The reviews for Crash Nitro Kart were varied. Many of them claimed that although they could capture the essence created by Naughty Dog in the traditional releases, the innovations they presented were not up to the task or felt risky. However, the most positive reviews came from the image side, where they impressed journalists with the cutscenes and in-game graphics.
Whether or not it lives up to its predecessor, Crash Nitro Kart is a very entertaining game that has a lot of replay value. Either to relax or to continue the canon of the original adventure, this game is a good excuse to return to the world of one of the biggest mascots in the world of video games. Crash is an interesting beast. Not in a bandicoot sense, but in regard to his new karting gig. For everything Nitro Kart does right, it does something frustratingly wrong--not the least of which is being released alongside the new Mario Kart.
CNKs Adventure mode delivers harmless single-player action, with interesting stuff such as boss challenges and team aspects, but it becomes annoying when you're forced to replay tracks with nonsensical requirements. For example, trying to finish in first while picking up arbitrarily placed letters or smashing clock-stopping boxes doesn't make for a good time.
The boost system--in which you link boosts by catching air, hitting pads, and powersliding--is another failed attempt at innovation. Having to press two buttons for the powersliding boost is just clunky. And then there's the multiplayer. Two-player cup races are enjoyable, but three-and four-player bouts lack intensity, thanks to bigger-than-necessary maps, ineffective weapons, and slower-than-normal game-play.
Nitro Kart doesn't offer the fast-paced, fluid fun I expect from a kart racer. Poor Crash. The little guy keeps pumping those stumpy marsupial legs, but he's still miles behind Mario--or in this case, Mario Kart: Double Dash!! Talking Tom Cat. Clash of Clans. Subway Surfers. TubeMate 3. Google Play. Bill Gates' favorite books of Biden announces to release oil from strategic reserves.
What your name means in Urban Dictionary. Windows Windows. Most Popular. New Releases. Desktop Enhancements. Networking Software. Trending from CNET. Visit Site. The Download Now link directs you to the Windows Store, where you can continue the download process. Where do you go when you're one of the most popular video game characters of all time? If you're Crash Bandicoot, you head for the track--the go-kart track, that is. Look out. Mario Kart, Crash has his drivers license for a wild and crazy racing game, a total switcheroo from the original Crash games.
Crash, with both his friends and enemies, will drive through 16 tracks shhh. Plus, you can choose your favorite Bandicoot buddies like CoCo or baddies such as Dr. Neo Cortex for head-to-head racing in split-screen mode, or you can participate in four-player races with the multitap. CTRs coolest racing feature will be the ability to bust vicious powerslides through turns, creating temporary turbo power for your go-kart.
If you fire turbos at just the right time, you'll zoom by the competition. Graphically, the new heavy-duty game engine can run eight racers onscreen at any time--and in the preview version, they looked gorgeous. Crash Team Racing is just waiting for the starters flag to deliver kart-crashing action. Mario did it. Donkey Kong did it. Even Final Fantasy did it. Now Crash Bandicoot is doing it too. What is it that they are all doing?
Why, Kart racing, that is what. Both fans of the Crash Bandicoot series of games and just racing fans alike are in for a great time playing this game. CTR is a four-player racing game that has more depth, challenges and fun going for it than you can shake a stick at.
There are 12 playable characters, 25 tracks, five modes, power-ups and great controls. If you have never played a Kart racing game or if you have played others and did not enjoy it much, this game will change the way you look at Kart racing.
So what are you waiting for? I have already thrown the words Kart racing around but I guess I should explain what it is. Kart racing is similar to racing a go-cart. The racing usually takes place on shorter tracks and the emphasis is heavy on action and less on simulation. Kart racing should not be taken seriously as a racer but should be taken seriously for fun. Actually, that sounds bad. Kart racing should be taken seriously as a racer but it is a different type of racer.
It is also common for a Kart racer to pick up projectile weapons and turbo boosts to help make it to the finish line ahead of the competition. That pretty much sums it up. Let's start off talking about the size of this game. You will be able to play as a different racer every day for two weeks and race on a different track every day for about a month. The most impressive thing about this is that all 25 of the tracks are a blast to race on.
They are well designed and I just found myself excited to see what the next available track would look like. The adventure mode more on this later will keep you playing for weeks. CTR has a number of different racing modes.
The two that really stand out as impressive to me are the four-player split screen mode and the adventure. First, the four-player split screen mode is great -- it is amazing to me that they were able to squeeze the juice out of the PSX to pull off something like this. There is only a bit of frame drop but it never interferes with the gameplay. So if you enjoy getting a few buddies huddled around the PSX with the multi-tap, you will have quite a few late nights with this game.
The second mode that I found to be outstanding was the adventure mode. The adventure mode is made up of 16 different tracks and takes place across a world map. You will drive your Kart around the world map jumping into different races.
If you win a race, you receive a trophy and other races or areas of the map will open up. Sounds pretty generic so far, right? Well, to spice things up a little, each race has three different prizes that can be collected. The first is the trophy, which is won by coming in first place during a race. After winning the trophy, you can go back to the same track and try winning a Relic race.
This has you trying to win a relic obviously. You are thrown out on the track by yourself and you have to try to complete three laps under a predetermined time limit. But that is not all.
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