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Spectacular!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 29, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This games unique racing method really makes it awesome. You get to perform cool stunts, take cool shortcuts unlock great charchters like Aiai, NiGHTS, and rogue plus many more. This will keep you entertained for a very ling time. Buy Now!!

Sweet game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 23, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is awesome it's the second best Sonic game I have. I'm still stuck on the last stage of the Hero story called Babylon Garden. It's where you have to beat this guy called Jet the hawk. This stage is very hard so unless you are very experienced at this game I would suggest doing some practice in normal race. In this game the best place to practice is Metal City the first stage in Hero story (besides that's the only stage I ever do any races in normal race). If you are a big fan of Sonic than you would love this game and the characters in it so buy it NOW!!!

Sonic and the Gang "Ride" Again! (by Laura)

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is a good game. At first glance, I thought it was going to be another boring racing game, but I was way wrong. The music rocks, the voice overs aren't bad, the characters are comical, the level graphics are gorgeous with variety, and the story has an interesting plot. I am not sure any video game is perfect, however, and I did find some things that do need work:

1. Infuriatingly difficult. This is why I can only give it a three star fun rating. Even from the very first level of the hero story, it is hard. It does help, if you learn sooner than I did, that the jump button does not work like the other sonic games. Instead of jumping instantly and holding the button to increase your height, you instead press the jump button and hold it to charge your jump, and then when you let it go is when you actually jump. Just a warning, if you do charge a jump, you will slow down until you let the button go. I will tell you the pupose of this in my next flaw. Continuing with the difficulty, after the first couple of races you have to get first every time, in order to progress with the story. Even in the first races, you must get within the top 3 to move on. It is hard, I cannot tell you enough. Just because you manage to stay ahead the first 2 laps means nothing. Some CPU robot punk, can pass you by at the last second and ruin everything. I have hollered in frustration, over this happening so many times, so just keep in mind that completing this game will be no easy task (I haven't even done it yet).

2. The controls are awkward. Remember that charged jump I explained in the first flaw? You use it on trick ramps, to increase your height for more tricks and to get on upper paths, which could potentially be shortcuts. Even though it can be helpful, this is; however, one of the awkward controls, because if it is not used correctly it can mess you up. Charging it for to long slows you down, and not releasing it at the right time can slow you down even more. The other awkward controls, include the tricks themselves. It is difficult to tell how many tricks you can get away with and still land "correctly". It is difficult to turn, as turns are tight, and you mostly skid through them, hitting the walls and other unfavorable obstacles. The speed boost, while sometimes necessary to keep up, can just mess you up completely at times. The reason why, is you cannot do the following: turn with out slowing way down, speed up well on speed boost pads, keep a healthy air tank supply (it eats up your air something awful), and avoid walls and pitfalls as well if you could avoid them anyway. What I think is the worst control, however, is the turbulence. Not really a control as much as a mechanism, it is the wind that whips behind each player going at a certain speed, allowing others to ride it. Now this seems like a cool idea, as you can catch up to opponents easier by riding his or her turbulence. This is actually a monster in many situations though. For one thing, it does take force to enter it. Then, once your in it, you can't get out until either: A. You catch up to the person making the turbulence, or B. The person stops making turbulence for some reason (like he slows down to much). This is bad, because if you want to take a shortcut or something you can't always get out of it; and because sometimes you exit out of it too soon during something like a turn (causing you to run into a wall or fall down a bottomless pit).

3. You have to perform each race almost perfectly. There is little room for error. Thankfully, there isn't a life system in this game, so you can restart as many times as you want, when you need to. Please bear in mind that if your mistakes cause you to drop to 4th place, it is not likely you will catch up, because the leader will usually be a smart aleck and get way ahead of you. If you drop below that place, restart for sure. 3rd place and up is okay, as you probably still can manage to catch up sometimes...

4. The movie clips rock, but the "before level" cutscenes don't. The most poor graphics of the game I have seen, are in the short tid bits that are between levels. Frankly, it doesn't look that bad unless you compare it to how much better the levels and the movies are. On top of that, I think it is well made up for, by the comedy of the scenes.

5. Either the shop overcharges, or you aren't getting paid enough. You can only collect 100 rings at the most per race, and it is difficult to get that considering the speed. Some of the more expensive boards and gear go for 5,000. Big difference. At least you seem to get your money's worth with the boards, but sadly, you cannot use them in the story modes, which would have been so helpful.

So, that is basically it with the flaws. The characters have colorful personalities, and although you can only play as Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Jet, Wave, and Storm (heh, that's actually a handful right there) in the story modes, you can unlock and play as Cream, Shadow, Rouge, Amy (who actually participates in the storyline), an Eggman robot (E-1000 I think), and more! So don't think for a second that this game lacks variety. I can't say I recommend this game for everybody though. It's the most fun for those who have determination, patience, and skills with a controller. So if you have those qualities and enjoy Sonic and his friends; well, I don't have to spell it out much do I? Just buy this game.

Innovative Racing Game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: March 24, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Since most that needs saying has probably already been said, I'll just mention a few things that struck me about this game.

Riders is not easy by any stretch of the imagination. You have to be willing to learn before you can get much of anything out of this game. Once you get the hang of the control system and get used to not having an acceleration control, things start to fall into place. The strategy is in watching your air gauge and keeping up with all of options being thrown at you. The game includes a video tutorial which helps out quite a bit when you're first getting started.

As far as the graphics are concerned, the tracks are very akin to the game F-Zero GX, which was also developed by Sega. There are a few pixelated textures in here, but for the most part everything is crisp and clear and the environments are extremely detailed. I was less impressed with the cut scenes, where the character models are decidedly exaggerated and disproportionate in appearance. Why Sonic Team insists upon this, I do not know...

In terms of sound, the music is quite different from general Sonic fare. It's fairly befitting for the environments, but I would definitely prefer to hear some rock guitar riffs by Crush 40 playing in the background. The voices are, of course, acted out by the Sonic X team of voice actors. I have to say that, while I don't mind his Sonic voice in the cartoon (I would even go so far as to say I like it), Jason Griffith just doesn't seem to be able to do Sonic justice in the games. While the voice acting has never been stellar in the first place (the fault of the directors more than the actors), Ryan Drummond and the gang are clearly more befitting voice actors.

At the very least there appears to have been some effort taken to match the dubs with the mouth movements...

Sonic Riders - Nintendo Gamecube (4.5 Stars)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I knew I was taking a risk with this game, because of all the bad reviews, but what can I say. I thought it was pretty fun.

The game starts out the the Babylon Rogues stealing a Chaos Emerald. Sonic tries to stop them by using Extreme Gear (hover board), but he isn't that expierienced with the gear, so they get away. When he hears they're entering a racing tournament, he enters to try to stop them.
Now, on to the game. You start out each race on your extreme gear. There is a tube on the side that determines how much you can dash. A dash gives you a momentary rush of speed. If you keep dashing, the meter will go out, and you will run on foot. There are 3 ways to refill the tube. First is by collecting rings, which are scattered throughout the level, second is by finding a pitstop, and third is by earning points by doing tricks of ramps. The tricks are pretty simple.
Up - backflip, Down - frontflip, Right - right spin, Left - left spin, Diagnol - mixture of a spin and flip. You can do multiple tricks, but you won't get as many points if you don't land good. One thing people have been complaining about is the turning, but when I got it, I thought it wasn't bad at all, if anything it was fun. All you do is hold down the R or L button depedning on which way you turning. If you hold it down long enough, you'll boost. It is hard to turn sharp corners, but if everything in racing games were easy, where would the competition be.
The dificulty is surprisingly more hard than Shadow the Hedgehog or Sonic Adventure 2 Battle. You might find yourself getting frustrated while playing in story mode, but that's just how racing games are. The main characters are here. Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles. Also some new characters who call themselves the Babylon Rogues. There are some Unlockables like Shadow, Rouge, Cream, Robot 1 and 2, and others. Another thing is that you don't just race hover boards, but also motorcycles and and hover-skate type like Shadow the Hedgehog.

Overall:
Controls: 9
They're underrated from what I've heard

Camera: 10
Never had a problem

Graphics: 10
I normally wouldn't give a 10 for this. There are some areas that lack geometric detail, but when you're going fast, you won't even notice it. Plus the scenery and the characters graphics make up for it. Also some good cutscene graphics

Level Design: 9
Could be better, but still not bad at all

Voice Acting: 7
The voices are from the Sonic X show on FOX, So some of the voices like Sonic are fine, but Tails' voice is just to young

Soundtrack: 9.5
A techno-ish thing. Not bad, and it's at a low volume during racing

Replay Value: 9.5
Let's you play every level against CPU, one of your friends, or just by yourself

The Game: 9.5
It really averages out to a 9.1, but I gave it extra because it came with a Sonic X DVD

Overall, I was surprised with how good this game was. Die-hard sonic fans will give it 5 out of 5 stars. People who are just looking for something to do will give it 4 stars, and people who have dedicated their life to videogames and only spend their money on them will give it 3 stars, but I loved it. This game is alot better than Shadow The Hedgehog, and Sega doesn't lie when they said that this game has adrenaline, so I recommend Sonic Riders.

Overall good game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is an ok game I guess, but I was hoping for a bit more. I dont like the songs as much as the other games, but the awesome graphics make up for it. Anyway, this game was fun while it lasted. The characters in the hero team are Sonic, Tails and Knuckles. The babylon team is Jet, Wave, and Storm, and they're birds. In 2 player mode, you can unlock Amy, Shadow, Rouge, Eggman, Aiai(looks like the monkey from Monkey Ball), Ulala(This reporter girl), NIGHTS(I think he's from Sonic Spinball) and these 2 robot things, a red one and a green one eggman created. I would rate this overall Ok, but dissapointing (no offense, I'm a huge fan...), but I was expecting a bit more.

happy with my purchase

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is a fun game. Although I got stuck in some places,you can practice until your good enough. Then just need to go back and beat the level.

It's one of my favorate games.

Really frustrating and dissapointing I can't believe it's a Sonic Game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: April 24, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The commercial looks prety cool doesn't it? It makes the game look really fun huh? But is it fun? NO! ugh. every time I play this game I get really mad. The story mode left me sitting in a dark room, trying the same level over and over again because every time i fell of a ledge, or didn't quite make a jump or a shourtcut, I would be in last place and then lose because I didn't make it to first place in the end. Then when I finally beat that level, there would be another one that was just the same thing except with an even lamer character. The controls are really annoying, especially the air system. Almost every time when you try to do a boost or attack someone or even when you're just moving, the air guage runs out and your stuck running around on the ground looking for some ridiculous pit thing. it's almost like the computers are cheating. every time I'm about to win, somehow a computer just gets in front of me and wins! The computer already knows all the shortcuts, so every time I'm in first, they just pop out of nowhere and all of the sudden, I'm in eighth place! There's this stupid commentary in the backround where every time you don't exactly land perfectly flat, you slow down really really badly, and if it isn't already bad enough, the game says "you failed to land correctly" or it says something useless like Sonic is gaining momentum or something stupid like that! did i mention you can't even turn it off?! Sometimes you get these missions where it says Defeat So and So! but it really means finish in first place. Even if you finish in second place, and your in front of who you're supposed to beat, this screen pops up and says failed! and you have to try again. I usually enjoy Sonic games because usually Sonic Games are fun and not lame or annoying (that much) , but this game really dissapointed me. If you really like racing games, and I mean REALLY like them, then buy this game, and only buy it for that. Every thing else about the game is just lame. If you want it because it's a sonic game, don't buy it because you will be very dissapointed. The multiplayers is ok I guess, but that's about it. It's a good idea, but Sonic team can do WAY better! Try again sonic team, this game wasn't very satisfying. Oh, and when I say 3 stars, I mean barely 3, like 2.9. thank you

DA BOMB

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: April 01, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Does who says this game suck are @$$holes. You bulls**t. This rocks. The graphics are the best of all! Hey I know the amount of air you get by doing tricks is hard, but I'll list it for you. It's from lowest to highest.

Key: GD= good landing, BD= bad landing TCS= tilt the control Stick

Rank Air How to get:
C 20 Any amount of tricks but BD

R 30 Perform 1 trick and GD

H 40 Perform 3 tricks by TCS right
HH 45 Perform 2-3 tricks
S 50 Perform 3 tricks TCS Straight
SS 60 Perform 3-5 tricks
X 100 Perform 5+ tricks
As you can see, these are the trick ranking. So buy this game. It's the best. Those who rated 4-5, you're the best, those who rated it 1-3, you're jackas*es.

Have fun and hope you find this review helpful!

P.S Study the ranking chart
PP.S I hate part of the story mode

Sonic Riders not all hyped up as portrayed

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 8
Date: March 29, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Ok, tell me the commercial doesnt make ya want to buy this game. Tell me that the back of the box dosent look cool. Tell me that the phrase "Try to keep up!" isnt catchy. Perfect game for Sonic fans right? Wrong. This game is lame in all actuality. The controls- loose. The gameplay- horrifying. The storyboard- so lame its embarrising. I wasted $40 on this junk expecting some cool Sonic racing game as the media portrays. I tried to sell this at school and the highest offer I got was $3. Yeah. Do yourself a favor and dont buy this.

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