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 Available: Out Now!
Released on: Wii, DS, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Played on: Xbox 360
Age Rating: 7+
Publisher: SEGA
Developer: Sumo Digital
Sega and indeed Sonic Team have tried a few times before to deliver a racing experience to fans of Sonic, looking back there’s Sonic Drift 1 & 2 as well as the well known Sonic R on the Sega Saturn. They were great to play in their own right but the experience was always cut short one way or another and only in Sonic Drift did we actually drive vehicles. Now we have Sonic & Sega All Stars Racing (ASR) following on from Sumo Digitals successful Sega All Stars Tennis released a couple of years ago and surprise! they’ve also been developing this title too.
Before I even begin reviewing ASR, I’m going to address the ‘Mario Kart’ issue. Mario Kart has created this benchmark for other kart racing games ever since it was released back on the SNES all that time ago. Since other Sonic kart racing games have been released they’re been compared to Mario Kart in some respects; that’s largely because in our heads Mario & Sonic are old school rivals and every time a Sonic racing game comes out it’s a reflex to compare them side by side it would seem. But it’s somewhat inevitable that these games are going to feature quite a lot of similar elements such as a wide variety of tracks, characters, vehicles and so on. Quite frankly what matters to me and should matter to most of you is how the game plays – so for the love of god enjoy it as its own game then pass on your own judgement. With that out of the way, onwards we go.
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