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4 short levels

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: May 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is very short. It is very fun for the short time. This is a good rental that is fun for the weekend but it is not long enough for a purchase. I beat this game in 1 HOUR after I rented it. The graphics are fantastic and it is worth playing but not buying.

HARD!!!(...)

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 13
Date: February 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

WHY IS EVERYONE SAYING THIS GAME IS EASY???!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
THIS IS THE MOST FRUSTRATING HARDEST GAME I HAVE EVER PLAYED! (...)IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE FUN AND EASY IN THE BEGINNING BUT THEN IT GETS IMPOSSIBLE!!!(...) DO NOT BUY THIS GAME!! IT IS SO(...)FRUSTRATING!!(...) AAAAAAAHHH(...)

True racer speaking here

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: January 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

over all the game is ok, but it is missing something. from the one on 64 it looks like you are going a lot faster, in this one it looks like i am on the interstate doing 60 mph. i don't think they should have slowed it down any. what's the point of doing 400mph if it looks like you are doing 60.

short

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: January 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The game is ok. The cicuits are good, ships are cool and so on. But the game is extremely short. ull finish it in less than 2 hours.

A worthy Successor

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: April 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Unlike most people, I owned the PC version of the original Racer and I absolutely loved it. Even before I had seen the movie I was deeply obsessed with that game. There's nothing coller that racing inches above the ground and near sonic speeds. The sequel offers everything the first offers with a couple of exceptions and a lot of extras.

First my few complaints: there seem to be fewer tracks on fewer planets offering less variety. Basically you get the water planet (Mon Calimari), the desert planet (Tatooine), the jungle planet (Gamorra, sounds like a venereal disease, and my least favorite world), the planet with one side day and the other night, which was my favorite and maybe one other. Maybe my memroy hypes the PC version into something better than it was, but it seems that there were a lot more planets or at least a lot more tracks. Lack of variety in the tracks means the game is potentially very short, even though replayability is good.

My other problem might seem trivial, but there's no first person perspective without the pods in view. It was my favorite view on the first one for a couple of reasons. 1: the pods obstruct your view even thought they're meant to make a more realistic simulation. It's hard to see the upcoming turns and the guys in your way. 2. Without the pods it really increases the illusion of speed. It just sucked you in and made you feel like you were hauling ...

Other than these two minor complaints, this is an excellent game. There are tons of racers both old and new, including an older (non-Jake Lloyd) Anakin with a redesigned pod. I've already beat the game once with Teemto Pagalies and have every racer through Sebulba ( I think there are more, but I'll get to that later).

The music and sound, as with most Star Wars games) is excellent. Sebulba's pod still makes that cool thumping noise and the John Williams score is well... John Williams. The visuals are very impressive, especially the characters and pods. It seems like the backgrounds are a little rough and blocky at times, but I think that's to improve the frame-rate and you're going so fast you don't have time to stop and look.

One of the cool features you can unlock is the art gallery. In the gallery there are all the pods plus three that I find particularly interesting: a pod for Watto, one for Darth Maul and one for Darth Vader. In the credits there are voice acting credits for Darth Maul and Vader voices. It seems obvious that there is some way of unlocking these pods, but I don't know how and I'm dying to find out. Those Maul and Vader pods look ruthless.

The game is a lot of fun and made me remember why I loved the first one so much. There's something very cool about hitting turbo in a big underwater tube and letting the centripical force carry you upside dwon over your opponents at 600 mph. Or bursting out of one tunnel into a cavernous gap and after some mad hang-time, flying into another tunnel waaay on the other side.

Even without the Star Wars theme this is a strong game that stands on it's own. Star Wars fans or fans of high speed racing should not miss out.

Quality game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: March 04, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Options include single events, tournaments, and two-player mode. The tournament is where the hard hitting action is at. In tournament mode, your pod racer works his way through different race courses and earns money for pod upgrades (speed acceleration, cooling, defense, repair, etc.) along the way. The first 2 or 3 tournaments may seem to lack a serious challenge, but that all changes around the 4th or 5th round. It doesn't take much to go from 1st to last by hitting a wall. I've won races by as little as .1 seconds with the top 5 pods all coming within a few seconds of each other. I've also taken a wide turn while in 1st and finished 3rd. The game description says that speeds reach up to 600mph, but I have gone in excess of 700mph. Quality game with excellent graphics and game controlls. Would have given 5 stars, but the 2 player mode just wasn't meant to be... not enough room on the screen to accommodate it.

its pretty awsome!!!!!!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: August 31, 2003
Author: Amazon User

alright lets begins racers revenge 101 im your teacher mr. me ok class let me tell you about this game it great i loved it it takes place 8 years after episodeI or if you prefer2 years befor episodeII you can play as a BUNCH of racers old and new(mostly old)including anikan skywalker,sebulba,dud bolt,odi mandrell,rats tyrell,colman trebor,mawhonic and a lot of others you for every race you play that you make it in 1st,2nd or 3rd you get winning accordingly to buy upgrades for your podracer.Fans of racing games and/or starwars should do thhemselves a favor a BUY THIS GAME!!!!!!that's all for now class!

Fun racing game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: November 15, 2003
Author: Amazon User

First off, I love racing games. They are fun, you need to think quickly at times, you can play with more than one player (usually), and those "winner by a nose" finishes make it all worth it.

I get this all from this game. I've really enjoyed playing this game and building up my character while trying to unlock other characters to play with. Each course is imaginative and has its own sets of challenges.

My only problem is that it can get easy really quickly. I wish there were a way to download courses off the Internet or an ability to create your own.

But in the end, if you like racing games I would highly recommend this one!!

Good game to rent

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: June 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I Just got this game today, and I'm already having fun.This game features 3 race modes:single race,vs mode,tournoment mode.You can beat the tournoment mode in just hours.As you win more races you earn more pod racers.The game has good graphics,challenging courses to race,cool creatures to race(like Darth Maul,Darth Vader,and Watto you have to earn those 3).Why I give this game 4 stars and not five is,you can beat the tournoment mode in just a couple hours,and then the game gets boring not unless you play it with a friend.

Pad Racing, but not your N64s Pod Racing

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: March 22, 2002
Author: Amazon User

When Pod Racer came out on the N64 it was an instant hit. My friends and I spent many weekends playing it and admiring the graphics, and the sheer brutal speed of the game. Sound and game play were great too.

Now Pod Racing comes to the PS2 which is cool since I don't own an N64.

First and foremost this is a good game, it's fast, adictive and has good gameplay. I don't think that it has the brutal speed of it's fore-runner though. Nor are the graphics quite up to the task either. I think the problem with the graphics is simply that the PS2 can't anti-alias the screen, so the picture has sharp edges, not actual jaggies mind, just slightly too sharp edges, which remind you you are playing a game.

The biggest problem, for me, is the exclusion of Watto's Junk yard and store. In the N64 game you browsed the new and spare parts you wanted to buy. In this one, you simply adjust a bar representing one or other attribute of your pod. I preferred the N64's junk yard, it added character to the game. It kinda makes me wonder why too, the N64 game was cartridge based, this PS2 game has an entire CD to play with, so it's not like there wasn't room.

The addition of a combat element to the game - you bash your opponents until they go bang, adds an element to the race, but at the end of the day it's still a pod race.

Is this a great game? Yes, buy it, play it. Is it better than the old Pod Racer? Well, it does remove the annoying screech of Annakin throughout the game, but apart from that, it's more of the same. The graphics are great, but don't have the smooth finish of the N64 version.

Lastly, no matter what *anyone* says, this isn't a "new" game, or "new" version, it's little more than the same game ported to the PS2. And to be honest I am very happy with that, I missed my Pod Racing. All I need now is that ice world track from the old game and a nice strong coffee to get my speed up.....

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