3rd June 2017, 11:02 PM
Oh, I played some MK64 a few days ago, to see what I think of it now; it'd been a while. The game's still fun, though the controls weren't as good as I remember them. I mean, it controls like a Mario Kart game, which is kind of skiddy. The graphics are also far from the system's best, though it's an early release so that's understandable. Otherwise it's still pretty good... though really, why lock the game up at the end of circuits, after the credits? Making people get up to hit reset just to play another circuit is kind of annoying. Ah well. Anyway, that's why most of my track comparisons there are for the N64 game, that's the only other one I've played recently.
And on that note, Royal Raceway is mostly the same in MK8 as it is in MK64, except for one thing -- in the N64 game, the ground cuts off fast towards the water on that last turn before the finish line. I fell in there several times when I was playing the game recently because I cut the corner a little bit too tight. But in MK8 there is a wider track (I think) and wider, not sloping shoulder between that and the water, so falling in is much less likely and I haven't come even close to it so far. Otherwise the track is about the same, apart from adding wings on the big jump, but it's a little thing I noticed.
Also, I was just playing the game online for a while, and that is fun isn't it, for a while anyway. Though I have the DS, Wii, and 3DS games I've only played them online a handful of times really, but maybe I'll play a bit more of this one than those? It is easier to set up, not requiring low security wi-fi like the DS or non-wired Wii, and the controls are better than the 3DS -- I mean, the 3DS is great, but that little analog stick, while good, doesn't quite match up to a full gamepad for games that use much analog precision like racers -- so this is a better option than the previous ones. I still doubt I'll play a lot of it online though. Somehow I've never really gotten in to online racing games like I did strategy games for a long time, or online RPGs (Guild Wars)... not sure why. It's fun in multiplayer though, even just online.
And on that note, Royal Raceway is mostly the same in MK8 as it is in MK64, except for one thing -- in the N64 game, the ground cuts off fast towards the water on that last turn before the finish line. I fell in there several times when I was playing the game recently because I cut the corner a little bit too tight. But in MK8 there is a wider track (I think) and wider, not sloping shoulder between that and the water, so falling in is much less likely and I haven't come even close to it so far. Otherwise the track is about the same, apart from adding wings on the big jump, but it's a little thing I noticed.
Also, I was just playing the game online for a while, and that is fun isn't it, for a while anyway. Though I have the DS, Wii, and 3DS games I've only played them online a handful of times really, but maybe I'll play a bit more of this one than those? It is easier to set up, not requiring low security wi-fi like the DS or non-wired Wii, and the controls are better than the 3DS -- I mean, the 3DS is great, but that little analog stick, while good, doesn't quite match up to a full gamepad for games that use much analog precision like racers -- so this is a better option than the previous ones. I still doubt I'll play a lot of it online though. Somehow I've never really gotten in to online racing games like I did strategy games for a long time, or online RPGs (Guild Wars)... not sure why. It's fun in multiplayer though, even just online.