Sonic Free Riders Discussion

[CrazyT]

eww disgusting :S

[Barry the Nomad]

Don't watch the Angry Joe review, CrazyTails, you'll just get more depressed. He gave it a 1/10

Though Angry Joe and all of those cartoon characters over at thatguywiththeglasses.com go so x-treme and over the top with their "reviews" that it's hard for me to take them seriously. They tend to spend more time thinking up ways to create memes and animated gif material than actually giving a realistic review.

One viewer commented:

I can't believe some people are still trying to defend this game, even with the evidence mounting against them that the game just doesn't work. I dunno, maybe some have been able to get it to work to a satsifactory degree, but if the game's actively making you work to make it playable then it's just failed completely.

So even if I personally have played the game, found the controls to be precise enough to have a fun time and genuinely look forward to playing it again, I'm not allowed to have those opinions because somebody made a "ROFL, OMFG he's so angry and haters need to STFU" video review.

[CrazyT]

It's too bad I cannot try the game out myself since I don't think i'm gonna buy the kinect anytime soon. But it seems to be mixed like the kotaku article stated.

Ah well. Even if sonic free riders is a decent game, this still damages the franchise once again, and that in a period when they finally things started going the right way.

[Barry the Nomad]

I'm sure Sonic Anniversary, 4 episode 2 (if improvements are made) and Colors reaching more players come Christmas will wash away most of the Riders negativity.

I have a feeling that those who enjoy the game will continue to enjoy it, and those who hate it will start to quiet down come late November.

[crackdude]

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hahaha!

Nobody had any big expectations for this game anyway...

[Barry the Nomad]

Funny, though if they intended to rip into Free Riders, they should have shown footage from Free Riders.

Though I did laugh out loud (lol?) at the White Acropolis moment, god that was a fucking awful level. It was the moment I stopped playing '06.

[Barry the Nomad]

Kid with 1 usable arm plays Free Riders and is happy

http://kotaku.com/5687746/you-dont-need ... lay-kinect

[Aki-at]

Ah well. Even if sonic free riders is a decent game, this still damages the franchise once again, and that in a period when they finally things started going the right way.

Are you telling me the game that had next to no hype, even in the Sonic fanbase, could dent the impact of two games with much bigger marketing budget and hype and available to more people than one particular game which is only playable for people with an add-on?

Somehow, I do not see that happening.

[CosmicCastaway]

Don't watch the Angry Joe review, CrazyTails, you'll just get more depressed. He gave it a 1/10

Though Angry Joe and all of those cartoon characters over at thatguywiththeglasses.com go so x-treme and over the top with their "reviews" that it's hard for me to take them seriously. They tend to spend more time thinking up ways to create memes and animated gif material than actually giving a realistic review.

Yeah, the people on that site should by no means be taken seriously, but more and more people think that their opinions are gold it seems.

Anyways, the way I've always seen it is, if you enjoy a game keep on enjoying it and don't let other people try to convince you otherwise.

[CrazyT]

I found them.

All the music tracks ripped.

   
http://www.brokenplatforms.com/musak/FreeRidersMusic.7z

[Barry the Nomad]

My review was featured on N4G: http://n4g.com/news/646055/segabits-rev ... ree-riders

Is that an accomplishment? Or do they auto-collect everything and anything?

[CrazyT]

Wow that's pretty awesome barry

[Barry the Nomad]

Thanks dude! I like how they display our ratings. Instead of 4/5, they show B/A which is correct, though it looks odd.

[Barry the Nomad]

Well written review here, echos my thoughts (though he does call "rings" coins): http://www.msxbox-world.com/xbox360/rev ... iders.html

What must be made clear right from the offset, that despite the cartoon graphics and the cute looking characters, there's actually a solid and in-depth racing game under the bonnet here - perhaps more hardcore than first impressions would lead you to believe. Unlike Kinect Joyride, mastery will take a bit of practice and paying attention to the tutorial a must if you're to succeed.

[fluffymoochicken]

It looks like Sonic Free Riders is well on its way to being nominated for ScrewAttack's "Shitty Ass Game of the Year Awards" in the Xbox 360 exclusive category.

http://forums.screwattack.com/viewtopic ... 06a9be7a21