Yeah I agree.
MK8 scored high for the same reason FH4 did: It's accessible and easy to learn.
Makes both games stale after a while for me though.
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Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled Review Thread
- Thread starter digitalrelic
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Makes both games stale after a while for me though.
Playing on Xbox. 85 Metacritic and online is a broken mess. GG reviews.
- No progression system online.
- No party up with friends. (Update - seems like there is, but only getting error codes)
- So. Much. Lag.
- Karts ghosting and glitching around.
- Error messages all the time.
- Lobbies collapse every few races.
- No scoreboards/points/whatever.
- No collision.
- No online split-screen (as far as I can tell).
- There is some weird problem with fps/motion blur online. Can't really put my fingers on it.
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What? It has incredible single player. That's all I've been playing.
You guys are nuts and are caught in the hype for this release. Mario Kart has tons of fun and memorable tracks and the only time the item balance was actively terrible was in MKWii (oh my god that horrible thunder cloud). But MK8 is basically one of the best games out there.
I'd agree that MK8 is the gold standard but I think it was really the beloved Double Dash that really pushed items over the edge and MK Wii continued the trend.
Going by this:
And also other comments made in the thread. It just doesn't seem to be its strong suit. And I already have Mario Kart for multiplayer kart racing.
Makes me happy for crash and makes me sad for sonic.
Holy shit! Why hasn't anyone complained about this. No friends in online caused huge outrage in the case of mario maker
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That's one review from a small publication that several people in this thread quoted to disagree with. The SP is amazing. It's all I intend to play.
You need to find a lobby on your own first (which already can be difficult enough because of technical issues) and then you need to be lucky that this lobby still has enough free places so your friends can join afterwards.
I don't know. So reviews seem to be lower and for good reason. Not just reviewers are biased and like MK.
Did the reviewers forget to test online matches, perhaps? On Switch right now it is unplayable when racing online, ALL the races have lag that make the other racers teleport along the track.
Don't know if it's the same on other platforms; if it is, I seriously don't understand all the good reviews.
Don't know if it's the same on other platforms; if it is, I seriously don't understand all the good reviews.
relax its a small studio and they said they are working on it
Move over Console Wars, the Great Kart Wars of 2019 are upon us. You're only allowed to like one mascot kart racer, all others are the enemy.
(Should be a fun time once online is fixed.)
(Should be a fun time once online is fixed.)
Hopefully they patch a lot of this up. I'll be playing single player for a good while, but I do plan to hop into multipayer once those events start..
There is. You can just find a lobby and your friend/s can join you there.
Edit: also, at least on PS4 the online has been patched and it works well now.
That's ... Not a party system. That's trial and error until you find a lobby with enough empty spaces.
Can only talk about the Xbox version. Or do I need to create a private lobby and search for public matches then (if that's possible)? Can only test this later.
In the Switch version you literally just select any friend who is listed as "joinable" to be in their party, anyone in the online menu but not matchmaking or in a lobby is joinable.
Waiting for the inevitable PC launch... and hopefully online gets better when it launches.
Also 30 fps is a no go for me.
Also 30 fps is a no go for me.
When I do that, all I get are error codes. Ah, I'll just wait for a patch I guess.
The online is a problem, but they just sent an update to the PS4 version. Everything else is great.
Agreed. MK8's tracks are second to none. I'm not a fan of the powerups in either game, but they're better balanced in MK. After 3 hours of play in this game, I've never once been given a power-up when I was in second place on the final lap that could do anything to harm the CPU racer in front of me. I remember loving CTR back in the day, but this game isn't reinforcing that love, but it is making me appreciate MK8D more. It doesn't help CTR that the online is a complete and utter dumpster fire right now.
It doesn't matter. Game is already good, don't think it dropping or rising or staying the same matters in the long term.
Game is brilliant. Given how utterly disappointing MK8D was in its disgraceful SP offerings, I'm very thankful Crash has remained faithful to the original game and given us a fantastic adventure mode.
Are you still waiting for more reviews before you buy it? Or do you already have it?
There's soft ranking but it would be nicer with real ranks
Partying exists
Lag hasn't been a problem for me but person to person you know
Scoreboards//Cup race sets online would be dope
No collision makes sense imo give the (alleged) horrendous lag, from what I've seen it'd be hell on earth with it
