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Since
Mario
Kart
perfected the kart
racing game there
has been a steady
stream of racers to
hit consoles over
the past several
years.
Unfortunately, none
of them have ever
done anything
different. They’re
either licensed or
unlicensed; you can
choose from a few
different characters
and race around 3
laps on a track and
hit your opposing
racers with weapons.
That’s been the
point and the best
it could get. That
is until
Modnation Racers
came along with the
Little Big Planet
create/share/play
ideology and created
a racer that has a
huge lifespan and is
a ton of fun.
This game is about
creating. You can
create a racer, you
can create a car,
and you can even
create your own
tracks. When you’re
done creating- you
upload those files
to share on the
Playstation Network
and the rest of the
world can go nuts.
With racers-
everything you could
think up or imagine
is featured in the
game- fans have paid
homage to their
favorite characters
from a variety of
world and uploaded
them for other
people to download
and play as. There
are also some
interesting original
creations with just
about everything you
could think of being
editable.
The
cars are interesting
too- same idea with
the characters. Fans
of different series
and licenses have
built cars and
trucks that pay
homage to their
favorite cars from
different series and
different cars in
real life and have
assembled a vast
collection for you
to download. There
are also some
interesting original
creations to
download, but for
the purpose of
Modnation Racers-
you have to create
your own car if you
create nothing else.
You can make it
seriously goofy
looking or you can
go the professional
route and build the
car to destroy the
competition. It’s
completely up to
you.
The
biggest draw for
Modnation Racers
and the biggest
reason to keep
coming back to the
game is the ability
to create a track or
download thousands
of different tracks
from the Playstation
Network. Just like
Little Big Planet-
this game’s life in
your console has
been lengthened
dramatically because
of the ability to
play on all of the
tracks and play them
online against the
competition.
You
couldn’t ask for a
deeper kart racing
game just because of
the
create/share/play
ideas behind it.
That’s what makes
Modnation Racers
an unbelievable
experience and puts
it at the top of the
heap of cart racing.
Driving around in
this game and
competing isn’t that
much different from
what you’re used to.
It has the kart
racing system behind
it, without a lot of
new ideas in actual
gameplay. Still, the
tracks are fun (and
there are thousands)
and the weapon
system and the
drifting and
drafting systems are
solid and add to the
experience.
Modnation Racers
really is a stellar
kart racer. The
single player/story
mode is fun, and
even more fun is the
ability to create
and edit anything to
your heart’s
content.
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