Lave wrote:
Also, I know a lot of people are going to disagree with me here, but the lobby, Mii's, no voicechat in the random online play is (IMO) leagues and leagues ahead of the 360. I genuinely much prefer it. Swooping around the world to see where they all come from, look at what they look like them makes me really think of them as real people, then not hearing them act like twats doesn't break the illusion.
I greatly prefer the no voice communication on Mariokart when playing against complete strangers. When I have seen others playing games like Halo in the past, issuing from the TV is a constant stream of 'Tard!' 'Faaagott', 'you faaaggg', ad infinitum.
I can't imagine hearing that whilst racing my Mii around the trackc
I do miss voice chat when playing with friends, though.