Riptide GP: Renegade Review – Waterlogged

<p>Racers seem to be less and less in development than I remember&comma; the only racer that I constantly see on the shelves is <em>Forza<&sol;em>&comma; and those are some in depth racing games&period; <em>Riptide GP&colon; Renegade<&sol;em> is a racer&comma; but it doesn&&num;8217&semi;t go the ultra realistic route that <em>Forza<&sol;em> likes to&period; Set in a futuristic world the racers of <em>Riptide<&sol;em> race on water to become the champion&comma; but all isn&&num;8217&semi;t what it seems&period; There&&num;8217&semi;s intrigue and betrayal and lots and lots of robots to race&period; So if you&&num;8217&semi;re trying to relive your past memories of <em>Waverace 64<&sol;em> this may be the download for you&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;118858" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-118858" style&equals;"width&colon; 640px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-118858" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;02&sol;22000916&sol;RiptideGP&lowbar;Renegade&lowbar;0xDEADBEEF&period;jpg" alt&equals;"&lpar;Riptide GP&colon; Renegade - Vector Unit&rpar;" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"360" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-118858" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Riptide GP&colon; Renegade<&sol;em> &&num;8211&semi; Vector Unit&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Seeing as this started out as a mobile game and eventually fleshed out into the consoles the campaign story is quite predictable&period; You start off as the champion of the racing circuit and Krex&comma; the racer you just beat wants to have another race&period; Your friend&comma; Poison&comma; kindly reminds you that racing out of the circuit is illegal and would get you kicked out of the circuit&period; Instead of heeding her warning you decide to race anyway&comma; that&&num;8217&semi;s when tragedy strikes&comma; the cops know what&&num;8217&semi;s going on and catch you&comma; Krex gets away&comma; convenient huh&quest; A two year time skip happens and you find yourself on the water again&comma; this time with Poison helping you get back into the circuit you were banned from and where Krex is now the champion&period; Your goal&comma; if you chose to accept it&comma; is to claw your way up the ranks of illegal racing so that you can take Krex down for taking two years of your life away&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The game has multiplayer&comma; which makes total sense both online and couch co-op&period; Which is exciting&comma; I seriously doubt any of my friends on my Xbox Live are going to be downloading this title&comma; so I can invite one over and play on the couch&period; I&&num;8217&semi;m glad that split screen co-op is available&comma; if this wasn&&num;8217&semi;t included in the game I feel that a huge opportunity would have been wasted&period; That being said&comma; make sure you have buddies that will download this with you&comma; or you will only be able to play the campaign&comma; which is fun&comma; but beating your buddy at hydro jetting is priceless&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;118859" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-118859" style&equals;"width&colon; 640px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-118859" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;02&sol;22001006&sol;Riptide-GP&lowbar;-Renegade&lowbar;20160804211956&period;jpg" alt&equals;"&lpar;Riptide GP&colon; Renegade - Vector Unit&rpar;" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"360" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-118859" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Riptide GP&colon; Renegade<&sol;em> &&num;8211&semi; Vector Unit&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The controls are quite simple which makes for a more enjoyable race&period; Right Trigger is accelerate and Left Stick is steer&period; To be able to use boost you must nail tricks&comma; once you do load up your Boost Meter you can press A and slide past any people ahead of you&period; Tricks are easy to learn and easy to initiate&comma; most of them rely on the thumb sticks&period; To do a Bar Hop you flip your thumb sticks up&comma; to land a tabletop press up on the left stick and down on the right&period; As you continue to win races you can buy newer and better tricks that are pretty easy to land as well&period; Winning races garners you money and experience points&comma; as you level up you gain skill points which helps you buy all those new tricks I was talking about&period; The money you win in the races helps you upgrade your hydro jet so that you can be better&comma; faster&comma; and stronger&period; I bulked up my Top Speed and Acceleration first seeing as that is the most useful while racing&period; I&&num;8217&semi;d rather depend on my speed than finding areas to do tricks and fill my Boost Meter&comma; that&&num;8217&semi;s just how I roll&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>One letdown that I had with <em>Riptide GP&colon; Renegade<&sol;em>&comma; was the fact that I kept racing on the same tracks over and over&period; Now&comma; don&&num;8217&semi;t get me wrong&comma; the tracks were gorgeous and had a personality to each one of them&comma; but zipping around on them over and over was tiresome&period; The water&comma; which is a main focus point of the game worked very well&comma; it looked almost as if it was real&period; They put a lot of effort into those water graphics and it shows&period; What was boring was the fact that all the racers I battled looked similar&comma; I couldn&&num;8217&semi;t differentiate between the hydro jetters I was schooling on the track&period; I did enjoy the circuit racing when the game would throw a special challenge race at me&period; Instead of having to come in first for all the races I was given a few curveballs&period; I found myself at one time having to Slalom on water&comma; which was fun and refreshing&comma; but didn&&num;8217&semi;t break away from the monotony of all the racing&period; The one that really had me moving though was Elimination&comma; if you are last when a certain timer runs out you are booted from the race&period; It took me a few tries to not lose this type of race and I honestly thought this was their best addition to the race-ways&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;118860" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-118860" style&equals;"width&colon; 640px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-118860" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2017&sol;02&sol;22001126&sol;riptide1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"&lpar;Riptide GP&colon; Renegade - Vector Unit&rpar;" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"360" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-118860" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Riptide GP&colon; Renegade<&sol;em> &&num;8211&semi; Vector Unit&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>I did enjoy my time with <em>Riptide GP&colon; Renegade<&sol;em> a lot&comma; but I found it to be repetitive&period; I&&num;8217&semi;ve never been one to watch racing or play racing games so I get bored with them very easily&period; If you are a fan of going around and around in circle for long periods of time without actually getting anywhere&comma; then this little downloadable title should be on your hard drive&period; If you have buddies that also enjoy Nascar and such then you should let them in on this little game&&num;8217&semi;s existence and enjoy some online or couch co-op&period; Grab your hydro-jet and become a renegade or do it with friends&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>An Xbox One Product Code for Riptide GP&colon; Renegade was provided by Vector Unit for the purpose of this review&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;