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Team sonic racing reviews1/3/2023 Each of the 15 playable characters are a part of a 3-character team. The main gimmick behind Sega’s new racer is its team mechanic. Thankfully, despite the alleged downgrade, Team Sonic Racing is a fun kart racer, but not without its flaws. Instead of utilizing Sega’s prolific history, Sumo Digital opted to focus only on Sonic and his immediate universe. The latter finally received a sequel seven years later in Team Sonic Racing. From the mediocre Sonic R, the chaotic Sonic Riders, and to the genuinely fun Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed, the hedgehog raced on a variety of vehicles over the years. That doesn’t mean you can’t still have fun with it, and there are some interesting new ideas, but in the race to win gamers’ hearts this struggles to even get on the podium.Sonic the Hedgehog has a rather interesting history with the racing genre. Team Sonic Racing is not only a poor man’s Mario Kart, it’s a poor man’s Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing. Apart from the driving itself Team Sonic Racing is a backwards step in almost every regard, and all for no obvious gain – other than presumably little kids don’t know what Golden Axe or Shenmue are. That goes for the characters as well, not to mention the transforming kart gimmick from Transformed. This is all a particular shame because the previous two games had stages based around other Sega franchises, which made them all seem much more distinctive. In Team Sonic Racing they quickly start repeating and you’re left trying to remember whether this is a new one or one you’ve seen before. Mario Kart’s Grand Prix races may be unimaginatively structured but at least you know you’re getting four different courses in each one. The level design suffers similarly, as while each one is inspired by elements of famous Sonic games and stages too much of it is just generic roadways or biomes that would appear in any game no matter the branding – from snow to desert. Metro GameCentral Video Games Top 20 of 2021 – from Metroid Dread to Halo Infinite
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