gaff played the e3 build, nothing to see here.

The Gaff wrote on 09/26/11 at 04:44:37:

Tricks were shown on the presentation vids so...
Too bad.

Edit: Sorry, didn't see Troy's post.

I was playing the E3 demo, so everything I'll say may be different in the final version of the game. Also, some other Italian players tried the game, if they want to give their impressions they'll post here.

First at all, the game has great controls. I didn't find the Slide Pad impossible to use as many have said; instead, it feels responsive. The 3D effect was also rather nice, the best one on the console at the moment.

The glider is interesting. You go towards the ground at great speed when you tilt it down; when you tilt it up, it is very slow, but you barely lose any height. The fastest thing to do seems to tilt up and down every one second, alternatively; to trigger the (easy) SC at the start of RRM, tilting it upwards all the time was enough, and I only had to tilt it down for some moments to avoid hitting the finish line flag.
A very important thing danzee noticed: if you too far from the track the glider will automatically go off.
On the DKCR track, you could hit the three consecutive zippers with the glider to get extra height and boost, and it saved many seconds.

The underwater part of CCL was strange. The first portion of the track was hard to play, because when you go off a ramp, hill or whatever else you spend a LONG time in the air/water before hitting the ground again. It still controls great, little difference from the ground parts.
Hitting a Cheep Cheep didn't trigger the "banana / shell effect", it only stopped me like a wall.

I spent a couple hours nerding with danzee to find out the best strats and kart/wheels combinations. The karts were the Standard one, the Egg1 and a big one, I think Bowser's.

The best set was, we think, the Standard Kart with medium wheels. We also tried to get the best time on the DKCR track: I got 1.36, he drove a 1.35.

When you fall, you return to the ground in approximately 2-3 seconds, a lot less compared to other kart games.
The coins didn't seem to give any boost in this demo.

MK7 has got what it takes to become a great game.

If you have other questions ask me, I've probably forgotten many things.

Nosey wrote on 11/07/11 at 05:08:04:



The MTs charge VERY slowly if you press the opposite direction of the MT. In example, holding left while facing right. I think the MT does not even charge if you press the opposite direction, but it's just a supposition.
If you hold the same direction it's very quick with every kart.
It feels like MKW.

I tried that SC. Did the guy in the video use a shroom? I landed as far as I could, but still in the grass. I also tried going even further, but the glider deactivated before I touched the ground. I think you can't do that SC without a shroom.

That's what I said when I tried the game too...
That's why I said we will not be able to snake on MK7 unlike MKW...

Rein_666 wrote on 11/08/11 at 06:56:35:

Agreed. Snaking in MKW is exactly what Mihawk just described.
In MKW, we can snake the last straight on rBC3, which is probably about as narrow as the straights in MK7. So snaking is very much possible and viable.

drifting slows you down? O_o are you sure? I don’t think that’s been the case in any of the games…