Team Sonic Racing (Sumo Digital/May 21st 2019)

Dark Sonic · Dec 21, 2022

Technically Inept said:

…is it just me? Or is that font, for lack of a better word, “tacky?” If you told me that video was not something from the game but something some rando on YouTube made, I’d believe you.
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It was 2005/2006, video game trailers and tutorials still kinda looked like shit in that era. It reminds me a lot of Smash Bros Melee’s tutorial video

Diablohead · Dec 25, 2022

Laura said:

I wouldn't consider Riders in the same ball park as the Racing games.

I did enjoy Riders when it came out but I wouldn't call it good by any metric. You spend much of the racing just letting the game play itself for you and wiggling the analogue stick to get air power. These sections were essentially mandatory because of how punishing the air system was in the game. Needed some way to provide support for inexperienced players. The game was so incredibly punishing. It was like CTR in that it was far better in single player because if you are bad at the game you will just get absolutely demolished.

I also remember the controls being absolutely terrible, especially when taking tight turns. I might have been bad at the game (I did complete it though) but I distinctly remember the tight turn on the pyramid level being essentially down to luck because of how awful tight turning was.

SEGA Carnival was great though. So kudos for that.
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Oh the shaking of sticks on nearly every track is the worst part of riders for sure, aged poorly and even back then was not a great idea to include. also annoying to deal with.

Laura · Dec 27, 2022

Diablohead said:

Laura said:

I wouldn't consider Riders in the same ball park as the Racing games.

I did enjoy Riders when it came out but I wouldn't call it good by any metric. You spend much of the racing just letting the game play itself for you and wiggling the analogue stick to get air power. These sections were essentially mandatory because of how punishing the air system was in the game. Needed some way to provide support for inexperienced players. The game was so incredibly punishing. It was like CTR in that it was far better in single player because if you are bad at the game you will just get absolutely demolished.

I also remember the controls being absolutely terrible, especially when taking tight turns. I might have been bad at the game (I did complete it though) but I distinctly remember the tight turn on the pyramid level being essentially down to luck because of how awful tight turning was.

SEGA Carnival was great though. So kudos for that.
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Oh the shaking of sticks on nearly every track is the worst part of riders for sure, aged poorly and even back then was not a great idea to include. also annoying to deal with.
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My point is that those sections had to be included because of how punishing the game is. Even on a fundamental level, Riders is not well designed.

That One Guy Josh · Dec 27, 2022

I got a grip of Riders' mechanics without ever watching the tutorial videos.

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Team Sonic Racing (Sumo Digital/May 21st 2019)

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