Gamer Alex focuses on the gaming genres of arcade racers and vehicular combat. You can find discussion, and opinionated based videos for teen and adult fans of these genres. When sparks fly, mayhem is coming!
I played Carmageddon 2 back in the day and hated it. Ramming other cars means slowing down or coming to a halt; why would I enjoy that in racing game? And why would I want to play a racing game where you can lose after coming in first? Then I played Wipeout and loved it except for the weapons. Having weapons means that you can be shot in the back and lose progress whenever the game feels like it. Again, how is that fun? I also tried various kart games and found all of them to be dreadful. Never in my life have I played a "kart" game (actual kart racing games are a different story) where driving was rewarding or gave a good sense of speed, and the weapons just make them even worse. I find them absolutely worthless as anything other than casual party games. I don't consider Burnout a combat game; it is a racing game with a flashy mechanic on top that barely detracts from the races, as you lose very little speed and don't really have to worry about getting destroyed yourself out of nowhere. Wreckfest was popular because of the damage model and the circumstances behind its development, not because slowly backing up into other cars for 5 minutes is engaging gameplay. The pure destruction derby events were a novelty that was there as something to try between racing events, to show off all the ways the cars could come apart.
We simply don't get any arcade racers anymore. Onrush was so much fun, MotorStorm. Nothing like those games out anymore. And don't even get me started on car combat. Nothing on the market is out for the genre. Twisted Metal or Vigilante 8 need a solid reboot.
flatout ultimate carnage and wreckfest are so far the best racing games i ever played they care for the crash physics and they dont make bullshit like most racing games where a crash doesnt leave any mark which its stupid
Ridge Racer Unbounded felt more like Asphalt instead of Burnout. In some Asphalt games (like 6: Adrenaline, 7: Heat and 9: Legends), you can destroy rivals with just a tap through adrenaline/shockwave mode by activating nitrous when it's filled entirely. Burnout requires an object or solid wall in order to destroy rivals
I just love the physical vehicular combat, without weapons, games in the kind of burnout, flat out and even gekkikotsu yonku battle from nes have my heart. I miss those games. i hate need for speed hot pursuit 2010, need for speed for me is most wanted, carbon and underground, that entry was an absurd"
That makes me feel that Ridge Racer Unbounded is I like called “Cars 2 of racing video games” where game decide make totally radical and different from what established games are known for which resulted the severe backlash from Hardcore and casual fans who were felt being tricked and backstabbed.
This game almost sent Bugbear Entertainment into bankruptcy. An article about Wreckfest on Finland's main newspaper Helsingin Sanomat (I live in Finland) revealed that, at some point, Namco Bandai stopped paying Bugbear after RRU's failure and they had to wait until the release of Wreckfest to get back on track.
This game was such an abomination. Sucks because the dev wasn't bad and Ridge Racer games used to be great, but everything about this game just operated off the wrong ideas. I agree that it should have never been called Ridge Racer, and I don't consider it to be a part of that franchise either. It's probably one of the worst Burnout clones of it's era. I don't think I liked anything about it.
RRU was a game many slept over from. As an arcade racer, it was very funand I do recommend everyone to give it a try. The game usually goes very cheap on Steam. While sure, it's different from the other RR games, that really never bothered me as I wanted to play a new arcade racing game, no matter what it is. This game, Blur, and Split/Second were the highlights of great early 2010 era Arcade Racing games that all three sadly didn't do quite well as realism and simulation had become more and more popular. This game gives me nothing but great memories and I still play it this day! Sunch an underrated gem!
@@GamerAlexVideos i got that feeling, but i need rewatch to point exact things. One thing i can say now, boositing when cornering is a thing in this game.
In my opinion, this game is what FlatOut 3 should've been, with some tweakings on the issues mentioned especially car combat and the general physics. The cars themselves are the reason why I somehow liked this game, and it's visuals
I have played this game 3 years ago and it was awesome. But unfortunately. Yeah they killed it. PS: If you're asking me. No. I'm not spoiling it as spoiler alert. I'm just sharing my experience.
Oh man, the Split Second cars are just :chef's kiss: gorgeous, to say the least. Especially Ryback Mohawk & Cobretti Slipstream, those are my all-time favorites from the game. Yeah... this game is bloody fantastic if you ask me.
I 100%-d GRD (2019) recently (excluding some 'Do 500 X' career milestones), and good god this game is FANTASTIC! Stunning visuals, excellent career, great car list, and brilliant engaging (and actually fun to drive) physics & handling, I never expected it to be THAT good. Tbh it even feels better than Legends which always felt to me a bit off, and when compared to GRID (2019) Grid Legends is just... boring, and dull with its lackluster car physics, and somewhat bland chase camera. Despite GL is obviously a better looking game visually, I still prefer the more gritty stylized look of GRID (2019).
Since this is a Bugbear game, keeping the Split Second 2 name would've received way better, instead of making the IP situation worse by poisoning the RR brand lmao
Ridge Racer Unbounded is kinda similar with NFS Most Wanted 2012 case, the main problem is their NAME, it shouldn't be named as Ridge Racer in the first place whatever the reason is, Ridge Racer is the racing games about fast pace racing and drift fast In the corner and Unbounded was radically changed the game into Burnout-ish vehicular combat games and those made the core fans was pissed off Same case with Most Wanted 2012, people though that MW2012 will be the direct sequel to MW 2005 and Carbon but it turns out that it was a entire different game, and also the entire vibe of the game wasn't even supporting what NFS Most Wanted should be despite MW 2012 is not really a bad game
I have never played this game before, but hearing that it has weak car combat and physics is kinda shocking for a Bugbear game. They're usually pros when it comes to those. Do you think this game would have been better if it was its own thing and didn't have the Ridge Racer name slapped on it?
IMO, Ridge Racer Unbounded wasnt that bad, at least I can design hundreds of tracks and give it a major makeover in Advanced editor. I made hundreds of Ridge Racer Unbounded videos to show the amount of destruction in the game.
Great video, mate. 100% is not ridge racer and they should’ve dumped that part of the title immediately. “Unbounded” would have been just fine as a title. And if they just more time refining the boost and physics it could have been a burnout killer!
this is my comment before watching the video, RRU was a game i played as a kid only because it's disc was on the market discount that day, i had great fun playing it, and ofc i still recognize the game, but it didn't leave an impact like the big games you expect would do, not same impact as Grid or early NFS games for example, even 'Split Second' left a bigger impact lol
Also. The hero cars were locked forever due to as a Pre Order bonus like Classic Kamata Fiera(RR1), Assoluto Bisonte(R4), and Kamata RC410(RR7) and bugbear doesn't know about the name of the hero cars it's just naming the cars as the title of the game like calling Kiryu as John "Yakuza". Also the engine sound of my favorite Ridge Racer hero, Kamata RC410 sounds awful it doesn't sound like a R35 engine. It kinda sounds like an AE86(just because the car is white and has carbon hood. Doesn't mean it's Takumi's AE86). The Classic Fiera's livery isn't accurate to its RR1 version since the hood is just a tekken logo instead of the F/A racing logo. Speaking of takedown mechanic. Bugbear making the takedown mechanic is like they're watching the takedown mechanics from Asphalt Series and say "That's Rad!". The girl, Kara Shindo is so boring to me and not as good as reiko nagase and ai fukami (idk if Rena and Gina counts). If namco wants to make a Ridge Racer combat game. Just make it to look like Ace Combat but with cars and rename it to "Ridge Combat" just like how Sega Mashed up Ryu Ga Gotoku with The house of the dead.
As much as I really liked this game at its prime, it’s died down significantly for me. It feels like it tried too hard to be a Burnout clone. The Takedowns (or Frags) were the ultimate dead giveaway as the cutscenes take decades to go back to the gameplay, and the car combat being jank to hell. It’s almost close to Dangerous Driving, but I can’t even be bothered to express how shitty that game’s car combat is. The only minor positive criticism I can give this game is the track customization is fine, but it’s not like you can make your own designs like Hot Wheels Unleashed, where you have much more creative freedom. I’d say Wreckreation could top it, but given the latest trailer for it, I can’t say for sure if the customization is top notch, but it looks much more creatively free than Ridge Racer Unbounded. Overall, this game is not the greatest and failed miserably on all fronts.
I like the game. But the actual ridge racer games feel more focused and therefor had more identity and better execution. To me this one is fun but leans more towards middling then a top tier racer of its time.
If it were not branded as a Ridge Racer mainline game but as a spinoff like R: Racing Revolution, I'm sure it wouldn't be as memed on. I still like the game because the OG Flatout developers were behind it.
Random fun fact: Not really related to RRU but before RRU, Bugbear were working on another game called Crash Club which had a similar aesthetic to RRU, but has nothing to do with RRU according to the devs I've contacted.
I really liked your succinct analysis and presentation style but I feel you don't need to give a quick summary of each sub-chapter like in a real essay. I can even hear how your voice sound much less enthisuastic in those parts.
It would seem weird to me to just end a section without a summary, especially on how I structure a lot of my videos. I've tried it when writing, and it doesn't feel right to me.
8:08 Also what's literally surprising is that Dangerous Driving also partially inherited Burnout 1 and 2's boost chain mechanic with that of Burnout 3's takedown mechanic and combining into one. Then Burnout Dominator and Paradise lets you doing boost chains while taking down opponents simultaneously...
This game seems probably nothing more than Ridge Racer but they have partially rehashed Flatout's game mechanics and also borrowing some ideas from Burnout games and whether the rest is still retained or mostly not at all. And the sense of drifting is literally almost gone and idk why Bandai Namco still want to market this game as an Ridge Racer title...
@@cap.meruwkateklimana8321 I agree with that indeed and they shouldn't think outside the box and now because they made a mistake, now Ridge Racer is literally done. And since then there were no other new Ridge Racer games. I hope Bandai Namco changed their mind if they're going to do a new Ridge Racer game but it should be better.
sadly what this is another console exclusive _almost any pretty impression games what pretended to become a cult loose this chanse because wasn't PC version_
What's sad is, I actually love this game. I would've wanted more like this. *BUT* I didn't want this to be under Ridge Racer..... I feel like it was titled Ridge Racer due to it would catch peoples eyes for namesake. But it did the exact opposite, sometimes bold spin offs in namesake work (Take Need For Speed, the franchise blew up when it went Underground racing.) This was just a very failed gamble, but I'm probably one of the few that still enjoy the game.
It actually looks really fun too. I see it go on sale for bargain bin prices like 2 bucks. Though, I still understand the frustration and anger behind the fans. Bandai had a hard time understanding their own IPs at the time. We saw the same thing with Ace Combat "Assault Horizon". I don't hate that game either but I played through it recently and the game does its BEST to try and make you hate it.
