Greetings! Mat from UFG, back again to talk about all the split-screen goodness in ModNation Racers for PS3!
There are two multiplayer experiences that we were keen to deliver in ModNation Racers. First, there was the online race experience (up to 12 players), while the second was the couch racing experience. It is hard to beat the multiplayer experience on the couch against friends – I think we can all remember this experience from other games we have enjoyed, and we were keen to make sure we delivered the same frantic experience for ModNation Racers.
We wanted to make sure we delivered two-player split-screen. From the start, we wanted our two-player split-screen to work online. ModNation Racers enables you and a friend to go online and play the game together. This makes for intense competition and a lot of fun! Do you play together, helping each other out or do you take your friend out at every available opportunity? You can play action races and pure races together. More importantly, two players can play together on any tracks developed by United Front Games or anyone online. It makes for an almost endless experience that two players can enjoy together.
Finally, we decided to deliver the four-player couch experience. This was a lot of work, but we have managed to create a great experience where four friends can settle down for some great kart racing. What we have delivered is a fantastic local multiplayer experience reminiscent of some of our best local multiplayer play sessions from years gone by. Sit down with friends and family and battle each other to see who the best is! Again, you can play action or pure race, as well as race on any tracks in the game created by United Front Games or other players.
Overall, our multiplayer experience has been created to cater to all different players, and we feel that when people play the game they will be able to get the experience they desire. Here in the office, we all play it on a daily basis with each other, whether it be online or at someone’s desk in split-screen. The game is so much fun to play and with us nearing completion of the title, we can’t wait for all our fans to join the ModNation in May! And be sure to head over to GameTrailers to catch the first four official behind-the-scenes videos! See you all then!
Gonna buy this
Can you guys give me a big motivation to buy this? I like LBP but this is just racing and making tracks…
PLEASE support split screen 2player PSN Logins! :D
@David2Crazy (post 100) said “Nothing would be more awesome then being able to play with my girlfriend as we both gain XP and unlock items for each of our accounts as we play online together with our own PSN IDs.”
LBP does this. Sony recently patched SingStar to do this (using XMB accounts in game, rather than usernames in game). Please do this for MNR if it’s at all feasible/reasonable. It’s a lot lower priority than good splitscreen racing, but it’s worth pursuing.
I’m assuming that player stats (games raced/won) are kept, and having those be accurate would sure be nice! We have one PS3 with about 6 accounts on it now (mine, one generic kids account, one for each of the older three kids, one for my wife), and it would be so nice to have their info (and mods) that’s already on the disk be readily accessible no matter who is the “master” user account.
YEEEAAAAHHH
I mean, PS1 was my childhood solely because of split-screen friend nights…
I remeber briging the multi-tab or soemthign called like it, and played like 8 friends or something… awesome.
Crash Team Racing ftw
i really with there was a more customizable tunnel tool in the game =C
for example, i would love a glass tunnel for underwater levels, or to be able to make a really skinny tunnel than you could spin around in. Tunnels are a pretty big part to racing games.
Hey thanks Chuck for answering about XMB soundtracks. I have been wondering about this since the beta. Looking to be a buy for me :)
Happy to help!