Metachronos overall score = 4.9 / 10
Positive
# Goes fast at times
# Slingshot turns are interesting
Negative
# Super short
# The story is bad even by Sonic standards
# Not particularly worth replaying
# Tilt controls are awful
# Even the ps2 version is this bad
No: In Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity, it still doesn't make sense that Sonic the Hedgehog would need to race upon a hoverboard. That's like Cyclops from the X-Men buying a laser gun, or Iceman a snow cone. And even though there are a couple of speedy thrills, with only a two-hour campaign, overbearing plot, and lame course design, you need this hoverboard racer about as much as Wolverine needs a new set of Ginsu knives.
The graphics are mostly fine, and in a couple of spots, the game manages to convey a real sense of speed. The sounds aren't bad, either. Some of the music is catchy, and it's nice that the characters talk smack every time you pass a rival. Still, the game's overall lack of content makes it one of the last things you'd want to spend 40 bucks on. Even though it manages to capture the occasional burst of Sonic speed, there isn't enough content in Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity to keep you entertained for more than two or three laps.
Subject: Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity 
Sat Jan 19, 2008 1:25 am
