ModNation Racers for PlayStation 3 Reviews by Gamers

ModNation is a great racing game to come to the PS3 with the Create, Play, Share initiative. When I first saw the game, I thought it would be a little too cartoony, and maybe even easy. I was quite wrong. The game is a little corny, but in a good way. The customization options for Karts, Mods, and tracks are near endless. Without paying a dime extra, I downloaded over 150 Mods (characters) that people created, ranging from Spiderman to Sackboy, to even Solid Snake and Barack Obama. Just customizing and downloading things can make you get lost in the game without even racing.

When it does come to racing however, the game gets even better. I feel that this is a very challenging game as you advance. With tough AI however, it can get a little stressful when you do fantastic 2 laps, then get zapped right before the finish line and you have to race it again, but alas that is the way of the racing genre. I enjoyed the weapon system, where you have multiple "stages" of weapons. If you pick up one little orb, you get for example one missle (think one green shell in Mario Kart). If you don't fire it and pick up another orb along the way, you can have about 3 missiles that lock on (think 3 red shells), and one more orb for about 5 that hit multiple players at once. Very fun system.

Many people are complaining about the load times, which are long. However, it needs to be understood that the game has many things to load with the customizations of the Mods, the Karts, and the Tracks. Sure it would be nice if it was faster, but for a good game, you can be patient.

Well done Sony.

This game is awesome but the load times are a bit too much.