Big surprise: Gamespot flops Sonic Riders 2

It's actually rather amusing to read GS's review mainly because they spend the first paragraph whining about the fact that "Sonic shouldn't be riding a hoverboard because he can run blah blah blah...." Honestly that's like saying Mario Kart sucks because Mario isn't jumping.

Still Sonic Riders is ok but I'm dying to buy this one. I'll wait for a price drop.

It's actually rather amusing to read GS's review mainly because they spend the first paragraph whining about the fact that "Sonic shouldn't be riding a hoverboard because he can run blah blah blah...." Honestly that's like saying Mario Kart sucks because Mario isn't jumping.

Still Sonic Riders is ok but I'm dying to buy this one. I'll wait for a price drop.

kbaily

Yeah I agree, half their review was spent complaining that A) Sonic runs fast so why would he bother with a hoverboard which is like saying Mario Kart sucks because Mario's not jumping. and B) Whining about the lame story. I never understood why racers that aren't Mario Kart feel the need to tell us a story as to why they're racing instead of just making a racing game with a career mode. The first Riders story wasn't that good.

Though some guys at the "All Things Sega Union" said the Wii controls weren't good and that it was better to use the old controller which sucks because I didn't buy a Wii to play all my games with a standard controller.

Still I've got a ton of games from Christmas to play so I'll wait before buying Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity.

Honestly, the Wii control isn't that bad. The Horizonal control works fine. Vertical is a stupid idea. And if you don't like tilting, you can still hold it horizontal and use the buttons on the D-pad.sonicphc

Honestly, if I were to play this on Wii, I'd use the GC controller. I'm too much of a traditionalist.

I really don't care about how professional reviewers score or review Sonic games - I'll just try them for myself and reserve judgment until I feel like I've made an informed decision about the game.