Ever since Bungie added Forge to Halo 3, Halo Karts has been a factor. The inspiration of Nintendo’s all-conquering Mario Kart was apparent, however the varied Halo Karts had been constructed from Halo parts and performed on Halo maps. Now the prophecy is upon us. A Halo Mario Kart mod as ludicrous as it’s wonderful.
Cursed Halo Kart, to provide it the correct title, is part of a a lot bigger mod referred to as Cursed Halo Once more (opens in new tab), which is a marketing campaign sequel to the multiplayer map pack Cursed Halo (opens in new tab). The Mario Kart ‘marketing campaign’ right here relies on that prior mod,Halo Karts, and duties gamers with profitable Mario Kart races in Warthogs towards varied comedy Halo duos to progress (that is, in spite of everything, a ‘cursed’ marketing campaign). All the things talked about right here was created by modder InfernoPlus (opens in new tab) and the entire overarching undertaking is equal components weird and spectacular.
The mod’s proven off under by Youtuber Mint Blitz, and it is the place I took the above absurd gif from.
Like, it virtually appears a kind of issues that began as a joke, then bought legs of its personal, and have become some kind of labour of affection. The Cursed Halo Once more mod particularly alters Halo 1 within the Grasp Chief Assortment and, once you step again from the humour and silliness of what is going on on within the mod, there is a sure grandeur to what this outdated warhorse is being gee-d as much as ship.
Which on this case, in fact, is traditional Mario Kart tracks, however now with stickies as an alternative of blue shells, a obscure Double Sprint high quality within the paired-up Warthog riders, and a few bonkers grenade physics that ship the karts careening throughout the tracks. Which, it seems, is usually a helpful shortcut.
InfernoPlus has a patreon (opens in new tab) the place you possibly can sustain with their work, however Cursed Halo Once more (in addition to a lot of their older work) is most simply accessible by way of the Steam Workshop (opens in new tab).