I think Zero-G's style appeals to me more than Riders and it's probably why I liked it more. I'm a big sucker for the hyper-technolised atmosphere of Zero-G. SCR-HD (the game's main villain) has been my favourite sonic character ever since I first saw him, overtaking CHAOS as my favourite. I mean, a flying, katana-weilding wheel robot with glowing blue eyes and the ability to transform into a living Black Hole is so cool man. I really wish Megapol, Meteotech or the SCR series would return at some point. (Also thank you for being one of the only Zero-G videos that aren't overwhelmingly negative towards the game. Most people really just don't give it a chance.)
@@kittenscratchanimeart It made everything worse. It uses watered down Riders gameplay and player interaction relies on cheap item boxes ala Mario Kart. What makes Riders, Riders is that you have to make up a comeback with your skills. Item boxes were just fuel and ring resources to help you achieve it.
This was my first Riders Game and i still love it to this day. Even tho there is alot of automation it is still really fun to play, especially the missions after u beat the Game.The music is one of my favourite OST of any Sonic game and when u hit that zero gravity button and the music changes to a different part is incredibly satisfying. Great Video as always keep it up!🙏
How did I happen to just look up Sonic Riders Zero Gravity, and a video that practically just came out was waiting for me. WOW thanks everyone for the likes, I do not deserve all these likes but thanks.
This game is my favorite of the series but the red arrows in the logo literally make a roman numeral 2. I get the "unique sauce" you're talking about but that's exactly why ZG is a much better game for inviting friends over and passing them controllers for split screen. I don't need to give them a huge rundown of mechanics it's all intuitive. Although the Y2K vibe and soundtrack is the best part
@@yourehereforthatarentyou Have you ever heard of Rubin's vase? Why would you think it's impossible for something to look like 2 things at the same time? The chevrons are intentionally designed to be right next to "Sonic Riders" and be so slim that they look like a Roman numeral II. It's a clever double meaning
I personally liked the ost of the final boss from Zero gravity more than Riders 1 as it gave me that rush of adrenaline and also made me feel like the stakes are high and the situation just got even more intense than before
One: I imagine hardly anyone knew of the trick system. Figuring out to run into objects during rush was way easier. Two: one mechanic you didn't mention was using gravity control effects objects lying around.
I wish you would've dived deeper into the music. The music is awesome in both! Sonic Riders 1 definitely has a soundtrack that hits harder, music that gives me a "it's all or nothing" feel, like Green Cave or Splash Canyon. I also love Zero Gravity songs but for slightly different reasons. Although they don't have that "all or nothing" feel, the music is still really well made and catchy, and has more meat to them. I specifically love Aquatic Time and of course, Gigan Rocks.
I adore the riders series. I always kinda argue with myself which was the better simply because riders 1 drift was probably the best drift into boost I have played in a racing. I did love the gimmicks of gravity and the music (especially the track you noted) is amazing. Good video. I always wished the Racing Transformed Team digital Sumo would make a riders racing. They could probably pull the whole concept off brilliantly. (I wish sonic and co kept the redesigns lol)
Amazing review bro 👏🏾, also good to mention that the turbulence and tornado system in OG riders was so fun - zero gravity had slip streaming with yachts-type gear but I wasn’t a massive fan
I've been on a sort of binge of replaying the iconic sonic games from my childhood and trying to really reignite my love for the franchise before I delve into Frontiers (which I still havent played) and getting back into the comics and whatnot. I genuinely love this goofy ass franchise and I'm excited to reexperience Riders and Zero Gravity when I get to them despite me never being good at any racing games Riders was a fucking blast as a kid and I never forgot about it.
the strangest thing about ZG is the fact that there's a control setup where you control the game using the wiimote held vertically and the sensor bar with your movement being determined by position of your cursor on screen (basically if your cursor is pointing to the left, you turn left and vice versa)
Just got the CD soundtrack for this game in the mail today at 1:14p.m. and it's the Sonic Riders Shooting Star Story Original Soundtrack ”Zero Gravity Tracks” CD and I'm listening to it while watching this! 6:49p.m. 3/12/2024
I’m actually surprised someone else know the secret to getting the x rank consistently. I thought I was the only one who knew this but what I also didn’t know that the game was literally designed for it to work that way.
Late, but something else to mention with burst between games is that it doubled as a melee attack in Riders. If you start a dash RIGHT next to an opponent youd smack them. In ZG its an item exclusively, and an extremely rare one at that, essentially functions like a mario kart star (but lets you take powerful shortcuts)
I played both Riders games, but always loved Zero Gravity so much more. The maps are fun, the variety of characters, plus allowing any character to use any type of gear instead of basing the Speed/Fly/Power type on the characters is just really fun to me. And the music slaps. But that's standard for Sonic games
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I'm gonna be the odd one out & say I honestly like the Zero gravity "Slo Mo" drift a bit more from a visual stand point, especially since it also slightly alters the race tracks music during the race. Zero Gravitys OST is one of my favorites.
Fucking love this game. It had fun mechanics, dope music, and a ton of replay ability. I wish sega would give us another Sonic Riders game. So much potential
at best, ZG is a simplified Riders but still fun, in some stages, you can use Gravity Dive to skip sections or even go to the top route, even outright going an entire race without the need of Speed, Flight, or Power if you know what your doing, tho, if they were to take the best of the original and ZG, I'm sure something amazing will come from it, that said, I also enjoy ZG
You can use Gravity Control when entering those Gravity Rings for instant Meteor Burst & GD. I also prefer Grinding and Tricks in this game because the ones in first were & are brutal, I'm not terrible & quite good but they're more than a hastle than to be fun especially Grinding, there's more error to make and it gets tiring.
Really hope we someday get a riders game that takes the gameplay of the first and brings the polish and improvements from zero gravity, like the better characters balance, the gear change system, and stuff like that
Outstanding video as always goobadooba! 🔥 I have never really played any of the riders games at a age where i can comprehend the sheer complexity of the game, but these reviews are really immersive. I mean at least i like remember playing the game, but i was like 5 years old lol Also this game would have been way better for 5 year old me since it looks heavily watered down
Ty sm for this breakdown! So it seems i like Sonic Riders 1 WAY more for its accessibility, tricks, turns, UI, intuitiveness, feeling the most like a racing game, etc. the only thing that 0 has that id want in Riders 1 is Gravity Dive 😅 hopeflly they add that to Tournament Edition 😃🤩
There's even the ninja upgrade path on your extreme gear makes you invisible on the map what makes you automatically teleport when you see a running icon
Two things: Having to press A again to grind was peak skill expression and you can't sway me, and yes, the OG Riders menu is SO good. The art style really brought that game to life, and I loved every minute of it. Also my favorite Gear was the High Booster. You know, the one that consumes just about your entire bar to give you an insane amount of speed? Yeah, that was my favorite, even if I was never really good at it lol
I do think the tracks in Zero Gravity are much more appealing like Crimson Crater, Aquatic Capital, Gigan Rocks. While OG riders had amazing tracks they never really felt too...idk...varied? I think if Srzg tracks were in Sonic Riders we'd have the ultimate Riders game def since I also think Zero Gravity's music is much much better there is a reason why Zero Gravity's menu music was the first result on CZcams when you would typed in "main menu music" idk if that's the case anymore but it used to be like that for literal years But yeah Zero Gravity's track aesthetics just win out for me and the music adds so much to em the only ones from Riders OG thag compares imo is Digital Dimension, where u go through hell, heaven and some digital purgatory, and both the sega carnival maps which pretty much tie even for me with 80's and 90's boulevard since all 4 tracks are a sega fans #1 most wanted heaven for when they die And the Egg Factory stages in Rider OG does not even compare to the technically 4 Factory Stages in SRZG I adore the final 2 factory stages in SRZG to an unreasonable degree
I'm astonished how popular Sonic Riders has become the past few years, I played the actual SHIT out of Sonic Riders and Sonic Riders Zero Gravity on my ps2 as a kid and loved it, one of the very first times ever in my life for sure not even exaggerating I stopped and enjoyed a song and felt something from it was Zero Gravities main menu theme. I totally love Riders 1 better it's just more fast paced of a style I enjoy in a racing game but I just genuinely loved both games growing up, I've been a Sonic fan all my life since before I can even remember (at least when I was 4 and I'm 21 now) so seeing the franchise FINALLY have people saying it's "good" again after all the goddamn complaining/making fun of in the 2010's now everyone switched up entirely saying it's good now just makes me wanna go "I TOLD YOU SO!" but whatever, Sonic Team getting the recognition for when they occasionally make the hardest most goated fucking crackling 🔥games just makes me so satisfied that these 2 games I loved and never heard anyone else besides me talk about all my life finally get some recognition. The music and unique idea/gameplays forever will follow me as being impactful in my life.
Always good to see Sonic Riders content still being produced. I think Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity feels the way it does (story aside) is mainly because it feels like a response to some of Sonic Riders' complaints. If you recall, the original Sonic Riders was mechanically deep and racing felt quite fast. But it wasn't very good at teaching players how to engage with it. (In fact, the tutorial is basically hidden in the one place people visit LEAST...the Extra's menu). Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity has the Tutorial accessible right away and even in the main Racing Menu, which is a completely huge improvement. But the rest of the gameplay definitely can seem toned down in comparison. Yes, steering is easier, and the trick system is much simpler to get the hang of as well. But a lot of mechanical depth is missing. Heck, once you get to point, it may actually feel somewhat "stiff" in comparison to the first (or perhaps that's me being too experienced in F-Zero leaking out). Anyway though, this is still a good game, but I feel like it was a downgrade from the first game because of how much slower this game felt. The track designs are also much better but if everything was made faster and drifting enabled (the Wheels are basically the closest we have to this), the tracks could possibly shine a lot more. I still want them to try Sonic Riders again, and maybe use everything they learned (but really lean far more to the first in terms of gameplay and mechanics. They were easily at their smoothest there--though the modern trick system would be cool if it stayed). Or even better if an indie team could make a successor of their own.
idk guy but i would rather to play zero gravity but here's why, that was the first riders i played and it's filled with so much nostalgia for me, and also the looks and aesthetic of the game for me it's just perfect, i played the first riders but in gameplay sometimes it doesn't feel ...right?, at least for me, it a 9/10 game don't get me wrong but zero gravity it's a 10/10, the story, the maps, the music, the everything (not the renders tho) it's majestic, i just love zero gravity so much edit: yeah i forgot to mention, super sonic in zero gravity it's the worst lose of time ever made, you can't even play with him and feel good, super sonic in riders was better
ever since i got zero gravity over a decade ago, 100%'d everything i could etc i had no idea about the trick system AT ALL i don't think i've ever got an X rank
I know you said you werent playing free riders. . . But there was this whole thing that happened where someone made it playable on controller. Just something to think about-
I used to play this game as a kid with my brother when we still have the Wii. It was the forth game we got. It was an enjoyable game, though we never played the first game nor Free riders. So I don't have a proper opinion on those games outside of reviews. I had fun with the gravity mechanic as I drove across the race track finding shortcuts to beat my competitors.
Zero Gravity was my first console Sonic game. I 100%ed it as a kid and fell in love with it (before I played Riders 1 and I realized how much I was missing). All that to say I had NO IDEA the trick system in this game had that mechanic behind it. Does the game explain it at all?
@@GDubA Yeah that checks out. In my opinion, Riders 1's biggest shortcoming is that it's really bad at explaining how good it actually is, no surprise that flaw carried over into the next game as well 💀
i have only played this game, but i played it sooo much as a kid honestly its a really good game and has quite literly the best options theme in existence, not the best menu theme (that one goes to one piece grand adventure). But man all the songs are soo great and the final boss is pretty cool too (just for having a final boss in a racer game alone is neat as in an actual fight sorta)
It threw me off on how the Extreme Gears look in Zero Gravity when I first played it. It has a more blobby look compared to the more sharper look in Riders 1. I wasn’t a fan of the way they look in Zero Gravity, but the fact that you can transform and upgrade your gear with a certain amount of rings whenever you want mid race is super cool. So the blobby looking gears grew on me.
I'll do with Free Riders what I did with Zero Gravity in the Riders 1 video, and I'll be honest I do like Free Riders a lot more after the No Kinect Patch release I don't remember really well but I remember playing the original game once, and I thought it was bad, but after the No Kinect patch... I actually think the game is pretty fun I think the level design of the tracks aren't the best of the best, especially since they were made based around the kinect controls, so the turns are really open like some in ZG and the closed curves as far as I remember don't exist (at least not a lot) But, I still do think the tracks are fun, there are a lot of alternative paths, I love the gimmicks of the tracks like riding the Minecarts in Rocky Ridge, lifting your hands to grab into the subway in Metropolis Speedway, etc. I also like the Gear Part mechanic in Free Riders, I think it fits well with the ZG Gear Part, it's really similar to ZG but at the same time it adds a new twist and it's really original, since in Free Riders instead of chosing a gear that has abilities and each regular gear only having one type that you have to unlock by upgrading your gear like you do in Zero Gravity, you have your ability from the start like Riders 1, and you can choose to have 2 abilities, with any character, not only Speed, Flying and Power but also extra abilties like Air Saver, Start Speed Up, Max Speed Up, Trick Boost, Rapid Dash, etc. and having it not being limited for a certain groups of characters is both really fun and interesting because you can play as your favorite character and still not be locked to their type, and can be kinda lame if you liked the system of characters having abilities because it fits certain character, like in Sonic Heroes which is where Riders 1 takes inspiration in that aspect I assume That's it for Free Riders, I have a lot less to talk than I had to Zero Gravity, but when the game is not being held back by the Kinect Controls, it is a fun game to me and to some other people (at the time that the No Kinect Patch released a lot of people started to talk about how the level design is enjoyable after that and Free Riders became on par or their second favorite or even favorite Riders game), I do not think it's perfect, but for me it's just as fun as the other 2 games, Riders 1 will forever be my top 1, but I like the other 2 games now
I still don't know how we got peak sonic racing twice, yet the kinect singlehandedly killed it. Rest in peace riders sonic 🙏 Your legacy lives on in speed simulator, riders X, Riders DX, Tournament Edition, the Kinect patch, and Re-gravitified. I encourage all of you to check them all out, hard work needs appreciation, especially from a dead franchise.
There was a trick system in zero gravity? That's news to me, since I'd just get X rank jumps for timing it right on the edge of the ramp. I cant blame the severe downgrading of complexity in zero gravity, because it had to be adapted to be playable on a wii remote due to the fact Nintendo was forcing their gimmicks on games in development in the wii/DS era. However, because the skeleton of the structure itself was still there in level design, modding it all back in was possible to do seamlessly, and it is godlike.
One thing i dont like is how the character abilities are tied to the gear and not to the character... in the first one u also had gear that gave u specific ability types and when paired with a character with a different innate ability than the board u had access to both! Also the art style for zero gravity is definitely peak for sonic riders 👏🏽
Hello, quick introduction because it's my first time here. I've been playing and beating every (and I mean every) Sonic game. I played Riders 1 and Zero Gravity for the first time last year. So I had no nostalgia going into it. So gotta say, I'm in the majority. I played Riders 1, and was hooked. It was such an addicting game once I learned how to play it. I think I agree with your statement that Zero Gravity is the polished game, but I believe in it's ability to be more polished, it became more shallow. I love Riders 1 for being a constant mental game of risk, reward, and inevitable failure. Things can be in depth in ZG, but I never had to make more split second decisions whether I should go for another trick (and which direction), nor did I think about using boost liberally or conservatively in my current area, as in ZG, you know exactly where you always want to use your GP. That and deciding what kind of drifts you want, as you don't always want full boost drifts. But that's just me complaining about a game being more approachable. I quite liked the constant increasing of your skill in Riders 1. I even got my friend who doesn't like Sonic to play Riders 1 with me, and he thought it was great. Oh and, when I first played Riders 1, I was so confused why rails decided to work differently from every other game and thought it was stupid. Yeah, I kinda turned around to having more control, and another thing to mess up (or land) in a close game with someone. Complaint over.
Man I miss this game. Also BRUH, I didn’t know to get X you need to not repeat the same last 3 directions. I always varied anyway but this wasn’t explained even in the manual. Top 10 of all my collection
Yo thanks man! The stuff I used is: Editing: Final Cut Pro & Apple Motion (both are only available on MacOS) ^also used some plugins from MotionVFX & Pixel Film Studios Music remix for the opening: Logic Pro (also Apple only 💀) Thumbnails: Affinity Photo 2 (on everything) Audio recording: Final Cut’s Voiceover mode thing, using a Blue Yeti USB Microphone just on my desk lol That’s about it, hope that helps!
Dude really put the hardest SR: Zero Gravity edit at the beginning and thought we wouldn't notice 💀💀🔥🔥🔥🔥
I said let me cook now 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯💯
@@GDubA Let him cook, let him cook, I SAID LET... HIM... COOK!
"oh a Sonic video essay I've never see- and subbed"
It looks like a trailer you would find in another game disc in 2005
Literal heat bruh, made me scour the internet for the song for like an hour
You know, there is a mod for Sonic Free Riders that actually allows you to play with controllers.
Being a Mac user is saving me from free riders fr
@@GDubA and from being able to play many good games too.
@@GDubA mac🤢🤮🤮🤮
@@GDubA works on an actual Xbox 360 too
@@konradfun Time to get my money up not my funny up
The Zero Gravity OST is such an amazing techno-opera, it makes me wonder what went so horribly wrong with Free Riders...
I think Zero-G's style appeals to me more than Riders and it's probably why I liked it more. I'm a big sucker for the hyper-technolised atmosphere of Zero-G.
SCR-HD (the game's main villain) has been my favourite sonic character ever since I first saw him, overtaking CHAOS as my favourite. I mean, a flying, katana-weilding wheel robot with glowing blue eyes and the ability to transform into a living Black Hole is so cool man. I really wish Megapol, Meteotech or the SCR series would return at some point.
(Also thank you for being one of the only Zero-G videos that aren't overwhelmingly negative towards the game. Most people really just don't give it a chance.)
Un-Gravitify is probably one of my favorite songs from any sonic game
I wouldn't put anyone through the pain and terror of Free Riders
Real
Didn't it get a Controller support recently??
@@WindyREDPanda Yeah but GDubA doesn't have anything that could play that version at the moment
The game that ruined my boy Shadow and made Amy even worse than she already was.
@@kittenscratchanimeart It made everything worse. It uses watered down Riders gameplay and player interaction relies on cheap item boxes ala Mario Kart.
What makes Riders, Riders is that you have to make up a comeback with your skills. Item boxes were just fuel and ring resources to help you achieve it.
This was my first Riders Game and i still love it to this day. Even tho there is alot of automation it is still really fun to play, especially the missions after u beat the Game.The music is one of my favourite OST of any Sonic game and when u hit that zero gravity button and the music changes to a different part is incredibly satisfying.
Great Video as always keep it up!🙏
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed.
How did I happen to just look up Sonic Riders Zero Gravity, and a video that practically just came out was waiting for me. WOW thanks everyone for the likes, I do not deserve all these likes but thanks.
Fate
Same here lol
That’s how the algorithm works
Me too!! I was actually thinking of buying this game and then this came up in my recommended. Thank you YT reccomendations 🙏
This game is my favorite of the series but the red arrows in the logo literally make a roman numeral 2.
I get the "unique sauce" you're talking about but that's exactly why ZG is a much better game for inviting friends over and passing them controllers for split screen. I don't need to give them a huge rundown of mechanics it's all intuitive. Although the Y2K vibe and soundtrack is the best part
those aren’t roman numerals those are chevrons
@@yourehereforthatarentyou Have you ever heard of Rubin's vase? Why would you think it's impossible for something to look like 2 things at the same time? The chevrons are intentionally designed to be right next to "Sonic Riders" and be so slim that they look like a Roman numeral II. It's a clever double meaning
I personally liked the ost of the final boss from Zero gravity more than Riders 1 as it gave me that rush of adrenaline and also made me feel like the stakes are high and the situation just got even more intense than before
The opening of the Hero Story, with Sonic, Tails and Knuckles in the car, is basically the music video for Radio Gaga. Change my mind.
I didn't know about the trick system in this game had that mechanic and ive been playing this for about 10 years
One: I imagine hardly anyone knew of the trick system. Figuring out to run into objects during rush was way easier.
Two: one mechanic you didn't mention was using gravity control effects objects lying around.
I miss Riders.
Thankfully theres a Wii Version.
GIMME
Insane editing, I love the vibes!
I wish you would've dived deeper into the music. The music is awesome in both! Sonic Riders 1 definitely has a soundtrack that hits harder, music that gives me a "it's all or nothing" feel, like Green Cave or Splash Canyon.
I also love Zero Gravity songs but for slightly different reasons. Although they don't have that "all or nothing" feel, the music is still really well made and catchy, and has more meat to them. I specifically love Aquatic Time and of course, Gigan Rocks.
I remember being in vc when you showed me the intro for this video! absolutely loved every second! this man deserves more attention istg!
The goat
I adore the riders series. I always kinda argue with myself which was the better simply because riders 1 drift was probably the best drift into boost I have played in a racing. I did love the gimmicks of gravity and the music (especially the track you noted) is amazing. Good video. I always wished the Racing Transformed Team digital Sumo would make a riders racing. They could probably pull the whole concept off brilliantly.
(I wish sonic and co kept the redesigns lol)
Your video got placed on the official Google summary panel for Sonic Riders Zero Gravity
what
Always had this conflicted feeling about this game, im glad someone's finally mentioning the positive aspects of it tho.
Great video.
Finally some zero g appreciation
I adored this game for years, i haven't played it in a while but I'm starting to think that maybe i should
The algorithm made my nostalgia brew like a fine wine today🔥🔥 fire vid btw
thanks for the great explainer, i finished all the missions in riders 1 im gona have to try this 1
God I love your intros
This channel deserves my subscription 🎉
As someone who found this vid through the youtube algorithm, i would think a Freeriders vid would basically be a sub magnet to get more viewers
First vid I've seen if yours and was a thrill to watch keep up the great work my guy!
Thanks a ton!
Amazing review bro 👏🏾, also good to mention that the turbulence and tornado system in OG riders was so fun - zero gravity had slip streaming with yachts-type gear but I wasn’t a massive fan
Thank you so much man, glad you enjoyed!
I wish you touched on how using gravity control to take sharp turns freezes the music and then starts it again in a different part of the song
I've been on a sort of binge of replaying the iconic sonic games from my childhood and trying to really reignite my love for the franchise before I delve into Frontiers (which I still havent played) and getting back into the comics and whatnot. I genuinely love this goofy ass franchise and I'm excited to reexperience Riders and Zero Gravity when I get to them despite me never being good at any racing games Riders was a fucking blast as a kid and I never forgot about it.
the strangest thing about ZG is the fact that there's a control setup where you control the game using the wiimote held vertically and the sensor bar with your movement being determined by position of your cursor on screen (basically if your cursor is pointing to the left, you turn left and vice versa)
Just got the CD soundtrack for this game in the mail today at 1:14p.m. and it's the Sonic Riders Shooting Star Story Original Soundtrack ”Zero Gravity Tracks” CD and I'm listening to it while watching this! 6:49p.m. 3/12/2024
If you have an Xbox 360 and a copy of Free Riders you can play it with controller with a mod
The horror
How?? I have it installed on my harddrive on my 360 so if that's actually possible I'd love to know the steps to doing that lmao
Is no one gonna talk about how the drift boost sound effect is part of the song and changes in the middle of the race
I’m actually surprised someone else know the secret to getting the x rank consistently. I thought I was the only one who knew this but what I also didn’t know that the game was literally designed for it to work that way.
Late, but something else to mention with burst between games is that it doubled as a melee attack in Riders. If you start a dash RIGHT next to an opponent youd smack them. In ZG its an item exclusively, and an extremely rare one at that, essentially functions like a mario kart star (but lets you take powerful shortcuts)
I played both Riders games, but always loved Zero Gravity so much more. The maps are fun, the variety of characters, plus allowing any character to use any type of gear instead of basing the Speed/Fly/Power type on the characters is just really fun to me. And the music slaps. But that's standard for Sonic games
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Well it's my absolute pleasure dude. I'm sorry you're not doing the greatest, definitely will be praying for you!
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Drifting kinda does exist if you use the Wheel class of vehicles. That’s actually how I prefer to play cuz it does give a boost after.
I'm gonna be the odd one out & say I honestly like the Zero gravity "Slo Mo" drift a bit more from a visual stand point, especially since it also slightly alters the race tracks music during the race. Zero Gravitys OST is one of my favorites.
I yearn for a sonic riders remake 😩
Fucking love this game. It had fun mechanics, dope music, and a ton of replay ability. I wish sega would give us another Sonic Riders game. So much potential
at best, ZG is a simplified Riders but still fun, in some stages, you can use Gravity Dive to skip sections or even go to the top route, even outright going an entire race without the need of Speed, Flight, or Power if you know what your doing, tho, if they were to take the best of the original and ZG, I'm sure something amazing will come from it, that said, I also enjoy ZG
You can use Gravity Control when entering those Gravity Rings for instant Meteor Burst & GD.
I also prefer Grinding and Tricks in this game because the ones in first were & are brutal, I'm not terrible & quite good but they're more than a hastle than to be fun especially Grinding, there's more error to make and it gets tiring.
Really hope we someday get a riders game that takes the gameplay of the first and brings the polish and improvements from zero gravity, like the better characters balance, the gear change system, and stuff like that
Congrats on 2K!
Outstanding video as always goobadooba! 🔥
I have never really played any of the riders games at a age where i can comprehend the sheer complexity of the game, but these reviews are really immersive. I mean at least i like remember playing the game, but i was like 5 years old lol
Also this game would have been way better for 5 year old me since it looks heavily watered down
You are really kind to this game, I appreciate it. Can't get behind it though, not just isnt fun and fast enough.
Absolutely fair.
What's the version of "Catch Me If You Can" in the beginning called?
It's the one from Zero Gravity that I added some of my vocals and more drums too.
Ty sm for this breakdown! So it seems i like Sonic Riders 1 WAY more for its accessibility, tricks, turns, UI, intuitiveness, feeling the most like a racing game, etc. the only thing that 0 has that id want in Riders 1 is Gravity Dive 😅 hopeflly they add that to Tournament Edition 😃🤩
There's even the ninja upgrade path on your extreme gear makes you invisible on the map what makes you automatically teleport when you see a running icon
that intro made me tear up omfg
Cool video! I liked how you mention the soundtrack. Also, I agree with the part about the bad character select renders 😂
Two things: Having to press A again to grind was peak skill expression and you can't sway me, and yes, the OG Riders menu is SO good. The art style really brought that game to life, and I loved every minute of it.
Also my favorite Gear was the High Booster. You know, the one that consumes just about your entire bar to give you an insane amount of speed? Yeah, that was my favorite, even if I was never really good at it lol
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I do think the tracks in Zero Gravity are much more appealing like Crimson Crater, Aquatic Capital, Gigan Rocks. While OG riders had amazing tracks they never really felt too...idk...varied? I think if Srzg tracks were in Sonic Riders we'd have the ultimate Riders game def since I also think Zero Gravity's music is much much better there is a reason why Zero Gravity's menu music was the first result on CZcams when you would typed in "main menu music" idk if that's the case anymore but it used to be like that for literal years
But yeah Zero Gravity's track aesthetics just win out for me and the music adds so much to em the only ones from Riders OG thag compares imo is Digital Dimension, where u go through hell, heaven and some digital purgatory, and both the sega carnival maps which pretty much tie even for me with 80's and 90's boulevard since all 4 tracks are a sega fans #1 most wanted heaven for when they die
And the Egg Factory stages in Rider OG does not even compare to the technically 4 Factory Stages in SRZG I adore the final 2 factory stages in SRZG to an unreasonable degree
I'm astonished how popular Sonic Riders has become the past few years, I played the actual SHIT out of Sonic Riders and Sonic Riders Zero Gravity on my ps2 as a kid and loved it, one of the very first times ever in my life for sure not even exaggerating I stopped and enjoyed a song and felt something from it was Zero Gravities main menu theme. I totally love Riders 1 better it's just more fast paced of a style I enjoy in a racing game but I just genuinely loved both games growing up, I've been a Sonic fan all my life since before I can even remember (at least when I was 4 and I'm 21 now) so seeing the franchise FINALLY have people saying it's "good" again after all the goddamn complaining/making fun of in the 2010's now everyone switched up entirely saying it's good now just makes me wanna go "I TOLD YOU SO!" but whatever, Sonic Team getting the recognition for when they occasionally make the hardest most goated fucking crackling 🔥games just makes me so satisfied that these 2 games I loved and never heard anyone else besides me talk about all my life finally get some recognition. The music and unique idea/gameplays forever will follow me as being impactful in my life.
Always good to see Sonic Riders content still being produced. I think Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity feels the way it does (story aside) is mainly because it feels like a response to some of Sonic Riders' complaints. If you recall, the original Sonic Riders was mechanically deep and racing felt quite fast. But it wasn't very good at teaching players how to engage with it. (In fact, the tutorial is basically hidden in the one place people visit LEAST...the Extra's menu). Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity has the Tutorial accessible right away and even in the main Racing Menu, which is a completely huge improvement.
But the rest of the gameplay definitely can seem toned down in comparison. Yes, steering is easier, and the trick system is much simpler to get the hang of as well. But a lot of mechanical depth is missing. Heck, once you get to point, it may actually feel somewhat "stiff" in comparison to the first (or perhaps that's me being too experienced in F-Zero leaking out). Anyway though, this is still a good game, but I feel like it was a downgrade from the first game because of how much slower this game felt. The track designs are also much better but if everything was made faster and drifting enabled (the Wheels are basically the closest we have to this), the tracks could possibly shine a lot more.
I still want them to try Sonic Riders again, and maybe use everything they learned (but really lean far more to the first in terms of gameplay and mechanics. They were easily at their smoothest there--though the modern trick system would be cool if it stayed). Or even better if an indie team could make a successor of their own.
faster doesn't always make something better. :/
this was one of my first sonic games
and one of my first racing titles
honestly its not so bad especially for a 6 year old
I know I played Sonic Riders and loved it, I still hum the main theme to this day. I never played Zero G.
Huh. I didn’t know about the directional trick thing for THIS game!
It doesn't even communicate how X rank tricks are earned that well either! I never knew about the input memory that the trick system used until today!
The Babylon Rogues are pretty cool
They need to come back out with thissss! Sonic doesn’t need a damn car racing game since this is unique on its own 🙄
Damn broh what's the song for the edit you made at the beginning? The edit and the Remix ARE AMAZING ❗️❗️💯
idk guy but i would rather to play zero gravity but here's why, that was the first riders i played and it's filled with so much nostalgia for me, and also the looks and aesthetic of the game for me it's just perfect, i played the first riders but in gameplay sometimes it doesn't feel ...right?, at least for me, it a 9/10 game don't get me wrong but zero gravity it's a 10/10, the story, the maps, the music, the everything (not the renders tho) it's majestic, i just love zero gravity so much
edit: yeah i forgot to mention, super sonic in zero gravity it's the worst lose of time ever made, you can't even play with him and feel good, super sonic in riders was better
We are so back!
real
ever since i got zero gravity over a decade ago, 100%'d everything i could etc i had no idea about the trick system AT ALL i don't think i've ever got an X rank
great video bro just subbed
Bless 🙏
that intro was perfect
Yo thank you dude!
@@GDubA I never gave this game a fair shot, im actually gonna now. Also gonna revisit the first game and watch your riders 1 video too
The first sonic riders was goated as fuck, zero gravity was such a disappointment.
mid comment tbh
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11:18 if u go on a ramp to a grind u do have to press the button twice.
I know you said you werent playing free riders. . .
But there was this whole thing that happened where someone made it playable on controller.
Just something to think about-
Fortunately, being a Mac user spares me from free riders 😌
there is also a mod called regrativified that ads the og riders mechanics and supports online play with wiimfi on your wii or Dolphin emulator
I used to play this game as a kid with my brother when we still have the Wii. It was the forth game we got. It was an enjoyable game, though we never played the first game nor Free riders. So I don't have a proper opinion on those games outside of reviews.
I had fun with the gravity mechanic as I drove across the race track finding shortcuts to beat my competitors.
Zero Gravity was my first console Sonic game. I 100%ed it as a kid and fell in love with it (before I played Riders 1 and I realized how much I was missing).
All that to say I had NO IDEA the trick system in this game had that mechanic behind it. Does the game explain it at all?
The game never tells you this in any way or even implies it. 💀
@@GDubA Yeah that checks out. In my opinion, Riders 1's biggest shortcoming is that it's really bad at explaining how good it actually is, no surprise that flaw carried over into the next game as well 💀
@@dangangalaxy9759 A true Sonic Riders moment
@@dangangalaxy9759 Riders never really figured out good communication.
This was a great video. I feel like I’m the only one that likes ZG so to see other people like it is great.
Hey thanks man!
14:40 my favorite part of the video 😂 i heavily agree
i have only played this game, but i played it sooo much as a kid honestly its a really good game and has quite literly the best options theme in existence, not the best menu theme (that one goes to one piece grand adventure). But man all the songs are soo great and the final boss is pretty cool too (just for having a final boss in a racer game alone is neat as in an actual fight sorta)
It threw me off on how the Extreme Gears look in Zero Gravity when I first played it. It has a more blobby look compared to the more sharper look in Riders 1. I wasn’t a fan of the way they look in Zero Gravity, but the fact that you can transform and upgrade your gear with a certain amount of rings whenever you want mid race is super cool. So the blobby looking gears grew on me.
good point. I'm not exactly a big fan of the gear in ZG visually, but the transforming is like super dope.
i will never forget getting this game as a kid so hype off of the first game and when i first played this i was so disappointed 😭
I'll do with Free Riders what I did with Zero Gravity in the Riders 1 video, and I'll be honest I do like Free Riders a lot more after the No Kinect Patch release
I don't remember really well but I remember playing the original game once, and I thought it was bad, but after the No Kinect patch... I actually think the game is pretty fun
I think the level design of the tracks aren't the best of the best, especially since they were made based around the kinect controls, so the turns are really open like some in ZG and the closed curves as far as I remember don't exist (at least not a lot)
But, I still do think the tracks are fun, there are a lot of alternative paths, I love the gimmicks of the tracks like riding the Minecarts in Rocky Ridge, lifting your hands to grab into the subway in Metropolis Speedway, etc.
I also like the Gear Part mechanic in Free Riders, I think it fits well with the ZG Gear Part, it's really similar to ZG but at the same time it adds a new twist and it's really original, since in Free Riders instead of chosing a gear that has abilities and each regular gear only having one type that you have to unlock by upgrading your gear like you do in Zero Gravity, you have your ability from the start like Riders 1, and you can choose to have 2 abilities, with any character, not only Speed, Flying and Power but also extra abilties like Air Saver, Start Speed Up, Max Speed Up, Trick Boost, Rapid Dash, etc. and having it not being limited for a certain groups of characters is both really fun and interesting because you can play as your favorite character and still not be locked to their type, and can be kinda lame if you liked the system of characters having abilities because it fits certain character, like in Sonic Heroes which is where Riders 1 takes inspiration in that aspect I assume
That's it for Free Riders, I have a lot less to talk than I had to Zero Gravity, but when the game is not being held back by the Kinect Controls, it is a fun game to me and to some other people (at the time that the No Kinect Patch released a lot of people started to talk about how the level design is enjoyable after that and Free Riders became on par or their second favorite or even favorite Riders game), I do not think it's perfect, but for me it's just as fun as the other 2 games, Riders 1 will forever be my top 1, but I like the other 2 games now
I'mma need the full track for that cover of Jet's theme...
This sound track is the shxt💎💎😭
I love gravity!
Never played Zero gravity. Still I was happy with the first one even if most of my time playing was as Rouge with grind boots
I think there was like a mod or something that "fixed" free riders? Haven't looked into it myself though.
Important question did you ever sell merch
I still don't know how we got peak sonic racing twice, yet the kinect singlehandedly killed it.
Rest in peace riders sonic 🙏
Your legacy lives on in speed simulator, riders X, Riders DX, Tournament Edition, the Kinect patch, and Re-gravitified.
I encourage all of you to check them all out, hard work needs appreciation, especially from a dead franchise.
I think both the original and zg have their own strong style. One’s more urban while the other is more cyber tech in aesthetic.
What is the intro music from? I cant find that mix anywhere
Nostalgia. I loved this game.
There was a trick system in zero gravity? That's news to me, since I'd just get X rank jumps for timing it right on the edge of the ramp.
I cant blame the severe downgrading of complexity in zero gravity, because it had to be adapted to be playable on a wii remote due to the fact Nintendo was forcing their gimmicks on games in development in the wii/DS era. However, because the skeleton of the structure itself was still there in level design, modding it all back in was possible to do seamlessly, and it is godlike.
Imo, Regravitified kind of missed the point of both the OG and Zero Gravity.
I love sonic riders zero gravity!!!
I hate that many games are going open world and lazily procedurally generated. I miss my racing, tonyhawk/jetset, and hand crafted worlds.
One thing i dont like is how the character abilities are tied to the gear and not to the character... in the first one u also had gear that gave u specific ability types and when paired with a character with a different innate ability than the board u had access to both! Also the art style for zero gravity is definitely peak for sonic riders 👏🏽
Hello, quick introduction because it's my first time here.
I've been playing and beating every (and I mean every) Sonic game. I played Riders 1 and Zero Gravity for the first time last year. So I had no nostalgia going into it.
So gotta say, I'm in the majority. I played Riders 1, and was hooked. It was such an addicting game once I learned how to play it. I think I agree with your statement that Zero Gravity is the polished game, but I believe in it's ability to be more polished, it became more shallow. I love Riders 1 for being a constant mental game of risk, reward, and inevitable failure. Things can be in depth in ZG, but I never had to make more split second decisions whether I should go for another trick (and which direction), nor did I think about using boost liberally or conservatively in my current area, as in ZG, you know exactly where you always want to use your GP. That and deciding what kind of drifts you want, as you don't always want full boost drifts.
But that's just me complaining about a game being more approachable. I quite liked the constant increasing of your skill in Riders 1. I even got my friend who doesn't like Sonic to play Riders 1 with me, and he thought it was great.
Oh and, when I first played Riders 1, I was so confused why rails decided to work differently from every other game and thought it was stupid. Yeah, I kinda turned around to having more control, and another thing to mess up (or land) in a close game with someone. Complaint over.
Man I miss this game. Also BRUH, I didn’t know to get X you need to not repeat the same last 3 directions. I always varied anyway but this wasn’t explained even in the manual.
Top 10 of all my collection
It is explained in the manual, albeit very, VERY poorly.
Great video! This comes out of nowhere but what did you use to make this video? Like editing program and stuff
Yo thanks man! The stuff I used is:
Editing: Final Cut Pro & Apple Motion (both are only available on MacOS)
^also used some plugins from MotionVFX & Pixel Film Studios
Music remix for the opening: Logic Pro (also Apple only 💀)
Thumbnails: Affinity Photo 2 (on everything)
Audio recording: Final Cut’s Voiceover mode thing, using a Blue Yeti USB Microphone just on my desk lol
That’s about it, hope that helps!
@@GDubA thanks for replying!! I'm trying to start making some videos, this helps a lot!
Keep making great videos!
My absolute pleasure dude, and thank you for the very kind words. If you do end up making videos please let me know, I’d love to watch them.
4:26 I didn't think of it that way.
I loved zero gravity catch me if you can still slaps