The technical highs but playful low point of the series!

I had played the first Mario Kart on the SNES, the N64 variant followed by Mario Kart DS and Mario Kart 7. The game now has changed fundamentally, and in my opinion is Mario Kart 7 at a crossroads. Technically the game is great. The graphics look very good, the 3D effect is super over, the sound is great and the distances are incredibly varied and aggressively styled. But the gameplay has reached the nadir. Meanwhile, the race course is so scripted that it only frustrated, even if you win. What I mean by that? Mario Kart 7 offers more than any Mario Kart previously to modify the way his kart. Motivation to be generated by the free play of the various components. The modification of the Karts is useful most of the time trial. For Grand Prix race you should put only on acceleration and handling. Speed ​​is completely obsolete, because the opponents are always adapted, no matter what kind of a combination Kart Drive. Accordingly, only the values ​​of interest which make immediately in the race and those are noticeable acceleration and handling.

In the old version of Mario Kart, the top speed of the karts was still an extremely important factor. In Mario Kart 7, this advantage is weggescriptet. Nintendo also has everything removed from the game, which can notice these engaging the player. So running during the Grand Prix with no time left, so you have no chance to estimate the speed. The card is available only in a very small section, so you can only the race a few meters in front and watch behind the own kart. Therefore it is not surprising that one lying perfectly departs with a top speed cars lead the track, all the curve takes Powerslide, uses Turbo each field, and so on, but once you offend, drive right past a 2-3 opponent. Well ... at the old Mario Kart versions that was not the case, but since you had also via map the entire race track in mind and scripted Bescheißereien would have been very embarrassing. Since it could not easily clean conjure up competition in the lee of one. So it's no surprise that they even removed the rear view mirror.

Particularly evident Gescripte but at the items. The unspeakable blue tank annoying just. In older versions of Mario Kart had one more chance at warp tubes or the perfect use of the Turbo fungus escape. Meanwhile that is over too. Thus, one must hope that a lying meet in guiding the blue armor only in the early rounds. Shortly before end of the race it means the loss of the first place, because indeed the rest of the team is always scripted in the slipstream and promptly races past.

Also, the red shell of a combat efficiency may enjoy. They jump over ramps, chasms and now can now also fly. In addition, you will be terrorized by them sustainably as leading in the race. They come very often out of nowhere, especially if one is extremely fast. One sees to the player icons, who gets just what item or scored. Suppose we go to # 1. It comes back a Itemfeld and 2nd and 3rd place get both visible red no tanks, but another item. The order does not change. Nevertheless rushes in such situations have often asked a red tank out of nowhere the much too small map. I realize that the red armor disappears from the display as soon as the enemy "unpacks" in, but he needs to get him once and one can understand very well.

So what is the snot Nintendo? You drive from the lead only with hanging bananas and tanks through the area (you can not indeed rely on the Itemanzeige the opponent) and hopes that it reaches to the next Itemfeld. Red tanks come out of nowhere, although no player has received a per Itemfeld. If in Mario Kart 8 now even the display of items won away, so you can completely undisturbed scripten the course of the race then? I realize that you so want to keep the game regardless of the driver's performance exciting, but now the limit has been exceeded and it just annoys. It no longer comes on's driving at, but only to the items. 7 Mario Kart to call a "Fun Racer" is therefore no longer applicable. The game is mutated into a shooter and I mean that seriously.

Balances the karts with the components of reasonable, the difficulty adjusts or revises the items. But stop with this screenplay race. When I have mastered the very difficult to be controlled top speed karts in Mario Kart old versions, I could dominate a race. Now I'm with these carts of Depp, because even the lamest cucumber with sponge tires on straight line rushes past me, even though I had just shot with Powerslide from the curve and the opponent does not have the slipstream bonus.

I may be kidding myself! So make the map of the race track again big time display back inside rearview mirror back inside, defuse blue armor and do not generate Phantom Items per script to thwart the leading driver! Mario Kart DS was with me still 5 stars. Here are just 2 and that's just because it looks good. With such a durchgescripteten chickenshit I can also watch YouTube videos of Mario Kart 7 and need me not only to buy the game.