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ModNation Racers |OT| Loading, Moaning And Creating Vinyl Clothing
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Square Triangle
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God I'm reminded why I hate kart racers so much, maintaining a steady lead the whole race and BAM every fucking AI racer uses their weapons on you.
Fuck that noise.
Fuck that noise.
Love this game. The shield is perfect.
If it was too easy to use, it would render weapons useless. It takes skill to build your meter and use it correctly.
I got through the first 2 leagues yesterday, the AI is TOUGH, but not rubberband or cheap. They play like a skilled human would.
Did two XP races. Fun as hell.
If it was too easy to use, it would render weapons useless. It takes skill to build your meter and use it correctly.
I got through the first 2 leagues yesterday, the AI is TOUGH, but not rubberband or cheap. They play like a skilled human would.
Did two XP races. Fun as hell.
minimumhippo
Member
Just finished the main character from Persona 3. Still getting used to all of the tools; I'm sure this could be made much better.
Okay. After playing the game last night this is what I think of the game:
The gameplay itself is really fun. I mean sincerely it is. They have got to drastically cut down the amount of times you can get knocked off the track on the original levels. It's not even fair. The AI is hyper vicious. They need to be toned down when playing online. It's worse online than it is offline for some reason. Some of the powerups are too overpowered at early stages. I understand and encourage them to be more powerful as they level up because that makes sense but it shouldn't be possible to render me completely unable to control my vehicle at the first level.
The gameplay itself is really fun. I mean sincerely it is. They have got to drastically cut down the amount of times you can get knocked off the track on the original levels. It's not even fair. The AI is hyper vicious. They need to be toned down when playing online. It's worse online than it is offline for some reason. Some of the powerups are too overpowered at early stages. I understand and encourage them to be more powerful as they level up because that makes sense but it shouldn't be possible to render me completely unable to control my vehicle at the first level.
The load times aren't even as bad as everyone made it sound...I've waited almost as long with other online games. It seems to load the most the first time you enter the ModSpot, but then bouncing back and forth between races and ModSpot is about 30 seconds. The other thing is that it downloads mods in 1 second, and tracks in about 3 seconds. I was pretty shocked by this. It was nice to see I could rack up on downloaded tracks at that speed, especially on launch day.
Already there is a ton of stuff to grab, with some really ridiculous island-hopping tracks with lots of take-off ramps and great looking mods. Most importantly though, the racing itself is smooth, the drifting is ace, and the weapons are quite strategic, adding an extra layer to kart formula.
It is a great purchase.
Already there is a ton of stuff to grab, with some really ridiculous island-hopping tracks with lots of take-off ramps and great looking mods. Most importantly though, the racing itself is smooth, the drifting is ace, and the weapons are quite strategic, adding an extra layer to kart formula.
It is a great purchase.
MisterAnderson
Member
So far my biggest complaint is that too many of the weapons are homing "fire and forget" attacks. I would have liked to see a little more creativity with the weapons aside from "build up to level 3, then press square." Still need to spend more time with it though so maybe there is more to the weapons than I'm currently seeing.
Was playing this last night and I felt exactly the same. I think I know why though - the times when you're racing are so fucking intense it's actually quite pleasant to have a moment to catch your breath!TTP said:
The key I think to being effective with the weapons is to not telegraph them. If you can let them fly from a short distance you don't give the person in front the opportunity to react.MisterAnderson said:
And from the defensive point of view it's critical to get the timing down on the shields. Too early and you either waste valuable meter or run out before the attack hits, too late and you're screwed anyway. Once you get a feel for the weapons (Some take longer to hit) then I think it's possible to negate pretty much everything.
You are going to get nailed every now and again though, it would be dull if it was too easy.
I'm still amazed at how much depth there is in this game, and the track designs as you progress through the career are fantastic. And I have a smile on my face all of the time that Biff and Gary are on screen. ^_^
The gas being on R2 doesn't bother me, per se, but I found my hand cramping up after about 90 minutes playing this baby. Like, I was a claw monster or something.
Any advice? Does anyone do any kind of hand stretching before they play certain games? What do Monster Hunter PSP players do?
Wow, this whole post is pretty absurd. But I mean it, my hand was pretty fucked up.
Any advice? Does anyone do any kind of hand stretching before they play certain games? What do Monster Hunter PSP players do?
Wow, this whole post is pretty absurd. But I mean it, my hand was pretty fucked up.
MisterAnderson
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Do you have to get all 3 challenges in 1 race for them to unlock? Or you can get one at a time?
ConradCervantes
Banned
:lol
Dedication Through Light
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expy said:
MarshMellow96
Member
Takao said:
Is in the ball park or across the road?
MarshMellow96 said:
From what I can tell, you can't really do anything unique like creating designs on shirts, or something. I tried making a Krillin from DragonBall, but I wasn't able to do the Turtle Symbol, wrist bands, or the insense burns on his forehead. It's very much "here's a bunch of different pieces, go make stuff with it".
I made a pretty decent Ash Ketchum though. He is lacking the logo on his cap, and his shirt doesn't 100% match the colours. Oh well.
jett said:
They say they did this to assure smooth online experience but will look into expanding it to WW if community so desires.
You usual bullshit basically.
Here the official statement
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010...or-ps3-launched-and-unwrapped/#comment-407060
For the lazy
MarshMellow96
Member
Takao said:
This is pretty disappointing tbh. I was hoping for something at least a little similar to LBP PSP with regard to creativity..
expy said:
Haha. I was just coming on to say 'If whoever made Translator Guy is reading this, god bless you.' You'll be pleased to know he just beat Kanye West, Colonel Sanders and Michael Jackson, the King Of Pop.
There are so many great Gaga outfit reconstruction mods that we're already having four-player INSIDE GAGA'S HEAD races.
MarshMellow96 said:
People are making nice things with the game's own tools. But they're not like what the PS3 version has put out in terms of detailing the characters.
Seems online is geo-locked for the PSP as well, as it seems only 1 to 3 matches can be found by me online at any given moment.
Well, it sorta makes sense. There is nothing stopping you from playing casual races with friends that use all of the same settings and tracks as an XP race. Since XP races are ranked and set to official standards, friends could easily unfairly boost their ranks by agreeing to specific outcomes.Doel said:
So I've seen many outlets talking about the terrible load times, but after getting the game today, they really don't seem that bad. Maybe it's because of my 7200 rpm hard drive, but I still have yet to have a load time over 10 seconds, where I've heard claims of 1-2 minutes.
But I'm having a blast with the game, huge improvement over the beta.
But I'm having a blast with the game, huge improvement over the beta.
Dedication Through Light
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Doel said:
I thought the downside to XP races was you cant race on custom tracks?
SuperSonic1305
Member
Damn it. Usually I get Amazon shipments the next day but it already shipped a day late and hasn't arrived today.
That at least I understand because everyone you play with would have to have the custom track, so it would come with its own set of issues trying to match players with it's existing system (as it doesn't use a classic lobby setup with a list of games).Dedication Through Light said:
HappyBivouac
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Christ. Play the fucking game. What are you gonna do, snub your friends because playing with them won't raise some arbitrary epeen number?
Trophies, achievement and online xp systems have all but ruined this gen :/
Trophies, achievement and online xp systems have all but ruined this gen :/
ConradCervantes
Banned
Has anyone created Dudebro yet? I wanna get home from work tonight and experence some straight-up dawg time.
