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ModNation Racers |OT| Loading, Moaning And Creating Vinyl Clothing
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Cellbomber
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I can't believe someone is comparing this to LBP2. Other than the creation aspect nothing is similar.
Have this game preordered (my friend went and pre-ordered/paid it for me as a surprise) so if any GAFfers are ready to get our game going on Tuesday just PM me. I already have a group of 3 that will be playing regularly (one GAFfer, and the friend previously mentioned) but I am sure that we can find a way to have fun.
One question though: Can you make tracks as a group? That would be epic fun!
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It depends on what you want really. There are a lot of games I would like to play, but not many that are worth it in the end. After wasting money on video games (and sadly falling into my old trap again...) I have returned to the very VERY selective purchasing route. Within the next month getting 3 games is insane for me (Alpha Protocol, Naughty Bear, and now ModNation)
After July though its pretty sparse that I purchase anything!
What I'm trying to say is, determine WHAT you want to play, how much you'll enjoy it (not just time, FFXIII takes a lot of time and not that many enjoy it, 5 amazing hours > 50 shit ones)
Thats how you decide if you get it! (Plus you can then play the sadistic tracks me and my friend are already concocting before the game even arrives MUAHAHAHA)
One question though: Can you make tracks as a group? That would be epic fun!
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aristotle said:man I'm still trying to figure out if I should wait on this or not. I'm becoming broke with all of these games and a new MGS is coming too
It depends on what you want really. There are a lot of games I would like to play, but not many that are worth it in the end. After wasting money on video games (and sadly falling into my old trap again...) I have returned to the very VERY selective purchasing route. Within the next month getting 3 games is insane for me (Alpha Protocol, Naughty Bear, and now ModNation)
After July though its pretty sparse that I purchase anything!
What I'm trying to say is, determine WHAT you want to play, how much you'll enjoy it (not just time, FFXIII takes a lot of time and not that many enjoy it, 5 amazing hours > 50 shit ones)
Thats how you decide if you get it! (Plus you can then play the sadistic tracks me and my friend are already concocting before the game even arrives MUAHAHAHA)
There is a way to remap the buttons (other layout configuration available?) and most important, this game has an option to adjust the sensibility of controller? I played the demo and hated the controller, this things "killed" the gameplay for me and in demo there is no way to adjust. :/
Random things that bother me atm.
- Drifting on X. Good luck activating the shield while drifting.
- Being hit despite having the shield on.
- Losing weapons after being shot. This annoys me to no end. Sometimes I don't lose weapon tho. But I don't know why. Which annoys me even more. I guess it depends on what level your weapon is. Anyway, annoying. Being hit is already enough of a punishment so I don't get why they felt the need to add weapon removal/decrease on top of that.
- Too precise collision detection with tokens/weapon globes. I miss more than I should. Collision should be more wide and forgiving.
- 30fps with slowdowns. The more I look at this game, the more I wonder why it ain't running as 120fps. There is NOTHING that justifies such a low frame rate (shitty coding aside).
- Drifting on X. Good luck activating the shield while drifting.
- Being hit despite having the shield on.
- Losing weapons after being shot. This annoys me to no end. Sometimes I don't lose weapon tho. But I don't know why. Which annoys me even more. I guess it depends on what level your weapon is. Anyway, annoying. Being hit is already enough of a punishment so I don't get why they felt the need to add weapon removal/decrease on top of that.
- Too precise collision detection with tokens/weapon globes. I miss more than I should. Collision should be more wide and forgiving.
- 30fps with slowdowns. The more I look at this game, the more I wonder why it ain't running as 120fps. There is NOTHING that justifies such a low frame rate (shitty coding aside).
Roxas said:
Thats just fucking lame... hopefully Sony deals with this faster than the MAG cheating
To re-ask my question from earlier that didn't get answered:
Can you create maps in a group online? I'm fairly certain (can't remember but think so) that LBP had a "create a level together" thing going so I was wondering if this game had a similar setup
SuperSonic1305
Member
TTP said:
Risk vs Reward. What would stop players from getting level 3 weapons and saving them until the last lap otherwise?
Has anyone passed the 3rd chapter of the career mode? (The Range Tour)
I swear it's impossible. No matter how good I play, which shortcuts I take, it's just a matter of luck wherever or not I cross the finish line on 3rd place or below. I think I'm good at racing games, but I've played the 1st track (that one that teaches you how to trigger the Devastators) like 40 times already (no kidding) and I just can't win that shit. Whenever I get ahead, I end up being ass kicked with like 2 or 3 weapons attacks simultaneously, and no matter how much shield I got, something always hits me. I'm so pissed right now I want to kill somebody.
This has to be the most unfair videogame I have ever played in my life.
I swear it's impossible. No matter how good I play, which shortcuts I take, it's just a matter of luck wherever or not I cross the finish line on 3rd place or below. I think I'm good at racing games, but I've played the 1st track (that one that teaches you how to trigger the Devastators) like 40 times already (no kidding) and I just can't win that shit. Whenever I get ahead, I end up being ass kicked with like 2 or 3 weapons attacks simultaneously, and no matter how much shield I got, something always hits me. I'm so pissed right now I want to kill somebody.
This has to be the most unfair videogame I have ever played in my life.
SuperSonic1305 said:
I understand lowering the level (albeit not that much either), but you should be left with lvl 1 weapon at least. You shouldn't lose that as well. Have you passed the 3rd career chapter? I swear it's easier to win the lottery.
This game is a very unbalanced piece of shit.
RobbieNick
Junior Member
Was gonna pre-order at Amazon for Ratchet and Clank, but always out of money for it. Pre-ordered at GameStop instead. Kratos. Meh. At least the Mystery Mod is Sackboy from what I hear.
Anyone know how many mods you can save? Can you download someone else's mod if it's a copyrighted character?
Anyone know how many mods you can save? Can you download someone else's mod if it's a copyrighted character?
Completely loving this game. After completing the qualifier race i mucked around in the Creation Station for hours. Seriously, i could spend days in there without ever leaving it.
I love the simpleness of creativity in this thing. I spent about 2 hours making one of my tracks, adding multiple paths, hazards etc etc, and it was awesome. Similarly though you could probably spend 20 minutes and make a track which is nearly as good - that, i love!
Also love the amount of fantastic UGC there is already available online. Have a quick bezz earlier, and there's some great stuff to download. I should imagine that will increase ten-fold when it is finally released over on the other size of the Atlantic on Tuesday.
Damn though, the career gets REALLY hard really fast. The opponent AI is really brutal (almost Motorstorm brutal). They just build up the weapons and volley them at your ass every time you get a significant lead. It's damn frustrating i tell you!
Also it's sad to see that the Hot Lap part is glitched, especially as i spent an hour in there genuinely getting racing lines, finding shortcuts, drifting etc to properly cut my time down; then exited to find people doing it in 6 seconds
All in all though, this is one brilliant game and well worth the money. I fully recommend it to people who are fans of karting games. The loading times really aren't as bad as some websites would lead you to believe; sure they are there and noticeable, but nowhere near as bad as they could be, and definitely not bad enough to take away from how good the game is.
I love the simpleness of creativity in this thing. I spent about 2 hours making one of my tracks, adding multiple paths, hazards etc etc, and it was awesome. Similarly though you could probably spend 20 minutes and make a track which is nearly as good - that, i love!
Also love the amount of fantastic UGC there is already available online. Have a quick bezz earlier, and there's some great stuff to download. I should imagine that will increase ten-fold when it is finally released over on the other size of the Atlantic on Tuesday.
Damn though, the career gets REALLY hard really fast. The opponent AI is really brutal (almost Motorstorm brutal). They just build up the weapons and volley them at your ass every time you get a significant lead. It's damn frustrating i tell you!
Also it's sad to see that the Hot Lap part is glitched, especially as i spent an hour in there genuinely getting racing lines, finding shortcuts, drifting etc to properly cut my time down; then exited to find people doing it in 6 seconds
All in all though, this is one brilliant game and well worth the money. I fully recommend it to people who are fans of karting games. The loading times really aren't as bad as some websites would lead you to believe; sure they are there and noticeable, but nowhere near as bad as they could be, and definitely not bad enough to take away from how good the game is.
Agent X
Member
Alastor said:
I tried my hand at creating a character earlier today. I'm not too bothered by the inability to use him in the game right now (though it certainly would've been nice), but I'm wondering exactly where the file is that the data is saved to. I can't see any new file or even an older one that was updated, either with the save data or with the install data.
Alright here is the thing about game balance. I just realized that the Speed/Acceleration & Drift/Control settings you can adjust in the "hub" (by pressing R1) DO AFFECT your kart performance in career racing as well! Since there is no way to change the settings unless you exit career mode I assumed it was irrelevant (only for multiplayer I assumed), but it's clearly not. I had my kart set with full drift and max acceleration (hence lower top speed), which does indeed explain why I kept being smoked by the AI. Fuck me sideways United Front dudes. You could have least add the option to change these settings in career mode cos you know, it's not really that obvious. Oh well. Time to get some revenge.
RobbieNick
Junior Member
RagnarokX said:
Really? That's it? Big whoop. I'd never want to play as those things.
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010/04/27/modnation-racers-mystery-mods-revealed/RobbieNick said:
The way they talk about props, the cart bodies may or may not be exclusive to the dlc. The cat is definitely my least favorite.
RobbieNick
Junior Member
Does anyone know if the DLC exclusives will be available as DLC? Hate to miss out on Ratchet and Clank.
RobbieNick said:
Really?
Ratchet looks like he has major rape face going on. I bet you could create a better one in game. Someone has already made a clank (though I think the offical costume is a "little" better)
However, yes, SONY and United Front love money. I have no worries that this will come out sometime down the line.
Ninja Moomin
Banned
D2M15 said:
Cheers...
Finished my homage to ridge racer last night.... lots of wide drifts and sky scrapers close to the edge of the track.
RagnarokX said:
they didn't in LBP... so not sure what they would in MNR.
Why do people come in threads just to bitch about everything... if you guys don't want to get the game then there's plenty of games on here you can talk about where you could perhaps add something worthwhile to the discussion...?
Ninja Moomin
Banned
Nyx said:The more I'm playing it, the more I'm loving it, and I haven't even touched the design-stuff.
Difficulty gets hard pretty fast in career-mode, but it seems my driving-skills are getting better each race too.
Yup.... it's a grower for sure
prettyvacant77
Member
TTP said:
I got stuck on that for at least an hour, just ended up with one lucky run where I hit ALL the requirements to advance.
First few races are a breeze but it gets brutal in the later stages...
Diablohead
Member
I would say it's due to everything the game has to remember and process for the tracks, since they can be made from scratch in a sandbox.TTP said: