One of the better interactive movie/QTE type of games on the Sega CD. While the gameplay is very simple, just pressing left, right, A or B when you are told to do so, (feels a bit like a hazard test you do before getting your driving license), the presentation and look of the game is cool and fun.
*Also known as Road Avenger
The originality and that something special that the previous RR games have had is gone. This really feels like a combination of NFS and Burnout games. Overall though it plays pretty well, but it doesn't feel like the RR of old.
This feels like RR4 with better visuals and less interesting tracks. Drifting around corners is still great, and I guess you have to take into account that this was one of the launch titles, but it isn't innovative at all.
Gameplay 3.5/5
Graphics 3.5/5
Sound 4.5/5
Difficulty 4.5/5
Originality 1.5/5
The publishers of this originally cancelled game, apparently refused to let reviewers have a copy to look at prior to its release. I can see why. The game is set in 1969 revolving around bikies, with the protagonist returning from Vietnam, and it starts off interestingly enough. However, it does not take long before the story skips over parts basically from the beginning. The controls are odd. Apart from editing a file in the game's directory, there is no way to modify the graphical settings, and even then there seemed to be no change. The graphics aren't far from what you'd expect from a game about 10 years ago. Most pertinent of all though, the gameplay is lacking. It is basically split between third person shooting/fighting and motorcycling levels, that are uncreative, feeling like something from Road Rash, and would have been a lot better if the levels were more open. It isn't small either, taking up 16 gigs of your hard drive. While containing a good idea or two, it feels unfinished.
Gameplay 2/5
Graphics 2.5/5
Sound 3/5
Difficulty 4/5
Originality 2.5/5
This was released around the same time as Final Fantasy XIII (another great marketing move by Sega...), so it fell under the radar and is known as somewhat of an underrated gem. The main problem I have with it is that it does not give you enough information on how to play it. From the confusing battle mode, through to the energy hexes (how you get around the world map) it left me frustrated and at my computer researching the game for as long as I was actually playing it for. The battle mode also seems pretty repetitious early on. I'm going to give this more time as it has things to like about it but the lack of info the game gives the gamer is poor.
*Some of the music reminds of the Superman 2 OST > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG6amM0I-fA]