Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity

 PlayStation 2
  • Publisher: Sega
  • Release Date: Jan 8, 2008
User Score
8.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 63 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 47 out of 63
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 63
  3. Negative: 1 out of 63
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  1. roymcgeeters
    Jul 17, 2012
    8
    The Sonic Riders Series is a series of racing titles that have been bashed by critics for reasons I don't understand. I've never owned Sonic Riders, but I do have Sonic Riers Zero Gravity, and got it as a gift, and my brother and I enjoyed the heck out of it. In fact, I remember fondly one day, my parents and sister (for some reason) went to New York, and me, my brother and my other sisterThe Sonic Riders Series is a series of racing titles that have been bashed by critics for reasons I don't understand. I've never owned Sonic Riders, but I do have Sonic Riers Zero Gravity, and got it as a gift, and my brother and I enjoyed the heck out of it. In fact, I remember fondly one day, my parents and sister (for some reason) went to New York, and me, my brother and my other sister were left home alone with the Playstation and guess what we played? We had a little petend tournaament with that game, and we loved it to death. Picking it up again was as frsh as it was years ago,and just might be one of the few enjoyable 3D Sonic game on the PS2. The story of the game, I could never rap my head around. It revolves around these metorites that fell to the earth, and soon after, robots from a company called Metotech go on a rampage. Tails finds one of these metorites and plans to investigate it at megelo station. The robots attack him, along with Sonic and Kuckles which eventually lead Sonic falling 300 stories down, but by using the power of the metorite the Tails handed to him, he was able to float. Then some sort of tie-in with the babylon rouges, ancient babyloneans, its all very confusing. Maybe its because I never played the first game, but I could never rap my head around it. Its a dissapointment to see that not a lot was put into the campaign mode. Each level you go through, they come up with some fancy goal in disguise as"just come in fist place". Its not too bad, but there just feels like theres not a lot to do. The campaign is short and sweet, and after I complete the first campaign, I unlock the Babylonean story, where you get to play as the baylon rouges...and amy for some reason. Theres a track in the baylon story that wasnt in the hero story the contains the true ending to the game. The game is short. but it delivers. There are 8 areas in the game, 2 tracks in each area. Each of them are different, and have their own set of short cuts for different types of gear to go through. Each gear has a certain ability on it that you can either equip with rings during a race or youll have it from the get-go. Some gears can fly, some bash through objects, others fly, and some grind. Those are the three ways of a short cut in the game by regular means. You can use the gravity dive to stick to walls, or go on other platforms while doing a trick. The ways you can get to the finish line is quite exlirating and fun. During a race you collect rings that can upgrade your gear during a race. Everything from Speed up, ring sheild, get through certain short cuts, increase GP guage, and Its amazing how many gear you can get in the game. You have no idea how long it took me to get all of the gear in the game. During the race, there is a GP guage at the bottom left the limits how much you can use the gravity powers which come in handy if even your short cuts arent getting you anywhere in a race. You can use the gravity dive and gravity burst. The gravity dive allows you to make tight turns, or stick to some short cut walls. Doing so will give a slight boost of speed. Nothing to special, but a nice touch. The gravity burst allows you to go at maximum speed and the ability to fly in the air to crash into objects to get a HUGE burst of speed! It's quite exhilerating, and using it will decide wheather you loose or win a race. Now beware, the control in this game can throw some off. Its not somthing to pick up and play. During the race you're canstantly being pushed forward, and crashing into a wall is enough to leave you in dust, If you screw up once, you have to get back on track or else YOU WILL loose the race. You have to know what you're doing. It might be bumpy at first, and maybe a bit frustraighting, but give it time and practice, this game can be a blast. But once you do master the games controls, it may become a bit too easy for some players, and all challenge will be lost, becoming a bit boring. That's when survival mode comes in. You can participate in battle, gravity ball or a relay race. They are a nice touch, but gravity ball is again too easy if you master the controls. Battle mode is fun, but again, too easy! However, If you have four friends over you'll have a blast with relay race. In fact, the games boredom is eliminated during multiplayer. It suprisingly serves as a decent party game. The graphics are nice and detailed. I never experience any slowdown at all, no matter how fast the game goes and it just looks great. Although cutscenes could use some work. Voice acting is...decnt. Better than past Sonic games. Jasson Griffith is not completely terrible. Shocker. The soundtrack is great, but while the two main themes are great, theyr easily forgettable. All in all, Sonic Riders Zero Gravity is not a bad game. If youre getting a 3D sonic game, get this one, and save yourself from disasters like Sonic Heroes. If youre willing to give time, you will enjoy this game.… Expand
  2. Dante_croft
    Jan 1, 2013
    10
    I'm a Sonic fan and I must admit: the first Sonic Riders was a crap game. Although it had nice graphics and beautiful CGS, it had a poor gameplay. Now, with Gravity Zero, Sega repaired the gameplay and the games finally got the attention it deserved. Now is a excellent games with nice graphics, beautiful CGs, good history and awesome characters. And, of course a wonderful gameplay!!!!!!
  3. ItsRaininMen
    Jun 20, 2013
    8
    Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity is a fun racing game! It's got some pretty original ways of driving, and, at least the beginning and ending cut scenes are really well made! Very addictive!
  4. pani
    Feb 16, 2013
    8
    This might be the most under-appreciated game of all time. The originality and technique is definately an upsize. The difficulty of the Story Mode may not be much the true fun in the game is the multiplay which gives you a good variety of options. There are very clever and fun shortcuts in the tracks which gives the "wow" factor the good thing is that there's plenty of them.
  5. Codename_zero
    Sep 7, 2015
    10
    a strange meteor falls on the meteotech security enterprises releasing a eletromagnetic pulse making all robots going amok.

    the game is beautiful on ps2, has a good visual entertainment the soundtracks are amazing , the best is the theme of the babylon rogues, Catch me if you can the gameplay can be a bit different and you might have some problems to make a turn but once you figure it    a strange meteor falls on the meteotech security enterprises releasing a eletromagnetic pulse making all robots going amok.

    the game is beautiful on ps2, has a good visual entertainment
    the soundtracks are amazing , the best is the theme of the babylon rogues, Catch me if you can
    the gameplay can be a bit different and you might have some problems to make a turn but once you figure it out, it's fun till you finish 100% of the game
    the story is good, has potential and makes you feel in the game
    PLAY THE MULTIPLAYER. WITH YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY AND WITH YOUR Boy/girlfriend you will not stop playing the awesome game.

    why you're here? why you didn't played zero gravity yet?    … Expand
  6. Shadow1
    May 26, 2016
    6
    Good Racing, but first Sonic Riders is better than Sonic Riders ZG because storyline in Sonic Riders ZG worse than in Sonic Riders . Graphics in Sonic Riders ZG as in First Riders and gameplay as in First Riders, but many amazing things is delete . Main Characters in this game are Sonic, Jet, Knuckles, Wave, Tails, Storm as in first Riders and in Sonic Riders ZG Jet, Wave and Storm areGood Racing, but first Sonic Riders is better than Sonic Riders ZG because storyline in Sonic Riders ZG worse than in Sonic Riders . Graphics in Sonic Riders ZG as in First Riders and gameplay as in First Riders, but many amazing things is delete . Main Characters in this game are Sonic, Jet, Knuckles, Wave, Tails, Storm as in first Riders and in Sonic Riders ZG Jet, Wave and Storm are friends for Sonic, but in Sonic Riders Jet, Wave and Storm are enemies for Sonic and his friends and I think this is good game, but in PS2 there are many games about Sonic which the much better than Sonic Riders ZG eg Sonic Unleashed, Shadow The Hedgehog which I rated in 9/10, even First Riders much better than ZG . Sonic Riders ZG is normal game, but isn't amazing game .… Expand
  7. shadowhedgehog
    Sep 29, 2016
    9
    the best game in sonic riders series i have defied logic many a time but never gravity until this game you can get rings more easily the sonic riders and with gear changes you can completely change the type of gear you riding and the courses are better as well
  8. LakiView
    Nov 13, 2018
    8
    El juego mejora muchísimo respecto a Sonic Riders en todos sus aspectos: Historia, duración, música y destacando sobretodo su jugabilidad. Los únicos puntos negativos son qué a pesar de ser un poco más largo qué el Riders original, sigue siendo muy cortito ( sin pasar al 100% ) y qué a veces puedes perder el control totalmente con chocar levemente. Aún así, muy buen videojuego.
  9. ahmadbinmadi
    Sep 16, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is Game once sweet, but in something minus collective play and online but Sega stupid all time and years… Expand
  10. JP_Wilde
    Mar 23, 2020
    9
    This certainly was the Sonic game that surprised me the most, I didn't expect to have so much fun and it's been years since I've played and I can't get sick, the PS2's gameplay is easy to control, at first it's difficult, but then the game gets easier to play, the story is ok, the graphics are good and the soundtrack is impeccable.
    The Riders series deserves a dignified continuation after the ZG.
  11. grimreapersims
    Apr 7, 2022
    7
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  12. Vimu
    Jul 27, 2022
    7
    Is all right, sometimes even good, it's too easy and that makes the game become boring quick.
  13. ALTO534
    Oct 7, 2022
    10
    This game is so underrated i know some people won't like it because ther is no boosting or drifting
    But its a masterpiece

Awards & Rankings

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#44 Best PS2 Game of 2008
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#9 Most Discussed PS2 Game of 2008
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#12 Most Shared PS2 Game of 2008

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Metascore
56

Mixed or average reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 16
  3. Negative: 4 out of 16
  1. 1UP
    55
    The controls -- namely character acceleration -- feel awkward and counterintuitive, as you're forced to hold forward on the left stick to accelerate while also trying to steer your character. The tracks are a mishmash of right angle turns and jumps that sometimes lead you down random paths, necessitating several playthroughs of each just find your way around the track.
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  2. GameDaily
    50
    Awful controls, however, ruin the experience.
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  3. Cheat Code Central
    72
    It's a new and improved Sonic Riders with plenty of new tracks and characters to enjoy. It's a must-have for Sonic fans and a "might-enjoy" for aces of the racing genre, especially for those who like F-Zero and Wipeout.
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