- Publisher: Bandai Namco Games
- Release Date: Oct 6, 2015
- Also On: PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Xbox One
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Oct 16, 2015Motorcycle racing fans should give this one a shot. There’s a lot of content in here for the bike enthusiasts to enjoy.
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Oct 11, 2015Ride is a great racing title from veteran studio Milestone S.r.l.. It manages to have depth for veteran players, while also being accessible to new racers. If you’re sick of driving cars, and want a new challenge then Ride will offer up a fun one to master.
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Apr 7, 2015Ride is one of the best bike racing games in years and is much more appealing than the dry offerings of Moto GP or SBK. The bikes are fantastically detailed and there are enough handling options to appeal to any race fan. Moving most events to new road circuits was a great idea too for those of you bored with the Moto GP calendar.
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Mar 27, 2015That last comparison probably best sums up RIDE, as it’s what it clearly wants to be: Gran Turismo for motorcycles. And the funny thing is it really works.
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Mar 27, 2015RIDE is an interesting first step in a new direction for Milestone. The racing experience truly speaks of passion for amateur motorbike racing, and does so bestowed with good AI and a convincing handling system. It's a shame that console and PC versions show a wide gap in graphics and playability, and there's still work to be done on the presentation and the collision system.
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Apr 10, 2015As always, Ride is a good starting point for Milestone, an encouraging debut for a new IP, with a solid foundation from which (re)starting, but also other aspects to be improved in the future. Definitely worth buying if you're a motorbike enthusiast.
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Apr 8, 2015We can consider ourselves satisfied with the experience offered by Ride. Despite its problems, largely physiological for a debut of this type, the game offers something really new in the world of virtual motorcycling.
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Oct 19, 2015Ride is a middle ground between arcade fun, and simulation-style detail. Unfortunately, its confusion between the two sides makes it a little awkward to completely get behind.
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Apr 13, 2015At its heart, Ride is basically a motorcycle racing simulation but with a touch of arcade fun to assist with the overall enjoyment factor.
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Apr 7, 2015Milestone brings another suitable game for any kind of driver, something that could weigh down those looking for a more complex simulator. Other than that, it is an entertaining entry in the franchise, with many customizable elements.
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Oct 18, 2015It’s just too bad that the same admiration wasn’t applied to characteristics beyond how the motorcycles look and feel.
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Oct 15, 2015Ride has far more good points than bad. As a motorcycle racer, it’s exciting and manages to stand out in a fairly crowded market. As a sim racing game, it’s accessible and plays like a dream right away.
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Oct 7, 2015This spiritual successor to Tourist Trophy delivers exciting and challenging racing action that's thoroughly enjoyable. However, graphics that feel more last generation than this, rather weak sound, and very slow loading times take the edge off the overall experience.
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May 18, 2015Ride is a racing game filled with passion. There is plenty of well-made bikes to try out and they are a joy to take around the track. Unfortunately the opponents behave like mindless robots, and the terrible loading times wrecks the immersion. Though it does not prevent Ride from being one of the best motorcycle games in recent years, even though there are plenty of room for improvements.
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May 1, 2015We are still waiting for the "Gran Turismo of motorcycles", but that doesn't mean that RIDE cannot offer some realistic and enjoyable hours of simulated riding.
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Apr 20, 2015Studio Milestone has specifically aimed for the motor experience and the assortment of motors. Ride offers enough content for motorfans to enjoy, but any other element that can make or break a racing game seems not that thought through.
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Apr 7, 2015Ideal for motorcycle fans, but it carries too many flaws that may be the product of the rush to get to the market on time. With a little more cooking time this game will be just awesome, but as it is, it's just correct.
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Mar 30, 2015Milestone has done it again: a game with a great control, but weak in a lot of aspects, such as the number of tracks or the huge loading times. It is far away from the heading positions of the racing genre. However, bike lovers will find in Ride a good game for feeding their passion.
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Apr 5, 2015Ride was off on the good foot to be the bike's Gran Turismo with its generous roaster of over 100 bikes and a lighter roaster of 15 tracks. But with all the official licensing and the aftermarket parts, the salvation was in sight, until Milestone's incompetent devs ruining of the final product with major bugs blossoming all over it, including corrupted save files and game instability.
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Mar 27, 2015RIDE gets you the closest to the feeling of riding a motorbike possible with a controller in your hands, but is neither an exciting racer nor a particularly impressive looking PS4 title.
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Oct 11, 2015Ride's exhilarating character eventually fades into a tedious milieu of assertive persistence. The loop of wanting to complete races to get better bikes and parts eventually breaks into a dead end, and the speed and power of exciting motorcycles slows into a chore. Motorcycle enthusiasts are an exemption, but for others it's hard to look at Ride as anything more than Another Racing Game.
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Games Master UKMay 24, 2015It's lacking the depth of content offered by its four-wheeled inspiration. [June 2015, p.79]
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Apr 8, 2015Ride has its issues, but taking into account the fact that there aren't many bike games on next generation consoles, it still is an option.
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Apr 7, 2015Ride has too many problems and driving issues that strip away its experience.
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Mar 30, 2015Pleasant to play and easy to pick up. However, the last-gen feeling and lack of atmosphere mean Ride is only a mid-pack racer.
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May 5, 2015Ride has some genuinely good moments going into the corner, but it fails to remember that it needs to hit the throttle in order to power on through ahead of the pack. Competent, but hardly excellent.
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Apr 12, 2015RIDE is not unique enough to really be in stores. The variation in motorcycles is impressive and visually speaking RIDE is perfectly fine. But, the game is so full of cliches, dated graphics and other annoying elements, it is simply not fun to play.
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Apr 1, 2015RIDE is quite a good motorcycle racing game in terms of gameplay and sensations, but it suffers too many flaws: technically old, the game features unbelievably long loading times, unbelievably save file corruption bug.
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Mar 29, 2015If you want to build up a stable of obsessively rendered motorcycles, each tuned to your exacting tastes, then this may get your internal engine roaring for a while – but everyone else will find a competently made racing game that, beneath all of the gusto of its creepy announcer, never really hits top gear.
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Nov 30, 2015It seems like the developers of RIDE have a passion for motorcycle culture, as evidenced by the narrator's enthusiastic burblings and plenty of descriptive loading screen text, but they lack either the necessary budget or the level of technical know-how to bring that passion into the final product. The mediocre graphics could easily be forgiven if the rest was up to snuff, but the absurd loading times, glitches and lack of polish and speed kill it at the starting line.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 29 out of 55
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Mixed: 12 out of 55
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Negative: 14 out of 55
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