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28.4 hrs on record (1.2 hrs at review time)
Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, E=mc^2, Taking the first steps on the moon- What do all of these have in common? Easy- They where huge achievements in their respective fields, so much so that they changed what we thought was achievable.

Garfield Kart definitely belongs in the category of these achievements, as it is easily the best game I have ever played and maybe will ever play. Games like this just seem to change the way I think about video games. I have never ever even seen such an ambitious game with all of the elements mixed together in such a fine blend that it makes you wonder how much polish the developer put into this game. It may have even taken longer to polish the game than to make it, showing the care the developers put into this masterpiece. Every single part of the game makes the game better, nothing subracts from the experience. I have never played a game where both the keyboard and controller were both equivalent in fun, skill requirements, and ability.

Even the best mechanic in the game, the UFO's that automatically put you in second, are purposely crafted to show how well this game was made. The developers could easily have made it just a timer, but instead decided that they would be different, they would be bold enough to automatically put you in second. This mechanic deserves nothing but unbridled praise, as they teach a very true life lesson- it doesn't matter how long you are in first, aliens will always find a way to ♥♥♥♥ it up. This has rang true in my life many times, and I'm glad the developers were bold enough to put this cold but true life lesson into the game. I only aspire to see the other morals that this game may teach me on my journey.

I also not only liked but heartily enjoyed the currency system. The developers obviously put a lot of thought into it and I'm glad it paid off. The cars beyond the two normal ones cost 2,500, mere pennies to the amount you will probably earn sinking thousands of hours into this game. The gap in time from getting all these cars really teaches you the basics and lets you become a skilled driver in the game. Once you have the money though, the game rejoices in your newly aquired skill by improving it with stat upgrades. This type of progression system has been the obvious best in the gaming community for years, and I'm glad the developers didn't shy away from this in order to make their game somehow different.

The difficulty was perfect as well. The 50cc was good for new players, but that is about it. As a hardened veteran, these races bore me, as I only played it twice in order to go to the next stage, the 100cc.

The 100cc was tough, and it is where I met my first rival, Jon. He was incredibly good at racing and obviously way above my skill level. In our first few races, I had no chance. I grinded for hours, days, even weeks at a time, just to get my time improved by mere seconds. I slowly inched towards Jon's speed, and finally beat him. This had to be one of my life's greatest achievements. I felt so rewarded sitting on the gold pedastal staring down at the once complacent Jon only to laugh in his face with my success. The 150cc changed my metric for this achievement however.

The 150cc was the toughest of them all. I could barely get a good footing in the races, and almost always fell into last place. I got extremely depressed and one day I tied a noose for myself if I couldn't finish in fourth. Thankfully, I did it, which made me realize it was possible, just maybe, to get first. I tried for days and days, in a constant hunt for this crowning achievement to my journey. I got better and better, to near perfection, and one day, with a bit of luck and skill, I finally won it all.

I am writing this in the hospital as I haven't eaten in 4 days and am extremely dehydrated. This ranks as my life's best achievement ever. My uncle came to meet me in the hospital, where he said that he climbed to the top of everest and it was the best thing he had ever done. I laughed in his face and said, "That is nothing, have you even beaten 100cc in Garfield Kart?" He said no, and I heard from family members that he cried himself to sleep that night knowing that whatever he did could never match my 150cc win. Anyone who hasn't played this game needs to at least expierence the beautiful design and systems that it brings to the table, as I must whole-heartedly recommend this game.

111/10 Wish I could erase my memory and play it again.
Posted 28 December, 2018. Last edited 27 December, 2019.
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71.1 hrs on record (59.0 hrs at review time)
one of the best games ive played
Posted 17 October, 2018.
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5 people found this review helpful
7.1 hrs on record (2.5 hrs at review time)
Escapists 1 was much better in my opinion, probably would have been better to just add a multiplayer DLC to that game than make this.

Also I don't want spyware so goodbye.
Posted 10 July, 2018.
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15 people found this review helpful
3 people found this review funny
2.8 hrs on record (1.0 hrs at review time)
I know that the developer made this game to be hard to complete and purposefully made the map hard to climb, but I felt like I wasn't fighting to climb up the level, I felt like I was fighting the controls.
Posted 16 December, 2017.
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0.9 hrs on record (0.6 hrs at review time)
It's free, so i can't give it a negative review.


This game is very good though, and i would probably pay $5-$10 for it if that was how much it costed.
Posted 1 July, 2017.
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1,088.7 hrs on record (609.7 hrs at review time)
Lag spikes every few seconds, and lag spikes whenever someone joins/ leaves the game, which is an issue that developers have had for years. Developers don't care about the quality of the game, just making money.
Posted 29 June, 2017. Last edited 9 November, 2020.
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2 people found this review helpful
17.1 hrs on record (12.9 hrs at review time)
Great game, Cringeworthy fanbase.
Posted 29 June, 2017.
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1 person found this review helpful
7.1 hrs on record (6.9 hrs at review time)
Loved this game
Posted 28 June, 2017.
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9 people found this review helpful
0.5 hrs on record
I played this game once all the way through so my opinion may not be as expierenced as others, but this game didn't seem fun. All of the answers weren't funny, and even the house decoys weren't even funny for me or the people around me. The thing about this game is that you have to be creative in a funny way, which is really hard to do because people like different types of commedy and being creative in the first place can be a hard task to do. (Also don't say the people I played with didn't like party games, because we played the Jackbox Party Pack for an hour after playing this and loved it.)

Something to note- I did play this game on family friendly mode, because i was playing with a few people of mixed ages and because one of the answers on non-family friendly mode included "Sparkling Piss" with the squirt emojis, which I thought wasn't very funny at all.

On the note of house decoys, I think that they are a flawed concept because it makes players pick answers to the propts that may not be the best, so if you do put in a really funny answer it may not get any votes because of suspicion. Also house answers do the same as the decoys, except there will always be a house answer, which makes this problem even worse.

One more critisim I have for this game is the price. This game costs $15 normally and $7.50 during the steam summer sale. I think that $15 is a pretty steep price for this game. (If you compare it with the Jackbox Party Pack, their pack full of 5 games costs $10 more in normal price.)

In conclusion, I would rather tell someone not to buy this game, because this game is dull and unfunny, at least to me and my group.
Posted 23 June, 2017.
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54.6 hrs on record (8.1 hrs at review time)
more please...
Posted 30 May, 2017.
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