Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway

“The game is full of awful mechanics.”

“In terms of driving mechanics, I honestly don't find this game to be much different from the second.”

“The gameplay itself is fine, but it doesn't have the mechanical depth that say... Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled or Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has.”

“If you want to 100% or even unlock just some specific parts or characters, you are looking at an asinine amount of grinding, ranging from ridiculously unfun and annoying to basically impossible.”

“This game is fun, but its content does not justify the absolutely abysmal amount of grinding you have to do, and I'm getting sick of racing games that require you to unlock the majority of content through sluggish currency systems.”

“After grinding through it painfully to unlock Jenny, I never went back to touch this mode as there was no point.”

“I have a fairly powerful rig, and yet this game still faced truckloads of performance issues.”

“This game is sincerely just optimized like crap.”

“Unfortunately, the graphics as well as the performance took a big step back, at least on the Switch.”

“None of the songs really stick in my head, but they are definitely forgettable.”

“The presence of character voices, missing in the 2nd game, while being a massive boon to the atmosphere, the overall awful sound effects and their mixing often ruin the immersion created by the decent gameplay and solid soundtrack.”

“Personally, I just found myself playing my own music in the background.”

“A bit of a mixed bag; when this game works, it's extremely fun and delivers one of the best mascot kart racing experiences out there. However, bugs are plenty and vary from slightly annoying to incredibly frustrating and almost game-breaking. I've hit many invisible walls while driving in a straight line, had instances where my kart sank through the floor, and experienced races where the placement tracker looked like it was having a seizure because it didn't know who was where. (I also played offline, so those glitches weren't due to lag.)”

“Another buggy, rushed Nicktoons game. Bugs found in the online games include: after finishing an online race, players will occasionally be moved back several places from where they actually finished because the game does not register correctly. In multiple games, someone who got second would end up in 11th or 12th. Occasionally, players get stuck in or under the map on a bike, and players appear to be flying in the air on maps. Footballs and jellyfish are closer to players than the game notification displays, making it impossible to react.”

“I've also encountered a good number of glitches.”

“No story mode, no cutscenes (aside from the intro and ending when you complete the challenges), and not even a gallery showcasing concept art and other neat stuff. More licensed games need to have those.”

“In 2, you can unlock most characters from playing cups and the single-player mission mode, but in 3, most of the time you will need to unlock them from playing online games, which is essentially dead right now.”

“One mission with Kamp Koral Patrick is also impossible because you can't focus on using speed boost pads and simultaneously find a way to pass that one annoying fast racer way ahead of everyone.”

“It's a shame, but the game comes off as a quick and cheap cash grab.”

“There's at least no microtransactions, but that should never be something worthy of praise.”

“The presence of character voices, missing in the second game, is a massive boon to the atmosphere; however, the overall awful sound effects and their mixing often ruin the immersion created by the decent gameplay and solid soundtrack.”

“On paper, Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3 does so much right, with a bigger roster of racers, more kart customization, and the oft-requested addition of voice acting, which does add to the atmosphere considerably.”