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Team Sonic Racing - Hype Check
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Some YouTuber played it recently and said that you can come first and lose if your teammates are waaaay behind you. You leave a trail they get boost from, plus you can send them items you get.
They didnt say no DLC plan. They neither confirmed nor denied so it might still happen.
I'm pretty hyped for the game and will get it day one. It helps that its 50$ cad and not full price.
I am pretty disappointed with how this game has taken shape in a lot of ways, but I still expect it to be quite good fun. Not sure if it is an absolute day one purchase for me but I will probably pick it up if I can convince some other friends to do the same.
Maybe? Sonic Robo Blast 2 Kart has kind of quenched my thirst for Sonic racing games, so I'm not sure.
To me this is the Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite of Kart Racers. It will likely be a solid racing game made once again by Sumo, but there are some strange decisions. Kind of like how Marvel couldn't get the X-Men to be in Infinite and Capcom making...safe but dull character picks, the choice to make the game star only Sonic characters is a weird choice and makes the roster less exciting without having characters from other beloved Sega franchises. Not to mention the team racing mechanic could work in its own right, but having that and no transformations from ASRT makes it feel like a downgrade. Sort of like when Infinite went back to 2 v. 2 when 3 v. 3 was always the more exciting option. Thankfully you can have standard kart races too.
If it reviews well, I maaaaaaaay pick it up down the line on a sale. Or I might get Crash Team Racing or even just get MK8D instead.
If it reviews well, I maaaaaaaay pick it up down the line on a sale. Or I might get Crash Team Racing or even just get MK8D instead.
I plan on getting it
I loved Transformed, and I have more of an attachment to Sonic characters than Sega characters, so I don't mind the roster not having Sega characters.
I loved Transformed, and I have more of an attachment to Sonic characters than Sega characters, so I don't mind the roster not having Sega characters.
I was gonna hold off for a while, but I think I might get it at launch for the wife. She's a huge Sonic fan.
I like the other Sonic racing games, but only casually. In other words, they felt more like a "Sure, why not" than an absolute necessity for me to play, but they're very good games. They're especially great in a world where good arcadey racers aren't that much of a thing at the moment.
With that said, I'll very likely get this new one somewhere down the line during a sale on PC.
With that said, I'll very likely get this new one somewhere down the line during a sale on PC.
If this was a new 'transformed' I would have pre-ordered already, but the team-based gameplay makes me wait for reviews first.
The character selection remains absolutely dire - a bunch of safe choices and fucking Zavok - and the track selection isn't much of an improvement with Sumo's Sonic Heroes obsession combining with asset reuse (at least two of the tracks being ripped directly out of the first ASR). I'm waiting for the Steam pricing to drop to make a decision, but I'm not paying more than £25 and even then it'll only be to pass a bit of time until CTR.
0 hype when I saw the first gameplay footage.
I did not know it was delayed, last time I was aware of the game was when the first gameplay footage was shown and it just looked generic and slow compared to transformed.
After seeing the team up trailer it looks better and the added features look good. But my hype is still low Not a fan of the team racing part of it usually like going for the win myself.
My interest in the game will solely depend if my family and friends are interested in the local multiplayer.
I did not know it was delayed, last time I was aware of the game was when the first gameplay footage was shown and it just looked generic and slow compared to transformed.
After seeing the team up trailer it looks better and the added features look good. But my hype is still low Not a fan of the team racing part of it usually like going for the win myself.
My interest in the game will solely depend if my family and friends are interested in the local multiplayer.
A basic roster really should have been at minimum :
Team Sonic : Sonic/Tails/Knuckles
Team Dark : Shadow/Rouge/Omega
Team Chaotix : Vector/Espio/Charmy
Team Rose : Amy/Big/Cream
Team Eggman : Eggman/Metal Sonic/Orbot and Cubot
Team Dimensions: Blaze/Silver/Marine
For a more complete roster, I'd add :
Team Babylone : Jet/Wave/Storm
and then some bonus extra characters like the Chaos (I love that they're in the game tho), Flickies, etc.
I wonder if Egg Pawn is a 16th character that can be used as either speed, power or technique considering that his model is already in the game.
Team Sonic : Sonic/Tails/Knuckles
Team Dark : Shadow/Rouge/Omega
Team Chaotix : Vector/Espio/Charmy
Team Rose : Amy/Big/Cream
Team Eggman : Eggman/Metal Sonic/Orbot and Cubot
Team Dimensions: Blaze/Silver/Marine
For a more complete roster, I'd add :
Team Babylone : Jet/Wave/Storm
and then some bonus extra characters like the Chaos (I love that they're in the game tho), Flickies, etc.
I wonder if Egg Pawn is a 16th character that can be used as either speed, power or technique considering that his model is already in the game.
Nah, can't muster much hype. I just never have, and never will, care about Sonic's universe outside of the 5 main characters we've always known. That's why All-Stars was so much fun. Now we have a roster made up of over half these Poochie-style lame characters.
I'm absolutely getting this but probably on a sale at some point (it'll be $20-30 before we know it).
Unsure if I'll get it on Xbone or Switch... depends on the performance I guess.
Unsure if I'll get it on Xbone or Switch... depends on the performance I guess.
Video is cringy but it has gameplay of 2 tracks that actually look interesting and it explains all the mechanics of the game if anyone is interested:
Graphics in the Switch version look pretty good but the performance was awful last time they showed it off. If they managed to get it to 60fps, I will get it. If not, I will grab it for PS4 or PC eventually.
I need to se more of the switch version. I'd love to have it portable, but I do have a ps4 pro...
Having only 15 characters is bullshit in the wake of Mario Kart 8 DX but I'm still interested in this. Sumo knows how to put out a good kart game.
Ahem. You forgot about Walt Disney World Quest: Magical Racing Tour
Ahem. You forgot about Walt Disney World Quest: Magical Racing Tour
Off-screen footage from November. Since the video itself is only 30fps, it's difficult to tell how well it runs on average but even here you can see that it chugs sometimes.
Sadly, it's not really different from Transformed on consoles that had less than smooth 30fps on all platforms.
I loved the first 2. I am not interested in this one. I think I lost interest in the kart racing genre. I think the game looks great and I hope it does well.
framerate aside, that looks so fun. I can get it for ps4 pro or even pc if I want.
November so a really old build before the delay, I expect Switch version to be stable 30fps in latest
I'm still disappointed that they focus on Sonic characters only, but it looks great and I'm confident that it will be good so... I'll get it :)
https://joshinweb.jp/game/teamsonic.html?ACK=JMMGH
New gameplay and screenshots in this article. The player sucks but gameplay of hidden volcano:
Screenshots include customization, hidden volcano, market street, wisp circuit, roulette road, whale lagoon, lost palace, the story mode and split screen.
Final Fortress is confirmed from this screenshot :
You can see Final Fortress to the right. Hoping really hard for an Egg Fleet track in there.
New gameplay and screenshots in this article. The player sucks but gameplay of hidden volcano:
Screenshots include customization, hidden volcano, market street, wisp circuit, roulette road, whale lagoon, lost palace, the story mode and split screen.
Final Fortress is confirmed from this screenshot :
You can see Final Fortress to the right. Hoping really hard for an Egg Fleet track in there.
Something cool that I don't see mentioned too often is that there are three characters classes that have slightly different abilities instead of everyone being mostly the same like most kart racers. Speed characters can block attacks by boosting right as they're about to get hit by an item, Technique characters can drive off-road without slowing down, and Power characters can hit obstacles without spinning out and will also get more offense-oriented items.
I wouldn't put too much stock in footage from last year, that build is so old that it's basically useless for determining how the game will run now.
I wouldn't put too much stock in footage from last year, that build is so old that it's basically useless for determining how the game will run now.
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You can mix up the teams. You can have three power characters on your team or two techniques and one speed with any characters you want. I'm pretty sure the team stuff is just for marketing and story mode.