Some of the you'll probably like from the beginning, like city level or „foundry” level, but levels with plants, waterfalls etc, like „jungle” level, are too „illegible”, not to mention about some really ugly-looking fragments of these levels (for example surroundings of the waterfall in „jungle-level”). Various levels and their design are completely uneven. And unfortunately, while I'm against calling Sonic Riders „bad game”, I must admit, that this game is not intelligible. Especially when we're not talking about some serious „simulator-like” racing game, but rather light, „arcade-style” one. It's not mandatory for racing game to be simple, but it should be so intelligible as possible. Generally, I think that some slightly modification of the game rules could be helpful. The short movies representing the various aspects of the game are quite well made, but in my opinion they could some sort of addition, not the whole tutorial (not to mention that they're not too well visible, so you can miss them). In most cases, tutorials for racing games are rather unnecessary, but this one is an exception, especially with „air-fuel” and various ways to increase your speed/amount of fuel. The BadFirst of all – this game should have some short interactive tutorial. They're rather the ornaments and nothing more, but at least it gives a bit of variety. The plot, as we can expect in Sonic game, is not something thrilling or original, but it has a couple of nice looking cut-scenes. There is also plenty of small but nice features, like the trying to make the best start (all characters are on their feet in this moment and they're trying to reach the line of start just in time, but they're also risking getting the electroshock which will slow you down - and it's far more better than standard „push the button in right moment to have temporary boost at the beginning”) or the unusual animations like riding on the big millipede in the jungle level.
Generally, when we're talking about graphic – the tracks are offering mixed impressions, but the characters are looking really good. Some of the „old” characters have a bit alternate appearance in Sonic Riders, but fortunately, it's fitting good to the game's style.
There is also acceptable (according to the date of release) amount of available screen resolutions. The PC port is generally made correctly – you can configure without any troubles control on keyboard and it's comfortable enough – I didn't experienced any negative impressions, in comparison to playing on game pad. I can't say the same thing about tracks, unfortunately, but at least some of them are really good looking, dynamic and have splendid music (especially the first one). As you can see, there is a big variety in case of available participants. You can also buy new gear and change a bit the efficiency of your character. And we've got here plenty of characters – some of them need to be unlocked, but even at the beginning, you've got quite satisfying choice, and every of them is different in case of statistics and belonging to one of three types. In effect, you can take some different routes and, depending on your gameplay style, you can choose the most adequate (for your preferences) type. I like the one of the features connected with characters – all of them belongs to one of three categories: strength (can punch out the moving obstacles), speed (can grind on the rails) and fly (can use the „flying boosters” situated in the air). The GoodAfter you'll get used to specific rules of this game, I must admit that they're generally functional, quite entertaining and making game more „spicy”. SummaryOne of the most unusual racing game with Sonic & buddies 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful write a review of this game
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