I personally felt that the boat and flying segments were the weaker segments of the game... Especially flying.
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Team Sonic Racing: Review Thread
- Thread starter Lant_War
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I personally felt that the boat and flying segments were the weaker segments of the game... Especially flying.
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Is it though? A ton of people complained that the Boat and Plane sections just weren't as fun.
I'm trying to find the best console version of Transformed in preparation for this game. Just booted the PS3 demo and my goodness, that frame rate...
What's the best console version of Transformed?
Also I'm still on the fence about this game. I'm hoping there's enough content there.
What's the best console version of Transformed?
Also I'm still on the fence about this game. I'm hoping there's enough content there.
A ton of people loved them too, myself included. You can't please everyone.
360 I guess, but all of them are 30 fps. Transformed is so much better on PC. It's also the platform with more content (basically Ryo Hazuki and a bunch of nobodies, but still, Ryo).
Yeah I don't get how people can hate the boat, it was so much fun and physics worked well!
https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-sonic-all-star-racing-transformed-face-off
PC is the best version of the game. On consoles it's smoother on 360 (30fps) and it has better IQ on Wii U.
Agreed. And it doesn't take that much effort or time to link.
Anyway, wish this had been a sequel to Transformed.
Yeah, and if there was ever a sequel, then Sumo could always improve upon the boat mode to make it more accessible and the plane mode by having more to interact with.
The boat was the worst part of Transformed IMO, still fun though.
The plane was the best though. That feeling when you chain together a bunch of risk boosts?
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They were awesome but also very inaccesable for casual players. Threw off a lot of people i recommended the game to
I absolutely loooove the After Burner track. An instant favourite, the moment I played it. The other one you're referring to is probably Rogue's Landing from Skies of Arcadia. It took me some time to master that one.
Dragon Canyon seemed pretty much designed with the express purpose of giving you that feeling as often as possible. What a fantastic track.The boat was the worst part of Transformed IMO, still fun though.
The plane was the best though. That feeling when you chain together a bunch of risk boosts?
Yeah that game definitely had a difficulty curve especially some of the later levels you unlock. That burning rangers, nights, the first monkey ball level and the evening jet set radio stage, billy hatcher stage could be a fucking disaster nightmare for casuals
The music in the After Burner level is perfect for the track, too. I want to play some Transformed now :x
I really enjoyed Transformed but I'm just not sure about this one, especially since MK8 has raised the bar and CTR is dropping in a month's time.
Will have to watch some more raw gameplay. Shame there's no demo.
Will have to watch some more raw gameplay. Shame there's no demo.
Perfection indeed
That and the Golden Axe track. I still remember a TT video that Sega posted back in the day showing the risk boost. Great experience.
I didn't hate the boat sections but they were easily my least favorite part of the Transformed, especially when the collision got wonky. I liked the plane sections in some tracks like Carrier Zone and Dream Valley but they were the bane of my existence in Graffiti City and Adder's Lair. On the whole I'm glad they went back to straight kart racing.
Transformed was a love letter to SEGA fans. This is a love letter to Sonic fans.
I'm not a Sonic fan.
I'm not a Sonic fan.
It's so frustrating that this doesn't get covered in most reviews. I found *one* review today clearly mentioning that the PS4 Pro version runs at an unlocked framerate targeting 60 fps. No word anywhere on X1X.
I'm seeing this on Amazon for $32, might as well give it a shot. I've enjoyed the previous All Star Racing games and this looks like more of the same.
So if I love Transformed for mechanics and music is this a good continuation? I don't care about Sega or Sonic nostalgia.
The reviews in the OP all seem decent at a glance.
The reviews in the OP all seem decent at a glance.
Wish this would have been more like a Transformed 2 with tracks based on other Sega IPs and other Sega characters as well. That really spiced things up.
The lack of content seems like a genuine shame given that by all accounts the game seems great even in spite of its lack of Sega memorabilia. I never minded them dropping that since Sonic has enough gas in the tank to carry a racer all with his own world and gimmicks.
Good thing the game is a budget release. Seems way more agreeable to jump in.
Good thing the game is a budget release. Seems way more agreeable to jump in.
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It definitely has them, one gameplay showed them a few weeks ago. I think the confirmed gamemodes are:
- Team Racing
- Regular Racing
- Time Trials
- Elimination (last place gets eliminated every lap)
- Rocket mode (every Wisp is a rocket)
- Egg Pawn Rampage (You have to take out as many Egg Pawns as you can)
- King of the Hill (first place's team gets points for every second they're on the lead, it's up to the other teams to take them down)
- Daredevil (There's checkpoint poles around the track and the closer you drive to them, the more points you get
- Ring Trials (Get rings to add time to a countdown)
- The SASRT mode where you dodge traffic
I want to say drift trials are in too, but I don't remember. Some of these might be exclusive to the story mode.
Fucking Sega. Transformed is the GOAT Kart Racer and we could have had Persona characters for the third one.
It actually really looks good. Wish it wasnt team based though, and that still has me hesitant. Everything else is just what i want in a kart racer.
LMFAO you were gonna get four Golden Axe characters before you get Persona content
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You can race alone too, but I'd say give the team mechanics a try. The gamexplain review said they initially didn't want to play as teams but that the mechanics were a lot more fun that what they expected.
I'd say yes. (If you don't mind this being only kart racing. No plane, no boats)
Oh wow, this was probably from the other Sonic livestream right? I didn't finish watching the VOD...thanks.
Traffic Attack being back....oh god.
The team mechanics are actually a lot more enjoyable than I thought. There's some neat ways you can leverage it during a race to maintain your momentum, even if you screw up or get hit during a race.
Still a bit of a shame this isn't another All-Stars joint, but the core game is in tact and as solid as ever, so I'll pick it up.
