![]() ![]() It’s all an illusion, but it’s an illusion I rather have. Open the world map and you see thousands of NPC markers moving around, all having the time of their life. Everyone is having fun, riding their routes or even goofing off and crash somewhere. The open-world is huge but instead of it being empty, you’ll see dozens of NPC riders loading in and out of your view. Steep can be a lonely game, and it feels like the devs have taken the feedback to bring more of the zany and lively vibes that should be more appealing. That said, skis and snowboards still feature in the game, but not the main selling point this time around. You will get the rocket wings and a snowmobile early one that will let you roam around the world without the constraints of needing the force of gravity. Unlike Steep, you do get more tools to explore the world freely. The open-world this time is an amalgamation of the various national parks in the USA- from canyons to snowy mountains, you got a whole world to explore- enough to hide 500 collectibles, urgh. Along the way, you’ll be guided by the legendary and retired extreme sports person Brett, who, sometimes is a perfect dude that give clear instructions to the tutorials, and other times, extremely cringe-y that I wish he would shut up and never appear again. You’ll start with bike racing, but later on, you’ll be involved in doing snow tricks, air sports and snow races as well. ![]() In Riders Republic, you are an up-and-coming new rider that is climbing their way up through the five careers of extreme sports. ![]() The question is if the offer is good enough for you. Now after spending the first four hours during the trial week ahead of the game’s launch tomorrow, I feel that Riders Republic have something big to offer. I’ve given the game a fair shake, I tried the beta, as well as the one-day trial for PC players. Riders Republic puts a focus on the new bikes as well as racing said bikes, but it’s still a Ubisoft salad of various gameplay styles, checkbox-ticking objectives and maybe a bit too tryhard to present itself cool to the kids. Steep might have gotten lost and buried but Ubisoft Annecy is taking another crack at making an open-world extreme sports game with this spiritual successor, Riders Republic. Ubisoft isn’t giving up on extreme sports yet. ![]()
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