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(More customer reviews)Having been aware of Sonic Riders because of having seen it advertised here on Amazon, and being a Sonic fan, I decided to pick up the PC version of Sonic Riders.Overall, this is more or less a mascot kart racer except that in Sonic Riders, Sonic and friends (and foes) are on air-powered hoverboards.The boards have small, and easily depleted air tanks, so you recover air at refill pit stops scattered along the tracks, and by performing tricks. When you perform tricks, you're graded on how well you performed with a rank, and the higher the rank you get, the more air you recover. The tracks initially available to you are fun, good looking, reasonably well designed, and challenging (I have the toughest time with Egg Factory and Babylon Garden).You can also try to take down opponents with weapons unique to your character, or with melee attacks as you pass them. The tracks also have shortcuts catered to the various characters' abilities--flight rings for flying characters, barriers power oriented characters can plow through (and recover air in the process), and long straight aways, and grind rails for speed based characters. You also get a good starting selection of characters, along with an assortment of bonus, or unlockables to work towards.Having not unlocked any secret tracks, and only 2 new characters so far, I feel the game could have been improved with more tracks available up front.However, as mentioned already, the ones it does have are pretty good, so that counter-balances the effect somewhat. They also seem to have done a good job refining the controls as the controls seem pretty precise and responsive with my gamepad.The game supports rumblepads, and doesn't force you to switch between using your gamepad and keyboard/mouse when you exit to the menus;this can alleviate alot of frustration when playing the game on a TV using a gamepad.
The game's Open GL accelerted graphics are very impressive indeed. On my TV at 1024x768, the game looks simply sublime. The soundtrack is loud, and distinctly techno, but it isn't obnoxious, and sounds great with a surround sound setup.You also get your fairly standard time trial mode, along with mission, battle, gran prix, and even a "survival mode" which I don't know much about because I haven't tried it yet. There's even an exchange shop at the main menu where you can buy (with rings) and exchange your boards and other gear for upgraded items. There's a big focus on skill in this game, with lots of practice involved in getting good at doing tricks (which is loads of fun), and plenty of challenging races and tracks in store. If there are any cons to this game, it's that the game is a little short, and several of the tracks are pretty hard--so it may take a while to unlock the other characters and tracks.
Overall, I tend to like this game. Like most PC Sonic titles, the production values are fairly low.You get a pretty standard box with no flap, no embossing/debossing, or jewel case but you do get a manual (for once) so, that's fairly forgivable. For my money, this isn't too bad. The game looks good, is LOADS of fun, sports lots of unlockable tracks and charaters, and is an overall impressive experience. I certainly don't see myself selling or trading it anytime soon, and am pretty satisfied with my purchase. I have to agree with the previous reviewer's complaint of not having any proper way to exit the game aside of alt-F4, but to me, that's a very minor, and easily forgivable quibble with an otherwise impressive game. Sonic Riders is a value title which actually is a good value, and most players will easily get their money's worth.
UPDATED EDIT: Sonic Riders is Windows Vista/Windows 7 compatible.
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Try to Keep Up!Product InformationSonic takes on Dr. Eggman's challenge for the fastest air-rider at the WorldGrand Prix. Compete against ne rivals the Babylon Rogues - as you pull offinsane tricks and catch massive air!Product FeaturesRide the turbulence to ramp up speed.Fierce racing rivalry - beat 'em or get beatenPull massive tricks and boost your power1-2 players battle it outWindows RequirementsWindows 2000 XPIntel Pentium 3 or AMD equivalent processor running at 1.0 GHz or higher128 MB of system RAM3 GB free hard Disk space640 x 480 16 (high color) displayDirectX 9.0c Run-Time Library Graphics CardDirectX 8 equivalent or aboveDirect3D compatible Video Card with 64 MB VRAM or higherDirect Sound compatible Sound CardWindows compatible KeyboardWindows compatible Mouse8X DVD-ROM drive
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