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Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled Hands-On Impressions: Nimble Nostalgia Ride | Wccftech

Is Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled the next evolution of kart racing? Does it top what Mario Kart 8 did five years ago? Get the full lowdown!

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-Foxtrot1806d ago

" Does it top what Mario Kart 8 did five years ago? Once again, no "

Mario Kart 8 didn't have a campaign like mode and the battle mode, compared to previous games, was half finished which they only fixed in the new Deluxe version

That alone in my opinion lets CTR top it.

Jackhass1806d ago

Eh, Mario Kart 8 definitely wasn't "half finished," but if you prefer CTR, more power to ya!

-Foxtrot1806d ago

I said the battle mode

It was, I don't know why people can't admit it, Mario Kart 8 is the only Battle Mode in the entire Mario Kart franchise to use actual race courses.

Compare the battle mode in Mario Kart 8 to the battle mode in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, you'll see the difference straight away. They didn't even have full battle arenas

Block City, Tart Top, Chain Chomp Wheel, Skyscraper,Sweet Sweet Kingdom? Nope

Why use actual race courses for the types of modes offered and how they are supposed to be made? It made zero sense.

Razmiran1805d ago

In content
But no other Kart game plays as well as Mario Kart 8

EddieNX 1805d ago

CTR is no no way near as Good as MK8. Stop kidding yourself. MK8 is a perfect game.

-Foxtrot1805d ago

Perfect? Despite my battle mode point above? Lol it’s really not. You do know what perfect means right?

To be honest you think any Nintendo game is perfect anyway so...

Profchaos1805d ago

It's not meant to be it's a re make of a 20 odd year old game if they deviated from the remake aspect fans looking for a nostalgia hit would hate it.

Re make of 20 year old title vs a relatively new Mario kart feels like that comparison is a bit like why didn't crash Bandicoot nsane trilogy feature the same things that Mario odesessy did

yoshatabi1805d ago

Mk8 is pretty boring tbh. That's just my opinion though. Crash was always so much more fun compared to Mario even back in the days

Newmanator1805d ago

Help me here Foxtrot. This guy says there’s no Red Shell and no Super Star powerup.
I’ve only played Mario Kart around 5 times; but isn’t the Bomb the exact same as the red shell and the Masks the same as the super star power??

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Chris_Wray1806d ago

It looks like it could be interesting, certainly seems to have a decent amount of extra content gameplay wise than the mentioned MK8, as -Foxtrot says. I can't say I'm enthused about the 'live service' nonsense though, but I'm sick to the back teeth of live service games already.

KaiPow1806d ago

I could use a better kart racer in my life after Sonic failed to deliver.

Jackhass1806d ago

Yeah, Sonic kind of left it wide open for Crash.

Alexious1805d ago

I'll wait for the inevitable PC release.

zodiac9091805d ago

I bet they will screw up the feel of the controls like they did with N. Sane trilogy -.-

Newmanator1805d ago

Felt the same to me. I know the impact boxes were slightly off or whatever they are called but it just meant a bit more skill was required.

Profchaos1805d ago

Apples to oranges in a way retrospectively the game originally released as an attempt to give PS players a kart racer that could rival the giant that was Mario kart 64 and they did make a solid game but it's unique in its own way I don't think it needs to be compared to Mario kart as the game is a remake of a 90s game it's not meant to compete with Mario kart 8 it's a nostalgia product.

If Nintendo re release mario 64 would they get unfair comparisons like the game doesn't control as well as galaxy

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CDPR say Witcher 4 will be different from Witcher 3: "We don't want to be stuck in the same spot"

The next Witcher game will still be an RPG but players can expect new things as CD Projekt Red want to push boundaries and discover new ways of storytelling.

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Terry_B12h ago

Each of the 3 existing Witcher games is pretty different from each other..

Kaii12h ago

My only issue with 3 was with the combat

bRuud8325m ago

Combat was never the strongest part of the series.

Profchaos17m ago

I felt 3 was ok took a long for it to click but I tried 2 and I found combat controls to be my biggest barrier to actually enjoying it was about 50 times clunkier than 3

helicoptergirl12h ago

Bethesda seems like a studio that is "stuck in the same spot". Development wise. Glad CDPR are wary of that element in game design.

Hugodastrevas1h ago

This can either go very well or very badly. I hope the latter.

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[Exclusive] Xbox Reaches Agreement With Batman: Arkham Trilogy Creators For A New AAA Game

Ex-Rocksteady directors' Hundred Star is collaborating with Xbox Game Studios Publishing for its first-ever AAA game.

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Lightning7711h ago(Edited 11h ago)

Highly doubt it'll be an actual Batman game that IP belongs to WB Games along with other DC property.

They're making an action adventure game. IMO I think it needs to be another Marvel game despite MS already have Blade as that action Marvel game. Dead Pool? Punisher?

Realistically it'll probably be a new IP entirely.

The_Hooligan9h ago

I agree with you. I think I'll be a brand new IP. Now it could be a superhero themed, kind of like infamous. Speaking of which, Suckerpunch needs to make one after Ghost 2.

neutralgamer19929h ago

would love a infamous collection for ps5/pc

Lightning778h ago

I definitely think it'll be super hero themed game 100%. Something MS needs in their portfolio.

ThinkThink6h ago

Please, no more super hero games.

PhillyDonJawn6h ago(Edited 6h ago)

Dead Pool or Punisher would be amazing!!!
Don't tease me like that man lol. I see them making a new IP that's like an arkham knight clone

Dirty_Lemons2h ago

I loved the old Punisher game back in the day. Those executions never got old.

porkChop1h ago

I don't think it needs to be Marvel. It needs to be a totally new IP. That's what Rocksteady should have done after Arkham City. They've pigeonholed themselves as DC devs.

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MIDGETonSTILTS179h ago(Edited 9h ago)

I hope these devs needed support to start/finish (like Stalker 2), vs are basically done with the game but wanted to secure an exclusivity-bonus because they know Xbox needs a system seller (like Titanfall).

It’s a bit strange that they’d rather invest in this game than Tangoworks’ TWO canceled projects; or just trust a single dev from their existing massive stable of talent to emerge with a system-seller themselves anytime soon.

Either way, it is just cool that we’ll likely get a new IP from the geniuses behind the Arkham Trilogy. I wonder how creative they’ll get now that they aren’t married to an established franchise.

darthv729h ago

This is about the former co-founders of Rocksteady and their new studio. So naturally it makes people think its Batman related with the way its worded, even though its not.

-Foxtrot9h ago

Exclusive? Sure

This year alone Microsoft has changed their plans so much with Xbox regarding multiplatform releases as they step closer to just being a full blown third party publisher and it's only been 4-5 months, imagine where we'll be once this game is finished. It will be a completely different landscape.

ThinkThink6h ago

I don't think MS will ever go completely full 3rd party with all of their games. I can see them looking towards expanding their own mobile store and moving into Mac as ways of expanding. I'm sure ms will bring more exclusives over to ps and nintendo, but I don't think it'll be as many games as you think it will. I hope I'm wrong.

Lightning776h ago

The ever contradictions thoughts and actions of MS definitely says otherwise MS changed up so much on the past 6 months of the year I lost count.

Though I'm more declined to believe they also won't go full 3rd party also.

But.

This year they're having Renaissance a super bowl of gaming with Gamepass this year. BO6, older ABK games, Avowed, Indy and other 3rd party exclusives all to grow and expand gamepass. If these games don't grow the service or grow only a little bit. Then you can fully expect MS to hit the red button and put everything everywhere. Satya will have full Xbox take over doing what he wants from that point on next year.

It's up to Xbox to advertise these games and gamepass in the next 6 months or so get the word out.

Profchaos5h ago

The more the news evolves the more I'm inclined to believe we will see MS embrace full third party status but not call it third party in their word soup ways.

It will be Xbox everywhere plays best on a Xbox.

Next gen Xbox is rumoured to be a reference design similar to the 3d0 where any company can make and sell it.

If you're offloading hardware costs to a third party yet still profiting from the games then you've cut out losses on the hardware you still have a store front that users can use and still make a 30 percent cut on that.

Your games sell for a profit on PS and Nintendo platforms and on Xbox reference hardware along with PC

You lose .kney on DLC and games sold on a competitor storefront they are seemingly already comfortable with this.

The ms bean counters are coming for the ROI that was promised they don't care if they kill the brand as it stands Xbox was never a profitable business it was always just done for reputation

PhillyDonJawn5h ago

@Lightning the would end the console then. No one would buy Xbox over PS at that point cause now you get both with just a PS. If GP flop for them, Logically, rolling back on GP would be the smarter than to do. No more day 1 title. Less quality titles. They'd lose subs but people would go back to buying the games.

Lightning773h ago

@Philly They could scale back gamepass put Indies only, AAA 1st party games coming 4 to 6 months from release. The thing is MS will have to tell their fans to buy their games again and that's gonna take years and years to condition them to buy games again. MS will lose money from that also. They'll lose out on gamepass revenue, lose out on games sales because their fans don't buy as many games anymore.

I can't see them scaling back or axing gamepass it does make them allot of money, they just want more money from it. They're not gonna condition their fans to start buying games either.

As I said they'll go full 3rd party and yes you ate right, if they do that then there would be no reason to buy the next Xbox. I know j won't be, you better hope the next 6 months they advertise the games and GP there little hearts out because this could be it.

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purple1018h ago

Spawn (as well as master chief) are the only characters I associate with Xbox. Are there more I can’t remember?

rlow17h ago

Gears is another big game one.

purple1017h ago

Yeh big game, do you know the name of the lead character. Or team of lead characters. I don’t

rlow17h ago

Marcus, Dom, Cole Train. And I can’t remember the fourth.

Profchaos5h ago(Edited 5h ago)

Also the chick from gears 5 seems to pop up on all their modern advertising I can't remember her name either.

Cars also feature heavily in a Xbox ad it's always master chief front and centre with cars and maybe a gears character hanging around

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Resident Evil Zero and Code Veronica Remakes are reportedly in the works, not Resident Evil 1

Industry insider Dusk Golem reveals that there is no Resident Evil 1 Remake in the works. Instead, Capcom are reportedly in active development of Resident Evil Zero and Code Veronica.

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-Foxtrot1d 16h ago

RE Zero would be better to do first over RE1 because they can tie the story into RE1 more.

The original RE Remake was weird because Rebecca never mentioned anything about what happened in Zero and it felt so disjointed because Zero was developed during the Remake and they clearly didn't share any notes with one another.

Cacabunga15h ago

Wise decision. 2 of my favorites!

repsahj3h ago

RE Zero is one of my favorite game on gamecube!

Knightofelemia1d 14h ago

Give me Dino Crisis dammit Capcom

TGG_overlord20h ago

And all it took was +24 years + a phone call from me lol.

GotGame81812h ago

LOL! A phone call from you? ROFL! They have been remaking RE games for YEARS! It was a matter of time!

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