Sonic Free Riders

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• Games Radar+

  Bryce Zubriski · Dec 02, 2010

  4.0

  Sonic Free Riders can offer some real fun when everything comes together and works properly but those instances are rare and the rest of the time the game can be very frustrating. The lack of content also makes it quite a steep purchase.

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• Video Gamer

  Jamin Smith · Nov 30, 2010

  3.0

  The premise of an anti-grav racing game lends itself to the Kinect tech fairly well. Every now and again there's a glimmer of the game that it could have been, a sparkle that manifests itself during multiplayer races. There's clearly potential for a great Kinect take on the Mario Kart formula, but this isn't close to being it (and nor is Joyride, I hasten to add). Free Riders is broken and infuriating, a game that taints the name that Sonic has worked so hard to restore this year.

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• GameSpot

  Tom Mc Shea · Nov 10, 2010

  4.5

  Unfortunately, all of the good elements in Sonic Free Riders are overshadowed by the aggravating controls. They're simply not responsive enough for the fast action, which makes this game consistently aggravating even after sinking hours into learning how everything works. Not even the multiplayer (neither online nor offline) can save this frustrating racer since the controls put up a bigger challenge than your opponents. It's doubly disappointing considering how good the other aspects are.

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• Cheatcc

  Andrew Groen · Nov 04, 2010

  4.0

  Sonic Free Riders never really had a chance. On the one hand it's a Sonic game, and Sega has demonstrated many times over the last decade that they have no interest in making quality Sonic games. Those titles will sell the same number of copies no matter what. Free Riders does nothing to break that tradition. Moreover, this game is a racing game on a brand-new system that clearly was not designed with racing games in mind.

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• Joystiq

  Randy Nelson · Nov 04, 2010

  2.0

  The result is the equivalent of patting your head while rubbing your stomach while riding a unicycle. At best it's clumsy and frustrating, at worst you'll simply end up screeching to a halt unintentionally. This will happen, or you'll hit something, and the computer-controlled racers will go zipping by, blissfully unhindered by the same control scheme as you. Lucky devils.
• IGN

  Jack Devries · Nov 01, 2010

  7.5

  Sonic Free Riders is, ultimately, a fairly standard racer that works well for Kinect. Pretending that you're on a hoverboard is actually a lot of fun. The tracks are well designed, the level of board customization makes the game more robust than many racers, and the numerous multiplayer modes keep the game entertaining past the main missions. It's not amazing, but it's definitely one of the games you should get to round out your Kinect collection.

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