This game is so poorly made that I'd go so far as to call it a stain on GameMill's reputation, which is not something to be said lightly. These people have been marketing basic, reskinned slop for years, only taking the time to alter UI graphics and character models while patting themselves on the back and saying "why yes, I think three extra maps and some kart part recolors DOES justify a $50 price tag!" If Mr. Krabs saw the kind of corporate greed and laziness these people put into their work, he'd ask for lessons. Their website Contact Us page literally reads "At GameMill Entertainment, we’ve established a proven track record for leveraging the equity of some of the world’s most beloved brands in the $100 billion video game market." For those who aren't familiar with Corpo Cant, "leveraging equity" is the executive way of saying "squeezing money out of" and it's not even hidden behind flowery language like every other company with the decency to lie about their flagrant disregard for the quality of your nostalgic integrity.

But you're not reading this for an essay on the company's moral standing and inability to gauge the actual value of their work, you're here because you want to make an informed decision on whether this is a game worth buying. The short answer is "no." It's not worth at full price, It's not even worth it on sale. I payed five US dollars for this game, and found it so bad that I wanted a refund. This game isn't even "oh well, maybe I'll play it with my nephew when he visits" bad, it's "wow, this is unbearable and I'd rather have my $5 dollars instead of this" bad. The first noticeable problems aren't too upsetting: a forced tutorial that you can't skip, a menu system designed for controller with no mouse support at all, a wonky keybind setup that you can only change in the Main Menu; you know, little problems. But then there's glaring issues like not being able to rebind your controller at all. You either have to play with the binds they set for you, or switch to a keyboard on a game clearly not built for keyboard. Or how there's no indication that there's more characters to unlock, I had to look it up because they just give you a quarter of the roster to play with, another quarter to purchase, and the rest isn't listed until you've unlocked them. If you want to play as Michelangelo, you need to purchase him for 160 slime coins. If you want to play Donatello, you need to meet some unknown requirement for him to be added to your roster. It wouldn't be half as bad if they just showed the blank spaces in the roster and said "Unlocked after beating 7 Time Trial Ghosts" or something. The kart parts are all lazy recolors of parts they've already made in the second game, most of the character models aren't meshed right, the camera during the race is atrocious.

Really, if you wanted a Nickelodeon racing game, play the second and pretend they're voiced, because the voice lines here don't make up for the flaws they put in too.

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I played a lot of the second game and honestly expected an upgrade. Sadly, Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3 feels like a downgrade in too many ways.


Cons:

When you're driving through the purple slime, if you don’t jump at the right moment, the music glitches with a terrible sound effect. Now imagine playing with 4 people... it becomes unbearable.

The purple slime “shortcuts” were a bad idea. They shouldn’t even be in the game to begin with.

The tutorial is useless and poorly designed.

It takes way too long to unlock characters that should be available from the start.

Too much BLOOM.

And many more issues already pointed out by others.


The second game was more fun, simpler, and just worked better. Now I'm just hoping the next game fixes everything wrong with this one (if we ever get one, that is).