If you are wondering why some clips have the Shindo Racing cars using the orange boost (which can takedown racers and go through buildings), this is footage from custom events I made. You can make Domination Race events, and use the Shindo Race cars instead.
Alex, I have played the ridge racer unbounded in my childhood and was addicted to it no matter what. Until now I've found out in your video what went wrong with it.
That was exactly what I did, in order to reconfigure the shindo vehicles to smash through targets and perform takedowns too. I made lots of Unbounded videos about it.
What's sad is, I actually love this game. I would've wanted more like this. *BUT* I didn't want this to be under Ridge Racer..... I feel like it was titled Ridge Racer due to it would catch peoples eyes for namesake. But it did the exact opposite, sometimes bold spin offs in namesake work (Take Need For Speed, the franchise blew up when it went Underground racing.) This was just a very failed gamble, but I'm probably one of the few that still enjoy the game.
It actually looks really fun too. I see it go on sale for bargain bin prices like 2 bucks. Though, I still understand the frustration and anger behind the fans. Bandai had a hard time understanding their own IPs at the time. We saw the same thing with Ace Combat "Assault Horizon". I don't hate that game either but I played through it recently and the game does its BEST to try and make you hate it.
@@Swattii Yeah, I still play it to this day. The game is really fun, and every car feels unique, which is something you can't say of many other arcade racers. I could literally make a video on why it is underrated (in my opinion)
Unbounded's track editor feature is easily the best thing about this game and I've had a blast playing custom Frag Attack events on some tracks I made 💥Combined with ability to edit destructible props, shortcuts and satisfying crashes (thanks to Bugbear's expertise no doubt), it's just fun! Sure it's not a good *Ridge Racer* game, but it's still a fantastic destructive racer worthy of being compared to the likes of Burnout Revenge and FlatOut Ultimate Carnage instead. I'm sure it would've had a better reception if it wasn't marketed as a Ridge Racer game. (Even though i had a guilty pleasure of racing DLC cars from past Ridge Racer games in my custom events. I guess I just enjoy the novelty of seeing them with damage-models)
I totally agree - just played this game on Steam Deck this week as I’ve been looking for something to scratch my unbearable Burnout / Split Second itch, and had an absolutely blast with it.
If it were not branded as a Ridge Racer mainline game but as a spinoff like R: Racing Revolution, I'm sure it wouldn't be as memed on. I still like the game because the OG Flatout developers were behind it.
Random fun fact: Not really related to RRU but before RRU, Bugbear were working on another game called Crash Club which had a similar aesthetic to RRU, but has nothing to do with RRU according to the devs I've contacted.
@@ReplikaHyde Last I checked on their Twitter page months ago, Bugbear are in the middle of making their next game, I think... Wreckfest 2? Or Unbounded 2?? 👀Either way, the racing genre needs more destructive racers like these 💥
But at least you're better off playing this than Flatout 3 (and Ridge Racer Vita kinda) Edit: The worst thing about this game is that Bugbear temporarily moved their popular Flatout series to the Flatout 3 creators(Team 6) while developing Ridge Racer Unbounded, which is a big mistake for Bugbear than calling Unbounded a Ridge Racer game. (At least they still cared about the Flatout series by updating the Ultimate Carnage Steam Port to make it playable without any access key)
Honestly, I like the art style that Unbounded wants to bring, I like the destroyed effects and dark city atmosphere of Shatter Bay in this game, but it's a shame that they had to change almost all the characteristics of Ridge Racer's gameplay in Unbounded which I think they shouldn't have had to do. Imagine Unbounded but with gameplay mechanics like Ridge Racer 7, I would be the number one loyal fan of that game lol
IMO, Ridge Racer Unbounded wasnt that bad, at least I can design hundreds of tracks and give it a major makeover in Advanced editor. I made hundreds of Ridge Racer Unbounded videos to show the amount of destruction in the game.
Ridge Racer Unbounded is kinda similar with NFS Most Wanted 2012 case, the main problem is their NAME, it shouldn't be named as Ridge Racer in the first place whatever the reason is, Ridge Racer is the racing games about fast pace racing and drift fast In the corner and Unbounded was radically changed the game into Burnout-ish vehicular combat games and those made the core fans was pissed off Same case with Most Wanted 2012, people though that MW2012 will be the direct sequel to MW 2005 and Carbon but it turns out that it was a entire different game, and also the entire vibe of the game wasn't even supporting what NFS Most Wanted should be despite MW 2012 is not really a bad game
this is my comment before watching the video, RRU was a game i played as a kid only because it's disc was on the market discount that day, i had great fun playing it, and ofc i still recognize the game, but it didn't leave an impact like the big games you expect would do, not same impact as Grid or early NFS games for example, even 'Split Second' left a bigger impact lol
There were already games with similar mechanics and vehicular combat like Blur and Split Second. If Namco named this game anything else other than Ridge Racer (which it was not); it might've been successful. With the Ridge Racer name, this game was thought by fans of the franchise to be another fun arcade racer (which it was not). If it was called Race Combat Unbounded or anything else, it might've been successful.
8:08 Also what's literally surprising is that Dangerous Driving also partially inherited Burnout 1 and 2's boost chain mechanic with that of Burnout 3's takedown mechanic and combining into one. Then Burnout Dominator and Paradise lets you doing boost chains while taking down opponents simultaneously...
I really liked your succinct analysis and presentation style but I feel you don't need to give a quick summary of each sub-chapter like in a real essay. I can even hear how your voice sound much less enthisuastic in those parts.
It would seem weird to me to just end a section without a summary, especially on how I structure a lot of my videos. I've tried it when writing, and it doesn't feel right to me.
Blur and Split/second shouldn't had been released at the same time as the other games during the month of may 2010, if they have been released in fall 2010, those would be a hit stomping other games in the process
RRU was a game many slept over from. As an arcade racer, it was very funand I do recommend everyone to give it a try. The game usually goes very cheap on Steam. While sure, it's different from the other RR games, that really never bothered me as I wanted to play a new arcade racing game, no matter what it is. This game, Blur, and Split/Second were the highlights of great early 2010 era Arcade Racing games that all three sadly didn't do quite well as realism and simulation had become more and more popular. This game gives me nothing but great memories and I still play it this day! Sunch an underrated gem!
I still play it to this day too! Even though I can see where Alex is coming from, I personally disagree with most of his gripes - except for the fact that it doesn't feel like a "Ridge Racer" game.
Although I agree to all your points raised, the biggest mistake was certainly badging it as Ridge Racer. Having played Flatout 2 last year, it did remind me quite a bit of it. There is a surprising amount of fun to be had. Drifting is more of a thing where you keep your vehicle nearly parallel to the wall you hit, which makes you bounce off that little bit faster. It doesn't make much sense, but it works with the atmosphere they create. It would make sense to drive that way and it is rewarded. This way, the drifts are far more manageable. A weird thing to do, but works. Completely antagonistic to Ridge Racer as a brand, but that's basdically true for everything that that game does. If you would've tried to design a game deliberately to be to polar opposite to Ridge Racer you wouldn't have come this far. The other thing is more on the vehicular combat - similar to Flatout 2 - in later races it was less of destroying your opponents, but strategically taking the one or other out when the opportunity arises. If you keep to that, Unbounded seems fine. Sure, it all has to come together to flow well, but I'm surprised that it offers quite a nice challenge, an interesting take on rough racing without going full on to destroy everyone. Overall it's amazing to see the response from Namco, I didn't know that. It shows a complete lack of understanding what Ridge Racer ever stood for. Reiko would smile warmly at you, full of sparkling eyes and enthusiasm. The unnamed woman in Unbounded looks like the leader of an assassins group where you'd rather expect her to murder you if you question her fashion choices. And exactly that difference goes through all of the game, with each design element. In Ridge Racer you'd need to be an idiot to spin out (and even if - do a 360 and push on), but hit the wall and stop instantly. Unbounded promotes bashing objects and bouncing off walls done correctly is the fastest way to go while drifting without a short lean on a wall will likely loose you places or spin you out easily (as you showed, higher drift angles are very unpredictable). Unbounded is not as bad as I expected it to be - even if that doesn't stop me from being angry that it still counts as a Ridge Racer. No blame on the developers, but damn. Namce really died after Ridge Racer V when they went bankrupt and Bandai catched it. Not a fan of Ridge Racer 6/7 either although those were solid in their own right. Just not on par with the Ridge Racers that came before.
Honestly I really like this game, I just think people played with the wrong expectations in mind. I wish I could had the opportunity to play it online. I even think that the burnout and flat out comparation are unfair, because it's clearly trying to be something different.
I don't think the comparisons are unfair because 1. Those elements are derivative from those games. 2. Secondly, both games were better in those aspects. Burnout has better car combat, and FlatOut has better destruction.
@@GamerAlexVideos the thing is that Ridge racer unbounded gameplay flow is different from burnout, in burnout you takedown to get nitros, in ridge racer unbounded you get nitros to takedown opponents. You aren't supposed to play like burnout but rather in RRU you do stuff to get nitros, use the nitros to takedown opponents and do nitros chain with it, I remember when playing it wasn't enjoying it because I was trying to play it like burnout, but when I realized that the game is not meant to be played with a burnout mind set, it became much better experience.
I think it’s perfectly fair, they called it as a ridge racer game therefore fans would expect a ridge racer game. I can’t call a game under the nfs title and then give forza horizon gameplay cause then of course the fans that would’ve played that game expecting a nfs game would feel betrayed
@@joaoguilherme8083 I do understand what you mean, but I still don't think the gameplay flow of RR Unbounded works as well as Burnout. I also don't play Unbounded like its Burnout (I only rammed people without boost to highlight that for the car combat section). It just feels they were trying to be 'different' for the sake of it, and it ended up being worst instead of being different in a good way.
This game seems probably nothing more than Ridge Racer but they have partially rehashed Flatout's game mechanics and also borrowing some ideas from Burnout games and whether the rest is still retained or mostly not at all. And the sense of drifting is literally almost gone and idk why Bandai Namco still want to market this game as an Ridge Racer title...
@@cap.meruwkateklimana8321 I agree with that indeed and they shouldn't think outside the box and now because they made a mistake, now Ridge Racer is literally done. And since then there were no other new Ridge Racer games. I hope Bandai Namco changed their mind if they're going to do a new Ridge Racer game but it should be better.
Ridge Racer Unbounded felt more like Asphalt instead of Burnout. In some Asphalt games (like 6: Adrenaline, 7: Heat and 9: Legends), you can destroy rivals with just a tap through adrenaline/shockwave mode by activating nitrous when it's filled entirely. Burnout requires an object or solid wall in order to destroy rivals
I have played this game 3 years ago and it was awesome. But unfortunately. Yeah they killed it. PS: If you're asking me. No. I'm not spoiling it as spoiler alert. I'm just sharing my experience.
tbh it had the similar or same dilemma as Nfs Mw2012. EA slapped the Most Wanted title on it where the whole game has nothing to do with mw2005 because mw2012 is basically Burnout with licensed vehicles so it should've been called Burnout Fairhaven so in short, Ridge Racer Unbounded had a good game (as Flatout 3 and RR Vita alternative) wrong name dilemma
Here's my take about ridge racer unbounded: I bought the game through steam I played it I didn't finish it let alone completing it. Handling models because racing in this game with this type of handling model feels like a chore the sense of speed is just about as sluggish as a modern games can be and I've seen much more faster modern games in recent dates. And furthermore, no cloud saves. If you went to the play this game again on a different computer, you had to go through that slug fest again. Screw that. Ridge racer unbounded has to be one of the worst entries in the franchise with ridge reserve vita become close to 2nd. never mind number one worst game in ridge racer history because of online drm and little to no content available as well as disappointing amount of content left behind dlc and it is a lot of it nothing mentioned the unnecessary collab with Sega's daytona USA. *tangent start* Just a friendly reminder back in 2005 when band diverged with namco to form Bamco. Because of this, most of the namco legacy properties just got side swiped it by Bandaiis interest in anime games full of mediocrity and and nothing else. Giving us mediocre games based on legendary ip's from namco. Really getting some of the ip's to mobile games. Reducing some of the properties into tank wipe as a merchandise. Introducing their new intellectual property that no westerner would ever dare care about it. Straight up wiping miss pac-man junior pac and baby pac out of existence to make way for pacmom, pacboy and pacsis because of the AtGames bad reputation. GAS or Live Service mechanics in a tekken game? Who the heck wants this? *Tangent over* overall I did not enjoy this game as much as ridge racer 7 and ridge racer ds. End of story.
I have never played this game before, but hearing that it has weak car combat and physics is kinda shocking for a Bugbear game. They're usually pros when it comes to those. Do you think this game would have been better if it was its own thing and didn't have the Ridge Racer name slapped on it?
shindo racing is for the vintage peeps from RR5 which didnt have any boost and was probably the best of the series ----- RRUs worst --> lack of camera angles,,, no on screen game map,,, and no other scenery like he said,, no seaside, no desert etc... the whole combat system shakey ya
I remember in RR7, the announcer will say "sorry" when you make a slight bump into other racer. But here, hohoho, its "fuck everybody, they all can burn n die, I'm the number 1, baby, WOo!!" mentality written all over it. Really show you how different the ideology between Japanese dev and Western dev are. 😂
Personally, although I do agree that the game doesn't feel like a typical "Ridge Racer" game, I disagree with him on most other things. Each car feels unique, so spending a lot of time with each vehicle is key. Since this is unusual for an arcade game and especially a Ridge Racer game, I can see why it would throw him off. The sense of speed, while not perfect, is better than a lot of other games. The general acceleration is a bit slow, but it's not that bad in my view. Some vehicles do pick up a fair bit of speed - especially some of the Shindo cars (looking at the Wolfram and Crosshare here) and the slow acceleration of some cars punishes mistakes - if you lose too much speed on a turn, you pay the price. It encourages skillful cornering in my opinion. Vehicle combat is not the best - but if you barrel into someone at a rate of knots you will get a frag without boost active. In my opinion, this game is underrated. Glad to see you agree. I still play this it to this day. Way more fun than modern arcade racers like Wreckfest.
The story was the most cringiest story I have ever seen in a racing game. The soundtrack was great though, it actually had some big names like Skrillex and The Crystal Method and I thought the UI was interesting.
In my opinion, this game is what FlatOut 3 should've been, with some tweakings on the issues mentioned especially car combat and the general physics. The cars themselves are the reason why I somehow liked this game, and it's visuals
I like the game. But the actual ridge racer games feel more focused and therefor had more identity and better execution. To me this one is fun but leans more towards middling then a top tier racer of its time.
Also. The hero cars were locked forever due to as a Pre Order bonus like Classic Kamata Fiera(RR1), Assoluto Bisonte(R4), and Kamata RC410(RR7) and bugbear doesn't know about the name of the hero cars it's just naming the cars as the title of the game like calling Kiryu as John "Yakuza". Also the engine sound of my favorite Ridge Racer hero, Kamata RC410 sounds awful it doesn't sound like a R35 engine. It kinda sounds like an AE86(just because the car is white and has carbon hood. Doesn't mean it's Takumi's AE86). The Classic Fiera's livery isn't accurate to its RR1 version since the hood is just a tekken logo instead of the F/A racing logo. Speaking of takedown mechanic. Bugbear making the takedown mechanic is like they're watching the takedown mechanics from Asphalt Series and say "That's Rad!". The girl, Kara Shindo is so boring to me and not as good as reiko nagase and ai fukami (idk if Rena and Gina counts). If namco wants to make a Ridge Racer combat game. Just make it to look like Ace Combat but with cars and rename it to "Ridge Combat" just like how Sega Mashed up Ryu Ga Gotoku with The house of the dead.
Great video, mate. 100% is not ridge racer and they should’ve dumped that part of the title immediately. “Unbounded” would have been just fine as a title. And if they just more time refining the boost and physics it could have been a burnout killer!
can you just enjoy a game for what it is? you talk about game physics but the original ridge racer titles had basically none, crash detention was bad, vehicle weighting was bad, car models and environments would clip constantly and drifting was so unrefined and aggressive that it pretty much became the main gameplay feature for the series. I understand that you are hurt about this game being under the RR series but end of the day they tried something new, no series can stay the same for 20+years.
I'm not hurt that it's under the Ridge Racer name. I'm not even a fan of the previous Ridge Racer titles, so its got nothing to do with that. If anything, RR Unbounded appeals to me more since I'm a Burnout / FlatOut player. That's why it's disappointing to me since it just doesn't live up to those games...
Since this is a Bugbear game, keeping the Split Second 2 name would've received way better, instead of making the IP situation worse by poisoning the RR brand lmao
That makes me feel that Ridge Racer Unbounded is I like called “Cars 2 of racing video games” where game decide make totally radical and different from what established games are known for which resulted the severe backlash from Hardcore and casual fans who were felt being tricked and backstabbed.
As much as I really liked this game at its prime, it’s died down significantly for me. It feels like it tried too hard to be a Burnout clone. The Takedowns (or Frags) were the ultimate dead giveaway as the cutscenes take decades to go back to the gameplay, and the car combat being jank to hell. It’s almost close to Dangerous Driving, but I can’t even be bothered to express how shitty that game’s car combat is. The only minor positive criticism I can give this game is the track customization is fine, but it’s not like you can make your own designs like Hot Wheels Unleashed, where you have much more creative freedom. I’d say Wreckreation could top it, but given the latest trailer for it, I can’t say for sure if the customization is top notch, but it looks much more creatively free than Ridge Racer Unbounded. Overall, this game is not the greatest and failed miserably on all fronts.
@@GamerAlexVideos i got that feeling, but i need rewatch to point exact things. One thing i can say now, boositing when cornering is a thing in this game.
This game was such an abomination. Sucks because the dev wasn't bad and Ridge Racer games used to be great, but everything about this game just operated off the wrong ideas. I agree that it should have never been called Ridge Racer, and I don't consider it to be a part of that franchise either. It's probably one of the worst Burnout clones of it's era. I don't think I liked anything about it.
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If you are wondering why some clips have the Shindo Racing cars using the orange boost (which can takedown racers and go through buildings), this is footage from custom events I made. You can make Domination Race events, and use the Shindo Race cars instead.
Alex, I have played the ridge racer unbounded in my childhood and was addicted to it no matter what. Until now I've found out in your video what went wrong with it.
That was exactly what I did, in order to reconfigure the shindo vehicles to smash through targets and perform takedowns too. I made lots of Unbounded videos about it.
What's sad is, I actually love this game. I would've wanted more like this. *BUT* I didn't want this to be under Ridge Racer..... I feel like it was titled Ridge Racer due to it would catch peoples eyes for namesake. But it did the exact opposite, sometimes bold spin offs in namesake work (Take Need For Speed, the franchise blew up when it went Underground racing.) This was just a very failed gamble, but I'm probably one of the few that still enjoy the game.
It actually looks really fun too. I see it go on sale for bargain bin prices like 2 bucks. Though, I still understand the frustration and anger behind the fans. Bandai had a hard time understanding their own IPs at the time. We saw the same thing with Ace Combat "Assault Horizon". I don't hate that game either but I played through it recently and the game does its BEST to try and make you hate it.
@@Swattii Yeah, I still play it to this day. The game is really fun, and every car feels unique, which is something you can't say of many other arcade racers. I could literally make a video on why it is underrated (in my opinion)
I enjoy it too, i think its multiplayer would have been a blast
Unbounded's track editor feature is easily the best thing about this game and I've had a blast playing custom Frag Attack events on some tracks I made 💥Combined with ability to edit destructible props, shortcuts and satisfying crashes (thanks to Bugbear's expertise no doubt), it's just fun!
Sure it's not a good *Ridge Racer* game, but it's still a fantastic destructive racer worthy of being compared to the likes of Burnout Revenge and FlatOut Ultimate Carnage instead. I'm sure it would've had a better reception if it wasn't marketed as a Ridge Racer game. (Even though i had a guilty pleasure of racing DLC cars from past Ridge Racer games in my custom events. I guess I just enjoy the novelty of seeing them with damage-models)
I totally agree - just played this game on Steam Deck this week as I’ve been looking for something to scratch my unbearable Burnout / Split Second itch, and had an absolutely blast with it.
If it were not branded as a Ridge Racer mainline game but as a spinoff like R: Racing Revolution, I'm sure it wouldn't be as memed on. I still like the game because the OG Flatout developers were behind it.
Yeah, I feel like the game is underrated. I like it.
yea, not to mention Critical Velocity is also another Ridge Racer spin-off game but ps2 only and is mostly on Japanese only.
I feel that the only reason people hate this game is because it's called Ridge Racer but is nothing like Ridge Racer.
Most wanted 2012 be like.
I always called this the real flatout 3
Random fun fact: Not really related to RRU but before RRU, Bugbear were working on another game called Crash Club which had a similar aesthetic to RRU, but has nothing to do with RRU according to the devs I've contacted.
Ah, that is good to know. I found out about Crash Club quite recently and was told that it ended up turning into Ridge Racer Unbounded.
I almost felt compelled to write an email to the CEO to ask if they ever had any plans on making another game like UNBOUNDED
@@ReplikaHyde Last I checked on their Twitter page months ago, Bugbear are in the middle of making their next game, I think... Wreckfest 2? Or Unbounded 2?? 👀Either way, the racing genre needs more destructive racers like these 💥
But at least you're better off playing this than Flatout 3 (and Ridge Racer Vita kinda)
Edit: The worst thing about this game is that Bugbear temporarily moved their popular Flatout series to the Flatout 3 creators(Team 6) while developing Ridge Racer Unbounded, which is a big mistake for Bugbear than calling Unbounded a Ridge Racer game. (At least they still cared about the Flatout series by updating the Ultimate Carnage Steam Port to make it playable without any access key)
Honestly, I like the art style that Unbounded wants to bring, I like the destroyed effects and dark city atmosphere of Shatter Bay in this game, but it's a shame that they had to change almost all the characteristics of Ridge Racer's gameplay in Unbounded which I think they shouldn't have had to do. Imagine Unbounded but with gameplay mechanics like Ridge Racer 7, I would be the number one loyal fan of that game lol
IMO, Ridge Racer Unbounded wasnt that bad, at least I can design hundreds of tracks and give it a major makeover in Advanced editor. I made hundreds of Ridge Racer Unbounded videos to show the amount of destruction in the game.
If only they didn't went to Split Second style & Burnout style, and stick with fun arcade pace with 6 7 and PSP, this Namco series might still running
Ridge Racer Unbounded is kinda similar with NFS Most Wanted 2012 case, the main problem is their NAME, it shouldn't be named as Ridge Racer in the first place whatever the reason is, Ridge Racer is the racing games about fast pace racing and drift fast In the corner and Unbounded was radically changed the game into Burnout-ish vehicular combat games and those made the core fans was pissed off
Same case with Most Wanted 2012, people though that MW2012 will be the direct sequel to MW 2005 and Carbon but it turns out that it was a entire different game, and also the entire vibe of the game wasn't even supporting what NFS Most Wanted should be despite MW 2012 is not really a bad game
Original Ridge Racer, Ridge Racer Type 4, Ridge Racer 6 and Ridge Racer 7 were good
I remember playing this game and thought this doesn't feel like a normal Ridge racer. I probably played it for an hour and just forgot about it
this is my comment before watching the video, RRU was a game i played as a kid only because it's disc was on the market discount that day, i had great fun playing it, and ofc i still recognize the game, but it didn't leave an impact like the big games you expect would do, not same impact as Grid or early NFS games for example, even 'Split Second' left a bigger impact lol
There were already games with similar mechanics and vehicular combat like Blur and Split Second. If Namco named this game anything else other than Ridge Racer (which it was not); it might've been successful. With the Ridge Racer name, this game was thought by fans of the franchise to be another fun arcade racer (which it was not). If it was called Race Combat Unbounded or anything else, it might've been successful.
8:08 Also what's literally surprising is that Dangerous Driving also partially inherited Burnout 1 and 2's boost chain mechanic with that of Burnout 3's takedown mechanic and combining into one. Then Burnout Dominator and Paradise lets you doing boost chains while taking down opponents simultaneously...
I really liked your succinct analysis and presentation style but I feel you don't need to give a quick summary of each sub-chapter like in a real essay. I can even hear how your voice sound much less enthisuastic in those parts.
It would seem weird to me to just end a section without a summary, especially on how I structure a lot of my videos. I've tried it when writing, and it doesn't feel right to me.
Blur and Split/second shouldn't had been released at the same time as the other games during the month of may 2010, if they have been released in fall 2010, those would be a hit stomping other games in the process
It could’ve been called flat out Unbounded I’m my opinion.
Can the big white writing while racing be disabled? Looks like a good game but i don't like that aspect
No, that's part of the game since the HUD is very minimalistic.
RRU was a game many slept over from. As an arcade racer, it was very funand I do recommend everyone to give it a try. The game usually goes very cheap on Steam. While sure, it's different from the other RR games, that really never bothered me as I wanted to play a new arcade racing game, no matter what it is. This game, Blur, and Split/Second were the highlights of great early 2010 era Arcade Racing games that all three sadly didn't do quite well as realism and simulation had become more and more popular.
This game gives me nothing but great memories and I still play it this day! Sunch an underrated gem!
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@@KemonoGamer75 Heya, good day to you. Got a Discord or Telegram?
I still play it to this day too! Even though I can see where Alex is coming from, I personally disagree with most of his gripes - except for the fact that it doesn't feel like a "Ridge Racer" game.
I have to wonder if Bugbear had complete control and made this an original IP if it would have been a much better game.
Although I agree to all your points raised, the biggest mistake was certainly badging it as Ridge Racer. Having played Flatout 2 last year, it did remind me quite a bit of it. There is a surprising amount of fun to be had. Drifting is more of a thing where you keep your vehicle nearly parallel to the wall you hit, which makes you bounce off that little bit faster. It doesn't make much sense, but it works with the atmosphere they create. It would make sense to drive that way and it is rewarded. This way, the drifts are far more manageable. A weird thing to do, but works. Completely antagonistic to Ridge Racer as a brand, but that's basdically true for everything that that game does. If you would've tried to design a game deliberately to be to polar opposite to Ridge Racer you wouldn't have come this far.
The other thing is more on the vehicular combat - similar to Flatout 2 - in later races it was less of destroying your opponents, but strategically taking the one or other out when the opportunity arises. If you keep to that, Unbounded seems fine. Sure, it all has to come together to flow well, but I'm surprised that it offers quite a nice challenge, an interesting take on rough racing without going full on to destroy everyone.
Overall it's amazing to see the response from Namco, I didn't know that. It shows a complete lack of understanding what Ridge Racer ever stood for. Reiko would smile warmly at you, full of sparkling eyes and enthusiasm. The unnamed woman in Unbounded looks like the leader of an assassins group where you'd rather expect her to murder you if you question her fashion choices. And exactly that difference goes through all of the game, with each design element. In Ridge Racer you'd need to be an idiot to spin out (and even if - do a 360 and push on), but hit the wall and stop instantly. Unbounded promotes bashing objects and bouncing off walls done correctly is the fastest way to go while drifting without a short lean on a wall will likely loose you places or spin you out easily (as you showed, higher drift angles are very unpredictable).
Unbounded is not as bad as I expected it to be - even if that doesn't stop me from being angry that it still counts as a Ridge Racer. No blame on the developers, but damn. Namce really died after Ridge Racer V when they went bankrupt and Bandai catched it. Not a fan of Ridge Racer 6/7 either although those were solid in their own right. Just not on par with the Ridge Racers that came before.
Honestly I really like this game, I just think people played with the wrong expectations in mind.
I wish I could had the opportunity to play it online.
I even think that the burnout and flat out comparation are unfair, because it's clearly trying to be something different.
I don't think the comparisons are unfair because
1. Those elements are derivative from those games.
2. Secondly, both games were better in those aspects. Burnout has better car combat, and FlatOut has better destruction.
@@GamerAlexVideos the thing is that Ridge racer unbounded gameplay flow is different from burnout, in burnout you takedown to get nitros, in ridge racer unbounded you get nitros to takedown opponents.
You aren't supposed to play like burnout but rather in RRU you do stuff to get nitros, use the nitros to takedown opponents and do nitros chain with it, I remember when playing it wasn't enjoying it because I was trying to play it like burnout, but when I realized that the game is not meant to be played with a burnout mind set, it became much better experience.
I think it’s perfectly fair, they called it as a ridge racer game therefore fans would expect a ridge racer game. I can’t call a game under the nfs title and then give forza horizon gameplay cause then of course the fans that would’ve played that game expecting a nfs game would feel betrayed
@@joaoguilherme8083 I do understand what you mean, but I still don't think the gameplay flow of RR Unbounded works as well as Burnout. I also don't play Unbounded like its Burnout (I only rammed people without boost to highlight that for the car combat section). It just feels they were trying to be 'different' for the sake of it, and it ended up being worst instead of being different in a good way.
This game seems probably nothing more than Ridge Racer but they have partially rehashed Flatout's game mechanics and also borrowing some ideas from Burnout games and whether the rest is still retained or mostly not at all. And the sense of drifting is literally almost gone and idk why Bandai Namco still want to market this game as an Ridge Racer title...
But you must do it under different, unique and original name not established IP name like Ridge Racer.
@@cap.meruwkateklimana8321 I agree with that indeed and they shouldn't think outside the box and now because they made a mistake, now Ridge Racer is literally done. And since then there were no other new Ridge Racer games. I hope Bandai Namco changed their mind if they're going to do a new Ridge Racer game but it should be better.
Ridge Racer Unbounded is like Flatout 2 + Ridge Racer 7.
Ridge Racer Unbounded felt more like Asphalt instead of Burnout. In some Asphalt games (like 6: Adrenaline, 7: Heat and 9: Legends), you can destroy rivals with just a tap through adrenaline/shockwave mode by activating nitrous when it's filled entirely. Burnout requires an object or solid wall in order to destroy rivals
I play Asphalt 9, and you can also just ram/grind them into wall to take them out
I have played this game 3 years ago and it was awesome. But unfortunately. Yeah they killed it.
PS: If you're asking me. No. I'm not spoiling it as spoiler alert. I'm just sharing my experience.
tbh it had the similar or same dilemma as Nfs Mw2012. EA slapped the Most Wanted title on it where the whole game has nothing to do with mw2005 because mw2012 is basically Burnout with licensed vehicles so it should've been called Burnout Fairhaven
so in short, Ridge Racer Unbounded had a good game (as Flatout 3 and RR Vita alternative) wrong name dilemma
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@@Racing_Game_Merchant wdym by that? was that supposed to be a compliment or nah?
@@UndercoverBoy833YT It was a compliment
@@Racing_Game_Merchant ah, makes sense.
I agree, even if they would have named it NFS: Fairhaven it would have been a better name for that game
Here's my take about ridge racer unbounded: I bought the game through steam I played it I didn't finish it let alone completing it. Handling models because racing in this game with this type of handling model feels like a chore the sense of speed is just about as sluggish as a modern games can be and I've seen much more faster modern games in recent dates. And furthermore, no cloud saves. If you went to the play this game again on a different computer, you had to go through that slug fest again. Screw that. Ridge racer unbounded has to be one of the worst entries in the franchise with ridge reserve vita become close to 2nd. never mind number one worst game in ridge racer history because of online drm and little to no content available as well as disappointing amount of content left behind dlc and it is a lot of it nothing mentioned the unnecessary collab with Sega's daytona USA. *tangent start* Just a friendly reminder back in 2005 when band diverged with namco to form Bamco. Because of this, most of the namco legacy properties just got side swiped it by Bandaiis interest in anime games full of mediocrity and and nothing else. Giving us mediocre games based on legendary ip's from namco. Really getting some of the ip's to mobile games. Reducing some of the properties into tank wipe as a merchandise. Introducing their new intellectual property that no westerner would ever dare care about it. Straight up wiping miss pac-man junior pac and baby pac out of existence to make way for pacmom, pacboy and pacsis because of the AtGames bad reputation. GAS or Live Service mechanics in a tekken game? Who the heck wants this? *Tangent over* overall I did not enjoy this game as much as ridge racer 7 and ridge racer ds. End of story.
I have never played this game before, but hearing that it has weak car combat and physics is kinda shocking for a Bugbear game. They're usually pros when it comes to those.
Do you think this game would have been better if it was its own thing and didn't have the Ridge Racer name slapped on it?
Yea, I think it not being under the Ridge Racer name would have led to a better game.
shindo racing is for the vintage peeps from RR5 which didnt have any boost and was probably the best of the series -----
RRUs worst --> lack of camera angles,,, no on screen game map,,, and no other scenery like he said,, no seaside, no desert etc... the whole combat system shakey ya
I remember in RR7, the announcer will say "sorry" when you make a slight bump into other racer. But here, hohoho, its "fuck everybody, they all can burn n die, I'm the number 1, baby, WOo!!" mentality written all over it.
Really show you how different the ideology between Japanese dev and Western dev are. 😂
I don't know about you guys, but I didn't even notice of thouse problem at all and I fully ok with this game and he's gameplay
Personally, although I do agree that the game doesn't feel like a typical "Ridge Racer" game, I disagree with him on most other things.
Each car feels unique, so spending a lot of time with each vehicle is key. Since this is unusual for an arcade game and especially a Ridge Racer game, I can see why it would throw him off.
The sense of speed, while not perfect, is better than a lot of other games.
The general acceleration is a bit slow, but it's not that bad in my view. Some vehicles do pick up a fair bit of speed - especially some of the Shindo cars (looking at the Wolfram and Crosshare here) and the slow acceleration of some cars punishes mistakes - if you lose too much speed on a turn, you pay the price. It encourages skillful cornering in my opinion.
Vehicle combat is not the best - but if you barrel into someone at a rate of knots you will get a frag without boost active.
In my opinion, this game is underrated. Glad to see you agree.
I still play this it to this day. Way more fun than modern arcade racers like Wreckfest.
I think I played this game years back
The story was the most cringiest story I have ever seen in a racing game. The soundtrack was great though, it actually had some big names like Skrillex and The Crystal Method and I thought the UI was interesting.
In my opinion, this game is what FlatOut 3 should've been, with some tweakings on the issues mentioned especially car combat and the general physics. The cars themselves are the reason why I somehow liked this game, and it's visuals
I think it would have worked better as a new IP
I like the game. But the actual ridge racer games feel more focused and therefor had more identity and better execution.
To me this one is fun but leans more towards middling then a top tier racer of its time.
no sense of speed?
looks like we are talking about different games )
Compared to other games, Ridge Racer Unbounded doesn't have a great sense of speed.
@@GamerAlexVideos from my POV the sense of speed is great, it's close to very fast games like Burnout 3 or F-Zero GX
Also. The hero cars were locked forever due to as a Pre Order bonus like Classic Kamata Fiera(RR1), Assoluto Bisonte(R4), and Kamata RC410(RR7)
and bugbear doesn't know about the name of the hero cars it's just naming the cars as the title of the game like calling Kiryu as John "Yakuza".
Also the engine sound of my favorite Ridge Racer hero, Kamata RC410 sounds awful it doesn't sound like a R35 engine. It kinda sounds like an AE86(just because the car is white and has carbon hood. Doesn't mean it's Takumi's AE86).
The Classic Fiera's livery isn't accurate to its RR1 version since the hood is just a tekken logo instead of the F/A racing logo.
Speaking of takedown mechanic.
Bugbear making the takedown mechanic is like they're watching the takedown mechanics from Asphalt Series and say "That's Rad!".
The girl, Kara Shindo is so boring to me and not as good as reiko nagase and ai fukami (idk if Rena and Gina counts).
If namco wants to make a Ridge Racer combat game.
Just make it to look like Ace Combat but with cars and rename it to "Ridge Combat" just like how Sega Mashed up Ryu Ga Gotoku with The house of the dead.
Great video, mate. 100% is not ridge racer and they should’ve dumped that part of the title immediately. “Unbounded” would have been just fine as a title. And if they just more time refining the boost and physics it could have been a burnout killer!
can you just enjoy a game for what it is? you talk about game physics but the original ridge racer titles had basically none, crash detention was bad, vehicle weighting was bad, car models and environments would clip constantly and drifting was so unrefined and aggressive that it pretty much became the main gameplay feature for the series. I understand that you are hurt about this game being under the RR series but end of the day they tried something new, no series can stay the same for 20+years.
I'm not hurt that it's under the Ridge Racer name. I'm not even a fan of the previous Ridge Racer titles, so its got nothing to do with that. If anything, RR Unbounded appeals to me more since I'm a Burnout / FlatOut player. That's why it's disappointing to me since it just doesn't live up to those games...
Since this is a Bugbear game, keeping the Split Second 2 name would've received way better, instead of making the IP situation worse by poisoning the RR brand lmao
Maybe it's not like the other Ridge Racer games, but still I would want to see RRU2.
That makes me feel that Ridge Racer Unbounded is I like called “Cars 2 of racing video games” where game decide make totally radical and different from what established games are known for which resulted the severe backlash from Hardcore and casual fans who were felt being tricked and backstabbed.
As much as I really liked this game at its prime, it’s died down significantly for me. It feels like it tried too hard to be a Burnout clone. The Takedowns (or Frags) were the ultimate dead giveaway as the cutscenes take decades to go back to the gameplay, and the car combat being jank to hell. It’s almost close to Dangerous Driving, but I can’t even be bothered to express how shitty that game’s car combat is.
The only minor positive criticism I can give this game is the track customization is fine, but it’s not like you can make your own designs like Hot Wheels Unleashed, where you have much more creative freedom. I’d say Wreckreation could top it, but given the latest trailer for it, I can’t say for sure if the customization is top notch, but it looks much more creatively free than Ridge Racer Unbounded.
Overall, this game is not the greatest and failed miserably on all fronts.
Best Ridge Racer game!
Ok 😐
Yes indeed
its so sad that so many things can be applied to NFS UNBOUND 😭
How so?
@@GamerAlexVideos i got that feeling, but i need rewatch to point exact things. One thing i can say now, boositing when cornering is a thing in this game.
This game was such an abomination. Sucks because the dev wasn't bad and Ridge Racer games used to be great, but everything about this game just operated off the wrong ideas. I agree that it should have never been called Ridge Racer, and I don't consider it to be a part of that franchise either. It's probably one of the worst Burnout clones of it's era. I don't think I liked anything about it.