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Lior4875d ago

Wait wait wait why make this when there's mod nation racers that did crap

doctorstrange4875d ago

But then again LBP rocks, so I don't care :D

Abash4875d ago

I love the LBP series so I'll definitely be getting this

sikbeta4874d ago

It's not bizarre, it's common sense applied way too late, they could have done this right after LBP1, but SCE went with this unkown new IP called Modnation Racers that totally floped and now they're releasing this game that maybe can be more successful than Modnation

Sevir4874d ago

United Front Games and Sony SD make Modnation Racers for the Vita! Some how you fans amaze me at how assume what's profitable for a company! If MNR was that big of a flop it most certainly wouldn't be supported. It has a dedicated fanbase, over 5 million UGC to dated uploaded! And the Vita edition looks poised to take care of that content day one. All they are doing is bringing The LBP brand to another genre. Much the way Mario has hon from platforming to RPG, to fighting to party game, to racing and sports. It won't be long before MNR follows suit.

Dee_914874d ago

Rule#1 of N4G community
Assume everything before you get any information on anything.

Theres hundreds of things lbp cart racing can do differently than mnr. But ofcourse being part of the n4g community im just gonna assume they are basically the same thing and that the professionals over at sony will release 2 same games with different names as if they do that often.
/rant

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metsgaming4875d ago

bc modnations controls were terrible plus the constant need to drift and massive loadtimes. Glad they are giving a kart game another chance. Im not super excited after modnation making me weary but it could be amazing. No floaty cart controls !!!!!!

hellzsupernova4875d ago

lol my kart is floating not jumping through the air is going to show up as a negative for 90% of the reviews lol

smashcrashbash4875d ago

Okay first of all MNR was not crap. It was a flawed game that was a lot of fun. Second of all what does that have to do with anything? MNR was not made by Media Molecule so what does that have to do with them? If they want to make a cart game, why can't they give it a try? Is there some law that says you can't have more then one type of game on a single system? They might do it better then MNR.

Heartnet4875d ago

It matters because theres already a cart game in which you can create things etc...

So what can LBP bring thats any different? and if thats the case then why bother?

Only so much you can do with this kind of game by these kinds of developers and much of it has already been done to a decent standard. Only thing they can do is make the driving better and they cant make it to realistic otherwise would be wrong in the lbp universe

gta28004875d ago

@Heartnet

I guess by that logic no one should make any more shooters since there's Call of Duty.

RedDead4874d ago

I thought MNracers was Lbp racer. Honestly I thought it was it without Sackboy.

John Kratos4875d ago

Probably because the LBP brand is way stronger than the Modnation Racers one. So if Sony wanted to do another carting game they decided it would probably be more easy to sell a LBP, at least that's what I think.

GraveLord4875d ago

That's what I was thinking......

NukaCola4875d ago

Mod Racer had decent gameplay but limited weapons and the track creator was ok at best. The Kart and character Creator was unbelievable though. What I imagine with LBPKR is so much more. The ability to pretty much create any type of Kart racer. Drive a Kart onto water and it becomes a boat, or launch buggy Karts and race on the moon. The weapons are going to be insane. Imagine shooting a giant carrot that explodes into bunnies, or drop spike strip traps behind you that are made of springs sending them flying. The level of creativity in LBP always surpassed MNR and I see this so Day one it is for me.

DoomeDx4875d ago

Everybody is talking like ''HEY SONY ALREADY HAS A KART GAME! Called MODNATION RACERS!"

So 200 FPS games which are all pretty much the same, is not an issue?

Lior4874d ago

but whats the point you dont see mario cart and nintendo making a competitor for that series do u

NukaCola4874d ago

@ Lior

Well Nintendo did have Diddy Kart Racing. Good game and I thought they should do another.

I kind of wish Nintendo would make Party/MP titles use all the Nintty characters. It's always Mario related (other than Smash Bros) I would love to have Link in a Mario Party, or Samus in Mario Golf.

Ravenor4874d ago

@ NukaCola

Diddy Kong Racing was published by Rare, MNR and LBPK are more then likely both going to be published by Sony.

LolololRumz4874d ago

This could be really interesting, I think it's quite good to give Modnation some competition

StraightPath4874d ago

clone of wii mote
clone of wii add ons
clone of super smashs brothers incoming
clone of super mario kart incoming

sony you will never touch nintendo quality give it up.

Adityac4874d ago

*Cough* Fanboy *Cough* You see, Sony officially had permission for the Playstation Move, they even admitted it themselves that - Yes, we ARE copying the Wii Remote, but we are improving and enhancing it, The Move turned out to be way better than the Wii Remote. Playstation Move is what the Wii should have been, with a LOT better graphics and innovation.

sinncross4874d ago

Im pretty sure this is not only developed by United Front, but is MNR just with a new theme attached, that being LBP.

LBP is more marketable I guess, not a bad idea either.

I am just moe concerned that one of the ingame screenshots onlt shows 2 player split-screen: I hope there is 4.

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Wenis4875d ago

First Sony Smash Bros. and now LittleBigplanet karting. I wonder whats next. Super God of War Galaxy?

admiralthrawn874875d ago

Sackemon.

Resistance: Prime

The Legend of Drake

Max Power4875d ago (Edited 4875d ago )

I believe "The Legend of Drake" is going to be rated AO.

dboyman4875d ago

When I read "The Legend of Drake", an image of Drake dressed up in the iconic green garb Link wears just popped into my mind! LOL. And who who would Sully be? Elena? Chloe? Charlie?

ksa-sh8sh8b84875d ago

ok
there is 100000 shooter and that is normal
but 2 karting games is wrong

PirateThom4875d ago

Yes, yes, Nintendo invented all games. We know...

:-/

pain777pas4875d ago

Who are the characters from Modnation? That was the problem with Modnation racers. CTR play create share would have sold boat loads of copies. The slate for the game was too clean. The game needed an avatar both male and female to build off of. The game was cool but it lacked that soul the LBP has in spades because of the avatar character sackboy.

LolololRumz4874d ago

I can bet the tracks from CTR will be created by the LBP community, the levels I've seen from them have been amazing

josephayal4875d ago

More games more Exclusives only on PS-V

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Top Ten Under-appreciated Kart Racers

Phil writes, "The kart racer: a sub-genre in the racing game genre that generally features video game mascots and colorful cartoon characters competing in speedy races against one another for the sole goal of crossing the finish line in first place. No doubt Super Mario Kart made this sub-genre popular and put it on the map, but for every well-done Mario-branded racer, there are countless others that fall through the cracks. For this purpose SPC brings back The Tuesday 10s to list ten underrated and under-appreciated kart racers from a wide swath of developers and franchises."

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Applejack1486d ago

I agree with ModNation Racers. I did have a good time with what I did get to play at a friends some time ago. Nickelodeon Racers though? If it’s anything like the original, that’s a hard pass…

Teflon021486d ago

Don't agree with Mario Kart tour as it's not underappreciated. It's just literally not great. Everyone has tried it.

On the other hand ModNation, Mikey's Speedway USA, CTR, and LBPK I agree with. Though CTR with the rereleases recently hasn't been all that underappreciated and that with Diddy Kong Racing are my all time favourite ones. I think sonic transformed is very under appreciated though.

Outside of CTR ModNation is the most underappreciated because the game was amazing and don't think it even sold a million. But the community was always pretty cool. Creating was never hard. But it could be as complex as you wanted it to be so it was for everyone. I'm still praying Sony makes a ModNation Racers sequel for PS5 as the only issue the game had imo was load times and not being 60fps

Horny1486d ago

I hope they do as well, I had the game on ps3 but never spend a good amount of time with it which I kind of regret, would love to give it another go.

BrainSyphoned1486d ago

Chocobo Racing can't get no love

MadLad1486d ago

There's a little known kart game called Bears Can't Drift that had a bunch of potential, was fun to play, but low sales that left the dev to simply abandon the project before fixing technical issues with the game.

They really did have a good game on their hands, but they gave up before it could reach full potential.

phoenixwing1486d ago (Edited 1486d ago )

I remember just only playing the demo of a game called speed punks that game was fun

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Killzone 2, Soul Calibur 5, Time Crisis: Razing Storm and more running on the PC thanks to RPCS3

YouTube’s ‘reznoire’ has shared some new videos, showing Killzone 2, Soul Calibur 5, Time Crisis: Razing Storm, Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time, LittleBigPlanet Karting and more running on the PC thanks to the amazing Playstation 3 emulator, RPCS3.

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PrinceOfAnger2564d ago (Edited 2564d ago )

played all ps3 exclusives
last gen when i owned the system haven't played asura wrath though will play it on this emulator

Teflon022563d ago

Couldn't you just use a much more playable Xbox 360 Emu for that?

Rhythmattic2564d ago

Fark... I almost forgot how good K2 looked....
I must go boot it up on my PS3 and play through it again.....

MadLad2564d ago

And then the 20fps comes into play and you question whether it is even worth it.

ChrisW2563d ago (Edited 2563d ago )

The frame rate drop wasn't that bad... The sloppy controls are what ruined it for me.

Maybe someone can make the controls better through the emulator?

Rhythmattic2563d ago

Most frame drops where due to streaming and loading a new level...
As far as in combat, i didn't notice a drop at all.
So your right, but also wrong.

MadLad2563d ago

I'm not. Go play 2 and 3 again. I might be more in-tune being I usually play at very high fps, but the game definitely drops into the low 20s during combat, and on multiple occasions.

Scar-2564d ago

Its funny how bitchy pc gamer are about frame rates but they are silent as mice with this. I get that its going to be better eventually but its been muddy and unplayable for MONTHS now stop showing it till its done. Whats the point of playing ps3 games on a pc at a far worst frame rate aside from being a fanboy??

Doge2563d ago

“Whats the point of playing ps3 games on a pc at a far worst frame rate aside from being a fanboy??”

Another PS3 emulator article, another person who doesn’t get it.

MadLad2563d ago

We'll wait on the inevitably superior emulated version.
You can drop $40 on the lackluster, up-res compilation down the the road.

We both win.

riibhu2563d ago

" I get that its going to be better eventually "
there you already have your answer. As for this article it's purpose is to show the progress, not final result. So why stop?? You don't have to read it.

Vegamyster2563d ago

You're assuming that those who complain about FPS are the same people who are playing this, very few people will actually try to play this in its current shape.

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YoungKingDoran2563d ago

Crazy. I dont have a good PC to emulate these games (still have my ps3 anyway) but it makes me happy knowing in another ~15 years I might be able to just boot up some of these classics on my then potatoPC from 2029

mogwaii2563d ago

Yay all those monster elite pcs can play more old games, awesome.

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Modnation Racers and LittleBigPlanet Karting Servers Shutting Down

Sony Interactive Entertainment will be shutting the servers down for two PS3 racing games in July.

Teflon022618d ago

Sad, hopefully they make a new Modnation racers game. wait, is it completely shutting down or can you still download tracks?

pody2618d ago

This is what I'm wondering also. There's so much quality maps available online and it would be unfortunate if people couldn't download those anymore.

Teflon022618d ago

Yeah, I didn't play much online anyways. But I always use to play local multi with my cousin and download so many amazing levels. Sadly 8 didn't get to platinum it. Had only the create trophy, level 30 and 100 races i think left. I had I believe 87 last time 8 checked lol. Might go on to see if I can get my last few lol. Remember my win ratio was decent since I did around 160 races maybe, 170 ranked

pody2617d ago

@Teflon02
Yeah same here, but I actually jumped in not too long ago to play again and it's still holds up great for a 8 year old game. It's was a really good game when it came out and it still is.

Chaos_Order2618d ago

I had some good memories playing Modnation. :( Sad to see it go, but it was inevitable.