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09-03-2009, 02:00 PM
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We got hands-on with Gameloft’s answer to Mario Kart featuring everyone’s favourite flatulent Ogre.
You may have already read my review of Konami’s Krazy kart, and in it I asked whether Gameloft’s game will be able to knock it off it’s perch of best Karting game on the iPhone & iPod Touch. Well, from what I’ve played so far it’s certainly a worthy contender.
I booted up a quick race in the Far Far Away track and chose the three ‘camp as christmas’ pigs. Standard controls are auto accelerate and tilt to turn. There are also two fire butons, one to activate your character specific power, in this case the pigs build a wall but others include Shrek’s fart boost, and the other button activates power-ups that you pick up on the tracks. These range from turning racers into pumpkins, dropping cows on heads, and speed boosts. Boost pads are also available along the route to give you a welcome boost into the lead…. a good thing too because these pigs seemed a little weighty.
We tried Shrek, as well as Donkey, and all feature different abilities and weights… Donkey was a little lighter on his wheels than the pigs. Other modes include a Mario Kart style balloon popping battle mode, as well as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi multi-player. Online multi-player won’t be available on release, but Gameloft tell me that both EDGE and 3G races will be available in a free update.
Another online feature that will be available in the update is the ability to upload replays to youtube, a feature made popular in Firemint’s real racing. So you’ll be able to share your humiliation when you get beaten by your friends.
Shrek Kart 1-ups Konami’s offering in the visuals department, while Krazy Kart was crisp and clean with a smooth framerate, Shrek’s textures and models are more detailed with characters and tracks all matching their movie counterparts… although this detail does take a tiny hit on framerate, but nothing that can’t be ironed out before release.
Shrek Kart is on track for Q4 release. No word yet on a price point, but expect something in the region of $4.99 - $6.99
Screenies:
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Game looks decent. But the question is, what will make this different from Krazy Kart and Crash?
We got hands-on with Gameloft’s answer to Mario Kart featuring everyone’s favourite flatulent Ogre.
You may have already read my review of Konami’s Krazy kart, and in it I asked whether Gameloft’s game will be able to knock it off it’s perch of best Karting game on the iPhone & iPod Touch. Well, from what I’ve played so far it’s certainly a worthy contender.
I booted up a quick race in the Far Far Away track and chose the three ‘camp as christmas’ pigs. Standard controls are auto accelerate and tilt to turn. There are also two fire butons, one to activate your character specific power, in this case the pigs build a wall but others include Shrek’s fart boost, and the other button activates power-ups that you pick up on the tracks. These range from turning racers into pumpkins, dropping cows on heads, and speed boosts. Boost pads are also available along the route to give you a welcome boost into the lead…. a good thing too because these pigs seemed a little weighty.
We tried Shrek, as well as Donkey, and all feature different abilities and weights… Donkey was a little lighter on his wheels than the pigs. Other modes include a Mario Kart style balloon popping battle mode, as well as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi multi-player. Online multi-player won’t be available on release, but Gameloft tell me that both EDGE and 3G races will be available in a free update.
Another online feature that will be available in the update is the ability to upload replays to youtube, a feature made popular in Firemint’s real racing. So you’ll be able to share your humiliation when you get beaten by your friends.
Shrek Kart 1-ups Konami’s offering in the visuals department, while Krazy Kart was crisp and clean with a smooth framerate, Shrek’s textures and models are more detailed with characters and tracks all matching their movie counterparts… although this detail does take a tiny hit on framerate, but nothing that can’t be ironed out before release.
Shrek Kart is on track for Q4 release. No word yet on a price point, but expect something in the region of $4.99 - $6.99
Screenies:
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Game looks decent. But the question is, what will make this different from Krazy Kart and Crash?
