They really go all-out with some of the options so you can make your rider as ridiculous as you want, and seeing other players in all their freakish glory is definitely part of the fun. While you’ll be buying most of those upgrades with in-game currency, you can also spend it on cosmetic stuff to make your character match your particular style – which in my case meant dressing up in the most ridiculous costumes I could find, like an elephant in a suit, a giraffe in a tuxedo, or a dumb-looking, purple unicorn.
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The free cosmetics offer a good variety to personalize your rider without needing to spend cold hard cash as well, although if you want to use some of the particularly wacky options like making yourself look like a creepy scarecrow you will need to pay for it. New sporting equipment and XP must be earned through in-game effort, which means there’s not really anything here to worry about. Like many online service games, Riders Republic features microtransactions, but so far it thankfully limits what you can buy with real money to purely cosmetic items. Therefore, leveling up and gaining new gear becomes a high priority and an addictive part of a sandbox that already gives you dozens of reasons to keep racing. Getting new gear is essential to be competitive in the most contentious activities and while it's certainly possible to compete with subpar gear, those who have grinded (literally and figuratively) for better gear have an incredible advantage. A rocket wingsuit with higher stats will make it easier for you to turn and use your rocket boost for longer, while a better snowboard might make you faster in deep snow that would normally slow you down. To help you pass some of Riders Republic’s more challenging undertakings, you’ll unlock new gear as you progress that’ll make the going much easier. That’s fine, but not as exciting as I’d hoped from a game that’s constantly shoving its over-the-top qualities in your face.
Instead of doing something crazy like Forza Horizon’s Showcases, Riders Republic uses these activities as a sort of skill check to confirm you’ve gained enough loot and improved your skill enough to advance to the next bracket of challenges. Unfortunately, these don’t particularly live up to their name, in that they basically just feel like slightly longer versions of the standard events. This bizarre mishmashing of real-world locations and impossibly diverse biomes all welded together is not only an awesome sight to behold, it makes one map feel like several, each with their own notable features, colorful landscapes, and wildly different paths to bomb down.Įventually you’ll level up enough to gain access to more difficult activities, including Big Events and Boss Events.
Interestingly, the map takes seven real-world national parks and 45 actual landmarks and smashes them all together into one massive location, where the snowy Grand Teton Summit can sit comfortably next to the rocky Angel Arch. The map is also downright loaded with other things to do as well, whether it’s collectibles to hunt for, lovely sights to see, or organic events to discover like hidden stunt activities – some of which ask you to complete insane task like clearing an impossibly large gap or riding a tiny steel beam across a canyon. With so much to do, I never felt burnt out with enough of Riders Republic to put it down for very long, and that’s an impressive feat considering how easy it usually is to bore me. For example, after beating my head against a wall in a particularly challenging rocket wingsuit race, I took a break to play some snowboard trick contests and felt like I’d jumped into an entirely different game. Mastering each course as I earned better gear, leveled up each of my extreme sport careers, and unlocked even more contests was consistently satisfying, and the incredible amount of things to do meant that loop never got stale.
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But you’ll also need to master your showoff skills in stunt contests where the key to success is pulling off tricks and grinding on rails to rack up points in the style of other arcade sports games like Tony Hawk's Pro Skater. Races make speed the name of the game, and they can be some seriously tense competitions that put your reflexes and guts to the test as you shred downhill, fly over gaps, and dodge obstacles.
The events you’ll be using them in can be just as varied, throwing you down dozens of mountainsides with plenty of different goals to shake things up.
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