Tim Miller

Through the 12 Days of iTunes app, this is free today. I paid 69p for it on
Christmas day!

I really enjoyed the Xbox 360 game. This, however, is awful, due to the
floaty and inaccurate controls. But it does still have Billy Hatcher.

Tim (tm)

Zomoniac

On 30/12/2011 11:58, Tim Miller wrote:
> Through the 12 Days of iTunes app, this is free today. I paid 69p for it on
> Christmas day!
>
> I really enjoyed the Xbox 360 game. This, however, is awful, due to the
> floaty and inaccurate controls. But it does still have Billy Hatcher.

I 1kd it on 360, and said it was the kart racer of the gen after MKW was
shit. Wonderful game. I got this for free yesterday and felt ripped off.
Awful.

--

Zo

Kendrick Kerwin Chua

In article <9m5ngmFjvU1@mid.individual.net>,
Zomoniac <the_proper_one@hotmail.com> wrote:
>On 30/12/2011 11:58, Tim Miller wrote:
>> Through the 12 Days of iTunes app, this is free today. I paid 69p for it on
>> Christmas day!
>>
>> I really enjoyed the Xbox 360 game. This, however, is awful, due to the
>> floaty and inaccurate controls. But it does still have Billy Hatcher.
>
>I 1kd it on 360, and said it was the kart racer of the gen after MKW was
>shit. Wonderful game. I got this for free yesterday and felt ripped off.
>Awful.

Was Sumo responsible for the iOS port? Based on just the two impressions
it sounds as if our Mr. Sutherland wasn't around to give this version the
care and feeding it deserved.

-KKC, plotting an early escape from work today.
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Zomoniac

On 30/12/2011 12:14, Kendrick Kerwin Chua wrote:
> In article<9m5ngmFjvU1@mid.individual.net>,
> Zomoniac<the_proper_one@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> On 30/12/2011 11:58, Tim Miller wrote:
>>> Through the 12 Days of iTunes app, this is free today. I paid 69p for it on
>>> Christmas day!
>>>
>>> I really enjoyed the Xbox 360 game. This, however, is awful, due to the
>>> floaty and inaccurate controls. But it does still have Billy Hatcher.
>>
>> I 1kd it on 360, and said it was the kart racer of the gen after MKW was
>> shit. Wonderful game. I got this for free yesterday and felt ripped off.
>> Awful.
>
> Was Sumo responsible for the iOS port? Based on just the two impressions
> it sounds as if our Mr. Sutherland wasn't around to give this version the
> care and feeding it deserved.

Nope, Gameloft. It's awful. Shame, as the original version really was
superb.

--

Zo

Kendrick Kerwin Chua

In article <9m5p6fFd2pU1@mid.individual.net>,
Zomoniac <the_proper_one@hotmail.com> wrote:
>On 30/12/2011 12:14, Kendrick Kerwin Chua wrote:
>>
>> Was Sumo responsible for the iOS port? Based on just the two impressions
>> it sounds as if our Mr. Sutherland wasn't around to give this version the
>> care and feeding it deserved.
>
>Nope, Gameloft. It's awful. Shame, as the original version really was
>superb.

I was about to go on for four pages about how often Sega seems to join up
with less-than-stellar development partners. Then I realised that Gameloft
likely had "Audio the Porcupine's Kart Racing Celebrities" in the works
already and Sega just came in with the art assets to head it off at the
pass and earn their fair share.

-KKC, who can't wait for "Superior Impact Siblings Combat".
--
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have harmed, and file them alphabetically | @io-nyc.com
for ease of reference." |
- David Javerbaum, "The Last Testament" |

deKay

Kendrick Kerwin Chua <kendrick@nospam.io-nyc> wrote:
> In article <9m5ngmFjvU1@mid.individual.net>,
> Zomoniac <the_proper_one@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> On 30/12/2011 11:58, Tim Miller wrote:
>>> Through the 12 Days of iTunes app, this is free today. I paid 69p for it on
>>> Christmas day!
>>>
>>> I really enjoyed the Xbox 360 game. This, however, is awful, due to the
>>> floaty and inaccurate controls. But it does still have Billy Hatcher.
>>
>> I 1kd it on 360, and said it was the kart racer of the gen after MKW was
>> shit. Wonderful game. I got this for free yesterday and felt ripped off.
>> Awful.
>
> Was Sumo responsible for the iOS port? Based on just the two impressions
> it sounds as if our Mr. Sutherland wasn't around to give this version the
> care and feeding it deserved.
>
> -KKC, plotting an early escape from work today.

It said Sumo on the screen when it was loading.

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deKay

Tim Miller <news@economic-truth.co.uk> wrote:
> Through the 12 Days of iTunes app, this is free today. I paid 69p for it on
> Christmas day!
>
> I really enjoyed the Xbox 360 game. This, however, is awful, due to the
> floaty and inaccurate controls. But it does still have Billy Hatcher.
>
> Tim (tm)

got it yesterday.

Playing it straight after an extended Mario Kart 7 session any favours does
it not give.
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Tim Miller

Zomoniac <the_proper_one@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I 1kd it on 360, and said it was the kart racer of the gen after MKW was shit.

It may be good, but it's nowhere near Mario Kart Wii.

Tim (tm)

Tim Miller

Kendrick Kerwin Chua <kendrick@nospam.io-nyc> wrote:

> I was about to go on for four pages about how often Sega seems to join up
> with less-than-stellar development partners. Then I realised that Gameloft
> likely had "Audio the Porcupine's Kart Racing Celebrities" in the works
> already and Sega just came in with the art assets to head it off at the
> pass and earn their fair share.
>
The thing is, the game itself is solid enough, and as far as I can see all
the content of the main console versions is on there - the same tracks and
so on. It's a proper conversion.

It just controls really badly and it's incredibly hard to use items.
Actually, is it even possible to fire something backwards?

Tim (tm)

James Sutherland

On 30/12/2011 12:14, Kendrick Kerwin Chua wrote:
> In article<9m5ngmFjvU1@mid.individual.net>,
> Zomoniac<the_proper_one@hotmail.com> wrote:

>> I 1kd it on 360, and said it was the kart racer of the gen after MKW was
>> shit. Wonderful game. I got this for free yesterday and felt ripped off.
>> Awful.

*sadface*

> Was Sumo responsible for the iOS port? Based on just the two impressions
> it sounds as if our Mr. Sutherland wasn't around to give this version the
> care and feeding it deserved.

No, it was Sumo. I wrote a fair chunk of the iOS version.

FWIW, it's the highest Metacritic score for any game I've ever worked on.