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Title: Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed VS Mario Kart 8
Post by: aliensstudios on March 11, 2017, 11:32:05 am
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Sonic and All-Stars Racing and Mario Kart 8 are both pretty excellent racing games on the Wii U. Which one of them do you like better or do you like both about the same?
I'm going to shamelessly plug the video I made detailing which one of the two I like better: https://youtu.be/LhhNbdmyR7I (https://youtu.be/LhhNbdmyR7I)
Check it out if you would.
Otherwise, let's have a discussion. Who's got the better racing skills? Plumber or Hedgehog?
Title: Re: Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed VS Mario Kart 8
Post by: doafan on March 11, 2017, 01:12:21 pm
Otherwise, let's have a discussion. Who's got the better racing skills? Plumber or Hedgehog?

Am just gonna answer your question with another question, isn't Sonic much faster that a car, so what the heck is he doing driving one ?  ;D
Title: Re: Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed VS Mario Kart 8
Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 11, 2017, 02:11:07 pm
In a few ways, I might actually like Sonic & All-Stars more than Mario Kart 8.  It gives me a feel of what Diddy Kong Racing could be if it was made today.  I'd love it if this company was hired by Nintendo to make Diddy Kong Racing 2 lol
Title: Re: Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed VS Mario Kart 8
Post by: aliensstudios on March 11, 2017, 02:32:23 pm
Otherwise, let's have a discussion. Who's got the better racing skills? Plumber or Hedgehog?

Am just gonna answer your question with another question, isn't Sonic much faster that a car, so what the heck is he doing driving one ?  ;D
Fun fact: they actually we're going to make Sonic run like he does in Sonic R, but they couldn't make drifting and transforming look right.
Title: Re: Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed VS Mario Kart 8
Post by: aliensstudios on March 11, 2017, 02:32:57 pm
In a few ways, I might actually like Sonic & All-Stars more than Mario Kart 8.  It gives me a feel of what Diddy Kong Racing could be if it was made today.  I'd love it if this company was hired by Nintendo to make Diddy Kong Racing 2 lol
I can't believe there isn't a Diddy Kong Racing 2 yet!
Title: Re: Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed VS Mario Kart 8
Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 11, 2017, 02:47:55 pm
In a few ways, I might actually like Sonic & All-Stars more than Mario Kart 8.  It gives me a feel of what Diddy Kong Racing could be if it was made today.  I'd love it if this company was hired by Nintendo to make Diddy Kong Racing 2 lol
I can't believe there isn't a Diddy Kong Racing 2 yet!

I want it more than a new Mario Kart lol
Title: Re: Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed VS Mario Kart 8
Post by: doafan on March 11, 2017, 02:48:54 pm
I want it more than a new Mario Kart lol

What we truly need is a new Punch Out!  :'(
Title: Re: Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed VS Mario Kart 8
Post by: bikingjahuty on March 11, 2017, 03:29:49 pm
They are both excellent games and I have poured a ton of time into both, however without a doubt Mario Kart 8 is the better of the two. Aside from the battle mode (which the new Deluxe version appears to be rectifying) Mario Kart 8 is a more tightly crafted kart racing game with the right amount of balancing and difficulty. It also has All Stars Transformed beat in terms of racers and tracks, especially when you consider all the DLC content that has been released for MK8. With all that said, I found myself constantly in love with all the fan service put into Sonic's ASRT; everything from the array of Sega characters and also the tracks were a heavy load of nostalgia for someone who adores Sega. The gameplay is excellent too, however I found the later tracks to be bullshit hard to the point of sucking all the fun out of the game. Despite that, I still loved playing this game and unlocking as much content as I could, something that Mario Kart 8 has far less of. Overall, both are very fun, but Mario Kart 8 is the best in my book.
Title: Re: Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed VS Mario Kart 8
Post by: aliensstudios on March 11, 2017, 03:30:23 pm
In a few ways, I might actually like Sonic & All-Stars more than Mario Kart 8.  It gives me a feel of what Diddy Kong Racing could be if it was made today.  I'd love it if this company was hired by Nintendo to make Diddy Kong Racing 2 lol
I can't believe there isn't a Diddy Kong Racing 2 yet!

I want it more than a new Mario Kart lol
Same. Or at least put Diddy back in Mario Kart.
Title: Re: Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed VS Mario Kart 8
Post by: maximo310 on March 11, 2017, 03:43:49 pm
Sonic All Stars Racing Transformed was pretty fun to play considering it was a Wii U launch title. However, from my playing experiences and my bro, there's still technical issues that need to be balanced out for a sequel, such as the framerate w/ split screen, a bump up in resolution, better fine tuning of difficulty in the higher levels, and maybe a few changes to the track design to make them more fun than tedious.

By comparison, MK8 beats Sonic All Stars in almost every way, except for unlocking base content. That being said, I hope that they make a sequel to Sonic All Stars as it has a lot of potential.
Title: Re: Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed VS Mario Kart 8
Post by: marvelvscapcom2 on March 11, 2017, 04:57:27 pm
Is Sonic All Stars racing transformed as good as Mario Kart 8?  :D


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 :D

That video was very awesome, informative and fun to watch  :). I hope you make more :D.  I feel mario kart 8 is the best kart racer ever made.   But i think Sonic has very comparable gameplay and is really underated and fun :)   but track design and character selection sets MK 8 Apart imo  :D
Title: Re: Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed VS Mario Kart 8
Post by: aliensstudios on March 12, 2017, 03:16:15 am
Is Sonic All Stars racing transformed as good as Mario Kart 8?  :D


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 :D

That video was very awesome, informative and fun to watch  :). I hope you make more :D.  I feel mario kart 8 is the best kart racer ever made.   But i think Sonic has very comparable gameplay and is really underated and fun :)   but track design and character selection sets MK 8 Apart imo  :D
Glad you liked the vid, thanks for watching :) The only reason I shared is because I was confident a lot of people on this site would enjoy it. Definitely making more. I used to make reviews but I think the Versus idea has a bit of an edge in the sense that not a whole lot are doing it.
Title: Re: Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed VS Mario Kart 8
Post by: aliensstudios on March 12, 2017, 03:17:23 am
Sonic All Stars Racing Transformed was pretty fun to play considering it was a Wii U launch title. However, from my playing experiences and my bro, there's still technical issues that need to be balanced out for a sequel, such as the framerate w/ split screen, a bump up in resolution, better fine tuning of difficulty in the higher levels, and maybe a few changes to the track design to make them more fun than tedious.

By comparison, MK8 beats Sonic All Stars in almost every way, except for unlocking base content. That being said, I hope that they make a sequel to Sonic All Stars as it has a lot of potential.
I'd probably be more excited for that than another Mario Kart as future installments of Sega Racing seems like it would have more potential.
Title: Re: Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed VS Mario Kart 8
Post by: azure on March 12, 2017, 12:03:21 pm
I have yet to play Mario Kart 8, but I do like ASRT. I like a lot of SEGA characters more than I do Mario characters so I think I would like it more than MK8 for that reason. Great video though, fair comparison for sure.
Title: Re: Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed VS Mario Kart 8
Post by: aliensstudios on March 12, 2017, 01:11:52 pm
I have yet to play Mario Kart 8, but I do like ASRT. I like a lot of SEGA characters more than I do Mario characters so I think I would like it more than MK8 for that reason. Great video though, fair comparison for sure.
Agreed on the characters. You should definitely play yourself some MK8!
Thanks for checking out the vid, really appreciate that too.
Title: Re: Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed VS Mario Kart 8
Post by: kamikazekeeg on March 12, 2017, 06:13:12 pm
I think All-Stars offers more gameplay opportunities than what Mario Kart 8 does.  Certainly Mario Kart 8 is much better designed and polished, undeniable, but All-Stars offered more gameplay modes and variety I thought and at the time, I was hoping that Mario Kart 8 would take some cues from it, instead of just being a standard Mario Kart game, which it turned out be.  That's not a knock against the game, it's a perfectly fine game, but I think the Mario Kart formula is slightly stale to a certain degree at this point and its only real big "feature" was anti-grav wheels, which looks cool, but doesn't particularly affect the racing too much.

All-Stars had unique characters with their own vehicles and specials, there was progression oriented mode for all the unlocks (Which got way too damn hard towards the end lol), and alternate game modes.  It had multiple vehicle play styles all in one map and some really exciting levels that changed as you played.  The vehicle options are what make me want a Diddy Kong Racing 2 so much.  If they could do something similar with that, it would be an incredibly epic kart racer introducing the adventure map overworld and bringing back even cooler boss fights.
Title: Re: Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed VS Mario Kart 8
Post by: spac316 on March 12, 2017, 06:28:17 pm
5 players with Sonic & All-Stars, MK8 missed that opportunity.
But S&ASRT was rather difficult in single player GP. It was just to aggravating to unlock anything racing against the AI. And at least MK8 didn't add a real life nascar racer to the roster that didn't really belong instead of another character from one of the company's popular franchises.

Cool video, though!

Title: Re: Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed VS Mario Kart 8
Post by: aliensstudios on March 13, 2017, 12:30:37 pm
I think All-Stars offers more gameplay opportunities than what Mario Kart 8 does.  Certainly Mario Kart 8 is much better designed and polished, undeniable, but All-Stars offered more gameplay modes and variety I thought and at the time, I was hoping that Mario Kart 8 would take some cues from it, instead of just being a standard Mario Kart game, which it turned out be.  That's not a knock against the game, it's a perfectly fine game, but I think the Mario Kart formula is slightly stale to a certain degree at this point and its only real big "feature" was anti-grav wheels, which looks cool, but doesn't particularly affect the racing too much.

All-Stars had unique characters with their own vehicles and specials, there was progression oriented mode for all the unlocks (Which got way too damn hard towards the end lol), and alternate game modes.  It had multiple vehicle play styles all in one map and some really exciting levels that changed as you played.  The vehicle options are what make me want a Diddy Kong Racing 2 so much.  If they could do something similar with that, it would be an incredibly epic kart racer introducing the adventure map overworld and bringing back even cooler boss fights.
Maybe Rare could just make a Kart racer for the XBone sans Diddy Kong but it could have Banjo and Conker, Lord knows the XBone needs a good Kart racer (as does PS4 too)
Title: Re: Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed VS Mario Kart 8
Post by: sworddude on March 16, 2017, 05:32:40 pm
A game can have many different modes and multiple gameplay options.

While sonic transformed has more gameplay variety, the polish of mario kart 8 is excellent. The character selection for sega is really interesting, with uncommon charater appearances from shenmue and skies of arcadia but alas not as memorable as the cast for nintendo's kart racer.

Sonic transformed is better than I imagined but the polish is lacking by quite allot wich can be seen through the whole game, in my opinion not comparable to mario kart.

Polish is really important, sonic transformed has a cheap feeling compared to mario kart 8. (allot of the newer sega games feel really cheap) Mario kart 8 has less options yet it does those few things that it has really well (except battle mode). Only complaint is that the battle modes have been downgraded since mario kart wii. Before that battle modes were excellent.

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Diddy kong racing has a really mediocre roster of characters. I wouldn't mind never seeing a sequal of diddy kong racing not to great of a game in my opinion pretty comparable to crash tag team racing on the ps1.

You can't beat mario kart. The 1P adventure modes are fun and all but i'd rather have a solid kart game wich looks great and is tons of fun with a great and memorable character roster. But than again I usually play these games with friends. For single player maybe but even than I'd say the games are just less solid. Having few options is not always a bad thing furthermore the main attraction for kart games is racing against eachother and in the past also battle modes especially for multi player fun.

 
Title: Re: Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed VS Mario Kart 8
Post by: aliensstudios on March 16, 2017, 07:49:12 pm
A game can have many different modes and multiple gameplay options.

While sonic transformed has more gameplay variety, the polish of mario kart 8 is excellent. The character selection for sega is really interesting, with uncommon charater appearances from shenmue and skies of arcadia but alas not as memorable as the cast for nintendo's kart racer.

Sonic transformed is better than I imagined but the polish is lacking by quite allot wich can be seen through the whole game, in my opinion not comparable to mario kart.

Polish is really important, sonic transformed has a cheap feeling compared to mario kart 8. (allot of the newer sega games feel really cheap) Mario kart 8 has less options yet it does those few things that it has really well (except battle mode). Only complaint is that the battle modes have been downgraded since mario kart wii. Before that battle modes were excellent.

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Diddy kong racing has a really mediocre roster of characters. I wouldn't mind never seeing a sequal of diddy kong racing not to great of a game in my opinion pretty comparable to crash tag team racing on the ps1.

You can't beat mario kart. The 1P adventure modes are fun and all but i'd rather have a solid kart game wich looks great and is tons of fun with a great and memorable character roster. But than again I usually play these games with friends. For single player maybe but even than I'd say the games are just less solid. Having few options is not always a bad thing furthermore the main attraction for kart games is racing against eachother and in the past also battle modes especially for multi player fun.
Agreed on most points; I wouldn't say Transformed feels "cheap" per se, but it definitely lacks polish for sure (it's a common downfall of the majority of multi-plat releases)
I think the fan-service in Transformed is incredible, some of the courses are ripped straight from the source games but redone in a way so it becomes a race course, the most stunning of which is the Curien Mansion from The House of the Dead which lends itself to be an incredible race track in terms of representing it's source material as the racers follow the exact path Rogan and "G" go through in the game. It's clear the team working on the game wanted to do Sega proud.
Characters like Gilius, Alex Kidd and Joe Musashi harken back to a time before the blue blur and it's nice to see that Sega still recognizes these franchises that helped lay the foundation for their successes in the 90s.
Mario Kart 8 is stunning, it has beautiful tracks and perfectly represents Nintendo and it's innovations over the years. Is it the be-all-end-all of Kart racers? Perhaps, but I can't deny I'd get bored of playing it after a while, that's why it's nice to have some kart racing variety!  8)
Title: Re: Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed VS Mario Kart 8
Post by: sworddude on March 18, 2017, 05:27:38 pm
Also speaking about character rosters and fan service

If Sega added more characters in the game from the uncommon series that it has added instead of only 1 the main character I would definitely enjoy the game more.

Imagine having for example more characters of skies of arcadia, While you could add more of the main characters as a save pick i think many people would like it even more if you would add charavters such as gilder or alfonso, would be pretty priceless and memorable in my opinion.

If they would give it more polish and add more uncommon characters to the roster of memorable series, I'm pretty sure that more old school sega fans will give this game a chance.