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Garfield kart reviews9/17/2023 With a few more tweaks, it could actually be a decent game.Though "favorite" might be a strong word here, you can't argue with the non-existent price for this deal. I’d say the game is definitely functional for the most part, although it seems unbalanced. If you buy these then I’d imagine unlocking the cars, spoilers and hats would be impossible This can increase the chance of certain items, allow you to replay the level, or even award you a minimum amount of race points even if you lose. You can also purchase items called “boosts” which you can activate on 1 track. Spoilers were 500-750 coins, and hats are usually 250. I played the 3 cups on all difficulties, and played some repeatedly, and I had nowhere near the 2500 you need to unlock 1 car, and there are several to unlock. I could be wrong, but these are rather overpriced. To me, it looks like it’s evidence of a mobile port where these could be microtransactions. You collect coins on the track which can be used to purchase new hats (which give perks), a spoiler (which modifies the car’s attributes), and new cars. There’s four cups, although you can only play the Lasagna, Pizza, and Hamburger until you complete the cups on the highest difficulty. I thought it would have been nice to see the Orson's Farm characters from the Garfield & Friends cartoon that I remember watching. You start out with only Garfield and Jon to play as, but soon you unlock Odie, Liz, Nermal and a couple of others. These are sometimes slightly hidden or placed on a shortcut that you need the spring to access. There are a few puzzle pieces to collect on the track. There’s also a magic wand that allows you to switch places if your magic blast succeeds. It just seems strange because everyone is depicted as though they are asleep at the wheel, yet you can still steer. There’s a pillow which kinda acts like the lightning bolt since it slows down all opponents, but it also prevents them from power-sliding. One is a gem that you hit opponents with and they hold it for a few seconds before it explodes. There are a few ideas although the designs aren’t obvious how they function. A spring is like the feather that allows you to jump which can make you reach shortcuts, but you can also drop it on the track as a hindrance. There’s lasagne boost, homing pies, and standard pies that travel in a straight line. The track designs are decent, and the selection of weapons roughly mirrors Mario Kart as you would expect. It really makes you appreciate whatever magic Nintendo does to balance Mario Kart giving a nice spread of racers and making you feel your driving has an effect for catching up. I felt the AI would happily nudge you, and your kart seemed to be negatively affected by the collision. The AI has a tendency to hit you in the final stretch or somehow boost past you. With a couple of successive hits, you would often find yourself in last place. I found that the racers were rather bunched up which means you can easily drop from 1st to 4th place in one hit, and there’s only 6 racers. I expected the game to be easy so went straight into 100cc (second difficulty) and I was surprised at the difficulty. Garfield Kart seems to have been targeted with joke review bombs on Steam, so it's hard to gauge people’s real perception of the game. By Ignition_jammy | Review Date: April 26, 2021
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