Mashed! For the life of me I couldn't remember the name of the weapon racing game I enjoyed on the PS2. Id support the hell out of a remake or sequel.
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Micro Machines World Series First Gameplay Trailer (PS4, Xbox One & PC)
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Mashed! For the life of me I couldn't remember the name of the weapon racing game I enjoyed on the PS2. Id support the hell out of a remake or sequel.
Tizoc
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What's the best game in the Mashed series?
b0d
Neo Member
Visualante2
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Steam reviews are trashing it. Only going to get worse if there is paid DLC on top of the asking price.
Gaz Pwnage
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Disappointing. I hope this sells terribly.
Will they blame something else? Piracy? Genre?
Bought it because of nostalgia and hoping fun games with my kids...just lost 27... Ths game is a scam. Absolutly disgusting.
... terrible tracks... terrible gameplay. The whole presentation is cheap as hell...
WTF codemasters?
NB/ last time I buy a game wothout checking Eurogamer's review first. But fuck... how could they fuck it up this bad?
... terrible tracks... terrible gameplay. The whole presentation is cheap as hell...
WTF codemasters?
NB/ last time I buy a game wothout checking Eurogamer's review first. But fuck... how could they fuck it up this bad?
Please, refund.
The Main Event
Member
Oh my, guess I dodged a bullet.
xrnzaaas
Member
Preparing modes and balancing the AI actually takes some time and effort, but yeah, it's not a good excuse.
Played a bit the day before - to me this feels like a Micro Machines game trying to be... Overwatch, of all things? Down to their UI design and fonts.
I mean, I really like Overwatch, but as a massive fan of V3 on PSX, this feels like a letdown. At least give me something even resembling SP, to keep up appearances.
I mean, I really like Overwatch, but as a massive fan of V3 on PSX, this feels like a letdown. At least give me something even resembling SP, to keep up appearances.
Darth Smurf X
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Hoo boy. I haven't been this disappointed in a game in a long, LONG time. And it's not—entirely—the game's fault. The problem is that there is NO single player mode. Which would be fine, because the real fun of MM games is the multiplayer. However... when NOBODY is online because NOBODY bought this game... [insert defeated sigh here].
When the game finds nobody to pit you against, it defaults to all AI competitors. And they don't lose. They drive almost flawlessly and in a mode like Elimination, you aren't alive long enough to figure out the driving mechanics, the map, the best path to take, NOTHING. I played several matches over two days and found 2 people online. TWO!!!!!! Races are almost no better, because after one mistake, you never see any of the AI racers again.
So, here are the major sins this game committed:
1. No single player campaign. No tournament, no circuit, no practice mode. NOTHING. They literally throw you to the wolves with no guidance. Sure, there's a brief tutorial at the beginning, but that barely helps. I did try Skirmish mode, but without any type of reward for playing, it didn't hold my interest playing against insanely difficult AI bots.
2. No difficulty settings for the AI (not counting Skirmish, which wasn't fun with no loot crates). They are set to "Nightmare" and that's what you race against.
3. Too expensive. This game is about $10 too high, so nobody bought it. This would have been a PERFECT fit for PS+ the way Rocket League launched. This is an online-only game and you need competitors to make the game fun. Without human competitors—with actual flaws—this game is frustratingly bad and even the people that bought the game won't be playing for much longer. There is a Ranked Mode that doesn't unlock until you reach Level 10, but I doubt anyone will stick around long enough to do that.
4. No marketing. This game was delayed twice, and the latest delay was days before the launch, and nobody knew when it was coming or even that this game exists. So, with the $30 pricetag, even the people that would spend money on this might not even know this game was released. It was just sent out to die.
In order to save this game, Codemasters needs to get Sony on the line and sign up for a PS+ slot ASAP. Then microtransaction the crap out of new vehicles, decals, customization options, etc. Just not tracks, because that fragments an already minuscule player pool.
The core of the game is there, and I want to love it like back in the PS1 days, but without human opponents, it's impossible for me to recommend this to anyone.
When the game finds nobody to pit you against, it defaults to all AI competitors. And they don't lose. They drive almost flawlessly and in a mode like Elimination, you aren't alive long enough to figure out the driving mechanics, the map, the best path to take, NOTHING. I played several matches over two days and found 2 people online. TWO!!!!!! Races are almost no better, because after one mistake, you never see any of the AI racers again.
So, here are the major sins this game committed:
1. No single player campaign. No tournament, no circuit, no practice mode. NOTHING. They literally throw you to the wolves with no guidance. Sure, there's a brief tutorial at the beginning, but that barely helps. I did try Skirmish mode, but without any type of reward for playing, it didn't hold my interest playing against insanely difficult AI bots.
2. No difficulty settings for the AI (not counting Skirmish, which wasn't fun with no loot crates). They are set to "Nightmare" and that's what you race against.
3. Too expensive. This game is about $10 too high, so nobody bought it. This would have been a PERFECT fit for PS+ the way Rocket League launched. This is an online-only game and you need competitors to make the game fun. Without human competitors—with actual flaws—this game is frustratingly bad and even the people that bought the game won't be playing for much longer. There is a Ranked Mode that doesn't unlock until you reach Level 10, but I doubt anyone will stick around long enough to do that.
4. No marketing. This game was delayed twice, and the latest delay was days before the launch, and nobody knew when it was coming or even that this game exists. So, with the $30 pricetag, even the people that would spend money on this might not even know this game was released. It was just sent out to die.
In order to save this game, Codemasters needs to get Sony on the line and sign up for a PS+ slot ASAP. Then microtransaction the crap out of new vehicles, decals, customization options, etc. Just not tracks, because that fragments an already minuscule player pool.
The core of the game is there, and I want to love it like back in the PS1 days, but without human opponents, it's impossible for me to recommend this to anyone.
Same here. Thanks to this thread in fact.
Krae_man got the game early and posted impressions... I canceled my pre-order right away.
Darth Smurf X
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I need to retract about 82% of all the negative things I typed in my last post.
I gave the game another shotI spent $30 on it, of course I'm going to attempt to get my money's worthand it was a COMPLETELY different experience.
And no, Codemasters is not paying me to do damage control. Yet.
I played a race onlinegot trouncedbut at least I was on the screen for longer than 3 seconds and was able to get the controls down a bit better. So, this is what Codemasters SHOULD have donelock down Elimination mode until you hit a certain level.
I played Elimination mode almost immediately because that's what I remember from the olden days and had the most fun with. It's NOT fun when you have no idea what you're doing and the computer is godlike. It was just a frustrating mess. So... TIP #1: DO NOT PLAY ELIMINATION until you git gud.
I played a few more races and suddenly it hit meuse the brake for cornering. I was just letting up on the gas and still flying off the track. But the brake... it was literally game changing. I was now coming in the Top 5. So... TIP #2: USE THE BRAKES!
Then, I hit level 6 and Ranked opened up. Previously, you needed to hit level 10 to get into Ranked, so they must've patched this so that Ranked wouldn't be a ghost town. I went into Ranked and... there were actual people in there playing. Every match wasn't against 10 AI cars! In fact, I actually got into a match where there were only 4 AI cars out of 12... and it was a blast! So... TIP #3: Stick it out until level 6 and you can get into Ranked. That's where the fun is!
In conclusion, this game is nowhere near as bad as I initially ranted about. It's actually quite enjoyable now. Two things that need to happen yet, Codemasters, if you ever read this:
1. Put it on sale. $20 would be perfect for the content you get. Or get that sweet, sweet, PS+ deal going.
2. Take notes from Rocket League for the post match screen. If I'm in a room with 4 people and I want to continue into the next race with those 4 people, please let me do that. So, offer up some type of button prompt that states you'd like to continue with this group. And then the entire group that checked YES moves into the next race and allows for more stragglers to join up. Eventually, you could have a full lobby of players moving from race to race and that's what this game desperately needs.
3. Bring back the originals as DLC:
Walter was my man back-in-the-day. He had the best lines.
I gave the game another shotI spent $30 on it, of course I'm going to attempt to get my money's worthand it was a COMPLETELY different experience.
And no, Codemasters is not paying me to do damage control. Yet.
I played a race onlinegot trouncedbut at least I was on the screen for longer than 3 seconds and was able to get the controls down a bit better. So, this is what Codemasters SHOULD have donelock down Elimination mode until you hit a certain level.
I played Elimination mode almost immediately because that's what I remember from the olden days and had the most fun with. It's NOT fun when you have no idea what you're doing and the computer is godlike. It was just a frustrating mess. So... TIP #1: DO NOT PLAY ELIMINATION until you git gud.
I played a few more races and suddenly it hit meuse the brake for cornering. I was just letting up on the gas and still flying off the track. But the brake... it was literally game changing. I was now coming in the Top 5. So... TIP #2: USE THE BRAKES!
Then, I hit level 6 and Ranked opened up. Previously, you needed to hit level 10 to get into Ranked, so they must've patched this so that Ranked wouldn't be a ghost town. I went into Ranked and... there were actual people in there playing. Every match wasn't against 10 AI cars! In fact, I actually got into a match where there were only 4 AI cars out of 12... and it was a blast! So... TIP #3: Stick it out until level 6 and you can get into Ranked. That's where the fun is!
In conclusion, this game is nowhere near as bad as I initially ranted about. It's actually quite enjoyable now. Two things that need to happen yet, Codemasters, if you ever read this:
1. Put it on sale. $20 would be perfect for the content you get. Or get that sweet, sweet, PS+ deal going.
2. Take notes from Rocket League for the post match screen. If I'm in a room with 4 people and I want to continue into the next race with those 4 people, please let me do that. So, offer up some type of button prompt that states you'd like to continue with this group. And then the entire group that checked YES moves into the next race and allows for more stragglers to join up. Eventually, you could have a full lobby of players moving from race to race and that's what this game desperately needs.
3. Bring back the originals as DLC:
Walter was my man back-in-the-day. He had the best lines.