It’d also be nice to see some kind of online, or multiplayer features, but Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D has nothing beyond Arena high score tables. The jagged pixels become quite apparent during those brief moments when the handset struggles to keep up with the quick game speed, but it doesn’t make too much of an impact on your overall enjoyment of these dynamic, whacky races.
The courses wind and dip like roller coasters with laser turrets mounted on the track, which is great fun, but causes some rough edges around the frame rates. There are times, however, when all this action takes its toll on the N-Gage system. The karts are able to drift, with a bit of practice, which really opens the tracks up to some considerable danger as you inch your way toward calamity, only to open up the throttle again as the track straightens out. One of the areas where Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D leans more toward a realistic racing game is in the cornering, however. Weaponry, oil slicks, teleporters and other collectibles are often your best way of making up lost time, rather than careful driving or skilful cornering, and they prove a lot more satisfying. The loose plot line potters along as you battle through the races.Īnd there’s definitely plenty of battling to be done, as the tracks are laden with all kinds of add-ons to help you take out the opposition - and be taken out by the opposition, of course.
The tracks themselves are split up into four zones, each with its own theme, which gives the game a feeling of progression not usually seen in a standard racing game. You jump into the driving seat of one of six Crash Bandicoot characters to take part in a Mario Kart-esque race around 12 different tracks. It does also meant that stalwart racing fans might find it too cutesy and arcadey to really get engrossed in, but that’s just one of the broken eggs of this casually entertaining omelette. This is a big part of Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D’s success on the various platforms it’s appeared on, and it continues to keep the gameplay superbly entertaining on Nokia’s system, too. So it’s not at all uncommon to find that cartoony racers like Crash Bandicoot Nitro Kart 3D often win out, as their graphical strain is reduced and they can take liberties with realism that other driving games can’t afford. And the fancier they are on a portable platform like the N-Gage, the more resources they devour that could be spent on improving the gameplay. Although we tend to be easily impressed by realistic driving games, much of their appeal is due to the superb graphics developers usually manage to shoehorn into their racers - regardless of all hardware constraints, driving games tend to look amazing.īut as all gamers are acutely aware, graphics don’t necessarily make a good game.
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