After 30-plus years, the Namco arcade recreation has rolled onto Nintendo techniques. Is Arcade Archives 2 Rave Racer price $16.99 ($14.99 for the unique Swap) or was it greatest skilled a couple of quarters at a time?
Funnily sufficient, though I performed the unique deluxe model of Ridge Racer again within the day, I don’t ever recall seeing Rave Racer within the arcades. In reality, I assumed that Rage Racer on the PlayStation was an expanded model of the 1995 arcade recreation. In my protection, Rave Racer had been introduced for a PS1 launch earlier than Rage Racer was produced as an alternative. Each share some aesthetic and gameplay concepts. Come to think about it, Rage Racer could be a terrific launch for Hamster’s Console Archives collection. Anyway, the extra you already know.
The early Ridge Racer video games had been much less about new content material and extra about refining present content material, and the identical might be argued on this case. There are solely 4 programs, and half of them are repeats. To be clear, all of the programs (outdated and new) are enjoyable, however they should hook you in such a manner that you just’ll wish to grasp them. (Two-player mode can solely maintain curiosity for thus lengthy.) It’s a quality-over-quantity situation, and with the recycled content material, the standard does undergo barely.
That mentioned, the method remains to be a winner, and it didn’t take lengthy earlier than I used to be having fun with drifting round corners like an adolescent trying to bum a experience to the mall. The “extra exhilarating drift management” marketed feels subtly totally different from most Ridge Racer video games I’ve performed, nevertheless it’s a problem for me to articulate precisely why that’s. Talking of problem, I discover Rave Racer fairly powerful total. Whether or not that issue stems from the sport itself or just my lack of familiarity with this entry is debatable; I believe it’s a combination of each, a mix that can hold me popping digital quarters.
Whereas the sport appears to be like like a Ridge Racer title (albeit much less colourful, for higher or worse), I’m extra thinking about speaking concerning the music. Particularly, I’m undecided what to make of this recreation’s soundtrack. The tunes are in every single place. Generally, even the identical single observe can sound like a hodgepodge of concepts. Is it good? Is it unhealthy? Is it each? It’s noteworthy in any case. Take a look at this footage to get an concept of what I imply.
As a fan of the Ridge Racer collection, I’m blissful so as to add Rave Racer to my assortment. It’s a difficult recreation that ought to hold me returning as I goal to shave seconds off my greatest time. I like to recommend it to fellow followers, whereas these much less invested within the collection ought to in all probability wishlist it for a future sale.
