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While I am personally excited for a new Mario Kart after 10ish years, I am slightly skeptical of the quality of the gameplay, as it seems a little cartoony, a little bit like Super Mario Strikers, where the game is fun for like 2 weeks then no one plays it ever again. What do y'all think?

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[–] emb@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I'm not big on the idea of open world racing. To me, driving between race tracks looks like a chore.

I've seen other racers do it, but I've never really delved into a game like that. Maybe once I do I'll really like it.

I do think grinding rails and wall jumping around looks pretty fun in MK. But it could end up gimmicky and unexiciting once you're used to.

Basically all a big 'wait and see' from my perspective.

[–] anakin78z@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Driving to tracks is 100% a chore. It's made me not enjoy any new racing game in the last 5 years. I really hope this game has an option to skip that and jump right into a race. I don't look forward to wrangling my family to drive to the same track just to start a race. I'm sure at least one of my kids would drive in the opposite direction because they think it's funny.

[–] MorningThunder@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

Agree 100%. From the trailer, at least, it looks like there's a separate "Free Roam" mode, and it will otherwise be normal Mario Kart. Also looks like they'll maybe have races that will span multiple tracks, which I can see being cool.