Is it the same game? (Ridge Racer Revolution (PS))

Member Name: briangilmour

Product:	Ridge Racer Revolution (PS)
Date:	26/05/08 (6 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Still an ok racer

Disadvantages: Not enough improvement on the original

Namco released Ridge Racer as a launch title for the PSX and there's little doubt that at that time is was something that was a revolution for racing games at the time, however the same cannot be said for it's follow up "Ridge Racer Revolution" . The problem here is that with a few years between the two titles, many other companies had brought out some solid racing games that overtook Ridge Racer.

What Namco done was basically put out very similar title to the first, it didn't have that many cars to choose from and unfortuanltey it's longevity was badly hurt by how little number of tracks there were availible to play. Sure you had exhbition and championship mode but there really wasn't enough in there to keep a player coming back time and time again, especially when other titles were better.

The game looked good and was definitley an improvement on the first one, the cars and tracks were sharper and brighter. Sound was very similar to the first one too, although there wasn't a lot wrong with that choice of music, you still kinda felt like you were still playing the first Ridge Racer. Gameplay also had evolved but not an awful lot, a little tweak here and there but nothing to compete with the likes of Wipeout and Destruction Derby which were out at the time.

A bit of a lameduck here as it seemed Namco looked to cash in on the original name but it's not executed very well at all.

Summary: An average racer that needed more