"Kart" can be said to be a veteran casual racing online game. After its release in China in 2006, it achieved a record of 800,000 people online at the same time, and also won multiple awards such as the Best Online Game of the Year, the Top Ten Popular Online Games, the Best Casual Games, etc. For many people, this game represents their childhood.
16 has passed. The sequel "Kart: Drift" independently developed and released by Nexon has launched a week-long global test. This test includes the entire platform, and can be played on both PC, host and mobile platforms. Here I will bring you the experience report of the mobile game version.
01 / Still a familiar taste
As mentioned earlier, "Kart: Drift" was independently developed and released by Nexon, so it is very complete in terms of restoring the experience.
After opening the game, the moment BGM sounded, it pulled people back to the scene of playing with their partners in childhood. It is still the classic background music of "Karts", but it has changed its tone and has become more cheerful. Although
is independently released by Nexon, this test is a global test, so the game natively supports Chinese, and you only need to set it before entering the game, which is very friendly to domestic players.
After entering the game, the default character becomes a mysterious foreman, but the most familiar classic characters such as Pear, Baby, Black Girl, Xiaoguai, Onion, etc. can be selected, and there is no need to unlock or purchase additionally. But correspondingly, each character is just a character, without the bonus of gold coins, experience and other attributes, it will not affect the balance of the game. This is many times better than the mobile game released next door.
game modes are still familiar with prop competitions, racing competitions, and time trial competitions. The props in the prop competition are naturally familiar with missiles, water bombs, magnets, banana peels, etc. In the racing competition, you need to take the driver's license, and you can only participate by getting a B2 driver's license. However, currently, the driver's license that can get the highest level in the game is only L3, and the driver's license of subsequent levels has not been opened yet.
map is of course also a familiar map, but due to translation issues, the names displayed may be different. Similarly, you can only choose the map when you create your own room. Quick games are randomly matched and you cannot make your own choices.
In terms of restoration, "Kart: Drift" is done very well, and the overall experience is still a familiar taste. After all, it was independently developed and distributed by Nexon.
02 / The difference is also very big
After talking about the restore degree, let’s talk about the difference between the sequel and the previous one. The first is the modification of the vehicle. It may be due to testing at present, and the number of vehicles available in the game is relatively small. There are three chariots provided by novices, namely the practice car, the candy rabbit and the island turtle car. Except for the appearance, there is no difference between the three. The biggest difference between
and the original is reflected in the modification of the vehicle, which is much simplified compared to the original. Vehicles are divided into 5 levels, namely ordinary, advanced, rare, hero, and legend. The vehicle can be upgraded by consuming gold coins in the game. Each level is increased, corresponding gears will be obtained. The gears can be used to independently select and improve the various attributes of the vehicle, which is a talent point.
Correspondingly, there is a possibility of failure during upgrade. The success rate of upgrading from hero level to legend level is only 25%, but I failed after upgrading 5 times. Maybe it was because I was darker.
At the same time, AI drivers are added to this work, and you can also choose whether to add AI drivers when selecting the game mode. If it is a single player game, it means fighting against AI drivers by yourself, and team games are teaming up with other players to fight against AI. After the experience, I found that the AI drivers are generally relatively "stupid" and will basically be thrown far after they set off.
may have some effect on novice players, so they will not be dissuaded from being matched with some high-difficulty opponents at the beginning. But for old players, you can choose to turn off this function.
03 / Forced krypton gold points have almost no
After talking about the game content, let’s talk about the krypton gold situation that many people are most concerned about. As mentioned earlier, no krypton gold points have been found at present, whether it is the character or the vehicle modification. The gold coins consumed for vehicle modification can be obtained by participating in the competition, and the vehicle's paint, car stickers, etc. are also unlocked. You can also customize the car stickers in the graphics library, with relatively high freedom. The items sold in
naturally include various gift packages, passes and recharge currencies. However, due to the deletion test, the recharge of K-COIN is not open, so various gift packages can only be purchased with the K-COIN given by the event. Judging from the content of the product, most of them are decorative props, and no props will be found that will directly affect the vehicle attributes and gaming experience.
is relatively very conscientious. If you do not pursue appearance and only pursue the experience of the game itself, the point of forced krypton gold almost does not exist. But there are also reasons why it may be just a test now. No one can tell whether relevant props will be launched in the future.
04 / The disadvantages are still quite obvious
The defects of this game are also quite obvious, and the biggest problem is the operation experience. It may be because of the mobile platform. It is easy to find during the game that the drift slowdown is very obvious, and the nitrogen is short and slow, and it is not even as fast as the flat-run nitrogen. In short, it is more difficult to drag the drift and collect the air.
Of course, it may be that this is just the reason for the mobile platform, and the experiences of other platforms may vary.
Otherwise, it is an issue outside the game. Although this time it was a global test, the game server is in South Korea after all, so you can't play this game without turning on the accelerator. Even if the accelerator is turned on, there will be ping value jumps, which will be particularly obvious when online. Of course, this is also impossible. It is a shortcoming that is not considered a shortcoming.
05 / Summary
Overall, the quality of the game "Kart: Drift" is still very high, which not only satisfies the "sensual" pursuit of old players, but also brings new experiences to current users. But it is not difficult to find that Nexon's mainstream layout for this game may still be on PC and console platforms. The mobile terminal is just a balanced approach under the general trend. Some optimizations are needed in terms of feel and experience. There is still a long way to go to make a world in the mobile terminal.
The last and most important point is that this game will end until September 6th. Players who want to experience it may have to hurry up.
