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Title: Who got Mario Kart 8? Post by: The Krazy One on May 30, 2014, 05:40:33 pm I did!
Title: Re: Who got Mario Kart 8? Post by: MG Maxdaddy on May 30, 2014, 05:44:00 pm O0
Title: Re: Who got Mario Kart 8? Post by: DoubleGunz on May 30, 2014, 08:34:41 pm not me. ew
Title: Re: Who got Mario Kart 8? Post by: Ps358 on May 30, 2014, 09:43:04 pm I got it, but haven't played it yet. :P
Title: Re: Who got Mario Kart 8? Post by: JabbaScrub on May 30, 2014, 10:29:54 pm Just got back from my friend's place where we've been playing it since 6. If I had to make a decision now, I'd say I don't care for it. Aesthetically, it's beautiful. Level design is astounding.
But it seems that the skill cap has been lowered back to pre-mkwii days (I never played MK7). The mach bike in mkwii had a pretty high skill cap. From the few hours I played, it seemed that drifting was pretty much the same across all vehicles. I miss being able to perform quick, sharp drifts at just the right moment and gain a speed boost. In MK8, I can just press the jump button anywhere within a very large distance of the turn and just ride the curve out. It's boring. :-\ The music wasn't very notable, but that's never been a focus in the genre. But I don't know, maybe the late-game customizations allow for more technical skill. Or maybe I wasn't using the right bike. One of our friends who was at the "new game, come to my house" get-together was almost constantly outperforming me, so there's still skill involved. Title: Re: Who got Mario Kart 8? Post by: DoubleGunz on May 31, 2014, 11:48:13 am The Jet Bike has a super sharp in-turn. The sports bike or w.e it's called also has an inside turn. The Yoshi bike might, too.
Title: Re: Who got Mario Kart 8? Post by: JabbaScrub on June 02, 2014, 02:34:14 pm The Jet Bike has a super sharp in-turn. The sports bike or w.e it's called also has an inside turn. The Yoshi bike might, too. I'll have to try the Jet Bike. I used the sport bike and the radius of its inside turn is way too wide to be useful. It just seems like a kart with a slight in-drift and a mini-boost limitation. I really hope the Jet Bike or another fulfills my expectations, because in a lot of areas, MK8 has greatly surpassed its predecessors. Title: Re: Who got Mario Kart 8? Post by: The Krazy One on June 02, 2014, 03:50:59 pm mini-boost limitation Every vehicle has the red/orange sparks mini-boost for drifting. |