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I'm so excited for this!
DoubleR
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I used to play this game 12 years ago! I am 25 now. Back then when the Beta was over, Nexon kept us in the shadows. No announcement or news about the game's future. I was so mad and I'll never forgive them for this. I was waiting and waiting and waiting and no news came!
However, I can't be more excited for this. The speed mode is SOOOOOOOOOO much fun. Drifting and gathering speed felt great. I never played the likes of Mario Kart, but all I can say is that drifting required SKILL in this game. Drifting is needed in order to get Nitro (Boost).
Also after each drift you make, if done properly - you get a small boost as well. There were all kind "boosts" you could make such as a double boost.
There were different karts, each had their own unique properties (as an example, the Saber series was the fastest but harder to control. Another series had better drifting mechanics but was slower).
The game did have some sort of progression. You level up - and after a certain level is reached you could unlock a new "license" to that next tier which had harder maps to play on.
There were also different game modes and events. I remember Scenario which was a PvE singleplayer story basically.
The only downside is the game was heavily Pay 2 Win. You could buy karts with real money and also buy certain karts with in-game currency, but only for a certain amount of time. I don't mind grinding a bit if it means I'll get to keep the kart forever as a reward. They need to carefully balance this, I don't think the western audience is the same as the one in Korea.
Hopefully they'll bring some of the core maps back.
If this stays loyal to the source, it can be one of the best racing games out there. No, it WILL be - make it happen, Nexon. My PC is 8 years old, I may need to upgrade just for this game! I did not get accepted for the closed beta yet, hopefully I'll get in.
However, I can't be more excited for this. The speed mode is SOOOOOOOOOO much fun. Drifting and gathering speed felt great. I never played the likes of Mario Kart, but all I can say is that drifting required SKILL in this game. Drifting is needed in order to get Nitro (Boost).
Also after each drift you make, if done properly - you get a small boost as well. There were all kind "boosts" you could make such as a double boost.
There were different karts, each had their own unique properties (as an example, the Saber series was the fastest but harder to control. Another series had better drifting mechanics but was slower).
The game did have some sort of progression. You level up - and after a certain level is reached you could unlock a new "license" to that next tier which had harder maps to play on.
There were also different game modes and events. I remember Scenario which was a PvE singleplayer story basically.
The only downside is the game was heavily Pay 2 Win. You could buy karts with real money and also buy certain karts with in-game currency, but only for a certain amount of time. I don't mind grinding a bit if it means I'll get to keep the kart forever as a reward. They need to carefully balance this, I don't think the western audience is the same as the one in Korea.
Hopefully they'll bring some of the core maps back.
If this stays loyal to the source, it can be one of the best racing games out there. No, it WILL be - make it happen, Nexon. My PC is 8 years old, I may need to upgrade just for this game! I did not get accepted for the closed beta yet, hopefully I'll get in.
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I just learned that this game surfaced in America a long time ago, but racing genre is very tricky to please its audience, so it makes sense Kartrider's such drastically different approach didn't work out in America.
Korean audience is mesmerized with the new version launch, as it showcases stunning graphics in contrast to the unchanging, old game they've been playing for past 15 years, yet concerned that the new launch could imply the end of old era that they've been seeing for so long, or possibly worse, dividing the population between old and migrated gamers.
I am on the excited spectrum! The current game struggles with ping problems, and I am playing in Korean server from America, so I constantly get blamed from the users about my ping; if I could have a platform where I can geographically belong to, that would be a dream come true.
I have some screenshots from the current game I'm playing at the moment:
Chilling in MyRoom
Invading other people's MyRoom
Post-race, where I get heckled for my ping (chat at bottom left)
Racing with friends
They have what's called License System, where you pass several tests of increasing difficulty to earn the license appropriate for your level. Here is me happily picking up my final license after 10 hours of re-tries in the span of 4 days: