The original Sonic Riders was a turd on a disc. Just another notch in Sega's belt of raping the poor Sonic series. Of course it's not like Sonic R was a good Sonic racer either. Thankfully Sega has decided to torture us some more with this unexpected sequel to the flop that the original was.
Now we have Wii controls as well. You need to hold the wiimote sideways. You kind of just go forward. To turn you tilt to either side but to actually turn you ened to use the left and right (which are actually up and down) on the d-pad to turn correctly. There are also a number of different moves to pull of some new skills like diving and something else I don't remember. Sadly the controls are a bit loose and don't really do what you want them to.
The game has some plot about some stones and Jet and an evil doctor. You get the idea and what annoys me most is the game is a whole 6 races long. Wow, that is so awesome. I think I've played a demo with more tracks than what this game has to offer.
Best news is that visually the game is pleasing. The locations are full of action and it chugs along at a good frame rate. There is a decent sense of speed as well so that pleased me a lot.
The game uses the same ole crappy voice overs for the characters. They need to stop hurting my ears with this crap. The music was fun but it felt over used and with only 6 stages it shouldn't be that bad.
The stages themselves have branching paths and different power ups in them. It works well and all three laps can be done differently. The AI seems a bit cheap but once you play a stage twice you'll almost always win because it's just about learning where the turns are since those are the hardest to pull off due to the controls.
Wifi is also present within the game. You download another players ghost and race against it... Yeah, that is truly dumb and a waste of my time. Why even bother with that crap? Just not include it.
I can't recommend this game. It has two story lines but it isn't enough to last past a single day. It offers some solo multi-player but the lack of wifi and the lameness of the wifi we did get just hurts it. The controls also add a little more salt to the wound and I can barely even recommend this as a rental but if you're a die hard Sonic fan then it might be worth a rental.
Story - 6/10
Graphics - 9/10
Sound - 7/10
Control - 5/10
Game Play - 5/10
Replay Value - 2/10
Final Score - 2/10
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