SASASR

[Mengels7]

I'm in love with Outrun 2 and SASASR is just bleh to me. I'd rather play Mario Kart.

[STORM!]

Have you really played Sonic Riders 2? The game is fantastic!

 It's well designed, original, nice sounds, nice tracks and completely fun! It also has more "Sega factor" than SASAR. The gravity system is extremely fun and the shortcuts are ways better than the ones on SASAR.

 It has Hang-On machine, Hang-On sounds, it has KUNOICHI!! And look, this is a Sonic game! Shame on SUMO and Sega for not bring more contents to SASAR.

 Don't need to talk about the "gimmicks"... well, the gimmicks are extremely better on Sonic Riders 2 and works fine. It has a lot of them!

 It has also a story mode, with events and incredible CG movies!

 SASAR is not a bad game, I like it, but it's worse than Sonic Riders 2.

 
 
 And who said I dislike OutRun? Probably Daytona and OutRun are the only "race" games I can play and enjoy. The rest, like Gran Turismo, are just boring...

[Deefy]

It's well designed, original, nice sounds, nice tracks and completely fun! It also has more "Sega factor" than SASAR. The gravity system is extremely fun and the shortcuts are ways better than the ones on SASAR.

Yeah STORM! THESE are the real reasons for the superiority of SONIC RIDERS 2 (in my humble opinion).

[Sharky]

I'm sorry but Sonic Riders is one of the worst Sega racers I've ever come across.

[Sega Uranus]

I'm sorry but Sonic Riders is one of the worst Sega games I've ever come across.

I fixed your post for you, bud.

[crackdude]

Sonic Riders wasn't that bad when you got into it.

[Mengels7]

So uh I haven't played this since launch week. Did we ever get any DLC other than forklift Hazuki and Metal Sonic?

[crackdude]

So uh I haven't played this since launch week. Did we ever get any DLC other than forklift Hazuki and Metal Sonic?

Nope. The game seriously lost momentum somehow.

[fluffymoochicken]

Nope. The game seriously lost momentum somehow.

Maybe that's because it's a disappointing kart racing game that's too casual for hardcore racing fans, not balanced out enough for casual racing fans, doesn't allow two people to select the same character (in a game with very hard set tiers), and has a limited set of way too similar tracks - none of which are based on classic games that would get older fans excited.

Yeah, I haven't played it since March either.

[Sharky]

I have, its still very fun online... Played it about a week ago.

[crackdude]

I think it's a pretty fun game. Just a little too happy to handle for long sittings lol

[Barry the Nomad]

I wouldn't say the game lost momentum. Considering how quickly the industry moves from release to release, and players are constantly running to the next big thing, I'd say SASASR had the right amount of attention.

The avatar items and Metal Sonic release helped in keeping people's attention on the game.

[Sega Uranus]

I wouldn't say the game lost momentum. Considering how quickly the industry moves from release to release, and players are constantly running to the next big thing, I'd say SASASR had the right amount of attention.

The avatar items and Metal Sonic release helped in keeping people's attention on the game.

SEGA was most likely wanting this series to reach the same level of popularity as Mario & Sonic has, so in this regard, it is a failure.

[George]

Sorry but the industry does not operate that way Sanus. SEGA is not stupid, they know that Mario and Sonic sold due to MARIO AND SONIC brand name and not actual game.

If the game makes enough profit, its a success and we will see a new game. Most likely, we will see another entry to the franchise.

[Sega Uranus]

Sorry but the industry does not operate that way Sanus. SEGA is not stupid, they know that Mario and Sonic sold due to MARIO AND SONIC brand name and not actual game.

If the game makes enough profit, its a success and we will see a new game. Most likely, we will see another entry to the franchise.

I think you missed my point.

Considering one magazine had like twelve different covers just because of this game means SEGA thought they had a real winner here.

The way I think SEGA saw it was they basically take a Mario & Sonic-like game and then put it on every platform they can, just without Mario. In business logic, they should make more money than they did on just two platforms with slightly more appeal, right?

Of course the game is a success in that it made it's money back, I would argue that they made their money back by March even. My point is that SEGA most likely wanted the game to be bigger than it turned out to be, especially considering how many platforms it is on it could have easily done so.

Of course they will make a sequel. I would be shocked if they were not planning one right now honestly, but considering how much better this sold on the Nintendo platforms even with Microsoft pushing it so much I think they might plan to make two different releases next time to try and catch the HD audiences better.