What is the appeal of this game? I don't mean that in a snarky way, I ask this because I genuinely don't know.
I've only heard nothing but good word about Snowboard Kids 2, but whenever I did actually play it at a friends house, both him and I would be baffled by the game. It's got great music and cool character designs, it's just not a very fun game to play.
It's not a good racing game because it's framerate is just awful and constantly dips, and I can only imagine playing on splitscreen made it worst. Being in a genre where needing to go react to fast incoming obstacles on the track is the center point, having an awful framerate diminishes the game as a whole. I get N64 games were no strangers to low framerates, but there was a reason games such as F-Zero X sacrificed graphical fidelity to target a consistent 60 FPS. Not also it quite literally makes the racing game faster, but it also doesn't make the game feel like junk to play.
It's not a good party game either. Items not also need a form of currency to even pick up but they all feel super underwhelming. They don't feel like they penalize leading players that harshy nor have players behind get a lead. Think about how items in Mario Kart work, they're all absurdly busted and can change the flow of the race itself. While that gives Mario Kart it's bullshit factor, it's key to making it a fun party game while still asking the player to be a good racer and mastering the tracks. The tracks in Snowboard Kids 2 are fine, if not feel a bit samey because they all are downhill treads. But they all feature one thing that I feel overcompensated the party game aspect for this game. At the end of every track, you're forced to go through this tiny gate to ride a ski-lift and it only allows one player at a time and puts you directly to the finish line. Not also it halts the race to a complete stop, it becomes a wrestle match for every player who are all tied with each other. I cannot stress how dumb this feels. Imagine if for every track in Mario Kart every player is forced to line up in an EZ Pass toll gate to even finish a race. It's just plain obnoxious.
I feel Snowboard Kids 2 is one of those rare instances where people say it's good because they have distant memories of playing it with their siblings when they were 8 because it had a funny penguin in it. But they ended up trading it in at Gamestop for that new Luigi's Mansion game for the Gamecube. Now Snowboard Kids 2 runs for like 80$ on Ebay for the cartridge alone (I really hate the retro game market by the way, but that's a discussion for another time) so that means Snowboard Kids 2 must be this amazing cult classic. Unfortunately, I don't care what some rich collector tells me, I don't enjoy this game very much.
I've only heard nothing but good word about Snowboard Kids 2, but whenever I did actually play it at a friends house, both him and I would be baffled by the game. It's got great music and cool character designs, it's just not a very fun game to play.
It's not a good racing game because it's framerate is just awful and constantly dips, and I can only imagine playing on splitscreen made it worst. Being in a genre where needing to go react to fast incoming obstacles on the track is the center point, having an awful framerate diminishes the game as a whole. I get N64 games were no strangers to low framerates, but there was a reason games such as F-Zero X sacrificed graphical fidelity to target a consistent 60 FPS. Not also it quite literally makes the racing game faster, but it also doesn't make the game feel like junk to play.
It's not a good party game either. Items not also need a form of currency to even pick up but they all feel super underwhelming. They don't feel like they penalize leading players that harshy nor have players behind get a lead. Think about how items in Mario Kart work, they're all absurdly busted and can change the flow of the race itself. While that gives Mario Kart it's bullshit factor, it's key to making it a fun party game while still asking the player to be a good racer and mastering the tracks. The tracks in Snowboard Kids 2 are fine, if not feel a bit samey because they all are downhill treads. But they all feature one thing that I feel overcompensated the party game aspect for this game. At the end of every track, you're forced to go through this tiny gate to ride a ski-lift and it only allows one player at a time and puts you directly to the finish line. Not also it halts the race to a complete stop, it becomes a wrestle match for every player who are all tied with each other. I cannot stress how dumb this feels. Imagine if for every track in Mario Kart every player is forced to line up in an EZ Pass toll gate to even finish a race. It's just plain obnoxious.
I feel Snowboard Kids 2 is one of those rare instances where people say it's good because they have distant memories of playing it with their siblings when they were 8 because it had a funny penguin in it. But they ended up trading it in at Gamestop for that new Luigi's Mansion game for the Gamecube. Now Snowboard Kids 2 runs for like 80$ on Ebay for the cartridge alone (I really hate the retro game market by the way, but that's a discussion for another time) so that means Snowboard Kids 2 must be this amazing cult classic. Unfortunately, I don't care what some rich collector tells me, I don't enjoy this game very much.
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