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Not only can you enter racing events for these sports, but time trials, challenges, Free For Alls and the occasional 64-player events called Mass Races. If there’s one thing Riders Republic has going for it, it’s variety.
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If you’re looking for the realism that games like Dirt Rally 2.0 offer to the genre however, you might want to look elsewhere. The controls feel safe and arcade-y, allowing you to easily pick each sport up without much trouble. Each sport brings something new to the table, and they feel different enough from each other that you can just hop from one activity to the next without fatigue. Snowboarding events are more about pulling off trick combos than they are about racing, while jetpacking is all about getting through aerial hoops as fast as possible. I came in expecting some of these sports to feel less fun than the others, but the truth is that they all feel pretty fun to play. Races across all these different sports often happen concurrently across the open world, resulting in some pretty spectacular races where teams are snowboarding off peaks as jetpackers soar past. Riders Republic has five main extreme sports events to partake in: biking, snowboarding, skiing, wingsuit flying and jetpacking. If you really hate jetpacking, you can mostly avoid those events and stick to whichever sport you’re more comfortable with - and still end up progressing at a satisfying rate. There are a colourful variety of races to partake in, scattered across a variety of environments. One of my favourite things about this game is that you can progress in any direction you’d like.
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Each completed activity earns you stars, which act as your main level of progression to unlock new races and gear.
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Fortunately, your interactions with them are minimal - even if they do shout at you from the main menu way too often during these early hours.Īfter going through a few tutorial races, you’re let loose in an absolutely massive open world full of activities and competitions to take part in. The story is nothing to shout about unfortunately, thanks to a flimsy main cast of surfer bro personalities who collectively justify the creation of the ‘Skip Cutscene’ button. The first few hours take you on a tour through the game’s hub area, Riders Ridge, where players gather to take on tutorials and different game modes. Like most sports games, you play as a new athlete entering the arena of extreme sports with plenty of ambition to spare. This time however, the implementation of these different activities feels much more seamless, without robbing each sport of its identity. If you’ve ever played Steep, you’ll notice some immediate similarities: both games mash together different disciplines of extreme sports for multiplayer competitions, such as biking, snowboarding and wingsuiting. Riders Republic comes from studio Ubisoft Annecy, who previously developed the winter sports game Steep. How is jetpacking not an Olympic sport yet? Like those other games however, it comes with its fair share of issues. Ubisoft’s recent sequels have begun to feel emblematic of a creative well run dry, but the debut of Riders Republic proves that this company can still put out fun games that feel fresh and addictive to play. This game acts as a collection of various different sports events - from cycling to skiing - that unfold in a living world where players compete in races at breakneck speeds, and watching someone soaring over you with a jetpack while you cycle down a hill is just another Tuesday. Riders Republic feels like a throwback to the old PlayStation 2 era of sports games, where realistic gameplay held much less mainstream appeal than loud music, hyperactive energy and a bombastic tone. Note: This review was first published on 29 November 2021. Ubisoft's Riders Republic is a fun and chaotic multiplayer sports game