Customer Reviews

Sonic R

5 star:		(11)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

i got this with no idea whith sonic and could not play it due to system requierments but once i got it working it was great! it has huge courses, total control, and the best music on the planet because the music has words! try to get it for saturn because i heard it was beter but the PC is the only one i played because i got it when N64 was popular. the only reason i did not give it 5 is because the controls do not work well on PC but all in all i love this game sssssssssoooooooo much that one day i spent 5 hours playing it!

You know, when I first picked up this game, when I was about 2 years old, I was a die-hard fan, and to this day, at 13, I still am. I found this game last month, layered in dust, because I was going through "Sonic Withdrawl", and remembered how hard it was when I was 2. I hesitated at first but decided to play it again. I was blown away! With an unlockable course and 6 unlockable characters, I could'nt put it down! I already beat it and unlocked Super Sonic O.O.

This game is a MUST MUST MUST get for your Sonic die-hard fan!!!

The graphics... not exactly "awesome" but it was great for the time!

But either way; this is the ultimate Sonic PC game I've ever played.

And, if you want to give your child a "Sonic Holiday" I stongly suggest you buy Sonic CD, also, BUT Sonic CD is NOT comatible with Windows XP! (Trust me: I've tried)

Hey everybody. The first day that I picked this up and played this on the PC, I was just truley blown away. I look back on it now, and it blows me even MORE. The graphics are completley polished, it's compatible with the new Windows Xp operating system, has most EVERY Sonic character in it, such as Super Sonic and Amy, the two-player split-screen rocks, and you can even play with a friend(s) in a network! HOW COOL IS THAT!
I'm telling you, the first chance you get, BUY THIS GAME!

I liked this game from the first time i played and that was when it came out a few years ago. I think that the music was what attracted me in the first place when it came out. The music is real and actually has real lryics to go along with it. I Also like the fact that its a racing game, but you're on foot!! The game isn't very long or hard but is pretty entertaining and gets better when you get the hang of it.

A great game it was worth buying. Great images and music
five stars.

I could play this game hours upon end. I remember the day I Got all of the characters, stages, and Chaos Emeralds. This game is a classic.

This game is pretty good, but has too few race tracks (5). It's a racing game with sonic characters, who have all of their abilities. You race on loop-de-loops and over water. The tracks are pretty expansive and the fastest path is never obvious. The graphics are pretty good. You can unlock better characters by picking up coins or emeralds and placing, then beating the character, which is somewhat difficult. The 5 race tracks are the worst part; this game isn't good for very long. I recommend this game for people who like racing games, particularly open ones without a set track.

I too, never owned a Saturn during it's "glory" years, and because of that I missed out on Sonic's R and 3D. Huge cheers to Sega then, for bringing both to the PC - sooner or later it really needed to happen.

Sonic R is a curious little racer. The controls are initially a little tricky due to the incredibly fast pace (p300+ owners might be better off playing this in software just to slow the damn thing down - it was _too_ fast on my k6-2 300 even with my humble voodoo2, let alone with my k6-2 450), but it didn't take long to get used to them. Further as most of the characters run on foot, it takes a while to realise that you can go almost anywhere. Great stuff!

The graphics are very rich and colourful, if somewhat simple compared to todays' 3D heavyweights (including Sonic Adventure), and all the racing tracks (except perhaps for the finale) have many little secret areas and short cuts. With gamepad in hands and my amp blasting those tunes out as loud as possible, it wasn't long before I was snatching gold medals and getting all the Chaos Emeralds. Therein however, lies Sonic R's two major flaws: once you're used to the controls, the game just gets a little too easy. And also, 5 tracks isn't really enough, just like 4 tables weren't in Sonic Spinball. But unlike Spinball's large tables, the tracks in SR are ultimately rather small - although you won't really notice it at first.

In closing, SR is a fun little game. A lot of fun - something that is sorely missing from 99% of the new releases for... well all the major gaming systems really. All Sonic fans should buy it, obviously, but for goodness sake make sure you steer well clear from the easy difficulty. Even better, keep it on hard.

4.5 out of 5, if I could! :)

I got this game 2 years ago for PC, being a fan of all the genesis games, and it was nice to see a departure from the horrible isometric perspective of Sonic 3D Blast. But once you've been playing it for a while things start popping up that are almost impossible to ignore, which sends the game to an early death:

1.Poor graphics. All the characters look like they're from Crash Bandicoot 1! cubed hands, MASSIVE pixels, each stage 'appearing' on the horizon...

2.Skidding and controls. In a race against the computer once you run into a corner that's IT. In order to turn around you have to turn a whole 360 degrees in what seems like slo-motion. Also, especially during the rain and snow, skidding becomes sure a pain and the only way to overcome it (unless you're Amy or Robotnic) is to double-jump, fly or glide!

3.Music. THE LYRICS ARE KILLING ME!! 'Livin in the city, ya know, ya got to survive... ya got to keep that dream alive, where ev-rything is dream, and fan-ta-seee!!' Had to turn the sound off sometimes

4.Egg-robo. Why would ANYONE want to use him as a character?

5.Length. Far too easy. And once you get supersonic the only way to keep him for future games is to save once you have 6 emeralds and then collect the seventh one each time:P Able to clock in hours.

6.Only five tracks!

7.Bugs galore. Whether it be gaps in the scenery or on the track (there's one loop where, if you press against the side while in a roll, you fly out of the stage and exit the game boundary) or sticky keys.

Balloon race: What? no battle mode! Balloon race is fun with a friend for a while, then gets extremely tedious once you're both searching for the last balloon hidden in some obscure place.

Pros:

1.Secret characters. Apart from Egg-robo the secr4et characters are really good racers, each an upgrade of their 'real' counterparts. The tails doll rules! Supersonic is super everything:)

2.Original racing options. like 'reverese' and 'tag'.

3.Open paths. Lots of shortcuts to learn.

4.Weather. Only racing game ever to have random weather effects!

Overall, if you want a slight sonic diversion that's low on replay value, fun for a while but with lots of problem areas, consider buying this game. Just turn off the speakers.

I have heard about the "Tails Doll" and I thought I should get the game to prove that he is REAL. also i hear it is a great game, too.