Redout 2

This Game is many things and stirs many feelings with in me not just as a fan of the original Redout, but also a lover of racing games and AG Racers as a whole. As a sequel it does a terrible job at being a continuation of the gameplay and design philosophies. This game does not play anything like how Redout 1 does and does not even attempt to invoke the same sorta enjoyment that Redout 1 does. It's it's own completely separate take on the AG Racer, that just so happens to have the same Teams as Redout 1, some same locations as Redout 1, and continues the Redout lore(lore is not the focus of this game by any means). And as a game... it invokes complicated feelings... This game IS NOT friendly to the player, is incredably over complicated even for an AG Racer, One of the least beginner/new player friendly games I've ever played, has a pretty brutal difficulty spike about half way through, has probably one of if not the most bloated campaign modes I've ever had the displeasure of experiencing(IT'S 50 HOURS LONG! AND THIS GAME HAS NO STORY IT'S JUST 50 HOURS OF DOING RACES AND TIMETRIALS AND STUFF!). And yet I couldn't stop coming back to it... This isn't a game I found myself booting up for fun, as each race left me exausted. Not to say that the game isn't fun. but it's "fun" isn't the same as other racing games "fun" even is radically different from the Originals "fun". It takes a bit for the gameplay to even click I found it. But once i got used to the games controls and perspective on Track design what I found is this game has an incredibly unique take on what a racing game can be from both a gameplay and track design perspective. It does at the very least continue what the original had where tracks where very much akin to like roler coasters or levels in a boost gameplay sonic game. where the tracks Go up,down, inverts themselves, do loop de loops, the whole shabang. however Redout 2 takes it in a whole different direction particularly in scale, tracks are longer in this game and aren't linnear so to speak. This is a game where the track can split off into 5 different directions. Further more Redout 2 turns Airtime into a whole different side of gameplay where you have to guide your vehicle towards the track and land it. this also varies in complexity as the game very much experiments around with Big jumps, small jumps, consecutive jumps, jumps where you can land at several different routes for the track, and even jumps where you can land on the underside of the track for a different route. It honestly feels like something that really shouldn't or doesn't work apon initial encounter, yet the longer I played the more I liked it and it came to be a favourite part of the game. Heck Gravity is a proper gameplay mechanic they experiment with, like later in the game there is a track that has a black hole off to the side and it's gravity is a majour pressence and effects how you aproach jumps in it in a very cool way. and speaking of gameplay mechanics in terms of how you control the vehicle this game does away with the weapons and stuff the first one had. instead you have a temperature meter that you have to micromanage throughout the race. I honestly really liked it. It makes it feel like you are pushing your machine to it's absolute limits and makes boosting much more engaging than it otherwise would be. Like the game itself i found very refreshing honestly while also exausting. Races in this game feel like games of endurance they get pretty long and with all the gameplay shenanagins it does takes it's toll on the player. Like this is a very intense racer. The game also features an exceptionally good OST with adaptive music, is graphically BEUTIFUL, like genuinly incredable visualy, and the sound design of this game is quite exceptional aswell. Like is this a better game than Redout 1:No like it's not even a contest Would I Recommend this game to someone: Also no this game is way to unfriendly to the player for me to recommend this to most people Do I like it: Yes, quite a lot actually Do I like it more than redout 1:Yes???? like it's a very confused yes. This game very much clicked with me personally but I can tottaly understand why someone who is fan of Redout 1 wouldn't like it. I can understand if someone doens't like it at all generally. But that doesn't change the fact that I like it and how much it clicked for me. This is honestly a game I don't feel can be given a numerical value for how good it is this game being a 5/10 feels just as correct as it being an 8/10 this game ivokes to many radically different feeling for me to give anything. Outside of all that, Favourite songs in the OST are Martian Dreams and Light's out. My favourite track are the Origin Black Hole ones.