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What went wrong? I finally played this game last week for the first time. The core of it I actually really like, it was a fun racing game with cool level design. I liked the controls; it feels like a running-based racing game should. The music was kickass. But why is it such a short game? Was it intended as a tech-demo or something? Because honestly you could have put the entire game on a demo kiosk in the mall and I would have been totally fooled into thinking it was the trial version of a full game. Is it unfinished?

At the end of playing it for a while though, I don't understand the hate it gets. Like I said, the core of the game is pretty solid to me. It just needs to have about...10x more content.

>> No.3910575

>>3910563
quality>quantity

>> No.3910586

>>3910575
There's just so much more to do with the game though. 5 tracks? Seriously? I just can't believe that after just 5 tracks they concluded "yes, this is all we need here" when all other racing games at the time had so much more content.

>> No.3910594
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3910594

>>3910586
I see you still haven't played manxtt superbike. Only has like 2 tracks (4 if you count the reverse ones), still an awesome game though. It also supports the saturn 3D pad for much better controls.

>> No.3910604

>>3910594
Haven't played it, really haven't fooled around on SS much at all. But even if it's a great game, don't you wish there was more to it? It's like playing an awesome demo, but then never being able to play the real game. Am I the only one frustrated by that feeling?

>> No.3910606

>>3910604
Trying to improve your time attack leads to much replayability, you dont need 500 tracks to do that.

>> No.3910617

>>3910563
>What went wrong?

Edgy contrarians.

>> No.3910726

>>3910563
I bought it on PC back in the day.
I liked it but I remember feeling it was too short and after having completed it i used to just roam the levels silently wishing it was a platformer (also wishing it had five more tracks).
I could notice there was some "high production values" going on with the music (basically because I could put the CD in a CD player and hear non chiptune music) but I found most of the songs cheesy (I really liked the final track music tho).
I still have a good memory of it so I suppose it was quite OK

>> No.3910748

>>3910563
>it feels like a running-based racing game should

No it doesn't. Sanic should not control like a car.

>> No.3910761

>>3910726
>I really liked the final track music tho

Final track music or the credits music?

>> No.3910768

>>3910761
Final track (the one that's like the title screen)

>> No.3910818

BEEP BEEP BEST SONG COMING THROUGH

https://youtu.be/MKeTuZ-zoeA

>> No.3910920

>>3910563
It has a similar amount of content to other sega 3d racers of the period. They weren't massive on track count.

>> No.3910931

Ridge Racer came out around the same time and had one track. It seems strange now but it really wasn't particularly lacking at the time.

>> No.3911007

>>3910563
I felt similar playing Super Mario Sunshine for the first time recently, I was expecting around 20 courses or more, ou at least the same amount of SM64 (around 15~16), but it only has 7 courses and then a last one for the final boss.
The levels are big and detailed, yes, but it still feels somewhat wrong, a shame because the gameplay feels really good.

>> No.3911406

>>3910768
Nice taste. It seems like you would like a genre of music called new jack swing/swingbeat. Look up Keep on Walking by CeCe Peniston.

>> No.3911420

It wasn't developed in Japan.

>> No.3911431

>>3910563
The gameplay was god awful.

>> No.3911461

Sega Touring Car had like 3 tracks and 6 cars, plus clock cheats with reverse mode and so.
Saturn games were mainly arcade games or that felt like that. Short but with replayability

>>3911431
>he doesn't use the shoulder buttons

>> No.3911498

>>3911461
>>3910606
>short games with replayability

So that's it then? The saturn's library of action/arcade games followed this same pattern? I still can't say I like that. Even arcade games from different devs seem like they have more content than sonic R.

>> No.3911530

>>3910563
Directed by Iizuka, the guy who killed the Sonic series.

>> No.3911534

ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE

>> No.3911613

No one could turn properly.

>> No.3911625

>>3911613
>I couldn't turn properly so I blamed the game
Do you hate Souls games for being ""unresponsive"" too?

>> No.3911627

>>3910563
>>3910586
Now try unlocking all secret characters including Super Sonic.

and I'm pretty sure the game had a time trial where you can run around in reverse, or collect balloons and just explore the gigantic levels.

>> No.3911925

>>3910563
The character balance is atrocious
Aside from that it's a fun racing game and The best Sonic has ever controlled in 3D

>> No.3912306

>>3911007
But there's are tons of hidden courses, more than 64.

>Wing Hat Land, Slider, Invis Cap Cave, Metal Cap (Mario, Luigi, Wario maps in DS)
Sunshine
>One per course (minus Volcano, so 6) Pachinko, Lily Pad hell, Tiny Course (that on in the pipe on the cliff of Delfino Plaza), one I probably can't remember
Then they padded out the Star Count with Blue Coins

>> No.3912316

>>3910586
sega rally championship only has 3 tracks
still a planet better than sonic fart

>> No.3912336

>>3910563
Metal Sonic was the bee's knees and I dig the music

>> No.3913342

>>3911530
I thought Yuji Naka (the Inafune of Sonic) getting his way ruined Sonic?

>> No.3913350

>One of my friends and I loved playing Sonic R
>Always played the soundtrack and made running gags about the characters
>He bought Sonic Gems Collection explictily for Sonic R
>Years pass
>Suddenly, after he became a huge Game Grumps fan he hates Sonic R
>Claims that he never liked the music nor that he liked playing it
>Denies that he even had a copy of it

That contrarianism is fucking strong.

>> No.3913361

>What went wrong?
Nothing? It's a good game. Sonic Team games of that era were notorious for being somewhat short, but very unique and hard to master.

>> No.3913912

>>3911627
You can collect all chaos emeralds AND unlock all characters by playing each stage once.

>> No.3913920

>>3913361
It's not a Sonic Team game.

>> No.3913963

yeah its fun. nothing wrongs with it. its a great game that brightens up your day.

>> No.3914464

>>3913963
Don't you just feel that sometimes you need to get away?