Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway

“Graphically, Slime Speedway falls short of contemporary standards.”

“The artwork is also horrible.”

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

“The game is pretty poorly optimized, even for Unreal Engine standards, and may crash semi-frequently.”

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

“It goes from average to just pathetically choppy performance, whereas Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has ultra smooth 60fps 100% of the time and is a much larger game as well.”

“The music continued for a few minutes after the game closed; task manager was no help.”

“While the soundtrack is upbeat and fitting for the Nickelodeon atmosphere, the lack of variety in vocal cues and in-race feedback leaves something to be desired in terms of overall polish.”

“The music glitches out at times when moving through slime, which is a particular shame as that is a core aspect of a game subtitled Slime Speedway.”

“Unlockables require a lot of grinding and online play, and the quality of everything is mid at best.”

“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.”

“A bit of a mixed bag, when this game works it's extremely fun and delivers one of the best mascot kart racers 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 straight, had instances where my kart sank through the floor, and races where the placement tracker seemed to have a seizure because it didn't know player positions. (Played offline, so glitches aren't due to lag.)”

“Another buggy, rushed Nicktoon game. Bugs found in online play include: after finishing a race, players are occasionally moved back several places from where they actually finished because the game does not register properly; someone who got second could end up 11th or 12th. Occasionally players get stuck in or under the map on a bike, appear to be flying in the air, and footballs and jellyfish are closer to players than the game notifications display, making it impossible to react.”

“When driving through the purple slime, if you don’t jump at the right moment, the music glitches with a terrible sound effect.”

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

“Often times, past the third set of challenges, a sole racer will be way ahead of the rest, and it is increasingly frustrating having just that one opponent ruining you from completing a mission.”

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

“Get All Star Brawl 2 instead, that is made by people who actually care and aren't just shooting out licensed, soulless cash grabs like Bamtang.”

“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.”

“While the soundtrack is upbeat and fitting for the Nickelodeon atmosphere, the lack of variety in vocal cues and in-race feedback leaves something to be desired in terms of overall polish.”

“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.”