The only way these mistakes can be avoided is to have total mastery of the racing system. If you get lower than a second place in a Grand Prix race, that's a good 20 minutes down the drain in a flash due to one honest mistake. At least in there, you could pick your goals and get faster results with bite-sized challanges. In a way, it's more discouraging than F-Zero GX's story mode. unfair, you know?Īdd this to the fact that there are about 100 missions you must tackle in order to land the three super-secret characters, all with increasing difficulty, and, it's easy to just say "screw it" to a game where it's possible to fail so, so much. Even to the most jaded gamer, after seeing the game's mad difficulty, that strikes as somewhat. There are five races in Grand Prix you must get first place in four of them, and on the last, get at least second place. Why? Because Sonic Team made it so that you have to get roughly two points away from a perfect ranking score for an overall gold medal.
SONIC RIDERS PC HAS BOTH SERIES
You can come in first out of the entire series of races in ranking points, and still get a bronze medal. Unfortunately, first place isn't gauged by how well you do relative to the other computer racers.
To get them, you have to place first in Grand Prix Mode. Take the Sega-themed tracks, for example, which are the jump-off points for the game's uber-unlockables (they also unlock missions required to get the three super-secret characters). The computer is incredibly difficult to race against, for reasons which will be detailed soon however, Sonic Team's unlockable requirements are. "Look at F-Zero GX! That game was way hard, and it was great! People are too soft on their games nowadays!" Oh, and I'd certainly agree with you. "But isn't challenge a good thing?" you say. Its biggest fault is that it's hard as heck. The game is great, but it's not perfect in the slightest.
SONIC RIDERS PC HAS BOTH FULL
You see, should you undergo the task of unlocking the full extent of Sonic Riders's awesomeness, you should be prepared to be here for quite a while. It's not easy to get to these cool unlocks, but it is worth it. There are also over 30 Extreme Gears with different effects to unlock (some of which are blasts to the past), and other things I won't spoil. There are unlockable tracks, two of which are fangasms aimed directly at longtime Sega fans. The word's already out by now you've got cameos from Aiai of Super Monkey Ball fame, NiGHTS from his self-titled masterpiece, and Ulala from Space Channel 5 as secret racers. The paper-thin story, however, is more than made up for by the incredible unlockables this game sports. There are only so many situations one can use.
Of course, that's what happens when you try to fit a traditional Sonic plot into the confines of a racing game. More to the point, it's like a miniature rendition of your average 3D Sonic game, mainly in terms of the shortened story mode. That airboards can manage to be faster than him is a little tougher to swallow, but let's suspend some disbelief for the sake of fun, shall we? A nice twist in the game's premise is that he's the underdog this time around sure, he's shredded a few times, but it's easy to believe that there are others out there better than him at it.
While he may not be running around, he's doing something he's done in previous games: 'boarding his way to victory. The difference is apparent the moment you boot up the game it's undeniably Sonic in its get-up-and-go feel. For those of you looking for game specifics such as story and gameplay tips (the latter of which has been outdone by the game's manual), take a look at our two previews here, and a multiplayer-specific one here.Ī quick primer once you're done this is Sonic Team's first entry into the racing market starring their core properties (the Saturn's Sonic R was handled by Traveller's Tales, the people who brought you Lego Star Wars and, uh, Sonic 3D Blast).
It's really bad when the instruction booklet undoes your arguments.Īt any rate, welcome to the last leg of WorthPlaying's Sonic Riders coverage. That was Sonic Team's intention.Ī message to my fellow gamers out there, whatever position they may be in please, do your homework. On top of this, they complain that this game doesn't play like any other game they've encountered. One look at the tutorial video, and they'd gone from consistent fifth places to consistent firsts.
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