06-09-2014, 10:53 AM
wiggler and honey queen were playable drivers in mario kart 7.
this seems pretty plausible.
because computer players in 150cc/mirror mode are cheating bastards.
actually yeah let's talk about that. i can handle competition and losing in multiplayer because someone else coming up behind me with a mushroom at the last stretch of the race is a move under that person's control, which they took advantage of. that's ok! but in single player, someone coming up behind me with a mushroom at the last stretch of the race is a move under the game's control and outside of my own, which changes the main game mode into a crapshoot. i mean, that's been the case for pretty much every mario kart game after super mario kart (and arguably after 64), but that doesn't change the fact that it's poor game design. it's equivalent to an unavoidable thwomp that permanently follows your exact horizontal location until it stomps you. game factors should never take control away from the player if they didn't bring it upon themself.
it's to the point where i wonder why mario kart even has a single player mode when it's clearly designed to be a party game and little else.
this seems pretty plausible.
(06-09-2014, 07:11 AM)ancient golem john Wrote: why wud you go back to 100cc when 150 is claerly the best?
because computer players in 150cc/mirror mode are cheating bastards.
actually yeah let's talk about that. i can handle competition and losing in multiplayer because someone else coming up behind me with a mushroom at the last stretch of the race is a move under that person's control, which they took advantage of. that's ok! but in single player, someone coming up behind me with a mushroom at the last stretch of the race is a move under the game's control and outside of my own, which changes the main game mode into a crapshoot. i mean, that's been the case for pretty much every mario kart game after super mario kart (and arguably after 64), but that doesn't change the fact that it's poor game design. it's equivalent to an unavoidable thwomp that permanently follows your exact horizontal location until it stomps you. game factors should never take control away from the player if they didn't bring it upon themself.
it's to the point where i wonder why mario kart even has a single player mode when it's clearly designed to be a party game and little else.