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Not Fun!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 08, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Karts very hard to control, very hard, not many choices. If you're looking for a fun, easy to understang, easy to control, but challenging game, you should check out Crash Team Racing. It's much better than Muppet Racing.

Hard to control

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: July 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is very difficult and the racers are hard to control. I got this for my daughter as a Christmas gift in 2000 and she was 7-1/2 at that time. She tried to play it several times and has found it very difficult and frustrating to play. I've tried playing it myself and found it very difficult to control. It definately is not a Crash Team Racing, which was easier to play.

Unless you can get this game at a substantially reduced price or for free I wouldn't waste the money on it as it is a difficult game to play & control.

It definitely wasn't like Crash Team Racing

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 21, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I was hoping to find a game that would be similiar to Crash Team Racing. This was not it. After 5 minutes I turned it off. The karts wobbled so badly that it was nearly impossible to steer. Although I bought this for two grown adults, I am sure that children might find this difficult after playing CTR.

Typical game with partially entertaining options.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 20, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Graphics: 5/10 - The colour shading is nice when you're playing outside, but for the rest of the time, this looks pretty effortless and droopy. It's also hard to see where a passage leads.

Sound: 5/10 - The usual cartoon racing score hangs in the background, while the cars don't do anything too dramatic with their engines.

Value: 5/10 - Most racing games are worth the money because they're entertaining, but to make a long story short, this one isn't really worth paying for unless you're a really big fan of the muppets.

Overall: 5/10 - This is the sort of game you play in the game or record store while your waiting for Mum to finish her grocery shopping. In a game where you can hardly see where you're going, is it worth even playing? Yes, but only if Mum takes a couple of hours to find a broccoli stick.

Hard to use for younger kids; some features didn't work

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: January 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I bought this thinking it would be a good choice for our young son. In particular, the package lists a special mode that will "steer the car" for a younger driver. After buying the product, it took me about 5 minutes to find this feature in the (confusing) documentation, only to find that it apparently doesn't work.

Okay Game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: July 31, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I have always beena fan of The Muppets but i was a bit unsure about whether or not to buy this game. I purchased this game in the end as it was quite cheap and i thought that if i didnt like it that i hadnt wasted much money, it turned out that i loved this game. You take on the role of any of 25 muppets and race throughout 24 tracks all taken from the muppet movies(Christams carol tracks are good). using funny weapons to try and get the upper hand on your oonents. Worth Buying

Not what expected

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 26, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Having grandkids who love the muppets, I thought this would be a great game. I found they had lost interest in it quickly (unusual for a playstation game.) The reason was you had to keep your eyes on the screen constantly. The Christmas part was cute and fun, but the others ( 25 characters to choose from) became boring. They still love the Muppets, but gave the game to a friend. I was glad since it was only frustrating them.

Hard

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 28, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This game is hard. The people are hard to control and there's so many corners to go through that I just keep bumping into walls. If you're a muppet fan this game is really cool. All the tracks are from the movies Muppet Movie all the way up to Muppets From Space. The graphics, scenery and clips were soo good that I just played the game, came in last every time, just to look at them. Rent before you buy so that you know what you're dealing with.

Not the best kart racer, but pretty darn good

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: September 28, 2001
Author: Amazon User

As a big fan of kart racing games, I'll buy just about any of them. Muppet Race Mania is pretty standard for the genre, but it does a good job of standing apart from the pack with its colorful courses based on the Muppet movies and, of course, the fun characters of the muppets themselves.

The real treat here is stunt mode, which forces you to navigate some really tricky obstacle courses in loony muppet settings. These courses are more about controlling your kart than racing against time, and there are lots of clever contraptions to help you along the way. It's harder than it sounds. Some of the stunt courses took me a loooooong time to complete. It's an innovative feature that makes this game worth getting, even if you already own other kart games.

And it's a total bargain, too. How can you go wrong?

A Muppet lover's dream

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: October 18, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is a wonderful game. Although the controls can be very frustrating at times, there is so much to do on every single board, that it takes hours and hours to complete. There are even hidden bosses. I would highly recommend this game to someone who has a good background knowledge of the Muppets. The movie clips are a lot of fun, and there are many voice clips to make it interesting and fun, too.

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