ModNation Racers beta spawns incredibly customizable character creations

SCRAWL: "Sure, LittleBigPlanet is incredibly customizable with its level-creations. However, even the Sackboy customizations can't compete with what ModNation Racers is offering. Thanks to the recently opened beta, we're seeing just what can be done with character creations in the upcoming "Play, Create, Share" racer."

[Dellis]

LoL I knew it, watch when the full game comes out, give it a few weeks

and it will be full of Mario Kart levels

[40cal]

I just hope that this type of content is not banned/removed online.

I did not care about this game at first, but with everything I have seen recently this is looking great.

[Saaking]

And this is why Sony made a brilliant choice by supporting Play, Create, Share.

[Baka-akaB]

games like soul calibur and rockband are chokeful of trademarked characters as custom , i dont see how it would change here .

[young juice]

i just downloaded SCORPION AND SUB ZERO !!!

[Lou-Cipher]

What is crazy is the fact that we only have about 1% of the Stickers/Clothing/Accessories available in the Beta.

I cant imagine what kind of cool stuff people will be coming up with once the game comes out and everything is available.

Those are really impressive.

[siyrobbo]

i didnt care for littlebigplanet, but this game looks great!

[Raf1k1]

Anyone know if vehicle customisation is as good as this?

[Kevin ButIer]

Just make it fun to play and ill be there day one

[NecrumSlavery]

This game is great. I can't imagine how awesome the final game will be.

what's next PLAY, CREATE, SHARE?

Want a customizable Shooter & RPG too.

[Redempteur]

yes vehicule customisation is as good

but what will blow you away if track customisation

For my first track i did the track , selected AUTO and it was done ... i did some tweaks for the fun ...and HOP !

you really can't make it easier ...

[goflyakite]

i wish all online games had at least a bit of customizability (not a word).

[sikbeta]

This game is pure WIN

[Myst]

If only I Had gotten into that beta...

*Goes off and sulks somewhere*

I guess I'll go watch some footage on youtube.

[Gothdom]

don't give up... I got one code on the official us blog and they're pratically giving them like candy, so you might snag one somewhere this coming week.

[Myst]

Heh thanks, yeah I've been checking their but so far no luck. Anyway after 5:00 PM Tuesday family is coming over so hiding all my systems. Going to be hidden for a week so no games for a week which is going to suck. Hopefully it will go the way of Uncharted 2 Multiplayer Beta and they will just put it up on the PS Store eventually.

[gaffyh]

HHG has quite a bit, you could always ask him? Anyway this game is really cool, also from the pictures, spiderman and Old Snake look really good.

btw, anyone know how you "Share" in this, I haven't been able to figure out how to publish tracks, either that or it just doesn't let us do that yet?

[Nitrowolf2]

wow that metal sonic one looks incredible

[blu3print]

I've downloaded a very cool looking Ironman

[NateNater]

These are awesome! Glad I got in the beta. Now I gotta go make my own. Cloud Strife or Sephiroth anyone?

[FiftyFourPointTwo]

I've said this before and I'll say it again:

ModNation Racers > Yawnza 3

Btw, I strongly encourage every PS3 owner NOT to make a Master Chief character so we can avoid having genericness in this beautiful exclusive PS3 game. Thanks.

[randomwiz]

well, its not exactly him, but...

Mister Chief:
http://scrawlfx.com/wp-cont...

[Doc Sony]

WOW, this looks crazy good. This game is gonna be a lot of fun, even just for the character creation.

[talltony]

Its like LBP Kart racing. has some server issues now but its a pretty fun game.

[tdrules]

has everyone forgotten about the LBP moderation fiasco??!!
these will be gone by the full game, guaranteed, then theyll sell them as official costumes for 2 quid each, like the marvel ones

[Baka-akaB]

Not guaranteed at all . LBP's studio chickened out , but again there are many other games with copycats ... like guitar hero , rock band , soul calibur ...

[Polluted]

You may be right, dude, but the studio did address the moderation "problems" with LBP like a day after Modnation was announced. They claim to have a better system ready. Guess we'll have to wait and see what happens.

[Raf1k1]

There's nothing to stop you creating your own.

[callahan09]

They pretty much completely stopped moderating copyrighted material in LBP shortly after that fiasco started, though. You can find all kinds of stuff on there right now that's based on movies, tv shows, comics, other (non-sony) games, etc. There are actually tons of Mario levels in LBP right now, there's music ones where you ride a conveyor belt and hear an LBP rendition of the Mario theme music, there's level based on Mario Kart in LBP, there's levels with the Mario characters and designed just like Mario Bros. levels, etc. They really started to ease up on the copyright moderations.

[CaptainMarvelQ8]

awesome ...i downloaded a spider man one and a captain america one
they look really good...
i think this game is going to get better than lbp with designing...

the beta is awesome btw
the only problem is with loading taking long and with lag issues...as for everything else ...this gaMe is great!

[IronChefWong]

Yeah load times were extremely long. I thought my PS3 froze, but I was able to access the XMB still.

After looking at these creations, it puts the guy I made last night to shame...to shame.

[Polluted]

The load times are hella long and it did freeze on me a few times. Overall I'm loving the hell out of the beta, but it feels like it needs more time in the cooker. It's supposed to come out in like 2 months. Hope they have enough time. The framerate needs some serious tweaking.

[40cal]

That is the reason I stopped participating is so many betas. Running beta code seems to be taxing on your system at times.

[chidori666]

here other:

Hitler

http://i45.tinypic.com/2zxu...

Spiderman

http://i45.tinypic.com/261i...

snake mgs4

http://i46.tinypic.com/jqi1...

[Rocket Sauce]

Hitler looks so sad :(

[CARRIERHASARRIVED]

Hahah, it's Spore all over againnnnn!!! It's nice to see that the level of customization is actually GOOD. Too many games nowadays just don't provide much options. One reason why I can stomach wrestling videogames is for the simple reason that they give you silly amounts of customization options that many games don't. I didn't get into the beta yet, but I'm keeping my eyes peeled. Especially now. Customizing stuff is too much fun.

[Johnny Jiron]

forget the mag beta forget the battlefield beta this is a beta i keep jumping back into. I haven't enjoyed a kart racer in over a decade (Mario Kart 64). I think after years of shooters and such it's just nice to jump back to a simple game like this. And the freedom in creativity along the lines of LBP is a massive +. I hope they continue this into other genres, really wanna see a play create share RPG maybe?

[40cal]

or a play create share FPS!

Oh yeah!

[Karum]

Normally that's the PC version of an FPS :p

[40cal]

Right you are, yet I would still like to see a console FPS where play create share is the focus like LBP and MNR.

[monkey602]

A customisable FPS in the form of Timesplitters would easily work

[CARRIERHASARRIVED]

Haven't played a decent kart racer since the N64? DUDE! PLAY MARIO KART DOUBLE DASH! Best game on GC next to RE4 and Geist.

[DigitalAnalog]

I shall createth teh Alan Wakey and Sam Fishers to pisses offeth the FANBOIS!

-End Statement

[Noob]

And I have to admit, this game is freaking awesome! I wasn't expecting much from it but I have really been impressed by what this beta offers.

[Ravage27]

took me some time to figure out how to power drift though, there wasn't any in-game tutorial lol

[Steve Stardust]

Call me bitter, But the Batman I made is much better. :/

[JonnyBigBoss]

This game WILL be one of the best games next year. I can't even begin to explain how addictive and enjoyable it is.

[Dutch Boogie]

WOW the amount of creative tools given to the user is incredible. This game just went through the roof for my most anticipated. In my younger days i was totally obsessed with the Mario Kart series and it looks like Sony has produced a superior adversary. ModNation Racers will be such a fun game even maybe my GOTY 2010. This is why i will always support Sony. They innovate and do it f*%king well.

[wxer]

i really love this game

[Wolf873]

that is bloody awesome. This really outshines LBP's custom character creation features. I should probably start downloading the game soon.

[-Alpha]

to absolutely blown away!

I did not like the character creation because I thought it looked lame but WOW has the beta changed my mind BIG TIME!

It's already miles ahead of LBP in character creation and the kart racing seems solid.

I have to say that I'm finally sold on MNR and I'm very upset that it has taken me this long.

Now if only I can get into the beta!

[MajestieBeast]

This beta is awesome i have alrdy made 5 mods originals tho no cpyright for me. To answer a question ye the kart customization is as deep as the mod 1.

[Tripl3seis]

This game is awesome!!! I'm in the beta and let me tell you I love the track editor is soo much fun I already created like 3 tracks already is awesome. I have the iron man 1 that I downloaded and a mario one I love how u could custumize you're on car and stuff I can't wait for it the game mite be the sleeper hit of next year that's how good the game is. Btw they need to fix the servers and the lag also.

[Gambit07]

I'm driving around with Kratos :)

[Redempteur]

it's impressive what we can do when we have accès to like what ? 5% of the total objects for the tracks , car and characters ?

it will be crazy once we have everything ..

[Tripl3seis]

They need a jungle level a lava kind of level and an ice level if they add those levels that I just mentioned it would be amazing.

[talltony]

they might be in the full game. the beta only has 3 levels.

[jalen247]

That is pretty cool. I have the beta but haven't had the chance to play it yet. I will play tonight. I think this game is going to be an even bigger hit than LBP because its even easier to create and its a racing game. Sony should really market this game well. I can see kids begging for this game. There is no reason why this game shouldn't sell more than Mario Kart.

[Sibs]

Cue the "too much customization" complain.

This game is gearing up to be really sweet. Just set a launch date already!

[Justin_bristoe]

this game is really fun,i hope they let u dd your own music to your level.it's so addictive.my level is crazy. my name on mnr is Rain if ya'll see me check out my level.best one on the beta

[frostypants]

Sharing these models will surely be banned, but I don't see them being able to block you from using them for yourself.

[M0t0rBreath]

Looks awesome. I wonder if you can do catwoman, sonic, megaman?

[Meryl]

Wow so totally great, I am definitely buying this game now, hehe

[gumgum99]

That Spider-man one looks pretty awesome.

[SSCOOLCHEA]

PLAY , CREATE , SHARE.....IF YOU WANT THOSE LEVELS YOU CAN MAKE IT YOURSELF....PS3 EXCLUSIVE.......SONY KNOWS INNOVATION