DoPe RiDe? wrote on 04/17/08 at 20:53:41:


Agreed.

The fastest bike is the torpedo.

i hate karts!

Actually I hate Karts, I just can't control them, I even have played the WR Karts tracks with bikes because I just can't control the Kart.

Moritz

So no one thinks the bowser bikes drift is ridiculasely high? I cant stand that.
If you want a shot at WR, 9/10 tracks at the moment you will need a bike to even have a chance.
to me they should be a bit more balanced so karts arn't useless for TTs.

Some people where complaining there were only several good karts in MKDS, but all I see on the leaderboards is bowser bike and the occasional bowser kart  

Whatever is fastest, its common sence to use it, and im not saying you shouldnt use bikes becuase they are fun, i just wish there was a bike with low drift that is still as fast as the bowser bike, or even a kart thats a bit faster to compete with the bikes.

At first I was against bikes but now I think they are a great addition.  This Mario Kart will always be remembered as the one with the bikes!  I actually dislike the karts more, because there is nothing you can do to get a boost on a straight, and there are very few corners where you can get red sparks quickly.  I like how you get 3 shrooms every time in TTs, much better than having to choose a crappy standard kart just to get extra shrooms in MKDS, that is one annoynace this game doesn't have.

But I do agree, there should have been more courses where karts have a chance, it's kind of crazy that bikes have an enormous advantage most of the time.

Ostro wrote on 04/19/08 at 01:23:09:


Which one is the fastest for MK64?

Bowser is the fatsest if it goes about MKSC, but some times are raced with Peach, Toad or DK because their cornering is better.

Ostro wrote on 04/19/08 at 01:23:09:


Nope. At least for TT, Yoshi, Peach and Toad are all the same in MK64. but because they look and sound so different, they give quite different impressions, and people usually have very clear preferences. (me, I mostly use Peach, but also Toad is OK. Yoshi I won't touch.)
    I think these differences make up a nice dimension, even if it doesn't mean a thing when it comes to the times you get. But it's not very important to the game.

Antway, I think it's just as well that there is a clear choice.

If there where vehicles with different characteristics with effects which more or less ruled each other out, so that it wasn't immediately clear which one was best, in the end you'd end up with a clear no.1 choice anyway. Even if one was faster only if you were really good at handling it, it wouldn't make sense for a new player to use another, because you'd be stupid not to try to learn to handle the one which in the end would give the best reults.

finn

Ostro wrote on 04/19/08 at 01:23:09:

I said some people were complaining about a lack of good karts in MKDS, I didnt say I was complaining about it, I think theres an awesome selection. I find karts more fun than bikes
Its all about getting those red sparks... And to me they handle so much better than bikes.

I still use bikes on wifi because their faster, im just saying they should have made a decent kart which can compete with the bikes  

I don't hate bikes. What I hate is being forced to drive a bike in order to get competitive PR.

I actually do think that bikes are great for the gameplay. Giving 2 real different driving styles is pretty cool and let people choose their style.

But when you create such different gameplays, there is always one winning other the second (except few exceptions, such as Starcraft... but they did a lot of adjustments through patch and nerfs that MKWii won't be able to do).

So, what I simply hate, is that the 'bike gameplay' won over the 'kart gameplay'. It could have been so great if 1/3 of the race were better on bike, 1/3 on karts, and remaining 1/3 inbetween. I guess that's just dreaming.  :'(

I play with cars and bikes without any kind of problem at the hour of slide or control them. But there's an exception: Bowser Bike. I don't know why but I can't control it at curves, I find impossible make good slides with it and always finish offroad. I must practice a lot with it if i want good times.

I'm going to try the bikes out a lot today cuz I suck with them; I'm better with the karts.

--GCII

BIKES FTW!