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Fast-paced action and plenty of challenge make for a really fun title. [Jan 2007, p.72]
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Fast and furious and good old-fashioned Sonic fun, for all its faults. It looks splendid, too, with perspective changes and all manner of background detail. [Christmas 2006, p.58]
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74It mixes snazzy visuals with a good sense of speed, so there's little doubt hardcore Sonic fans will find a lot to like. Plus, it has a rewarding multiplayer mode and wager system, which only adds to the experience.
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72Sonic Rivals runs a fairly solid race, but it's running in circles around a limited amount of content.
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70Sonic Rivals still stands head and shoulders over other recent efforts in the franchise - and, indeed, over many other recent PSP titles - simply because the game at the heart of it all is downright fun.
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70As the name suggests, Rivals plays well against a friend. Racing the computer is cool, but costing your bud the race with a last-minute cheap shot is a whole lot better.
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70Outside of the odd frustrating stage, the only criticism I have of Sonic Rivals is its brevity.
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70Sonic Rivals focuses on the speed of Sonic, there is never a dull moment.
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70Holding right on the D-pad just gets boring before long. And why's Sonic gone and got all rude? [Issue #147, p.82]
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70Sonic Rivals feels a little like a mini-game to a bigger game. We expected more content than this. The cards are utterly useless in their attempt to milk replay out of the title, and seemed thrown in at the last minute.
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70A fun but shallow game. The graphics and speed-based level design are great, but the game's short length and lack of truly compelling replay value are cause for hesitation.
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69Sonic Rivals keeps it simple and offers plenty of high-speed thrills, though it also has its share of frustrating moments.
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69Take one part Sonic, add in one part racing, mix with two parts cheap deaths, and you've got Sonic Rivals. Fans may like it but I think most should steer clear.
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The base gameplay is decent, although the inclusion of power-up attacks and platforming obstacles only serves to muddle the experience, making success feel more like a matter of blind luck than skill.
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Unfortunately, it brings little to the table beyond sheer speed and smacks soundly of the "battle" mode we spent many a day playing back in the Sonic The Hedgehog 2 era.
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Often good fun, but the fudged Rivals idea kicks the purity of standard Sonic quare in the onions. [Christmas 2006, p.91]
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65The game is easy to pick up and great to look at, but there's little to it.
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A series of unlockable wardrobe items do little to massage the questionable value for money factor of what is ultimately a short game that puts an interesting, er, 'spin', on the classic Sonic gameplay, yet fails to live up to such past successes.
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60You could do far worse than invest in a copy of Sonic Rivals, and a nice foundation has been laid for a sequel to eradicate the cracks present here. [Jan 2007, p.99]
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60Sega tries to breathe new life into the stale Sonic franchise with this racer, but sadly forgot to rev up the overly simplistic gameplay and slim selection of modes and characters.
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60It's a blast in short bursts with buddies, but otherwise gets old fast. [Jan. 2007, p.86]
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Once the glow of nostalgia has faded, the fact that the gameplay is predictable and unfair can't be ignored. Disappointing. [Christmas 2006, p.101]
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50Sonic Rivals pulls it together pretty well, but the game feels more like a mini-game than a fully fleshed out product. Overall, Sonic Rivals is unfortunately too short, and the concept is too simple, to hold the interest of most gamers for very long.
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It's like an old-school Sonic game minus anything that made those games good. [Jan. 2007, p.106]
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Welcome to Sonic Hell, where it feels like you're stuck in Rome and some gladiator prisoner that is being forced to compete mercilessly non-stop with other combatants. [Jan. 2007, p.91]
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LatoyaS.10I love this game! It has much replay value. You get to collect cards and use them to get speciasl stuff. This is my favorite Sonic game of all time!
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RafaelS.8The game is really fun and multiplayer is spectacular but can be annoying at times.