Games - Trackmania Nations
Just a few weeks ago, I was watching the review of Trackmania Nations on a TV channel with the sounds on mute and it looked like a really terrible game. To be honest, the idea of a Formula 1 type car jumping through the air and crossing obstacles didn’t really appeal to me all that much. But I had a totally different view of the game once I installed it on my PC and had a taste of the game myself. Heh, I guess expression you can’t judge a book by its cover or a game by its shots is pretty much true.
With an option of 68 countries to choose from, this version of Trackmania has 90 tracks and encourages people to play for their country and improve the stand of their nation in the World Rankings.
It has three modes to choose from. The first being the usual "Beat the Game" where the players have to maneuver through the different tracks in their best time and can win medals in all the tracks depending on the time they take to finish the track. However, besides the gold medal, the ultimate satisfaction lies in defeating the company's record. But accomplishing the presented targets isn’t very easy at the first shot as the tracks have unexpected twists and turns (Literally!!) and would take you quite some practice to master the speeds required for getting past specific obstacles.
The obstacles that the players face range from a sharp hairpin turn to Loop-de-loops that are aimed at making you lose time.
If you think playing solo isn't really your style and that you would like a little more competition, then other two modes of play would certainly fascinate you. The "Hot Seat" mode of the game lets you play with a minimum of 2 people to a maximum of 8 players on the same pc. This lets you race with your homies on your favourite track and match your timings to see who really the King of the Asphalt is.
The game also lets your play on the LAN/Internet, the latter of which helps you raise the ranking of your country. People from all over the world clash with each other on different servers to emphasize on the domination of their country.
As you can see, Trackmania is a pleasant and yet competitive game which has a slightly different approach to the Car-racing genre of games. Also, Trackmania Nations had been officially declared as a game in the Electronic World Sports Tournament where gamers from across the oceans fight it out for the title of the World’s Best Gamer.
Ask for my opinion? Well, I feel that Trackmania Nations is an awesome game which probably doesn’t really have too many cons to its name. But there are a few strange things in the game that may raise your eyebrows like the fact that when you are airborne, you can limit your speed using brakes [Air brakes??? Pun Intended].
If you were really into the game when you first got it and all you thought of playing was Trackmania, then it wouldn’t be too much of a surprise if you lose interest pretty soon. But the game has a different factor of interest when you have your friends playing it along with you. The instinct of, "I am the racing demon over here and not the n00bs around me!" would really provide you with an adrenalin rush in every turning of the track, forcing you to perfect the way you skim the track.
All in all, this creation of Nadeo, the Trackmania Nations has surely not been a disappointment to the crowd by a far shot.
Blog Publisher's Rating - 4/5
License - Free
Download - Trackmania Nations
Just a few weeks ago, I was watching the review of Trackmania Nations on a TV channel with the sounds on mute and it looked like a really terrible game. To be honest, the idea of a Formula 1 type car jumping through the air and crossing obstacles didn’t really appeal to me all that much. But I had a totally different view of the game once I installed it on my PC and had a taste of the game myself. Heh, I guess expression you can’t judge a book by its cover or a game by its shots is pretty much true.
With an option of 68 countries to choose from, this version of Trackmania has 90 tracks and encourages people to play for their country and improve the stand of their nation in the World Rankings.
It has three modes to choose from. The first being the usual "Beat the Game" where the players have to maneuver through the different tracks in their best time and can win medals in all the tracks depending on the time they take to finish the track. However, besides the gold medal, the ultimate satisfaction lies in defeating the company's record. But accomplishing the presented targets isn’t very easy at the first shot as the tracks have unexpected twists and turns (Literally!!) and would take you quite some practice to master the speeds required for getting past specific obstacles.
The obstacles that the players face range from a sharp hairpin turn to Loop-de-loops that are aimed at making you lose time.
If you think playing solo isn't really your style and that you would like a little more competition, then other two modes of play would certainly fascinate you. The "Hot Seat" mode of the game lets you play with a minimum of 2 people to a maximum of 8 players on the same pc. This lets you race with your homies on your favourite track and match your timings to see who really the King of the Asphalt is.
The game also lets your play on the LAN/Internet, the latter of which helps you raise the ranking of your country. People from all over the world clash with each other on different servers to emphasize on the domination of their country.
As you can see, Trackmania is a pleasant and yet competitive game which has a slightly different approach to the Car-racing genre of games. Also, Trackmania Nations had been officially declared as a game in the Electronic World Sports Tournament where gamers from across the oceans fight it out for the title of the World’s Best Gamer.
Ask for my opinion? Well, I feel that Trackmania Nations is an awesome game which probably doesn’t really have too many cons to its name. But there are a few strange things in the game that may raise your eyebrows like the fact that when you are airborne, you can limit your speed using brakes [Air brakes??? Pun Intended].
If you were really into the game when you first got it and all you thought of playing was Trackmania, then it wouldn’t be too much of a surprise if you lose interest pretty soon. But the game has a different factor of interest when you have your friends playing it along with you. The instinct of, "I am the racing demon over here and not the n00bs around me!" would really provide you with an adrenalin rush in every turning of the track, forcing you to perfect the way you skim the track.
All in all, this creation of Nadeo, the Trackmania Nations has surely not been a disappointment to the crowd by a far shot.
Blog Publisher's Rating - 4/5
License - Free
Download - Trackmania Nations
posted by Yin and Yang at 9:10 AM
3 Comments:
ya it's awesome! I've played it for such a long time and it's still so fun! I'm even in Stipe's tournament!
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