- Speed your way over 17 incredible, high-speed raceways throughout 4 unique worlds including jungles, volcanoes, futuristic cities, space stations, and more.
- Race as virtually any character in the Crash universe.
- Awesome single player action over Adventure, Arcade, and Time Trials modes offers hours of exciting gameplay.
- Multiple modes of intense multiplayer action allowing up to 8 gamers to race against each other.
- Face off against your opponents in wide-open Battle Arenas - a feature never before soon in a kart racing game.
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 ripoff of mario kart |
| Review Date: February 1, 2010 |
| Reviewer: , |
| This game is a ripoff of the mario kart series. This game has items that you throw at your opponenents. mario kart has better items you throw at your opponents. this game has sharp turns mario kart has better sharp turns that you do not go flying everywhere. Like in this game.this game has lacky controls (for the ps2 verision) |
Disappointed
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| Review Date: July 18, 2009 |
| Reviewer: je.ma.co, CA, US |
The graphics are unquestionably better for Nitro, but besides that I was rather unhappy with it.
The first thing I noticed were the GLITCHES. I was shocked - the first one I came accross was in the Adventure mode, where when I accidentally landed in the center of the vertical metal "island," I was stuck! Then, after I'd plummeted into the abyss and tried again, I couldn't get back to the "main" land - it would simply drop me when I was on the ramp. I was very puzzled and astonished that this managed to make it through testing, but figured it was just one glitchy area.
Nope. While on a track (Assembly Lane - which reminds me of N.Gin labs...) I fell INTO the track (those who have played - that part where you're on a thinner, roundish "pipe" track) and started going in circles without any player input, unable to get out. The game finally solved the problem by "killing" me and putting me back on the track, but that was only after a good 10 seconds of being stuck!
Perhaps I just got a bad game, but the glitches were a huge shock to me - a commercial game of a popular character line is not where I'd expect to run into these sorts of errors.
Aside from that, I found the tracks to be a bit overwhelming - it isn't so much that the tracks themselves are complex, but that the surroundings are distracting. For some reason the colors and objects interact in a way that makes it hard to focus on the race. The graphics are very well done, don't get me wrong, but when you're running into walls because you're having trouble keeping track of the course - well, something's wrong.
The sound is kitschy. The music is more intrusive and childish (that's the only word I can think for it) than in CTR, which is also distracting. The taunts are repeated over and over, and they are less subtle (or more obnoxious) to boot. The voices have been changed, and though this is personal preference, I miss the old voices.
You start off with VERY few characters, even for multiplayer. You get Coco, Crash, Crunch, Cortex, N.Gin, Tiny, Nitrous Oxide, and N.Trance. No Polar or Pura! In addition, Coco bandicoot and her taunts have edged further into the "ditz" category (she used to be a favorite character for me as a girl geek, until they played up her blonde factor more).
The controls seem a bit unresponsive - there's too much "give." I'm not sure how else to explain it.
I was a huge CTR fan, even if it was sometimes a bit kitschy. I was hoping Nitro might be less kitschy and serve as a PS version of Mariokart, (I'm a college girl, so multiplayer games that my friends will enjoy are a biggie) but no dice. The storyline is standard, the courses (for the most part) not very new, the weapons not nearly as much fun as in CTR... I really think they could have done better on this game.
If you're buying it for a non-gamer 10-year old, it might fly, but besides that I'd say give this a pass.
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A fun game that can be hard on the eyes.
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| Review Date: February 19, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Bowling Pin Smasher, Minnesota |
| Parts of this game are pretty cool as far as the futuristic and colorful graphics, along with some good sound effects. It's too bad they didn't seem to finish the sound effects part, as some are obviously missing. The game is shaky sometimes and the camera angles are awful. |
fun
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| Review Date: September 21, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Monica R. Gross, |
| It's a nice game. Good storyline and nice levels. The characters are all good and with the team option. Multiplayer mode is even better if you have 4 people playing. Still it's a great game and fun for all ages. |
Great gift for 11 year old!
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| Review Date: May 15, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Emily M. Michael, Chicago, IL. |
| My 11 year old sister loved this game. She asked for a racing game for her birthday this year and I know she likes mariokart, but she has a PS2. |
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