I love how Funky's voice lines have not changed in the slightest since Wii. You can't top peak.
Anyways, the Booster Course Pass is... good. Hell, it's bordering on great. And the value is pretty fuckin' fantastic. 25 bucks to double the track count in one of the best Mario Karts, if not THE best? Plus 7 great new characters and also Peachette? Sounds pretty good to me. And it is... but I feel like it rarely ever exceeds "pretty good" in my eyes.
Now, to be fair to this DLC, being attached to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe already sets a lot of expectations that I don't think it was ever trying to reach. This was probably made by a less experienced team to give Mario Kart fans something to chew on while the main team worked on the next big entry. Porting old tracks, mostly from Tour, was probably just the most cost-effective way to do such a thing... but it's very jarring to see these noticeably cheaper-feeling tracks just one button press away from the base game tracks.
Generally I just didn't really feel much seeing a returning track, even if it was one of my favorites, because they didn't really do a whole lot to make them feel as polished as a retro track from the base 8DX. The lack of any extra pizzazz also just makes the questionable track choices even more baffling than they would be otherwise. They just feel like wastes of space that could have been used for other better tracks. Like sure, Airship Fortress probably wouldn't be that great in the Booster Course Pass style but it'd be better than fuckin' plain ass Toad Circuit.
The only track I can really think of that was upgraded in a way similar to that of the original MK8 was Bowser Castle 3.
Overall I still think the Booster Course Pass is a decent purchase, and more Mario Kart is more Mario Kart, but it leaves a lot to be desired and I hope that if they do something like this again, they put a bit more care into it. Even if it results in less tracks in total. I mean, I don't really need another Mario Kart game with 96 tracks in it.
Anyways, the Booster Course Pass is... good. Hell, it's bordering on great. And the value is pretty fuckin' fantastic. 25 bucks to double the track count in one of the best Mario Karts, if not THE best? Plus 7 great new characters and also Peachette? Sounds pretty good to me. And it is... but I feel like it rarely ever exceeds "pretty good" in my eyes.
Now, to be fair to this DLC, being attached to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe already sets a lot of expectations that I don't think it was ever trying to reach. This was probably made by a less experienced team to give Mario Kart fans something to chew on while the main team worked on the next big entry. Porting old tracks, mostly from Tour, was probably just the most cost-effective way to do such a thing... but it's very jarring to see these noticeably cheaper-feeling tracks just one button press away from the base game tracks.
Generally I just didn't really feel much seeing a returning track, even if it was one of my favorites, because they didn't really do a whole lot to make them feel as polished as a retro track from the base 8DX. The lack of any extra pizzazz also just makes the questionable track choices even more baffling than they would be otherwise. They just feel like wastes of space that could have been used for other better tracks. Like sure, Airship Fortress probably wouldn't be that great in the Booster Course Pass style but it'd be better than fuckin' plain ass Toad Circuit.
The only track I can really think of that was upgraded in a way similar to that of the original MK8 was Bowser Castle 3.
Overall I still think the Booster Course Pass is a decent purchase, and more Mario Kart is more Mario Kart, but it leaves a lot to be desired and I hope that if they do something like this again, they put a bit more care into it. Even if it results in less tracks in total. I mean, I don't really need another Mario Kart game with 96 tracks in it.
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@scrimblogod592 Yeah, I might try getting back into beating all of the cups on 200cc now that MK8 is fresh in my mind again. Being able to play as Funky alone is enough of a reason for me to go back and play every track in the game again.
origamiking592
5 months ago