Mod Nation Racers
Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 12:17 am
United Front Games showed up at Sony's E3 2009 press conference to show off what they called a "thoroughly modern take on kart racing."
The game, Mod Nation Racers, is a kart racer in Sony's "Play. Create. Share." genre of games. Like LittleBigPlanet the focus is user content.
Stylized characters in the style of the vinyl figurines like Mighty Muggs. They're customizable, with mods, or full on outfit changes. The developers showed off a monkey character, as well as a Hellraiser-esque character.
The cars are also customizable, and the developers showed off classic style convertible and a pink dune buggy. You can completely customize your racer and their vehicle. They parts are all predefined, so it's fairly similar to how the creating stuff in LBP works, but you can make them a little more unique since they don't have to be a Sackboy.
Racing is pretty standard kart racing. Jumps, weapons, boosting and drifting. The style is cartoony, but there's a lot of 3D detail in the environments, character, explosions, etc. The racing is pretty fast and Frantic-tic-tic-tic-tic-tic-tock.
There's also track creation, done in a nearly realtime way. Players "fly" through the map and the game paints a track behind the car. The thing is really fast, and the developers created a short, simple track in about 10 seconds.
The tracks are fully customizable and things like the track surface can be changed much in the same way they're created, so players can decide how much of what surface to use. Environmental controls are also available. Point and click mountain and water creation that alters the track as the player changes the landscape. If you add a mountain the ground gradually builds up, and the track starts to incline to match. You can add trees, add sheep, and other things by "painting" them onto the ground. Players can also change the sunlight settings. The level of customization on this is deeper than any track creation game we've seen for a kart racer.
Mod Nation Racers is set to release in 2010.
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The game, Mod Nation Racers, is a kart racer in Sony's "Play. Create. Share." genre of games. Like LittleBigPlanet the focus is user content.
Stylized characters in the style of the vinyl figurines like Mighty Muggs. They're customizable, with mods, or full on outfit changes. The developers showed off a monkey character, as well as a Hellraiser-esque character.
The cars are also customizable, and the developers showed off classic style convertible and a pink dune buggy. You can completely customize your racer and their vehicle. They parts are all predefined, so it's fairly similar to how the creating stuff in LBP works, but you can make them a little more unique since they don't have to be a Sackboy.
Racing is pretty standard kart racing. Jumps, weapons, boosting and drifting. The style is cartoony, but there's a lot of 3D detail in the environments, character, explosions, etc. The racing is pretty fast and Frantic-tic-tic-tic-tic-tic-tock.
There's also track creation, done in a nearly realtime way. Players "fly" through the map and the game paints a track behind the car. The thing is really fast, and the developers created a short, simple track in about 10 seconds.
The tracks are fully customizable and things like the track surface can be changed much in the same way they're created, so players can decide how much of what surface to use. Environmental controls are also available. Point and click mountain and water creation that alters the track as the player changes the landscape. If you add a mountain the ground gradually builds up, and the track starts to incline to match. You can add trees, add sheep, and other things by "painting" them onto the ground. Players can also change the sunlight settings. The level of customization on this is deeper than any track creation game we've seen for a kart racer.
Mod Nation Racers is set to release in 2010.
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