{"id":2317,"date":"2012-01-15T20:48:44","date_gmt":"2012-01-16T02:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zepfhyr.com\/blog\/?p=2317"},"modified":"2020-02-06T21:26:15","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T03:26:15","slug":"mole-kart-an-ios-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zepfhyr.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/mole-kart-an-ios-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Mole Kart: an iOS review"},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently downloaded Mole Kart on the App Store (I am not linking to the app, as I’m not<\/em> endorsing this product and don’t want anyone to buy it on accident.<\/p>\n

It is a testament to how desperate people are for Mario Kart on the iPhone that anyone has bothered giving this game a 5-star rating. The controls are decent, but the physics are inconsistent and unintuitive.<\/p>\n

I could forgive this game if it had been “heavily-inspired” by Mario Kart. But it is a direct rip-off. Every level is a poorly cloned copy of a level straight out of Mario Kart. All of the items are simply new graphics with the same functionality as those of Mario Kart.<\/p>\n

Everything about this game screams “rush job”. There are simply too many reasons not<\/em> to waste your money on this.<\/p>\n

I want a solid kart racer on iOS, too, but this isn’t the way to get it. Thankfully, Sonic Racing<\/a> is actually pretty fun. Not the best, but better than the rest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I recently downloaded Mole Kart on the App Store (I am not linking to the app, as I’m not endorsing this product and don’t want anyone to buy it on accident. It is a testament to how desperate people are for Mario Kart on the iPhone that anyone has bothered giving this game a 5-star […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,136],"tags":[227],"class_list":["post-2317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-iphone-ipad","category-video-games","tag-ios","post-preview"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2634,"url":"https:\/\/zepfhyr.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/sonic-sega-all-stars-racing-for-ios-is-free-for-a-limited-time\/","url_meta":{"origin":2317,"position":0},"title":"Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing for iOS is free for a limited time!","author":"Jared Cash","date":"June 5, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"There is no shortage of racing games for iOS. 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