![]() ![]() Eggman, Shadow the Hedgehog, Rogue the Bat, Cream the Rabbit, Robo 1 and Robo 2. In addition to a story mode, the title boasts a massive selection of old and new mascots, including everyone from Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Amy Rose, Jet the Hawk, Storm the Albatross, and Wave the Swallow to Dr. The SEGA hardcore will be pleased to know that Sonic Team has not skimped on the license. This tale won't win any awards, but it does at least unfold with real-time cinematics, which are themselves complemented by overcooked, yet somehow appropriate, voice acting. ![]() Players are required to trek through the title's story mode in order to unlock tracks and characters and there are pivotal cinematics between levels, which adequately separate the action and move the premise forward. Eggman, is behind the thievery and, further, has challenged the hedgehog to compete in a series of events to win back the stolen item. When Sonic follows, he discovers that his old nemesis, Dr. Sonic comes into a new Chaos Emerald, but before he can snatch it up, a snowboarder drops from the sky and steals it. Riders begins with a crispy clean full-motion animation that details the minimal storyline, which serves as the backbone for the races that follow. Presenting the Hedgehog For as much as we may gripe and grumble about some of Sonic Team's design choices, we don't have too many complaints about its presentation of the famous hedgehog and his friends. Control is neither as tight nor as deep as we would have liked, but it's competent, and forgiving fanatics will find some thrills waiting when Sonic and friends catch air. Riders, in contrast, never fails to deliver gamers an engaging sense of speed and mostly unpredictable tracks. ![]() Fact is, this is a much better game than Shadow the Hedgehog, whose mechanics were flawed at every turn. We can't write that we agree with the direction that Sonic Team has seen fit to take its classic characters, but neither can we state that Sonic Riders is a catastrophe of an effort. ![]()
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