Star Wars Racer Revenge is a DISAPPOINTING Sequel (Review) 

I pray for a podracer game that does the sport justice I want enormous gigantic tracks, good AI, a temperature, fuel and repair system

The "no respawn" feature sounds interesting on paper, but on the flip side, I get the impression that they've made accidents not really punitive anymore. In the first game, crashing into a wall would blow up your pod, and that made the races feel very brutal. In this sequel, even running straight into a wall just slows the ship down. I constantly felt like I was playing a bumper car.

This was my first ps2 game and i always likes it more than the first game on dreamcast/N64. Mainly because you can switch to the "pro style controls" so that each analoge stick resembles one engine. If you push both sticks forward you accelerate, if you push one forward and pull the other stick back, you are able to take hard turns. Definately a nice control sheme🙂

My most disappointing sequel has to go to The Getaway: Black Monday. Bland gunplay, mediocre story and forced stealth sections! Argh!

I feel the need to point out that although Sebulba's engines sound different, they also look different. It's possible they changed the sounds because the engines are meant to be an updated model.

I was sad I wasn't aware it existed till I saw how bland it looks. Child me would've be devistated having to cope with this discovery lmao

I really wish we get a Nintendo Switch port for Racer Revenge one day, as I've never played it. I have Ep. 1 Racer on the Switch port, so getting the sequel would be brilliant.

I agree with most of what you said. I love the no respawn feature, the crashes, etc. But the AI is almost lifeless and the rubber banding is crazyyyyy in this game. Also, Sebulba's pod didn't sound that off imo.

tight turns and corners isn't a flaw in this title, there is a reason the power slide mechanic was added which was never used within this footage presented in this review, smacking corners or touching walls do drastically reduced speed as a penalty. progression of your upgraded pod racer is more noticeable nearing the end of the tournament and having a lead is common as in the older title, notable differences is that your looking at a lead of 5-30 seconds instead of +1mins. watto shop getting the chomping block is a SHAME. reason being is probably bc the tracks have been cut in half, in turn less credits earned to upgrade your pod. upgrades can be downgraded at a reduced return to upgrade other mods but its not recommended. Maps are more static is this title and offer no dynamic environment dangers, reason being IMO whomever worked on this title was influence by Star Wars Podracer ARCADE controls, tucked away in the control settings both analog sticks can function like tank controls just like how a real pod racer would operate, which in turn watered down and eliminated the possibility of having Roll, Pitch and Yaw like controls assigned to the Right stick, which does absolutely NOTHING. Being able to knock out other podracers is a nice addition, notably heaver and bigger looking pods do considerately more amount of damage upon impact at the cost of being less mobile and more likely to smack into walls and vice versa with their smaller pod counterparts. End Game unlockable pod racers have a similar feel of speed to the older game which were not mentioned or played in this review, characters such as Sebulba Episode 1, Young Anakin , Watto or better yet Darth Maul and Vader. All in all the game's innovation was crippled by a gimmick

I just want someone to find all the old devs for Split/Second and give them the rights to a new podracing game. I personally think Split/Second is one of the best racing games ever. The cars felt real, way more than any NFS game but without feeling boring like in Gran Tourismo. The sound design and music was fantastic. If that dev team had made a podracing game everyone would have shit themselves.

I don't know if this is just me missing something, but I also found it was unclear exactly what the controls were. I *think* I found the repair button, but there wasn't really any indication if or when I was actually repairing, or how much difference it made. Like, I worked out which button accelerates, and how to turn, but that's really it. I played two tracks, which I won with seemingly way too much ease, and then I switched games. I never really got the feeling that there was much power behind the racers either. *I played it on a PS2 emulator for PC.

I remember the graphics looking so much better than this....

I heard that they were gonna include three courses from Coruscant and a third track from both Ryloth and Sullust. It’s bummer that they were cut. I don’t hate this game personally, I respect your views and opinions on this game. I think this is a decent enough good Podracing game, especially when special characters like Darth Maul and Watto are racers in that game. I also liked that visuals and models on the pods are overhauled, but I do agree that the Episode 1 Racer feel wasn’t there. And when you listen to the files, I don’t know where you would find them, you can tell they were gonna do a lot more with this game if it had more time in development instead of rushing it to release it on a certain time.

They made racer back-compatible for the xbox one and it's still how I remember it and enjoyed it. Never played the sequel and never knew one existed until now.

You got good points, the only positive I see here is the tracks looks better that's is all

So, regarding sound, honestly what makes the sound so good in the actual scene in TPM is the "redshift" effect on the sound. What you hear in the game is what the pilot would hear sitting behind those engines the whole race.

Sometimes you praise the derailing of pace, sometimes you curse it. Choose a side.

My vote for disappointing sequel has to go to the Force Unleashed 2. Force Unleashed was fantastic - I had it on the Wii, so it felt better than other consoles imo, because the control for attacking was actually swinging the wiimote around, and using the nunchuck to force push and such. I got FU2 on the Wii as well, but it felt awful and it was just button inputs to attack instead of motion controls, and it felt really watered down. One level is basically a corridor on Dagobah and thats it.

just randomly came across your video and what curious if you ever got the additional *Secret* racers after your playthrough? you didnt talk about them in your video so i was just curious. (Like episode 1 sebulba as an example ) not just current time one

Ahh, man it’s a shame this game turned out to be so bland. Because the first game had areas that could use some improvement. But regardless I enjoyed the review. Honestly my most disappointing game sequel is probably Sly 4. I felt it didn’t understand the tone of the series and mishandled the characters and redesigns a lot. And while Sly 1-3 had memorable villains, I remember none from 4. I could talk about that game for hours lol

While Episode 1 Racer does allow respawning, the droids will not repair any damaged parts should you crash once. I figured this out because I used to buy damaged parts and flip them after every race.

I came looking to see if others were as disappointed as I was. The original is still amazing. But I turned Revenge off after 3 races. Also didn't see my boy, Ebe Endecott

Personally, I hard disagree. After the original Battlefront 2 this is my favorite game of all time. I have hundreds if not thousands of hours in this game over my lifetime. The KO system is so cool, the first game completely lacks that added sense of fun. If you like racing more, then you'd prefer the first one. If you like more action (imo), then you'd prefer the sequel.

they don't want you to race. they want you to fight. so the rubber-banding is nuts. you're way ahead while boosting, and then another racer just teleports and "sticks" to you. Once you notice that speed doesn't matter, you start to wonder why you're even playing.

This was the second game I ever got for my PS2, and even my 12-year-old self with very low standards found it disappointing. It lacked the ludicrous sense of speed that the first one had, along with the sense of danger. You could crash into something at high speed or grind a wall all the way through a turn, and just bounce off and hold repair. The races felt less like navigating a jet-powered death machine at high speed and more like playing bumper cars with your 8 year old cousin. And you HAD to play aggressively if you wanted to max the paycheck so you could get fully upgraded. In addition, a large number of the podracers from the previous game did NOT return, including many from the original Boonta Eve race, namely: Elan Mak, Ebe Endocott, Boles Roor, & Ark Roose. Ratts Tyrell and Neva Kee did not return, but they were technically dead, so this makes a bit more sense (but so was Wan Sandage, and he came back for this sequel...). NONE of the Episode 1 Racer pods that were not featured in the movie returned, which was disappointing (Bullseye Navior, Slide Paramita, Fud Sang, Toy Dampner, Bozzie Baranta, Cy Yunga, or Jinn Reeso). Graphics looked nice for the time, and some of the new pods were cool, but that was about it. Given how popular the original game still is to this day, they really could have made something great but bungled it hard.

I really liked racer revenge 🤷

Good game. Racer 1 has more, as well as holds my nostalgic love. I still like Revenge a lot.

Played this game just now and i also easily beat it in an hour never finishing less than first. Still got my ps2 copy from back in the day but game does feel like you are not in any danger of losing. Lack of a difficulty setting and difficulty in general severely drags the game down. I give it a generous 7/10 because nostalgia.

Not a sequel to a game but if you asked me the worst game coming off a sequel was Aliens, Colonial Marines.

Was i the only one to Unlock Vader, Maul, && Skywalker final form?

There was one track late in Episode 1 where if you didn't hit the correct route, you went from 1st to last almost immediately. 2:56

Never played, but watching your footage, it looks like all the racers are going slower. Way less impact. Turning should inherently be more sharp. A podracer is basically a glorified chariot. The engines are tethered, but free floating, so, guess what if you slow the left one down compared to the right one? Physics would swing the whole vehicle to the left pretty dang quick. They should have really QA’d the controls better.

Shame really, I'm such a huge pod racing fan and wish there was more media surrounding it. This is one game I've never tried partially cause I keep forgetting it exists. I looked it up today as to maybe push myself to check it out. Found your video and....eh....think I may pass. Original game is so good. I wish the mechanics of the first game were present in the aesthetics of Revenge. Anyway, found your channel because this! Subbed! Ganna binge your videos now lol

Yeah, I don't like the sequel. Especially since I didn't get to play it until I was an adult when it came out on ps4. I'll still do a race here and there, but I favor episode 1 racer by far. However, if they did a remaster of the 2, I'd favor ep1 racer more, but I'd be ok with them adding the ep 1 hidden racers plus I don't mind the racer revenge racers being added. To spice up ep 1 racer. Especially the maul and Vader hidden racers haha.

Loved this game as a kid

I played this in 2002 when i was seven. amazing game

Danm

The modern port of the first game is free this month with Xbox Live! I just beat it today and it was _way_ better than I thought it'd be. That said, it sucks the sequel got a poor treatment. Especially since _WipEout_ is exclusive to PlayStation as well! They're the king of antigrav racing games (imo), so, why'd they'd phone it in on WipEout's home turf is beyond me.

I like Star Wars Racer Revenge

Felt the rogue squadon sequels were progressively more underwhelming. Rogue leader was a visual upgrade but worse from a game play standpoint. There were less missions of lower quality. There was no sense skill progression where skills are developed and tested over the course of the missions. Most missions are designed with only one ship in mind which reduces replayability and experimentation. The missions were overly dark, turret are hard to distinguish and hit, and the targeting computer which compensates for the visual problems activity counts against your gold medal rank teaching you not to use it. The x-wing is surprisingly a poor dog fighter as it's firing spread is wider than the tie fighter's silhouette. A lot of ties have annoying ai where they scatter if you shoot the wrong one in a squad or activity crash into you. Rebel strike is essentially the same game as rogue leader but with half the missions being bad 3rd person shooters, or walker/speeder bike missions. The flight sim missions you do get are very lacking and arguably weaker than the last game. The only really redeemable part of rebel strike is the re-creation of rogue leader as a multi player and the other multi player modes.

I'm pretty sure the speed is measured in kilometers per hour.

The first was more fun when you did the RRDUAL cheat and used two N64 controllers. What Racer Revenge did better was to incorporate the DualShock sticks as a default scheme.

Thank you for the content

I can't explane why but i think it also looks bad... the first game looked and felt way better somehow.

There is one more Star Wars racer if your interested, the forbiden "Super bombad racing"

Late to the party, but Fighting Force 2 has got to be the worst sequel I've ever experienced by a country mile. They aren't even the same genre of game.

I loved the sequel. It wasn't perfect and it was less a of a finesse focused racer, but it captured the scum & villainy element perfectly with the cheating/combat system.

Worst sequel to a game? Force Unleashed 2, the single greatest let down in Star Wars gaming

This game is great... for game journos, i suppoe

Racer Revenge is awesome

most disappointing video game sequel? Dragon Age 2 was such a huge downgrade in every aspect compared to the first. It was just a rushed game. The first one is a 9/10 in my book, maybe 10/10. The second is like a 4/10. Also, Supreme Commander 2. The first game was a grandiose RTS with an emphasis on macro-management. For the sequel, they committed to making the game more playable/accessible to those playing on console, with a controller. How? By Dumbing down everything. Subsequently, the franchise and the devs went under.

No way is Revenge a Disappointing sequel

My man…you can’t create a diss track on this game and be riding around as anakin. The point of the game is to unlock new vehicles, which becomes harder each time (most KO’s, best lap time, best race time). If the furthest unlock youve got is Sebulba, you’ve effectively completed the tutorial level, and have completed maybe 20% of the actual game. Consider learning the game and giving it a further chance-what you’ll find is as engaging and in some ways better that Episode 1 Racer.

Racer revenge was a classic. 🤦‍♂️

Disappointing Sequel: The Last of Us part 2.

Kingdom hearts 3 was ass. Bunch of fans just blind on what a bad game it was . Nobody wants to admit it. But look at the downgrade from kh2 to kh3 I wanted my money back I was so disappointed. Immediately played kh2 just to not hate it.