.
Right back at you, here's hoping it's real 'cause I'm still skeptical!
CarlieCaplin
Member
It's weird how you sometimes lose all the momentum when you get bombarded and never recover even though you were doing pretty good prior to the attack.
prag16
Banned
The stats are wrong on the second one. At least for Acceleration with a Morton/Jetbike combo. Calls the rest of it into question. Hopefully they fix it.
Duallusion
Member
I don't get it. Every time I join gaf tournament I get to be the only one to vote for a course and wait, all alone on that globe. Why can't I spectate games in progress and join in if someone drops out?
-tetsuo-
Unlimited Capacity
I like both SASRT and Mario Kart 8 quite a bit but SASRT is a much more fully featured game. Which style you like more is up for debate. Both games are amazingly fun to play when you get on the track though.
My biggest issue is that I need a trip to Drifters Anonymous. I feel like I have to take the absolute tightest drifts/turns possible and at every opportunity I get. Rainbow Road 64's first big bend is the ultimate 50/50. Either I go all in with some Initial D looking slide right along the rim of the stage or I fall to New Toad City 3 times trying to readjust when I'm in too deep. :lol
Saint Gregory
Member
The rubber-banding is still there but they've made the AI deviously smart. They do things like hide banana peels behind coins and item boxes, they drop them where you need to land coming off ramps, they wait to use shells and lightning until you're over a pit and they can always find the best path through a track. I mentioned in the last thread that I noticed that they seem to have trouble on the tracks with moving obstacles (like Whomp Ruins) but other than that the frame sacrificed every 63 to devote to that AI is well spent.
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
Well, I'm out. Totally off my game right now. Hopefully tomorrow I'll do better.
Same. I screw myself by getting slightly too tight more than I should.
Same. I screw myself by getting slightly too tight more than I should.
HypnoDarkrai
Member
Stop bumping into me Kouriozan >_>
Mr. Smiley
Member
Yup. I can't inside drift for the life of me anymore on that stage.
Typical gaf race for me:
Race start:
*Boosts into 4th/5th place*
First Turn:
*Everyone bunches together, gets knocked around into 8th/last place*
Rest of race until last half of third lap
*if (not last_place)
{
use combination of items to get into third or first
}
else
{
try not to be in last
}*
Race start:
*Boosts into 4th/5th place*
First Turn:
*Everyone bunches together, gets knocked around into 8th/last place*
Rest of race until last half of third lap
*if (not last_place)
{
use combination of items to get into third or first
}
else
{
try not to be in last
}*
Sorry about that green shell, Azuran
lol, that's always been my biggest weakness in my game. I seriously need to stop driving right behind people.
I feel like I'm doing better with being consistent with those daredevil style drifts honestly, but I just couldn't help but poke fun at myself for going so above and beyond the call. I kinda blame MKTV though, there's something about seeing your run with the different camera angles, especially when it shows a long stretch of you drifting through the Danger Zone.
HypnoDarkrai
Member
Triple reds near the finish seriously
Snkfanatic
Banned
Added myself to the username list!
Rogue_Ledr
Banned
Nintendo still needs to give us a new Zelda, Starfox and a new Metroid.
Then the console will be complete.
Then the console will be complete.
Needs another clause somewhere in the first if statement saying
else if (course == antigrav)
{ drift next to someone;
move inward behind them;
slipstream & bump boost forward
}
Jeff Vader
Member
Lol my races go well but I always find a way to drift off the track
Crab Milk Mickey
Member
Next thing I know you're going to tell me that you play a game of chicken with banana peels too during said OCD drifting.
T/F
You feel like a god/goddess when you drift between someone's two banana peels left one after the other.
Beelzebufo
Banned
Finally got my first lightning bolt since launch! Now I only need a bullet bill
Zen_Arcade
Banned
It might help if you do the time trials of the levels first. The ghosts usually take shortcuts you might not know about. Though it can only help so much after the chaos of items is brought in. Sometimes you just get bad luck.
prag16
Banned
Heh, I'm at 2200 VR online and I've had a grand total of one bullet bill and one lightning bolt ever online...
Beelzebufo
Banned
Yeah, they're pretty hard to get I think, you have to be like below 8 or something
Metaternal
Member
I JUST GOT FUCKING LAST
IT'S LITERALLY THE FIRST TIME
WOW
IT'S LITERALLY THE FIRST TIME
WOW
Zen_Arcade
Banned
It goes by the name of your Mii. Just go into the Mii editor and change the name of your Mii, and that's what will show up online.
You are missing the obvious: Get into first somehow but immediately get clobbered by a blue shell that was waiting for you to take the lead.
Jeff Vader
Member
Oh boy I sure do love choking on the 3rd lap!
Beelzebufo
Banned
I saw that haha, you got stuck in the off-road area at the wowt possible time.
Wave Race, 1080*, FZero, Mario Strikers, Pilotwings, Excite Truck. If they gave us half of that on Wii U, oh my.
Races are more like RNG+Netcode at the first batch of items, hold first for 2 laps, hope you don't get too far ahead to trigger the blue shell, then pray the wild 3rd lap RNG doesn't allow them to overtake you. If you have multiple freaks it's about how they can out bullshit each other in 2nd and 3rd while hoping for some RNG to hit first at a good spot or a goof. I still want to see how Frantic Items tournament setting would make things play out.
I genuinely think it's the easiest it has ever been. I went through 150cc/mirror the last few days and on my first try got 3 stars on all of them but two cups.
Some stuff to keep in mind:
-Focus on acceleration, not speed. AI scales to it, and recovering from blue shells is more important.
-Unlike online players, the AI ALWAYS use their items. If you're in second and get a red shell, hold onto it until first blow their banana/green shell, but hold onto it if third gets a red shell to defend. This also includes the horn, the AI just blow it and don't even try to hit you. I've seen them use it, then get blue shelled afterwards.
-While they use items, it's on a delay. If the person in second isn't too hard behind, if you see someone else get a blue shell fall back so they get hit. But you can actually get very large leads over them, I've been hit by a blue shell/lightning combo and managed to not even come close to being passed.
-When you pass the finish line, everyone gets counted as finished. Even if one of the AI just got hit and technically finish much worse. Not really important for 3 stars since you always need first.