Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity - A Confused Sequel

[@Carrera075]

It's weird finding this video in my recommended feed after having not played the game in like 10 years. Nice video, very nostalgic.

[@haaxxx9]

I just remembered grinding on this game to get 9999 rings just to get the Rainbow gear staying up all night. Good times... FUCK IM OLD!

[@SimonJasiewicz]

It's because of the Sonic movie. Everyone is talking about it

[@mastervidxad5883]

If there was a Sonic Riders 4, I hope it takes the air and gravity mechanics and expand on them. So much potential for them to work separately or in conjunction. That is if Sega cares because Free Riders made a bad reputation for the spin-off series. Sigh...a man can dream.

[@tankgayle]

I really hope this happens Sonic Riders: Air vs Graivity and include more characters from the sonic universe as bonuses😁

[@andresmarrero8666]

How about adding a light mechanic like riding on waves of light (electromagnetic waves and frequencies to be exact) to the mix? Separately they are awesome but mastered and combined you have something truly special.

[@Next-xm2dh]

It would be Interesting If the Characters where Divided In Factions Because Of That

[@_12k70]

@@andresmarrero8666 Erm...there's an anime about that (riding on light particles) called Eureka Seven, and it's beautiful

[@alexsartandgameschannel3883]

444th Like, Gimme $40000 Money

[@Harrinsain]

so, in short; zero Gravity has the opposite problem of the original. The most disappointing thing to me about ZG is that I absolutely love it aesthetically and in the music department, it has one of my favourite OSTs of all time. The problem is that is doesn't have nearly as good of a game behind that like the OG to back up

[@arisumego]

Play the regravitated mod

[@OFantasmazul]

basically, everyone who disliked the original Sonic Riders, Loves Zero Gravity, if they remake the original, with proper tutorials, and better challenges, it would be pratically perfect, and probably many people that didn't liked the first one, would be amazed with what they missed xP

[@lakerfan2874]

Well I like both of them and the tutorial was never an issue for me, kinda reminds me of DSP saying everytime that the game didn't tell him what to do, I was 6 back when the first one released so if a teen or an adult was having trouble with that game, then I don't know what to say.

[@KaliTakumi]

Yea, I absolutely hate the first game and loved Zero Gravity. My problem with the game is that you need to know the unexplained mechanics to race decently, while a game like Crash Team Racing requires you to know nothing to race normally. If you just pick up the game you're not getting punished for not knowing the game's mechanics, only rewarded for figuring them out and mastering them.

[@BlackMegas]

Colors was awful

[@AutisticTransbian04]

I personally enjoyed both riders and zero gravity,although surprisingly I learned how to play riders before I learned how to play zero gravity

[@haruhirogrimgar6047]

@@lakerfan2874 You also had a ton more time to play and less competing for your time than a teen or adult. A kid can spend 2,000 mastering some obscure game, an adult is gonna drop a game if it doesn't feel fun within 10 hours.

[@Darkgun163]

This is awesome! Really got a kick out of Zero Gravity. I did also find that the routing in this game was... Rather simple. But my solution to that [while attempting to unlock everything] was the Gambler and Wanted Extreme gear, as personally requiring myself to max the ring counter out per race while also aiming for first tended to create a few more risk-reward decisions. That said, regular play was just classic racing optimization, so....

[@ghosthuntermike2592]

Sonic Riders: Too in-depth Sonic Riders Zero Gravity: Too shallow Sonic Free Riders: Too gimmicky

[@cutedarkarts]

It's not that it was bad, it just had to rework a control scheme to match human movements. I actually had that game, and it's biggest failure was that it was a Kinect game. It was still fun. It just made it hard to control and due to that they had to change certain mechanics to work with that curve. Full body control is not conducive to racing mechanics sadly. And it's two player was super easy to futz with. Put your hand in front of the other person and their racer screws up so bad. They should have just made it a controller game and fixed the issues with the past two games.

[@theAmazingJunkman]

Sonic free riders would be a great game if it WASN’T ON KINECT

[@MythoFoxical]

There's multiple Sonic games that when given a better control scheme, would be great additions instead of what ifs.

[@theAmazingJunkman]

@@MythoFoxical Understandable, but Free Riders is in a league of its own. I'll take mapping 5 different functions to one button over whatever the hell they were trying to do with the Kinect any day

[@kieranstark7213]

Yeah, I don’t see enough people bashing Sonic Free Riders for having the problems people complain about in its predecessor, but so much worse!

[@MMLCommentaries]

When's the full-length album dropping?

[@souleaterevans4589]

Right?! That shit was fire, even the breaks were perfect

[@JXDemon21]

While the mechanics being made easier is welcome I can agree on the game is a downgrade compared to the original though there are good things to be had in Zero Gravity and in all honesty it's probably best to play the game in bursts to be completely honest so the repetition of the races isn't so obvious to notice. I did wish this series would come back in the future especially concerning the Babylon Rogues as they were cool characters. Though maybe one day we'll see them return.

[@shyguy14]

Agree, the music is the best in the series

[@EclipseHedgehog]

watching some gameplay of the tracks, i reeeeally wish they still had the boost because you feel so sloooowww. that and the levels are so huge with little to nothing happening around them. yeah you can change your direction and branch off some paths but those segments in between are so damn dull i was on the verge of falling asleep. its a shame too cuz i really dig the concept of gravity manipulation and i love the set design of these futuristic levels. and those themes MM love em.

[@galemisoki6320]

Keep everything like the first one but... Add the level up function from gravity, but instead they unlock the gravity drift (in midair only) and the type ability insteads increases speed while using the ability allowing all racers to be able to use their type ability innately, also it still allows your gear to change shape like in zero gravity...being able to unlock the gravity drift ability allows for more reward mid race to unlock new shortcuts.. I think this would be the best way to make a new sonic riders game keeping the best of each one along with all characters gears and maps while also adding in more maps and maybe more characters.

[@Lean42]

This was a nice video, but that singing at the end just made it even better.

[@kaexewires7531]

thanks for spoiling the singing, gotta low the volume. :)

[@Colorgone]

This was a wonderful video. I remember enjoying both Sonic Riders and Zero Gravity as a child. They were my favorite racing games and the music was simply amazing in Zero Gravity. You cover of it actually brought a lot of joy to my heart because Catch me if you can is just flames. Thanks for the enjoyable video o/.

[@negeridinmamma8100]

My friend went home to me every week to play this with me when we were young. We loved the game so damn much and we both still do. We haven't played it in years together now and we actually miss the times when we could sit all day and play that game. Hearing this critique breaks my heart but it is still necessary. Great video even though my heart broke in two.

[@asherumbehr919]

10:33 I feel personally attacked as i was listening to this in the background while driving home lol

[@veasley1215]

Same!😂

[@Adam_Zielinski]

I love the design of Jet the Hawk ngl. Like Blaze he looks like a great not hedgehog rival

[@AuriiiFull]

You know, some points of that song were pretty damn good, sick cover bahaha. Also seriously, that was a great video. I love how much passion and effort you put into all your works. Your commentary is so rich and meaningful. Looking forward to more!

[@ThePlayingField]

The point on automation is really insightful! I could definitely see a different movement mode being needed to grind on rails (like the balancing thing when grinding in THPS), and having a more difficult maneuver to pull off would make sense for the reward of a shortcut rail. Unfortunate they didn't go with something like that. My coworker Justin (our level designer) keeps trying to push this idea of "no passivity" with the systems of our games. One of his biggest examples is ladders: you essentially just hold forward when climbing up one, and he tries to avoid them altogether, instead providing stairs and ramps up to places. Basically (like you said), anything that abridges the moment to moment gameplay should be avoided (unless, like, the game's ABOUT automation, like Factorio).

[@DanieleMulas-up7np]

I found it beyond laughable, as it goes on to praise Colors, a game that PREDICATES on automation and passivity, whether it's just watching the game play itself or using the (pace-breaking, pointless, uninteresting) Wisps to perform a useless and annoying minigame to get an S-Rank or complete fetch quests. Double standards FTW

[@artistanthony1007]

As a person who played the third game passionately without being as agitated by the controls, that game is what you're looking for because you have to use your body to connect. I get you're meaning a different game but if you want a true challenge of patience and mastery with the body, that's the closest you'll get to one such thing.

[@TheSultan1470]

​@@artistanthony1007 Very cool!

[@TheSultan1470]

​@@DanieleMulas-up7np Exactly!

[@lakitu6422]

Thank you. I have played this game for many years and just now have I found out how to get that 100 ring capsule on the first track in sonic riders.

[@Blueflag04]

The main theme is really great

[@kylecampbell565]

I never owned this game so I can’t say anything about the gameplay but I know for a fact this is one of my favorite stories in the franchise. It has some fun humor while feeling natural to the characters something that is hard for this series to get right. Characterization is on point (I like how Knuckles is the first to call Eggman out on his BS some nice subtle development). All of the character motives seem fitting, and it adheres to continuity (It was smart for Sonic to bring up "The Eggmanland Project" to make sure we remember it when Unleashed released later that year.) But the main things I love are its mystery and world-building. The only game-long mysteries done in this series is Chaos' motive and origin in SA1 (which most will have pieced together by Knuckles story), Gemerl’s origins in Sonic Battle, and Shadow's past in his game (which was handled... poorly). While here the purpose of "The Ark of the Cosmos" and "The lightless black" are constantly questioned throughout the story with subtle hints (especially in the song "Un-Gravitify") before the big reveal before the climax. I know some people are bothered by changing the Babaoniyans from Genie descendants to Alien descendants but I'm fine with it for three reasons 1. I saw the ending of the Babalon Story in Zero Gravity before the original 2. The Babalon Guardian fight in the first game showed the genie guardian as a result of technology, not magic. Plus you could easily marry the origins. If there's a Planet of Black Starfish I could buy there is a planet of Genies. 3. Plus it gives the explanation as to why people in Sonic's universe would wish on Stars which is great additional lore and world-building

[@ahbeef]

beautiful preformance at the end there 10/10

[@MrSandMan961]

You ripped into the story of the first game so hard I'm surprised you didn't bring up how Zero Gravity's is not only an improvement, but possibly on par with the Adventure games in terms of quality.

[@yrooxrksvi7142]

This tool acted like Colors was "an improvement" over Unleashed. Do you seriously think he would consider that ?

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

Confound it, I laughed at that gravity pun. You have my begrudging respect sir.

[@XerKoro_neo]

Its clear that you are super passionate about racing games and what makes them technical and involved. However, while I hear you, I never felt as much of a dead set poor implementation that you are describing. Even in the original, I thought that the speed/power/flight was meant to be a character specific shortcut that took less time, so the sequel felt even more so that it was crucial to hit them. It took skill pull of these shortcuts anyway whether jumping at the right time or putting in correct inputs. Additionally, the sequel's ability to feel like you are maintaining speed was exhilarating. (it could be b/c we played the original on a PC that was slower than molasses) The air mechanic was interesting, but once you got a hang of the game, it never felt like it was a threat. But when it did run out, it took a ton of fun out of the game. While someone would say, "get gud," that mentality isn't fun. I THOROUGHLY enjoyed both games and like them both equally and differently. So while I can tell your passion based on how in-depth you go, I don't feel the same, likely because I'm less of a racing buff. It was easier and more fun to boot up the wii and grab a controller and devote skill to turning and shortcuts than to struggle with a PC and air management. ( I also used a wiimote, which made the game feel more movement and skill heavy too)

[@Adamski-]

I never picked up Zero gravity when i was younger but my friend did. I remember playing it at his house and being like "wtf?" Because the game just felt so much easier? I thought the zeto gravity drift was the coolest looking thing ever but after 4-5 races i stopped liking it. But there was one shortcut my friend showed me that i thought was really cool and creative using the zero gravoty drift.. But in the end i was actually dissapointed after playing the game at my friends house

[@kenamada5451]

I was waiting the whooooole video for you to mention the soundtrack and how if you ZeroG drift the music just absolutely kicked the hell up the moment you boost out of it. I ABSOLUTELY loved it. However, I agree with everything else. I've been a pretty hardcore of a player since I was a kid, so I pretty much mastered Sonic Racers. I honestly forget how I even came to learn the mechanics. So, this game being so mechanically empty... it was a bit sad.

[@theemeraldknight5434]

This vid brings me some nostalgia

[@suppeeps7492]

There is one thing to say about the crimson tower thing. The grind speed actually slows down to 130 instead of the usual 150-160 (can’t remember it rn) and if you pull a better jump before that grind you get to the top level. The top level has a shorter distance till the turn and to add on to that, if you perform a little hop, gravity turn through the middle, your time will be much faster than the grind. I will admit the Gravity Dive sections are basically automated but this game does have deeper mechanics. Saying it’s simple is a total misunderstanding of the game which is basically what people also do with the original Riders. Edit: The story bots are laughably easy but once you unlock more boards, the bots have access to them and they get much more difficult. That’s how I was able to find the ‘shortcut’ above.

[@OracleMS316]

Before this game came out me and my friend would listen to Un-Gravitify over and over again on the official Sonic Riders ZG website. I tell you, that song felt like a dream and we were so excited. While the game didn't age too well, I still listen to the sound track 12 years later... man I feel old.

[@feralgator1863]

The first thing I thought of with this game is that the soundtrack slaps.

[@Albert-Freeman]

Thanks for making these vids. I thought people forgot about this series that where something big from my childhood.

[@TheAlison1456]

Hell y... Wow this video is a year old and I missed it. I love this game though. I really don't remember which game I liked the most. I clearly remember the music from 15:50. 16:55 yeah, the soundtrack is Awesome. Also, you didn't talk about some of the gear being ridiculously expensive. 18:00 ahhhhhh this song is awesome. not the rap, the one playing. I remember staying longer in the Options menu just to listen to it. I love how genuine the song at the end. Great stuff.

[@kento2624]

The music In this game is so goooddd

[@kurutoshimelody3653]

I still like the original Sonic Riders. I love the complexity. It just needed a better tutorial. Sonic Team should keep the complexity from the first game if they want to make a new Sonic Rider. It also need online multiplayer

[@BlackWolf398]

Holy shit this just randomly appeared in my feed and wow I used to play the first one a lot with friends and family as a kid... I totally thought dash, limit and power meant completely different things. I mean not completely off base cause we played it a lot and figured things out organically through play, but it's interesting to note we weren't even entirely right

[@theaveragesquire]

I always loved Sonic Riders as a kid but didn't enjoy Zero Gravity. Obviously back then i didn't really think about mechanics and level design but i did notice getting good at Riders was fun and ZG was not. It was really boring.

[@mastertjt56]

ZG is alot more enjoyable then..... Free Riders. I enjoyed the first two because they was fun and treated well while Free Riders.....is unforgiving

[@dizzyheads]

@@mastertjt56 Free riders makes zero gravity look like an award winning game

[@mastertjt56]

@@dizzyheads yeah honestly the first was the best. ZG had tons of awesome stages and music, the first one had competitive mechanics and was really fun but I thought the whole air system was annoying. (That's like making a gas system in Mario Kart). Then Free Riders....where to begin with that game. The only good things was the music (it's fucking catchy) and the custom character even though I wish it was look Forces instead of your human avatar. With those at the way, let's go to the main course......the gameplay. They should've kept the game on every system, USING THE CONTROLLERS. Why in the hell did they think using the Kinect was an amazing idea (like did they even test it). It's unresponsive and hard to control. Like the are some who are great at the game but until I see a webcam of them doing this, I will also think they are using a hack or simulation to let them use controllers

[@Meinshake12]

@@mastertjt56 Glad I have never played free riders... But about the air system in Sonic riders I would it was pretty clever since it helps to avoid spamming (well you can t really spam in this game anyway) Or it actually pushes you to do do those infamous "class X" tricks and keep an eye on it. Overall if you become good at the game the air system is really not a problem Have a good day fella

[@BlackWave54]

I loved this version more than the original, maybe because it was simplified. I remember playing it till I unlocked the robots, which I think were the fastest or the com were really good with it.

[@kindbloodedArlanna]

Catch Me if You Can is a gem and I am so pleased you attempted to cover it

[@RasenRendanX]

I fully appreciate you singing one of the best sonic songs ever made. Fantastic video.

[@1trueNRG]

Sonic Riders is the Melee of the franchise, Zero Gravity is the Brawl.

[@egocentricblack3278]

Maybe in the next sonic riders we can choose to mix the mechanics. Like you can either use the air gauge which is harder but more rewarding or the gravity gauge which is easyer but takes time to start up. Or a mix of both.

[@kiddbeatz74]

I think it's the also the lack of punishment. Once you're far enough ahead no one can touch you. Unlike a blue shell

[@kiddbeatz74]

If they'd made better attack buttons then yeah

[@ArbiterSky]

you know what? Just for having the balls to sing catch me if you can, you earned a sub. Also because really nice editing and commentary.

[@nalexander95]

I liked the video back when you showed some shortcuts. I subscribed for that cover of catch me if you can. Tysm for this video.

[@el_vee]

Let's all agree that both Sonic Riders and ZG have the best soundtracks ever

[@microphonejacket]

I'm surprised a lot of people didn't like this game. I LOOOOOOOOOVED this game.

[@kevinandre575]

Watched for the title stayed for the performance 😉

[@wi1dcard192]

I grew up in a weird generation where I was too young to really pick up game cube games and ended up only touching the wii. As a result I only ever played zero gravity and still liked it since I was a dumb kid that didn't notice how easy it was. I watched your other vid on the original and was like "air meter? Whirlwinds?? Slipstreams??!? Why have I never tried this before?" Now I'm here trying to get a means to play the original, wonder if there's a dolphin netplay group.

[@EnderouSama]

discord.gg/VJHWE3d this one's on the house

[@Reeves01]

Wow you described my introduction to games perfectly. I was born in 2001 so I also was too young to get the full gamecube experience (still played it a bit), but just right in time for the wii.

[@iLloyd6]

Your passionate singing at the end convinced me to subscribe😂🔥

[@danofsteel785]

Riders, Zero Gravity, and Free Riders all need remasters. Who's with me?

[@kieranstark7213]

Especially Sonic Free Riders!!!!!!!! Seriously, this game gets too little hate!!!!!!!

[@yrooxrksvi7142]

@@kieranstark7213 HELL TO THE F NO. Free Riders sucks in every single way.

[@kieranstark7213]

Yep, yet the people who justify Amy’s tantrum towards Sonic (who cowered after she glared at him like his friends in post-2002, but then again, while he did whoosh her and Eggman into a tornado, I don’t blame him) are the only ones who would defend this broken mess that started the Meta Era, like IGN.

[@KEVIN336699]

You sir have earned my subscription based off that outro alone

[@AllegoricSiren]

Did I care or even know about these games before watching this video? No. Did I watch the whole thing and was engaged in it’d intent? Yes.

[@llrmo]

I absolutely love sonic riders especially zero gravity, it felt like a real sequel and the music had a wild ass soundtrack I still bump it to this day

[@Choochinc]

I've played this game for years. While I fully acknowledge that it's completely gutted from the first game, I've always just loved how broken gravity control is. There is more intricacy to it than you think, but not in an intended way. Apart from the numerous ways you can use it to clip through parts of tracks, there are many ways you can use it on regular track elements to improve time without exploiting glitches or holes in the track borders. Here's a few examples. The first flight route on Botanical Garden, gravity diving through it instead of flying is considerably faster, even more so if you start it frame perfectly on the boost pads from the wall ride route. The parts of Crimson Crater and security corridor where the track turns 90 degrees upward, and you jump off a ramp to boost pads at the bottom, it's slightly faster to use gravity control at the peak of your jump and shoot into the track from there with an upward angle. Mobius strip has an oddity to it where because the track forces you to dive at certain points, you can skip the stall period by being in flight when it starts. When you cancel flight you will instantly get a huge boost. On 90s Boulevard, right from the start, where the game gives you 2 routes to take, the fastest route is to go right, dive up to the top level, use control to turn straight into the ramp, and then cancel the jump at the peak with gravity control to shoot into the face of the track. Those were just a few that I could think of off the of my head, but the gravity mechanics honestly invalidate many of the skill shortcuts. Grinding in particular. I've always held the opinion that grinding straight up sucks in this game. The amount of lead it gives is usually so small, that gravity can beat it out easily. Even flying, there's only 2 or 3 routes that I consider worthwhile. Also, I've always hated the way they balanced the gear attributes. There's only about 10 good gear in the game if you ask me, and the best is easily the Angel/Devil by a huge margin. That gear having literally instant acceleration is stupidly overpowered. Also, the way the ramps work is stupid. I've never understood why on every track getting an X rank on the first jump is super easy, but any other jump, even the same ramp but on a different lap, almost never gives an X rank, even when I know I'm jumping in the right spot. I really would like to see a sequel, but I want the mechanics to work more like the first game.

[@AccelerateHedge]

To be fair though, while the type shortcuts may be slower, they also grant GP, whereas use of the Gravity abilities takes it away.

[@RedRag684]

You singing at the end somehow made this video alot more enjoyable than it already was.

[@12majixajinxixcolorchartdi25]

My most favourite Sonic Riders Song of all: Catch me if you can :) ;)

[@prisimgrunt]

Damn. Now I want to pick that game up again. It's been years since I last played it.

[@yologenerations9136]

Sealed Grounds, best OST. Period.

[@klauserji]

The second i hear un-gravitify on this video... nostalgia man.

[@Sweetdude64]

WE HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO. I HOPE YOU REALIZE THIS

[@MiRRoR220]

Babylon garden still gives me chills

[@crasyman101]

I remember being in 5th grade and my friend explaining the new gravity drift. "If you press b your fist turns into an engine and you can turn and when you let go you fly forward" I also remember going into time trials and watching ghosts gravity dive the entire track. I went right back to playing super smash Bros

[@MrE_Gaming1]

Awesome video Liam! For me you perfectly articulated why I prefer sonic riders to zero gravity and why it has a bigger fun factor and more mechanical depth that zero gravity. Those factors are what keep people coming back to the game years after release. I love how you provided examples to your points and also slowed down your video examples to keep it easily comprehensible. Btw, your cover of catch me if you can at the end was legendary! Subbed.

[@UltraUltimatium]

Literally that soundtrack is FIRE

[@AgentTBone]

The final boss of this game took me actual years (off and on ofc). It was so hard to be as a kid. I will say, the moment I beat this, was the best feeling of accomplishment I have had in any video game.

[@OlvirVT]

That cover made me subscribe lmao

[@hatwearinggamer]

I was off my chair by the end...

[@Yarcaz]

You should do Sonic Free Riders next. ... Yes, I may want to watch the world burn.

[@wooper4499]

Funny, I absolutely hated the first sonic riders and loved ZG. The soundtrack and aesthetics make this game delectable for me. It's so easy, a little to easy I will admit, but holy shit it's fun.

[@RSSpeacemaker]

THIS NEEDS MORE VIEWWWWS!!!

[@TJAdkirson]

Woah! That Sonic Riders intro song was still a bop though.

[@makalesoederhuysen6810]

This would be a good video to analyze on target audience or which video games should be taken seriously and to what extent. Really cool video, just for an example I mean should video games always try to cater to the more challenge/ mechanics driven audience by adding deeper mechanical features and more intense challenges. I loved sonic riders as a kid and didn’t know about to much of what you talked about in the first video (just enough to get me through the game) and I remember it being a blast. I’d get confused and angered when my character would jump off the board but it was never a long term issue. Enjoyable for me as a kid and has cool mechanics/ challenges for those that want more of a challenge (could’ve been conveyed better but you wanted a challenge right ;). Think this is the key balance that needs to be found with most games and that allot of “passionate” people in the community seem to forget about. Cool set of videos!

[@SonicSpeed440]

This sounds like going from smash melee to Brawl tbh

[@Eevee860]

It sounds more like going from 64 to melee, going from melee to brawl is going from sly cooper 1 to sly cooper 2

[@mandalorianhunter1]

@@Eevee860 nah 64 and Melee have more depth to them while also having more risks vs Reward then then future games do.

[@flip.flap.]

Brawl was cool too though, it actually had some pretty technical stuff. Meta Knight was OP as all get out, yes, but he was also a really fun and dynamic character because of how much you could optimize him at top level and how many different playstyles he could accommodate. Ice Climbers were just cancerous though.

[@mandalorianhunter1]

@@flip.flap. I enjoyed Brawl, it was my first competitive Smash game. However, a lot of things were wrong with it. To many easy zero to death chain grabs, less combos, highly defensive, tripping and more. I enjoy it more then 4.

[@andrewxu3602]

The gameplay is a massive step down, but the music, visuals and story are fantastic. So yeah.

[@devlinmcguire7543]

SPOILER ALERT!!!: the best part of the whole video is at 18:30

[@dr.ongobongo5448]

God I miss the riders series

[@Jay_Hendrix]

Oh my god, that song made my day. Thank you Liam.

[@galemisoki6320]

Keep everything like the first one but... Add the level up function from gravity, but instead they unlock the gravity drift (in midair only) and the type ability insteads increases speed while using the ability allowing all racers to be able to use their type ability innately, also it still allows your gear to change shape like in zero gravity...being able to unlock the gravity drift ability allows for more reward mid race to unlock new shortcuts.. I think this would be the best way to make a new sonic riders game keeping the best of each one along with all characters gears and maps while also adding in more maps and maybe more characters.

[@crashslysonic777]

Un-gravitify is the best song of all time.

[@CarvedDaWarped]

That's quite the singing voice

[@kunlesanders]

I really miss Sonic Riders (first game) and Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity.

[@UncontrolledMadness]

I swear I played this game when I was like 8ish and I figured out the mechanics easily enough, if anyone had significant trouble doing the same I fear for them

[@playboiale8326]

sciglide fax and I played riders before gravity too

[@vanilla8956]

looks like i need to play the original game then. Wish i knew how to just emulate it. I'll have to try

[@levobertus]

I just realised something that I think would've made the game better. Online races were always something everyone would've liked to see but I think it would've made the game a lot better gameplay wise too. One of the issues of the choices in this game is that you pretty much have all the rings for yourself because you are simply better than CPUs at the game. It means get a good head start, take the first shortcut and then you got nothing to worry about anymore. You take the best route and win. Say there were more players at your skill level, players that knew the best routes, how to grab rings, etc. The risk of not getting your gear upgrade before the next shortcut would exponentially increase because there's no guarantee you'd get ahead of the other player and grab the rings before them. Getting item boxes and the GP gauge would also be more valuable due to the ability to overtake using the gravity dive and get rings in the next segment sooner than someone else. That would encourage high risk high reward strategies like hitting the hidden 100 GP/rings boxes or taking suboptimal routes to get access to more resources than the players using the optimal ones. Obviously there'd be a balancing issue due to the first player having all the access to the resources with too few opportunities to overtake them, but that's nothing a little itembox RNG tuning couldn't fix. A lot of the automated sequences are annoying because there's nothing to do, but there's only nothing to do because there's noone to challenge you to do something.

[@lamboking8able]

being a young teen at the time me and my brother actually loved free riders. kinesthetic wasn't perfect but free riders worked for us and i beat it.. I think some people just didn't have the space or energy to do something so active. or patience in some cases

[@ZS05]

I loved Sonic Riders! Well the first one. The second one I played when I was 17, and SUCKED at it. I just couldn't get used to the gravity mechanic and kept trying to play it like the first one.

[@tech9d]

Likes for the singing at the end lmao. Great video dude, and the one before it too

[@RunnyElephant44]

I’ve put so many hours into this game

[@Josedx9]

I remember when I bought the sonic riders zero gravity excited because it was the sequel and I had played too many hours for the first game. My disappointment was immense and my day was ruined when I realized that the stunts in the air were automatic and you could not perform them yourself.

[@Neoniq41]

That cover at the end was unironically FIRE

[@destinyu7183]

I'm subbing because of the singing part you have passion and that's rare around her

[@cristophercaraballocruz5936]

I didn't even knew that this game existed... Loved the first one but this one totally fell out of my radar

[@TheHomiekid]

Came for the video, subbed for the cover of catch me if you can

[@tankgayle]

Dude I love this games soundtrack too, it was one of the main reasons why I kept playing it, but yeah I do wish they up the difficulty with the mechanics and the A.I.

[@jackstaff2998]

I literally played this game like SO many years away yet I remember the music all the time

[@canucklehead9250]

I genuinely loved this game as a kid. My friend having the original sonic riders, I got my hands on a PS2 copy, and played the hell out of it.

[@piefort99]

I have to say at least the story does a good job contenuing and building off the world that was already built on. Corny? Yea but I mean that was the reason I played this game a lot growing up.

[@Zman7981]

I think this game did much better at the getting comfortable first situation, but I am personally glad there is less depth in this game. I would say this game is also much more visually appealing than Riders. The boulevard tracks are especially appealing and are on par with how much I love the Sega crossover stages in Riders. I think Zero Gravity is also enjoyable in it's own way. I love using some of the extra boards like Angel/Devil and Big Bang. I love how the game makes accessibility much more available to every character. Like every character can now choose from almost every board. However I think the game has some extremely bad flaws. Like the default controls. The horizontal wii remote is GARBAGE at controlling. I remember having so much difficulty getting out of the gate in the first story mode level that ALL of the CPUs completed the race BEFORE I got out of the gate. The vertical wii remote isn't too much better either. You have to point at the screen where to go. The main issue is when the pointer is out of range from the sensor bar and you lose control. Also the attack item shortcuts in this game are actually underpowered. They are often slower than just skipping them and going normally. They do make it easy to access top speed but SUCK at turning. They also only appear for the players in the back, so unless you have big bang, you never get them in first. Also the robot characters are terrible. Boring, generic, and even unfun to play as. Since they are wheel types, they can't access gravity drift and I think burn GP twice as fast in gravity dive. They have to do a jump and manually drift at corners. But the drift itself is bad. If you do it right, you pause for a second and then get a burst of speed. Do it okay, and you get a smaller burst of speed. Fail, and then you are stuck at no speed and cant efficiently accelerate.

[@ninetails625]

A new sonic riders would be cool

[@RealQueenBowsette]

I must say that it was fun to play. The cpu's are just too easy to beat

[@danielmorrison7694]

Never knew what I needed till this man sang to me

[@Skylancer727]

Yeah, Sonic Riders was basically my favorite racing game while Zero Gravity was just terrible. I still 100% the game, but it wasn't nearly as fun as the original. Not to mention the game kinda forced you into taking very specific paths as there was very few ways to go faster other than cheese the game. Music was still incredible though.