The lighting effects alone will get people coming back for more. GRAPHICS: Ridge Racer Unbounded is one of the best looking racers I’ve ever had the joy of playing. The story isn’t the most spectacular one you’ll experience this year, but for a racing game you could do much worse. Told through the use of motion comics with a couple of CG aspects thrown in for good measure. The story is fairly well told when it all comes down to it. In this respect, Ridge Racer Unbounded is very similar to MotorStorm Apocalypse, tasking the player to rise up with the ranks of an underground racing team, but thankfully, that’s where the similarities end and Ridge Racer soon ends up being its own game all together.
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In order to increase your rank you’ll have to perform certain goals within each races, usually these goals are to finish in a certain position or better, but as there are other types of races that you’ll be taking part in throughout your career within the game, there will be other goals for you to focus your attention on. Your task for the majority of the game is to increase your position within the group by winning races against the other racers. STORY: When the story starts you’re a new recruit to a group of underground street racers known as “The Unbounded”. Is the change something that’s welcome though? Or should Namco go back to the tried and true formula as soon as possible?
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The series has stuck to that same recipe over all these years and people have enjoyed what they’ve been given, but it’s about time things changed Ridge Racer Unbounded is the answer to that call for a change.ĭeveloped by Bugbear Entertainment, the developers best known for the Flatout series, and focussing around the idea of street racing and earning respect on the streets through your skills as a driver, this is about as far from the other Ridge Racer game as is possible. It was part of the soundtrack of my childhood, as I’m sure it was for many other people. The Ridge Racer series of games have some die-hard fans, I couldn’t go into an arcade in my youth and not be greeted with the sound of “RIIIIDGE RACER!!”.
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Available on: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows PC (Reviewed on Xbox 360)