Sonic Free Riders SAGY Worst 360 Game 2010

Ok everyone's moaning that "whaaa, they're still picking on Sonic Next Gen"thankfully this year we were blessed with Sonic Free Riders, a crappy game for MS's crappy 32xEyetoyPowerglove mutant spawn, Kinect. While Screwattack loved Sonic 4 and Colors, they hated Sonic Free Riders and at least for once, Sonic's not to blame totaly for this one. They are having their votes for worst 360 game of 2010 and amazingly they all weren't Kinect games (amazed Kinect Joy Ride didn't make it) but Sonic Free Riders was nominated for worst 360 game of 2010.

http://screwattack.com/videos/Worst-360-Game-2010-SAGY-Nominees

Also I think we can agree that Sonic Free Riders is officially in our Sonicspot hall of shame joining other craptastic greats like Sonic Next Gen, Sonic Labyrinth, Sonic Jam for Game.com and Sonic Shuffle.

Goes to show: 

Controls > Gameplay > Graphics > Hardware

It's funny Sonic is getting criticized while other mascots like Mario and Zelda barely get any.

Their biggest one would be those horrible CD-i games while most of us agree how bad Sonic Labyrinth was.

Also I think we can agree that Sonic Free Riders is officially in our Sonicspot hall of shame joining other craptastic greats like Sonic Next Gen, Sonic Labyrinth, Sonic Jam for Game.com and Sonic Shuffle.

kbaily

If only we had an official review to back that up. (stares blankly at Trainer, the only one of us with a 360 that would probably play Free Riders and review it)

True but they did give them permission so that should count some where.icecoldmarty

Get over it. Sonic just has a lot more sucky games than Zelda or Mario and Sonic fans just get jealous because they know it's true. Besides this is voting for bad games for THIS year. If there's one aspect of Sonic fans I can't stand it's the crybabies who complain that the industry is "picking on Sonic." Boo hoo. We all know Sonic's not real right. It's not like his feelings are being hurt and he needs us to defend him.

And when it comes down to it most would say the worst Mario or Zelda games are still better than the worst Sonic games. Though in the case of the CDI games it might be a tie. But yes both IGN and Screwattack did reflect on the worst Mario games.

Screwattack's Top Ten Worst Mario Games: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/top-ten-screwattack/23547

And the Angry Video Game Nerd did a bad Mario game special: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/angry-video-screwattack/52147

And IGN's did a four part series highlighting four bad Mario games, Mario is Missing, Mario's Time Machine, Mario Clash and Hotel Mario.

As for bad non CDI Zelda games, well that varies on the person you talk to. Spirit Tracks was my least favorite but it's still better than a lot of Sonic games. The other thing is, you don't find insane fanboys defending crap games like Sonic fans do which might have a lot to do with why Sonic get's more backlash.

The Angry Video Game Nerd reviewed all four of those games.

I am curious what he will do for an Sonic episode I bet it will be interesting.

Sega was more original than Nintendo in many ways.

There are good 360 games?TheFallenDemon

There are good 360 games?TheFallenDemon

Some Sonic game do get mixed reactions like Secret of the Rings,Heroes and Unleashed. Next they are the downright awful Sonic games like Sonic 2006,Shadow the Hedgehog and Sonic Riders Zero Gravity and Sonic and the Black Knight.chocolate1325

Shadow the Hedgehog is in my okay list.

As for bad non CDI Zelda games, well that varies on the person you talk to. Spirit Tracks was my least favorite but it's still better than a lot of Sonic games. The other thing is, you don't find insane fanboys defending crap games like Sonic fans do which might have a lot to do with why Sonic get's more backlash.

kbaily

[QUOTE="kbaily"]

Also I think we can agree that Sonic Free Riders is officially in our Sonicspot hall of shame joining other craptastic greats like Sonic Next Gen, Sonic Labyrinth, Sonic Jam for Game.com and Sonic Shuffle.

Cloud_765

If only we had an official review to back that up. (stares blankly at Trainer, the only one of us with a 360 that would probably play Free Riders and review it)

I don't have Kinect though.

If they happen to have it on display at Best Buy, I'll play as long as I can and review it.

[QUOTE="kbaily"]

As for bad non CDI Zelda games, well that varies on the person you talk to. Spirit Tracks was my least favorite but it's still better than a lot of Sonic games. The other thing is, you don't find insane fanboys defending crap games like Sonic fans do which might have a lot to do with why Sonic get's more backlash.

sonicphc

Majora's Mask was not one my favorites either mainly for the save system. In Ocarina you could save when you wanted, where you wanted. In Majora the only time you can save permanently is with the Song of Time which resets everything. If you need to quit you can visit an owl statue but if the game gets shut off even if you visit an owl, it goes back to the last Song of Time save which would be all well and good except the game had a tendency to FREEZE. Also some of the side quests were a pain because you had to be in the right place at the right time. I never did get Fierce Deity Link.

Also many dislike Zelda II: Adventure of Link because it went to a more action based, side scrolling type of game though personally I liked that one despite it's insane difficulty.

Some dislike the original Zelda because there's nothing to tell you where to go, you just explore. Some dislike Wind Waker for being gay and "cartoony" and having sailing and Skyward Sword is already terrible to them because heaven forbid it has more than one primary color on the screen. You all know for a game to be cool it has to be brown and gray.

[QUOTE="Cloud_765"][QUOTE="kbaily"]

Also I think we can agree that Sonic Free Riders is officially in our Sonicspot hall of shame joining other craptastic greats like Sonic Next Gen, Sonic Labyrinth, Sonic Jam for Game.com and Sonic Shuffle.

sonictrainer

If only we had an official review to back that up. (stares blankly at Trainer, the only one of us with a 360 that would probably play Free Riders and review it)

I don't have Kinect though.

If they happen to have it on display at Best Buy, I'll play as long as I can and review it.

Even you're smart enough to know that Free Riders isn't worth the investment. :P

But yeah, I'm not sure if we'll be getting a review of Free Riders anytime soon since no one's really interested in it. :P

There are good 360 games?TheFallenDemon

That's funny, considering some of the games you own and that are on your wishlist are also on the Xbox 360.

But yeah, I'm not sure if we'll be getting a review of Free Riders anytime soon since no one's really interested in it. :P

Cloud_765

[QUOTE="Cloud_765"]

But yeah, I'm not sure if we'll be getting a review of Free Riders anytime soon since no one's really interested in it. :P

mariostar0001

What's really sad was they announced the SAGYs for the PS3 and they were ALL Move games where only 2 Kinect games made the 360 SAGY list.

The votes were tallied and Sonic Free Riders won the SAGY for the Worst 360 exclusive game.

http://screwattack.com/videos/Worst-Xbox-360-Game-2010-SAGYs

Even the guys said, while Sonic had some hits this year, this was defnitely a miss. Mind you he was up against some spectacular crap such as Kinect's Fighter's Uncaged, Ninety-Nine Nights 2, and Samurai Showdown. Mind these votes were by screwattack subscribers, not the gaming media.

Though as we said in the Free Riders thread from the static cutscenes and the fact Sega focused more on promting Colors and Sonic 4, it's clear they just tossed this out as a favor for MS to have a popular, family friendly character on the Kinect launch as well as something that didn't simply look like an HD version of a Wii game.

It's ironic to when you think about it. Where Colors will go down as one of the best Sonic games (possibly the best 3D game ever), I think it's safe to say Free Riders will go down as one of the all time worst Sonic games, that is if anyone here gets around to reviewing it and who wants to spend $150 just to play a bad Sonic game?

I'm trying, I'm trying. :P I've been to a couple of Kinect showcase things (Gamestop and Target) but none bother to show said game off, they show ones that actually play good. mariostar0001

Well you can't blame them, they want to sell hardware and putting Free Riders on display would drive customers away as would Adranaline Misfits, Fighters Uncaged and Kinect Joy Ride. Though there is a downloadable demo and usually on 360 store displays they upload all the newest demos. You're luckier than me, all the stores in my town don't have any Kinect's on display.

Kinect, not Move. :P I want to just see how bad they are, it's hard to keep telling people not to sell their Wii and buy a Kinect when I've yet to play Kinect. The only reason people listen to me so far are things they can see already, the $150 price increase and the lack of controllers means the lack of buttons. mariostar0001

[QUOTE="mariostar0001"]Kinect, not Move. :P I want to just see how bad they are, it's hard to keep telling people not to sell their Wii and buy a Kinect when I've yet to play Kinect. The only reason people listen to me so far are things they can see already, the $150 price increase and the lack of controllers means the lack of buttons. SuperfastSonic

Well supposedly it's slightly more than that but mostly it's just a 3D camera but I don't seeing it having any long term success outside of family party games. Look at the Eyetoy, sure it was a fun little thing but no one ever talks about memorable Eyetoy games. You can get a pile of them cheap now same with Kinect. Even if it's "fun" as some say, no one's going on about that one "must have" game except occasionally Dance Central. Some bought in on the potential for the future but so far I see it being as successful as the Eyetoy or 32x.

Yeah, after a couple of weeks this whole "Kinect is awesome" thing will all blow over. Just you wait and see.SuperfastSonic

I was at Walmart buying some groceries and on the way out I saw a mother and daughter carrying a Kinect box with the recept to be returned.

You'd love this little article about the striking similarities regrading Kinect and Sega's 32x because it really is a case of deja vu.

http://seanmalstrom.wordpress.com/2010/12/14/the-killer-app-add-on-myth/

[QUOTE="SuperfastSonic"]Yeah, after a couple of weeks this whole "Kinect is awesome" thing will all blow over. Just you wait and see.kbaily

I was at Walmart buying some groceries and on the way out I saw a mother and daughter carrying a Kinect box with the recept to be returned.

You'd love this little article about the striking similarities regrading Kinect and Sega's 32x because it really is a case of deja vu.

http://seanmalstrom.wordpress.com/2010/12/14/the-killer-app-add-on-myth/

And you know what I heard on TV today? Kinect remote control. You use your body to change channels. *facepalm* Please die Kinect, please die.

And let's revisit angry Joe's review of the game. First off, he's LIKES Kinect and said he was willing to pay the $150 just for Dance Central and here I think he lives up to his monkier.

http://www.blisteredthumbs.net/2010/11/sonic-free-riders-angry-review/

I have to agree with the guy. And yes, the song is crapula.

Well, every song is Sonic games is crapula.

Not true, try the Sonic Heroes main theme, and the songs from Sonic Colors. mariostar0001

i actually got to play the demo of this game at a friends house. it was fun for a few seconds but the fact that you have to stand sideways ruins it.

the sad thing is, i thought dance central was almost as bad...

I've also found something else that makes this game suck. Count how many times during this race Sonic says "ready."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCwW27eZGCE&feature=related

Yeah that's not going to get annoying Sega. Serious props to the Color's crew who didn't make Sonic yell and grunt for every single jump or trick in Colors then again that would've taken away from Eggman's PA annoucements.

Those PA announcements were hilarious.

"In case of an emergency, please find the nearest escape pod. For anyone not named Eggman, your escape pod can be found back on the planet, still being assembled in the factory."

I've also found something else that makes this game suck. Count how many times during this race Sonic says "ready."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCwW27eZGCE&feature=related

Yeah that's not going to get annoying Sega. Serious props to the Color's crew who didn't make Sonic yell and grunt for every single jump or trick in Colors then again that would've taken away from Eggman's PA annoucements.

kbaily

I just played free riders the other day at my friends house. The controls are horrible the characters are annoying as hell and some times the kinect did not respond to our movements half of the time. The only good part of this game is the multiple paths you can take; other than that this game's rightful place is in a garbage bin.the-retro-gamer

Would you be willing to review it for Sonicspot given how none of us are willing to spend $200 for Kinect and the game to review it.

Also Angry Joe has his Worst of 2010 list and guess which game was #1?

http://www.blisteredthumbs.net/2011/01/top-10-worst-games-of-2010/

Others he hated: Iron Man 2, both FF's that came out 13 and 14, Kane and Lynch 2, and Fable III and at the end he had a few dishonorable mentions for ones users nominated including Adranline Misfits which is a copy of Sonic Free Riders except a lot worse.

The CD-I series wasn't that bad. At least they inspired those youtube poopsduker2

The CD-I series was that bad. Because they inspired those YouTube poops.duker2

I think I fixed it. :P