Too arcade-ish - built for the kiddies
posted by Operator7 (LONG BEACH, CA) Jul 5, 2011
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Another reviewer said it best, when he/she referred to how you can't even see what is coming, so you don't know if you are going the right way, or in a good direction..... and also, with the things unfolding to make the roads breakup etc, it makes many crashes unavoidable.... and this all leads to one things - WAY TOO MANY CRASHES!!!
That's my beef. I want a game that allows for skill, not some mindless kids game that no matter how brainless or smart you are, the outcome is almost always going to be the same.
You will crash and crash, and crash some more, and then somehow in the last lap, you are able to catch up and pass everyone, and have a shot at 1st place. Typical arcade gaming, at it's worst.
The action and scenery and ideas are all great, and there is a TON of potential..... but whoever thinks it's a good idea to WASTE all of this on the child-like silliness that the game amounts to should be fired - immediately.
And the AI has been bad through the whole series.... all the other racers will focus on YOU, and attempt to make you crash, even if it's suicidal for them. Now that might seem "radical" if you are a nine year old, who doesn't know any better, but what kind of logic is it for every other racer to be making suicide runs at you, to try to take you out?
The game has a ton of great things, but they all are wasted by the foolishness that continues throughout the series of MS games.
What a waste!
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