Review of Sonic Free Riders for Xbox 360 by Protomario
29If he is the fastest creature...then why does he need a board to go faster?
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Sonic Free Riders (ソニック フリーライダーズ, Sonikku Furī Raidāzu?) is a motion controlled racing video game in the Sonic the Hedgehog series. It is the third installment in the Sonic Riders series, following Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity. The game utilizes Microsoft's Kinect peripheral.[3] This game will feature online multiplayer for up to 8 players. It is a Kinect launch title, released on November 4, 2010 in North America, November 10, 2010 in Europe and on November 20, 2010 in Japan.
Dr. Eggman is holding a second EX World Grand Prix, offering up prizes of cash and treasure. The prizes are the Ghost Queens of Babylon. He puts four teams into the race instead of two like in the previous EX World Grand Prix, to prove who is the best. However, his true motive was to gather data from all the players to program into his E-10000G robots. When this fails, the robot accompanying Team Dark, E-10000B, reveals himself to be Metal Sonic, who challenges Sonic to a final race.
The Story Mode features four available teams of three characters each, with additional characters playable in the game's other modes.
This is the first game where all the previous 4Kids voice actors have been replaced with Studiopolis voice actors. Like in Sonic Colors, all the voices from 4Kids were replaced except Mike Pollock.
Although both voice language tracks are included in the game disc, there is not a proper option to switch them in any regional version. The game sets both the text and voice language by default according to the console settings language, so the only way to change it is by changing the Xbox Dashboard language settings.
Continuing on from the gameplay from previous Sonic Riders titles, the game is controlled by using the player's body to navigate their chosen character through the course. Actions include bending their body to steer, performing kicking motions to increase speed and jumping to perform tricks which earn more boost. New to the series is the ability to ride bikes, which sees the player using steering motions to play. By collecting enough rings, players can increase their level during each race, which enhances their attributes. There are several power-ups and weapons which each require specific motion actions to activate, such as a missile which is thrown like a football or a boost that is activated by shaking a soda can. As before, characters are divided into Speed, Flight, and Power classes. Players can equip special attributes to their Gear, such as improved cornering or the ability to break through barriers, which can be changed by switching the riding stance.
The game's main single player campaign is the Grand Prix mode, where players select from one of several teams of characters to play through the story. Along with Time Attack and Free Race modes, Sonic Free Riders also features a few multiplayer modes that can be played co-operatively. Tag Mode allows two players to race together, required synchronised coordination to perfomed combined tricks, whilst Relay mode, playable with up to 4 players, requires teammates to swap places after each lap. The local multiplayer supports up to two active players whilst online player multiplayer features one active player per console for up to 8 players. The game also supports voice recognition, allowing people to navigate menus using their voice.
Reference-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_Free_Riders