The WORST Sonic Game Is Good Now? | Sonic Free Riders No Kinect Patch Review

I am mostly impressed that this patch exists in the first place since reportedly kinect games are extremely difficult to emulate. The guy who did this had to be really dedicated.

This really tells you how dedicated Sonic fans can be with some mods, and fan games or animations out there, ChaosX taking up the challenge of fixing 06, and some madman deciding to fix Free Riders of all things

You know we’ve had so many remakes of games that were already really good… we need more remakes of bad games

Losing the Kinect really improves the playability of this game. The power of fans to greatly improve these Sonic games, especially such a difficult to emulate game as this is unreal. I'll definitely have to check this out.

The "Sonic Riders" trilogy is the video game equivalent of the original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" film trilogy. The first instalment is very good and has rightfully been better appreciated as time went on. The second instalment tried to address the concerns and criticisms but ultimately fell short. The third instalment is unapologetically awful and should be avoided at all costs.

There’s something to be said about creativity in the hands of passionate individuals who see a different perspective on works of art. Free Riders being the nail in the coffin for the series by the hands of corporate scrutiny, while fans took it to revitalize their vision of what could’ve been. It’s really no secret this IP would’ve been dead in the ground if it weren’t for the fans keeping the imaginary potential alive. But it makes all more infuriating that Sega corporate doesn’t see the same vision as the fans do or used to wield. To that end, a question: Would you take Sonic being his most fun from unofficial support in favor of continued rushed releases from corporate? Or would you trade that in favor of the company finally getting their heads check to produce actual good official games worthy of $60?

I do wish Sega would give this series another go. The series today could be its own Mario Kart with tons of new characters, boards and online multiplayer with cross play. But I’m looking forward to Superstars

It utterly frustrates me on how incompetent SEGA was back in 2010 when making this sequel. This spinoff series had potential to be the most unique and versatile way of racing. 13 entire years go by and we've yet to get another Riders title. Instead, we get a traditional kart racer.. & worst of all, we don't even get to see the Babylon Rogues make a return besides the IDW comics and merchandise. The fact that fans have to recreate or build the game from the ground up for it to be a step above the original or even better is pretty embarrassing. People like ChaosX and Rei-san deserve their flowers simply because of the dedication and effort to recreate sonic games and what they SHOULD be.

The sonic fanbase is very interesting isn't it? They've almost destroyed the sonic franchise multiple times but they’ve also saved it multiple times as well

6:23 THERE I AM GARY THERE I AM

I know the game was supposed to be played only with kinect, but what did they think of when they did not include at least controller support when they released the game. They would've sold way more copies then. At least now we can play it like we wished we could play it.

Fangames like Triple Trouble: 16-Bit and Fallen Star or madman projects like Free Riders: No Kinect and Project 06... Stuff like this tells me that despite the Sonic franchise and its reputation oftentimes feeling like a disheartening, shattered mirror, in the darkness, there truly is a mote of golden light... A flame that refuses to go out. Just another example of Sonic having the true power of a phoenix. As the lyrics in One Way Dream go: "You and me, we're built on trust; That's why we can always get up! Even if they laugh, we'll never bite the dust!"

Almost at 200k J, lets go! Congrats! Gotta love fan projects, so much talented people in this amazing community

I have so much nostalgia for this game! The moment I saw the notification I clicked, I want this game with no kinect controls so damn much!

first project o6 now this? i love the sonic modding community

I REALLY REALLY hope that Riders, Zero Grav, and Free (without motion controls of course) get put on modern consoles 😭

Sonic Free Riders is one of the few games that I actually love that everyone hates and it all came down to a taste of liking the Kinect controls or not. I was one of those that loved it even without the patch. Now I'm glad anyone can pick the game up for themselves.

Sonic DisKinected Riders will hopefully grab Sega's attention enough to make an official version, or maybe even a new Riders game.

Nice video. Honestly from my experience on Kinect, this game is really nowhere the worst one of them all. You really just gotta play it right since it really works for me lol. It’s great how we have it on PC and console now, it’s really peak fiction 👌

Sonic Fans are seriously wizards, it almost seems like they can do anything with stuff that Sega has abandoned and make them reach their peak potential, me personally I still wish for a 2D Sonic with Chaotix gimmick of a Ring Tether I still find fun, unique and interesting, or just remake the original Chaotix for people to experience and rescue it from its 32X Purgatory.