With a campaign mode and boss fights
I haven’t playedBloodborneand so references to its world or characters mean little to me. Kart racers, meanwhile? There I’m in my element due to a lifetime of Mario Kart, Diddy Kong Racing andSonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. It’s those games that make me interested inNightmare Kart, a PSX-aesthetic racing game which was formerly known asBloodborne Kart, and which is out now.
Here’s the launch trailer:
The free game includes 21 racers, 13 karts, 15 tracks and split screen multiplayer. More unusually, it also has a full campaign mode “with boss fights”.
At the time of writing, you candownload Nightmare Kart from Itch.ioby naming your own price. It’ll also be availablevia Steam"once the game is out of build review jail."
Nightmare Kart is from the makers ofBloodborne PSX, asimilarly styled demakethat maintains the third-person action of its inspiration. Its kart racing spin-off began life asan April Fool’s joke during development. Sort of. ‘Bloodborne Kart’ is also a long-running joke within the Bloodborne community more generally.
The change to “Nightmare Kart”, and the removal of other more direct references to the FromSoft game, was the result of the developersbeing contacted by Sony’s lawyers. Will I miss those references? As mentioned above, I wouldn’t recognise them whether they were there or not, but I’m glad I still get the opportunity to speed around some gothic horror race tracks.
