31st January 2003, 11:10 PM
F-Zero X was only remotely fun in multiplayer with opponents at your difficulty level. Anything else and its lame due to lack of computers... its the same way in Wave Race (n64 or ngc), Hydro Thunder, and any other game with just you and a couple comps.
Wipeout 64 is my example of well done 2 player mode. It has the full 16 vehicle field (and the full graphics) in 2 player... 3 or 4 player got rid of sidetrack graphics and limited it to 4 cars total, but 2 player was great. Excitebike had a full 6-car multiplayer mode too.. so did Rush 2049 (2 player only... there is no 3 or 4 player standard racing in the game, only stunt and battle...). But single player in those games just had 6 also... Star Wars Ep.1 Racer had up to 6 cars (inc. comps) in multi but 12 in single. Decent, but not as good as Wipeout...
N64 does better in some games (Extreme-G 3 with its 2 player mode with full field of cars) but Wave Race is stuck with you and the opponent... and Burnout only has 4 in single player so the fact it has 4 in multi isnt as bad.
Um, my point? The more comps in multi, the better the multi race mode... and way too many games skimp on that part of the game and leave you with a lame humans-only (or just one or two comps) mode. :(
Wipeout 64 is my example of well done 2 player mode. It has the full 16 vehicle field (and the full graphics) in 2 player... 3 or 4 player got rid of sidetrack graphics and limited it to 4 cars total, but 2 player was great. Excitebike had a full 6-car multiplayer mode too.. so did Rush 2049 (2 player only... there is no 3 or 4 player standard racing in the game, only stunt and battle...). But single player in those games just had 6 also... Star Wars Ep.1 Racer had up to 6 cars (inc. comps) in multi but 12 in single. Decent, but not as good as Wipeout...
N64 does better in some games (Extreme-G 3 with its 2 player mode with full field of cars) but Wave Race is stuck with you and the opponent... and Burnout only has 4 in single player so the fact it has 4 in multi isnt as bad.
Um, my point? The more comps in multi, the better the multi race mode... and way too many games skimp on that part of the game and leave you with a lame humans-only (or just one or two comps) mode. :(