Sonic Free Riders Discussion

[Barry the Nomad]

One TSS member who was complaining of the controls in a number of their posts returned with a cheery bit of news:

I moved my Xbox/Kinect set out into the living room where it's alot more spacious. This game's controls work ALOT better when you have space. I had virtually no trouble at all.

http://board.sonicstadium.org/topic/736 ... -gameplay/

Bad reviews have yet to turn me off to buying it, as it seems there is a fun game to be had if you play in ideal conditions. Oddly enough, those who have had issues with Free Riders say that they haven't had issues with other Kinect titles. Perhaps Free Riders is more needy than other Kinect games? COnsidering it's a non-MS developed Kinect title that tries to do way more than any of the other titles, I can understand its problems.

[max_cady]

The Kinect was clearly made for a living room experience.

[youtube:1ttg4o5b]AbfwGRI8Vrw[/youtube:1ttg4o5b]

I read on the Cnet Review for this and they essentially mean that you need a minimum distance of at least 6 feet(about 180 cm), so obviously a crammed office space will likely not translate into a confortable experience.

[fernandeath]

Wow, Gametrailers gave Sonic Free Rider a great rating score:

http://www.tssznews.com/2010/11/05/new- ... rs-review/

4.5/10

Does everyone hate the 'Sonic Riders' franchise or do they hate 'Sonic' in general?

[George]

So the room I put all the bodies in will have to double as the Kinect room?

[Barry the Nomad]

Community opinions are slowly trickling in:

As somebody who has the game, I can say that I initially thought the controls were pretty awful. I took a break and came back later and found that I wasn’t having quite as much trouble. The controls are definitely not perfect, but I’m getting the hang of it nonetheless. I think that some of these lower scores are unwarranted, since I think the controls seem fairly good. The game could definitely use some patching, but nothing drastic.

I’ve had a lot more fun with Kinect Adventures so far. It’s a lot easier to pick up and play. You can pop it in for the first time and you’ll be ready to take on the challenges, whereas Sonic Free Riders takes a few hours of getting used to.

from the comments section: http://www.sonicstadium.org/news/2010/1 ... /#comments

[CosmicCastaway]

Wow, Gametrailers gave Sonic Free Rider a great rating score:

http://www.tssznews.com/2010/11/05/new- ... rs-review/

4.5/10

Does everyone hate the 'Sonic Riders' franchise or do they hate 'Sonic' in general?

The GameTrailers community pretty much hates Sega in general.  :roll:

[Autosaver]

This is also part of the set of Riders games. A 1/5 is a massive improvement over whatever the Hell Zero Gravity was.

I think it looks/seems fine. Acceptable quality for a launch game in my opinion. If I had a Kinect, this would be one of the first games I would get.

Hey, Zero Gravy was fun. :4

[Kori-Maru]

I got the game and beated it. From my experience its
a fun game
+Has decent voice actors (some of you may find them familiar from certain animes)
+The music is good especially this one track that has a SA2 and JSR setting to it.
+The AI isn't as hard to beat as previous games.
-The Kinect may go against you and mess you up
-Vector and motorcycles suck
-No Sega tracks
I haven't tried multiplayer yet nor online mode, but I'll give it a shot once I get a long ethernet cord.

Oh also the game will make you sore if you play too long. Ow!

[SOUP]

Well if the AI isn't as insane as the last games, then that's already an improvement.

[MadeManG74]

Is it true one of the tracks is shaped after one from Daytona USA?

[fluffymoochicken]

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[MadeManG74]

^I haven't watched the vid yet, but what is it with Darksidephil that you like so much?

[Barry the Nomad]

Is it true one of the tracks is shaped after one from Daytona USA?

I checked the available maps and didn't see a match, though it's possible one of the later tracks match. Would be cool if true!

[fluffymoochicken]

^I haven't watched the vid yet, but what is it with Darksidephil that you like so much?

I have no idea. xD But I guess I enjoy videos like these because he's just sort of like an average-y person rather than some Microsoft or SEGA fanboy who would try to sugar coat or make excuses for things that go wrong.

For instance, watch as the Kinect camera and the game's controls totally fail at around 9:45. xD

[Barry the Nomad]

HD gameplay video:
[youtube:u5qknqkx]XCwW27eZGCE[/youtube:u5qknqkx]