Its not like other games I have played where they give you pretty much everything and you just have to come first place. I liked the whole updating your hardware and paint jobs and skills. Also water based game are very few and far between especially now on the current gen consoles. This game felt more like a updated version of an N64 title with better graphics, It is a super easy to learn game and it actually is quite fun. There is 2-6 player split screen support which is nice but couldn’t be tested for this review due to a lack of enough controllers and willing friends… There’s no incentive though as the rewards for setting records or beating them is a mere pittance compared to the campaign. The only way they can regain first place is by grinding their way to an even better hydro jet and taking it back. Despite having a crap run, having a more expensive hydro jet means you will beat your friend. Rather than supporting online multiplayer, Riptide GP 2 allows you to compete against your friend’s ghost data and compete for leaderboard supremacy. This feeling of a lack of reward for skill is highlighted in the game’s “VR challenges”. Here is where the grind becomes tedious as being forced to repeat challenges already won provides no enjoyment and feels like nothing more than artificially padding out the game’s length. After destroying the CPU for a while, the game will arbitrarily decide that it’s time to invest in new hardware, as AI once again outpaces you as well as doing whatever it can to bash you out of your racing line, costing you valuable money.
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Grinding early levels are strongly encouraged to rake in enough cash to upgrade your starter hydro jet as well as earn enough skill points to buy perks and new stunts.Ĭombining the improved stats with these better but riskier stunts lets you take advantage of the boost function that will shred the opposition up until the half way point of the game. You’ll lose races early on due to the AI being statistically better rather than being punished for mistakes. Handling is solid thanks to responsive controls, mechanically the game works as well as it needs to.
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There’s also standard elimination, freestyle and time trial challenges which helps keep the flow of the game’s progression modestly entertaining but there’s nothing original or interesting to hook you. Taking control of your first hydro jet, you race through a dozen tracks against the AI as you earn rating stars, cash and XP to upgrade your ride as well as buy new ones. Vector Unit (who made Hydro Thunder Hurricane on Xbox 360) want to bring that feeling to Xbox One with Riptide GP 2 but it isn’t the smoothest of rides. Classics like Hydro Thunder and Wave Race brought great action and the unpredictable nature of the ocean that added a much needed dose of variety to racing games. One genre that has been dormant for too long is the arcade water-based racing game.
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