29th July 2003, 10:47 AM
Quote:What?! Are you completely insane?! How many times have you hit someone with a turtle shell in Rush 2049? Mario Kart is a kart-racer!! It's VERY different from other racing games!!
It is a weapon-based racing game. So are Wipeout, Extreme-G, and many, many others... sure Mario Kart and Wipeout are quite different gameplay wise, but how can you say Mario Kart is a unique game? It makes no sense... there are a lot of kart racing games out there!
I haven't hit people in Rush 2049 with turtle shells, but I have hit cars with homing missiles in battle mode in that game, or in races in games like SCARS, Wipeout, and Extreme-G.
Quote: How'd you manage to get a GBA game back in '95 of ANY century (I assume 1995 is what you mean)?
Erm, its for original GB of course. :D
Quote: You have to realize that ABF also thinks that all regular car racers are identical to the crap-tastic Cruisin' games, even the mighty Outrun. The guy is nuts.
As usual, you take something I said and expand it way, way past what I meant. How about looking at what I say and thinking that it MEANS WHAT I WROTE, huh?
I said Cruis'n USA is clearly in the tradition of Outrun. And it is! You drive forward on a twisting road... very similar style of gameplay. Of course Outrun is a great, great game, but I do think that Cruis'n is a good newer version of that style of racing game... you don't. I know. BUT THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT A BAD GAME! Some games ARE bad. But not most... most are good if you like that type of game. Like Cruis'n. I love arcade-style racing games...
Racing games are one of my favorite genres. I own a whole lot of racing games. 8 for N64, 3 for Cube, 6 for GB/C (inc. 2 copies each of 2 games), 14 (full versions; 2 copies of one game) for PC...
None of those are a Cruis'n game. I'd get Cruis'n Exotica for N64 if I saw it for $20 or less and had the money (but not before I got Rush 2, or a few other N64 games), but while its fun it IS very simple and doesn't last as long as other better racing games...
Of all those games my favorites are F-Zero X, SF Rush 2049, Pod, Wipeout 64, and Rollcage Stage II... and Micro Machines.
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