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9270380 No.9270380 [Reply] [Original]

This game is great.

>> No.9270393

>>9270380
It really isn’t. Brits can code I’ll give them that but christ are they awful at game design.

>> No.9270437

>>9270380
I like it. People always try to pull the "5 levels while Mario Kart has 16" bullshit like it's a fair comparison when in reality each level is loaded with much more content with exploration elements that are rewarding while Mario Kart's levels are extremely plain. Hell are there even any real shortcuts besides the waterfall in Koopa beach?

Not to mention how all the characters have their own unique quirks while in Mario Kart they are all just slight numeric variations of a couple values.

>> No.9270476

>>9270380
This game is petrified dog shit. Everyone controls like their shoes excrete grease.

Look cool does’t make it good.

>> No.9270703

Super Sonic racing > back in time > diamond in the sky > living in the city > work it out > can you feel the sunshine> you're my #1

>> No.9271029

>>9270393
>It really isn’t

It really is. I can agree on tank controls but it's one of those cases when mastering the shitty controls brings you enjoyment.
Every other part of the game is pure soul. This is what Sonic racing game should be, no cars (mostly, we can forgive it to lady and middle-aged man with weight problems), no hoverboards, just running around at the speed of sound.

>> No.9271050

>>9270437
Wario Stadium has 2 that lets you finish 3 laps in 30 seconds total if you pull it off flawlessly.
Rainbow Roads big shortcut.
Shy Guy Desert has a semi-shortcut where if you have a star and go through the 2nd train track opening, if you use the star as you cross where the finish line it counts a lap.
Yoshis Valley has one near the last canyon turn where you can jump to the other side.
Peachs Raceway has one where after the giant jump, you can aim to the left side of the mountain and if you land just right you'll fall in the water and Lakitu will bypass the castle turn.

>> No.9271148

>>9271050
There is a reason I said REAL shortcuts. These are just unintended cheese

>> No.9271159

>>9270380
game was fun but really needed more courses

>> No.9271212

>>9270380
I always enjoyed it immensely growing up, was surprised that people said it sucked many years later.
I thought the courses were fantastic, had multiple routes and looked spectacular for Saturn. The different characters all played different and were fun to use. Most importantly there was tons of content to unlock, from the emeralds to the secret characters. It's a unique take on the racing game genre too, I haven't seen a lot of other 'running' racing games like this.

>> No.9271250

>>9271212
>I haven't seen a lot of other 'running' racing games like this

Can you name at least one besides OP pic? Can't really remember anything similar rn, except some early 00's PC game about ostriches, I forgot what it was called

>> No.9271265

It's weird as hell, but I don't hate it either. The music grew on me eventually.

>> No.9271274

>>9271250
Rayman has one called Rayman Rush; it also has a sequel on PS2, Arena.

>> No.9271285

>>9270437
5 tracks are nothing. That's demo-tier.

>> No.9271297
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9271297

>>9271250
Running Wild and Micro Maniacs is all I know of.

>> No.9271406

Not the Saturn version. It's way too damn slippery.

>> No.9271451
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9271451

>>9271250
Mad Dash slapped

>> No.9271469

>>9271297
> elephant and zebra are anthro animals
> bunny is actually some human chick with enormous ears

Looks great already

>> No.9271487 [DELETED] 

>>9270380
Ya that game might be ok

But I dont like that one called

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I dont like that game too yucky

And no, I dont use meth just what people here like to talk about a lot for some reason. Something about they want their country back from the foreigner thieves that destroyed it for their own personal financial gain by implementing an anti constitutional illegitimate monetary system backed by u.s. bonds instead of actual resources thereby slowly creating a poor slave welfare class and ultra wealthy divide to bring back slavery and total control of every citizen in America

>> No.9271558
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>>9271285
The whole point he was making is that they are not just any 5 typical race tracks, they are complex 3d worlds full of shortcuts and alternate routes and many secrets you need to explore to get(there's no lakitu ready to stop you and put you back in place as soon as you get off the main path)

It's not the typical racing game you play just by trying to get the finish line before the other racers. It's a game that makes you explore and seek the secrets and take note of their locations so you can then try to race while gathering them and still finish first(for the emeralds) or at worst 3rd(for the coins) in order to actually make progress.

The thing about the characters is also true, for instance in MK64 there's 3 stats: acceleration/top speed/weight and each character has slightly different numbers for each stat. That's the only way in which they differ.
Meanwhile the Sonic R characters all have their own unique gameplay quirks like Sonic's double jump, Tails' flight, Knuckles' glide, Robotnik's missiles, Amy's turbo... Then some can do the rolling spin... They also have different reactions to water with some hovering above it all the time, only floating for a couple seconds, sinking as soon as they hit it... All these things make the characters feel truly unique.

>> No.9271565

>>9271558
>they are complex 3d worlds full of shortcuts and alternate routes and many secrets you need to explore to get(there's no lakitu ready to stop you and put you back in place as soon as you get off the main path)
They were certainly impressive 3D tracks, with a lot of verticality from memory too.
I kind of wonder what 3D Sonic could have been like if they took inspiration from this game to make some smaller/less linear worlds to explore.

>> No.9271631 [DELETED] 

>>9271487
Was that before or after you raped her?

>> No.9271637
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9271637

>>9270437
>>9271558
Based. I also really loved the find the balloons mode just to take my time with no rules hanging out on the beautifully crafted world on an exploration mission.

>> No.9271730

Controls are too loose for my racing game liking, though I love everything else about it. The music doesn't technically fit but it sure is eurocheese 90s as fuck and that's great.

>> No.9271798

>>9271730
How doesn't the music fit?

>> No.9272028

>>9271730
t. can't feel the sunshine

>> No.9272043

>>9271050
You can finish 3 laps ALOT quicker than that

>> No.9272124

I had the Saturn version. Did the PC version really came out looking like this or this enhanced/modded in some way?

https://youtu.be/xqeJdnp6ttk?t=881

>> No.9272347

>>9272124
From what I remember playing it, kinda?
Don't really remember flashing lightning, but rain/snow(?) was there, I think.

>> No.9272349

>>9270380
great soundtrack

>> No.9272352

>>9270703
Diamond in the sky > Can you feel the sunshine >> You're my #1 >>> Back in time > Living in a city = Work it out >>> Super Sonic Racing

>> No.9272358

>>9270380
WHAT THE FUCK IS A SONIC?

>> No.9272520

What's Mechaknuckles called? Is he a oc from this game.or.does.he appear somewhere else?

>> No.9272945

>>9270703
Switch back in time with living in the city

>>9272352
Shit taste

>> No.9273040

>>9272520
I think it follows the naming conventions of metal Sonic, so metal knuckles
Mecha knuckles is way cooler though

>> No.9273046

Internet ruined tails doll. He was my favorite as a kid

>> No.9273047

>>9272124
>Is this widescreen game modified?
Yeah probably. Most versions of the PC release had the in-game music completely broken, so it's not impossible that fans patched that and improved various things while they were at it

>> No.9273060

>>9273047
>Most versions of the PC release had the in-game music completely broken
How so?

>> No.9273070

>>9273060
Not him, but can confirm this, in any case. I never even knew there was music in this game (never played on a Saturn when I had this) until playing it on Gems Collection when that came out a few years later. I imagine the PC version wasn't correctly coded for my PC's sound driver. Thankfully the game was fun enough (and had sound effects), so it left me with a good impression of it, anyway.

>> No.9273086

>>9273060
I believe it was any copy distributed under the Expert label, which was most of them.

>> No.9273101

>>9273070
>>9273086
Guess I was lucky to play the correctly working version, missing out on those amazing songs would really suck.

>> No.9273695

>>9271565
>with a lot of verticality from memory too.
true. I think the ability to jump adds a lot to a racing game

>> No.9273846

HOLY MOTHER OF KINOGRAPHY

https://youtu.be/8n3CjGbLW28?t=39

>> No.9273850

My favorite character was Tails Doll before knowing of the creepypasta.

>> No.9273881

>>9273850
>>9273046

>> No.9274341

>>9273846

That's pristine nobody can denny.

>> No.9274356
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9274356

>>9271250
Bomberman Fantasy Race where you run on Louies.

>> No.9274971

>>9273846
Wow excellent texture work

>> No.9274980

I think the PC/Gems Collection is better than the Saturn version. But it is really fun and unique

>> No.9275030

I like it. The game plays better if you hold the acceleration button instead of holding forward on the dpad. Absolutely more stages would have improved the game, but I do like the ones that are there.

>> No.9275170

Metal Knuckles was sick, I wish they'd kept him in the games
Tails Doll was very cool too

>> No.9275256

>>9272352
based Diamond in the Sky enjoyer, my friends don't like that one for some reason

>> No.9275259

>>9270380
No Sonic game is "great".

>> No.9275279

>>9275256
You and your friends have discussions about the Sonic R soundtrack?

>> No.9275309

>>9271029
"tank" controls make sense here since they are the same as racecars contols.

>> No.9275368

Good music, terrible game.

Sonic revisionists won't fool me here, this game is still awful.

>> No.9275381

>>9275368
Name a racing game of the era with more complex and aesthetic level design

>> No.9275382

>>9275381
need for speed 2

>> No.9275498

>>9275279
Who isn't?

>> No.9275550

>>9275498
Based esl retard

>> No.9275610

>>9273060
I looked this up this summer when I reinstalled it on my old PC. It's weird because I SWEAR my copy had music playing it as a kid, obviously I knew all of the music on it, but lo and behold, there are not even any music audio files written on the disc, just SFX. As it turns out, some PC versions had the music omitted, which is retarded, to say the least. I must have gotten this copy without music at some point with a bundle.

The PC version is ultimately superior to me if you can play it with music because playing with a regular keyboard makes the tankish controls very easy (actually makes the game insanely easier). I had mastered the Saturn controls at one time, but every time I have tried to replay it in recent years I get frustrated. Also, as you can see, the graphics have less draw in and look a little bit more polished than the Saturn version.

>> No.9275753

>>9270380
The music and models are good, but the stages look like shit.

>> No.9276113

>>9274356
there's also Chocobo Racing, depending on the character

>> No.9276639

>>9275753
bait

>> No.9276650

>>9270380
LIVING IN THE CITY
YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO SURVIVE

>> No.9276779

>>9275550
American lol

>> No.9276995

How's the multiplayer in this? Can you unlock shit still while doing multiplayer?

And does getting a 3D pad add anything to this game? From how a lot of people describe it, I'm not sure if a 3D pad would really help much. I've only got one Saturn controller right now so I have to get more anyway.

>> No.9277067

>>9270380
Great? No. Good? A bit. Decent? Yeah.
When you only play Sonic all posts made are rendered invalided. It's common sense really. The best and only thing about the TT games is their black magic programing, not their actual game sense. All of their games are either too hard in a bad game sense way or braindead in a "it's basically a tech demo" kind of way like Sonic R felt.

>> No.9277582

>>9271637
SOVL

>> No.9277636

>>9277067
> The best and only thing about the TT games is their black magic programing, not their actual game sense.
They really did wonders. So sad their mascot never got a single game because they decided to replace it with a random guy for their ambitious "No Man Sky"-esque game.
I imagine the sega execs lost their shit when they saw how the Sonic 3D Blast intro they managed to add into the game pre-launch.

>> No.9277861 [DELETED] 

is there a name to this trend where a bunch of youtubers grab an old game and shit on it?

>> No.9277871

>>9273060
I was lucky that my version worked. Got it bundled with Sonic CD, so I was having a fucking great time with my first computer.

>> No.9277924

living in the city and you're my number one are so freakin awesome. I really wish super sonic racing had a 2nd verse to it. The only swag aspect of the saturn version is colored light effects. other than that i would suggest the pc or emulating the GEMs collection version.

>> No.9278369

Give it better controls and it's an excellent game

>> No.9278886

>>9276779
>not pleb of brownland lol
Anon...

>> No.9278890

>>9271212
Everything has to play the same way or it is considered bad.

>> No.9278891

>>9273101
It "did", I guess, but made Sonic Gems Collection way better than even what I expected (and I seriously got it mostly to play Sonic R on console, Sonic CD on there being secondary).

>> No.9280663

>>9270380
you can't even enjoy the only good part about the game (the eurodance musical playing out over the background music) because in game all the sound effects like slowing down, turning and getting rings (things you do constantly) are loud as fuck

I'm pretty sure this is one of the first racing games to have the tracks be different time of day/weather based on system clock which is cool but it doesn't hide that this game has 4 and a half levels

>> No.9281076

>>9280663
The time of day stuff was only in the PC version not the original.

>> No.9281362
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9281362

Rick Astley loved this game so much he covered the entire soundtrack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fYFXFFaBIA&list=PLYHzImzPABh8mInyZ-q3xBiIMWd9PzAi1

>> No.9281591

>>9271637
I love this

>> No.9281612 [DELETED] 

>GayGrumpers replies getting ignored
Feels good, Sonic R is a massively sovlful Saturn game, no other game could compete.
Kiwifarms lost btw

>> No.9281643

>>9270380
It's quite generous to describe any Sonic game as "great"

>> No.9281660

Anyone has a link to the modernized PC version?

>> No.9282545

>>9270380
It's a technical marvel and quite aesthetically pleasing, but not a very fun game. Also basically unplayable in multiplayer because the draw distance gets very low.

>> No.9282710

>>9271148
Super Mario Kart had a bunch of feather shortcuts or “use a mushroom to go through this hole in the wall”

>> No.9282713

>>9272520
you got his name right
he is an OC for this game and I think his only other appearances are comics

>> No.9282808

>>9282710
This whole exchange was about Mario Kart 64

>> No.9282871

>>9273060
I remember that when i had the game as a kid it had no music (except for the title screen maybe?), i still played the shit out of it and as a result the sound effects are very nostalgic to me.
Later when we upgraded the pc the game just didn't register any input so it was stuck forever in the title screen.

>> No.9283545

>>9281362
kek

>> No.9283826

>>9270380
OP here. Just replayed the game, It sucks balls. :(

>> No.9284050

>>9283826
You are not OP

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>>9271212
running high is a little bullshit but its awesome

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_xQ5Heu_OA

>> No.9284672

>>9270437
>defending 5 FIVE tracks with whataboutism

The game is cool anon, but it doesnt get a pass

>> No.9284865

>>9284245
Skipped to a random time in the video and the player character was constantly colliding with the wall lol

Looks interesting.

>> No.9284869

>>9284672
Less is and can be more.