Sonic Riders (Nintendo GameCube, 2006)

A fun, albeit misdirected, challenge

Sonic Riders is a hard game, not entirely because of the levels or the concept, but because of the sometimes frustrating gameplay. It feels so static, so fake. When I started playing it, I felt that it would be a fun challenge, but by the time I completed it I realized all I had done was got a grip on should-be trivial things such as steering or jumping.

This game also doesn’t hold its own as a Sonic game due to how slow it seemed. Let’s be honest: Sonic the Hedgehog is all about speed, that’s what fans love about it. But this game was kind of slow in its levels, I mean like there was no sense of speed at all.

So basically the two main targets for this game (Racing game fans and Sonic fans) will sorely be disappointed, the former for lack of control and frustrating gameplay, and the latter for lack of speed. As for me personally though, I kinda enjoyed it. It was a fun challenge and I really felt good by the time I actually beat it.
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Great game! Brings back memories!

Infuriating. I love it.

Y'know how there are games like Dark Souls and Super Meat Boy, which are specifically DESIGNED to make you angry? Well this is one of those types of games, but it clearly wasn't developer intended. One slip up could cost you a race, and it's absolutely crazy. Track layouts are well designed and memorable, and the controls are near perfect, with only the slightest control lag every once in a while. The CG cutscenes are absolutely beautiful, even matching Pixar quality (except Tails's model), and the in-engine cutscenes are cartoony and silly, which is just how I like my Sonic. There are bits where it takes itself too seriously (apparently, bird people can't fly because their ancestors angered the gods?), but overall, the game takes on a fun mood, even having Amy chase Sonic around with a hammer at one point in good old Tom & Jerry fashion. Not to mention, there's tons of content, and the game's intense difficulty will give you hours of fun. Or pure, unfiltered rage. Probably rage. The strange thing is, this feels like it was going to be an arcade game at one point. Take out the story mode and quicktime events, make your air gauge a time limit, and make the control scheme one of those snowboarding type machines, and you have an arcade hit. There's even a tutorial movie at the title screen that plays if you don't touch anything. A quirky little game that's great for any masochist's GameCube collection, I give this game 5 poorly voiced bird people out of 7.Read full review

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Amazing game

This was one of my favorite games as a kid, and unfortunately the disc was misplaced by a relative for many years. I kept the box all these years, and finally decided to buy a replacement disc. Glad to say this game is just as good as I remember. I dare say it's even better, the racing mechanics are for more genius than I ever had the mind to appreciate back then. Racing games could learn a thing or two.Read full review

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Game

I've always been a big fan of sonic when I was growing up, and because of that I had a strong opinion of this game at first I thought it would be bad because it wasn't a normal sonic game but when I finally put the game in to try it my self it easy became one of the more competitive sonic games I've ever played, all the base machines in the game just work so good. I'll stop my rant there and say this game deserve a 10/10.Read full review

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This game brings back memories, It's still fun playing to this day.

I first played it back from 2006, the first year it was released but I gotta say Sonic Riders is one of the best Sonic spin-off games I ever played.

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Perfect Replacement

I've waited to get a new copy of this game ever since I gave away my old copy to my friend last year and this game works perfectly as well as the physical disc and case look the same as my previous copy!Read full review

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Amazing! :D

I beat the game in a week xD already unlocked super sonic and everything. This actually suprised me but yet again it doesn't. I got the ga,en2 days earlier than the day I was suppose to get it. But then again I live in Miami so I'm glad that I got it. Thanks for selling this game to me! Maybe I'll buy more GameCube ha,Es because it brings back memories :)

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Better than remembered

This is game is much more fun than I remember, and was great to return to after so long.

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Fun

Received it before shipping date. My daughter is enjoying this game very much.

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A race of nostalgia

I haven't played this game in a very long time. Looking at it now it's defenitly a hard game but it was still worth buying again.

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