Sonic Free Riders Review
Short Version: God make it stop! Sonic Free Riders has been my hands down WORST gaming experience since I started the AngryJoeShow. Never in my life has a game made me feel more sick, irritated, and downright annoyed than Sonic Free Riders. I despise everything about this game.
What you’ll Like:
• The time that you spend not playing the game.
• Best Part: Returning it to the game store for a FULL Refund.
What you’ll Hate:
• This game is broken.
• The Terrible Menu Interface – the voice commands need you to speak the name of the button but they dont display the name of the button except for when you have the button selected.
• Also, the game is broken.
• 2-player is a nightmare you dont feel like you have enough room and your movements seem to register even less often than in the single player mode.
• The graphics combined with the sudden direction changes will have you feeling nauseous within the first lap. You will feel sick playing this game.
• Did I mention, the game is broken? It doesn’t work as advertised.
• The soundtrack wears on you quickly.
• Worst Part: Playing it and feeling sick afterwards, even on different play throughs and days – that nasty feeling each time lasted hours and I refuse to forgive this game for it. If a game is this broken and induces this kinda reaction something should have been done to tweak or correct the mechanics.
Final Verdict:
1/10
WTF?!?!
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330 thoughts on “Sonic Free Riders Review”
Before you commit suicide, make a review of call of duty black ops.
I wish I saw this review before junior payed for the game. It’s the worst game I have ever seen. It makes Daikatana look good. Thankfully, the shop accepted to take it back and I got the money. And what ever game I buy I know that it can’t be worse than Sonic free riders.
THE ANGRY LEVEL IS OVER 9000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XD
I’ve never seen Joe this angry before. But judging from what everyone else is saying, it seems to be spot on. Every review, except IGN, gives this game horrible reviews. And people on the IGN forums are calling them out on their lying.
What. What! WHAAAAAAAAATTTT! Are you telling me that IGN will bas a GOOD Sonic game like Sonic Unleashed or Sonic Colors, but they will priase a crappy one like this? Screw you IGN! You make X-Play seem like Rodger Egrburt (yes, I spelled his name wrong) in comparrison!
I just laughed my ass off….
Loved the review. Plus, I’m glad you posted the video here.
I thought Joe was overreacting at first…then I saw the Mega64 trailer for this game and laughed my ass off.
This was your best review in a long time, Joe
that a way joe did u really go in there are yell at those pepole? oh yeah and here in red deer alberta we call it EBGames but it is gamestop u should review the move to joe it is awsome i have it and it rock way better the the kentect
err joe it s been a while that sega didn’t brought us a good Sonic games since Genesis : first race game fail, first 3D game fail, Sonic Adventure wasn’t bad… but not good at all. Sonic Rider was AWFULLY BORING. Then as every dying licence sonic team multiplay characters : do we need Silver ? We already had Shadow ! Serriously Joe what did you expect from a new sonic game ?
you should review black opps and new vegas insted of kinect games
See, Gamestop is everyone’s Friend.
Big thumbs up Joe! Glad you gave this a pounding if its that terrible a game to play. Guess that leaves Kinectimals as the only launch title left I’d even consider getting down the line (since I have Dance Central already).
“HOHOHOHO THIS IS AWESOME !!!!1!!!111!!!!one!!11!!”
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“… Are we done yet ?” Rofl best part of the video. XD
Nice Review Joe, never really been a sonic fan myself but it was funny as hell to see you get so angry at the game, it really looks like an awful game…
Wait can we still call it a “game” when it fails at pretty much everything ?
I hate to see where sonic is going. bloody sports games or a game where he turns into something. I miss the good old days where he just ran fast and kicked robotnik’s butt. But no they have to make games for the kids and only the kids and half of the time my little nephew will come to me for help on a sonic game because he is stuck and sometimes it takes me well over 2 hours just to beat one level. I’m not saying make a mature sonic game just make one for the family. I remember being a kid and playing sonic adventure 2 with my dad and we had fun. Not when ever i play a sonic game I’m embarrassed so bad from the storyline i just mute the game during cut scenes. Sega just releases the sonic games now for the money. Not the enjoyment THE MONEY. I’ll admit i did get stuck on sonic games like adventure 2 but i was little kid and i was able to get pass it. Now when i see a little kid buy a sonic game they never beat it, they’ll just play the sonic game till they get stuck really badly and give up.
People are complaining about how little kids these days play First person shooter games and or violent games. Well if a good childhood memory is going down hill THIS badly i don’t blame them playing some really violent game. I’m glad Nintendo still has it right, sure they make sport games but you know its actually fun and when they do release another game i always hear good of that game.
I’ll agree with any one who says “Sonic should be dead by now” Despite how huge of a sonic fan i am. The new games coming out of sonic isn’t no sonic i know. They should just rename sonic it’ll at least actually make sense then.
If i ever……see that game again im gone >”fLiP oUt”< (that part had me laughing for 10 min..)
i give you full credit joe;and i speak for erverybody in this comment section<THIS GAME F##KING SUCKS
Its a shame that all sonic games ( after 3) define suck but this has finally beat them all out on suck.
dude, when are you gona review fallout:new vegas and COD Black ops??
I have to ask have you ever played:
-Sonic Adventure
-Sonic Adventure 2
-Sonic Heroes
-Shadow the Hedgehog
-Sonic (2006)
If so why on earth did you think this was going to be better, if not welcome to what sonic team has done to the sonic franchise. Hope you enjoy your stay
Don’t forget about the broken misadventures of Sonic Unleashed.
Sonic Heroes, Sonic Adventure, and SA2 were all pretty good games.
Those games are the only reason why I liked Sonic the Hedgehog at all, but Joe should have known this was going to be shit since ALL the Sonic Rider games were complete ass. I don’t know why Sega keeps fucking up the Sonic Franchise, I mean Sonic Unleashed was a step in the right direction and they just HAD to add the “Werehog” shit; if they wanted a brawler type character to add some variety why didn’t they just have Knuckles? I mean c’mon even if his place in the story might be far fetched (The basic story of Sonic Unleashed is far fetched anyway) at least Knuckles isn’t some bull shit gimmick.
dude I will say it again (can’t believe im saying dude) sonic has a history of games that suck only games noted that where good i heard this conference 1 I played sonic heroes which was fair and sonic riders (heck no not free riders!!) even sonic riders did better for sonic but to me sonic’s best years have been left far behind him(sega glory days, almost everything after that crap) they need to let sonic die please im tired of people doing this to him at least knuckles and shadow don’t get much flak from this because there more like the good guys buried in an endless h zone 101 chamber with no way out at least shadow had a fair story which after awhile pissed you off cause the missons where too stupid especially for the good team personally just bury this thing in peace in rememberance of the glory days of sega and let him rest
Whoa. . . now THAT was an Angry Review!
Based on your review, I have to say that this game is better than Sonic Riders and Sonic Riders Zero Gravity.
Maybe you should introduce negative numbers from now on.
sonic free riders = 0/10
The first 2 sonic riders games were bad so when I heard about a sequel and for kinect you just know that it’s going to be bad, not to mention sega and sonic team practically don’t give a sh*t for their sonic franchise ever sinse they left the 1990s.
Nice review Joe and if you want to find a acually good sonic game it’s calld Sonic the hedgehog 4: Episode 1 for XBLA. I think the main reason why Sonic the Hegehog 4′s the only good next gen sonic game is that Sonic Team didn’t make it.
FUCK THAT JOE, GIVE IT A ZERO OUT OF TEN!!!!! IT DESERVES LESS
as most of these sonic game are downright horrible they need to just stop it already
Since i noticed the gamestop store in this vid, If i havne’t said it already, STAY AWAY FROM POWER GIG!!!
I tried to trade in power gig because the guitar controller was retarded and wouldn’t work properly, and you know what they told me? “We no longer accept game accessories as trade-ins anymore.” and you know what their reason was for that? “We can’t test them, therefore we can’t see if it works, and we can’t resell untested products, especially if it’s broken.”
GAMESTOP SUCKS! Go to best buy! Their return Policy is 30days, even when opened, just so long as you have the receipt! MUCH BETTER CUSTOMER SERVICE THAN GAMESTOP!
I should try that even though I know gamestop will probally always be around ripping people off on bad games sonic is literally worse than buying a movie liscensed game its worse and old just stop it already
Joe, you rock, I know it, you know it, even those douchebags at Corporate know it, which is why they fear you. They probably made this game to assassinate you from the inside. You need to play something good from SEGA, like Sonic 4 or Sonic Colors, they can learn if what they did was bad enou- what? they made Sonic Riders before? 2 of them? Okay scratch that, but these 2 are good. Or play CoD or Force Unleashed 2, quite honestly, FU2 sounds and looks like a really cool game, wait… FU2? Man Corporate REALLY fucking hates you if guys with force lightning are in FU.
this is why, the only motion console i need is Wii. but maybe some day, i might consider getting Kinect or the PS3 motion. and along with this game, and i might…..MIGHT get 2 player to work. if i do, then unleash as much pity as you want Joe.
fuck kinect, black ops, fallout: new vegas, fable 3, Halo: Reach, Dead rising 2 and the undead nightmare pack for RDR is what you should use your money on. Kinect is just another excuse from microssoft to suck money out of us, fuck that shit. allways something more and better, well this time i dont care microssoft because your shit is broken, NOT ONLY SONIC FREERIDERS, but every fucking shit game out there for that shit. It is a shame Peter Molyneux has microssofts dick in his ass, Fable 3 could have been a greater game with more freedom, still good though, but its just like something fableish is missing
A Review That Was Funny As Hell^^, But I Still Going To Get The Game, Beguse It Can Be Worser Than… LEISURE SUIT LARRY: BOX OFFICE BUST!!! I Like LSL Serie, But Hate That Game, Bad Controls, Lag Of Grafiks, Or Just The Game It Self. It Get 1/10, The Worst Game I Have Ever Played Yet.
Well, I don’t think the soundtrack was that bad… although I can see that it would get old after a while.
But even if the soundtrack was -really- good it couldn’t make up for a game with terrible controls, even on the damn menus!
So I guess this game is Joe’s version of the Bat Credit Card.
I’m glad you got rid of it. I can’t imagine seeing that on your shelf and not wanting to throw it out the window.
The best review you have done JOE
Sonic 4 was a great game! so perhaps sonic isn’t dead yet,? the other non-arcade sonic titles on 360 are horrendous though.
Sonic Colors in my opinon is the best Sonic game yet. And yes I did play the Adventure series, the original series. I didn’t play Shadow (heard it was meh) or Sonic 06(heard it was crap).
This has to be your best review so far joe, almost shit my pants at the look on your face when you returned it, JUSTICE!
Angry Joe is fuckin pissed!
That was possibly the best review you’ve done.
Hell Yha Angry joe is back btw you dont need blisterd thumbs.
This is more awesome.
I seen one of your collegue give way to high rating to some games.
Might be a good idea that you also do some raiting about those games.
I dont trust many of those silly game reviewers anymore.
Seems most are bloody paid by them for good review.
SACRED HOVERBOARD!!!!! =)
Angry Joe is BACK!!!! xD
‘Bout damn time Joe xD
Please do a review for Star Wars Forced Unleashed I’m way too scared to buy anything new after playing this.
My God…my heart is broken I fuckin swear I’ve played every Sonic game EVERY SONIC GAME!!! Good and bad, I grew up with him and Mario my entire life, but this game…this God forsaken broken piece of shit IS WORSE THAT SONIC COLORS!!!!!!!!!! (Trust me the controls are just as bad) I FUCKIN DESTROYED MY TV BECAUSE OF THIS GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (I’m so glad I chose to hook my XBOX to my smaller, cheaper, television) DO NOT BUY THIS SHIT IT LITERALLY MAKES YOU SICK TO YOUR STOMACH (My roommate came in the room and saw my tv was broken, my hand was bleeding and puke was on the floor and thought I needed to go to the hospital and psyche ward, which I think I might.) SEGA has gone TOO FUCKIN FAR WITH THIS BULLSHIT Why couldn’t they let my favroite furry hero rest in peace I can never Never NEVER!!! LOOK AT SONIC THE SAME SOMEONE HAS TO PAY FOR THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Worse than Sonic Colors? That doesn’t seem like much of an insult to say its worse than a good game
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And how is Sonic Colors bad exactly?
this game is a perfect gravestone for sonic ;(
A gravestone for a zombie?
After Shadow, you should know to never ever EVER expect a Sonic game to be good. If you see a Sonic game in stores and think it looks good, just walk away, there is no hope.
Sonic was the first game I ever played and I’ve tolerated many a bad Sonic game, but eventually I learned my lesson; Sonic is dead, now walk away.
Well Sonic RPG on DS wasnt bad… Common it was made by Bioware
This was so entertaining but you could’ve shown more footage of how this game fucks up instead of saying that it fucks up 10 more times.
And if this game LITERALLY makes you nauseous, then SAY SO.
Otherwise you could interpret it as one of those immature “this game was so bad I vomited”-fanboy rants with no logic behind them.
All in all, nicely done.
You really had no clue expecting a sonic game to actually be good though, did you? ;P
HAHAHAHA Im sorry to hear about your troubles Joe. I like your enthusiasm but I don’t enjoy watching you suffer : < might I suggest a review to help calm your nerves? like CoD: Black Ops! I would Love to hear your opinion on that title!
I am finding myself looking forward to a Fighters Uncaged review and how a game even worse will be rated. Is there a 0/10? There better is. At the same I’d feel bad if he had to spend that much time with it. The Joystiq reviewer flat refused to score it, because he couldn’t stomach one more minute of it. And Sonic was already getting THAT reaction… it might be either highly ridiculous or plain tragic.
oh you finally decided to put the video up? if all your vids are going to be on blistered thumbs before your own site you could at least tell us. btw i really enjoy your reviews they’re highly original and funny, and really bring something new to the overcrowded video game review market.
I never did like the sonic games, this won’t help me get into them.