Pure PlayStation: Road Redemption’s vehicular combat provides fleeting fun but repetitive objectives, limited gameplay variety and tedious progression make this ride feel like a slog.
We take a look at what Road Redemption brings to the table in terms of the Road Rash inspired genre of motorcycle combat racers.
John hits the highway…literally in his latest review.
Brian writes: "Road Redemption deserves praise for staying faithful to the core game play of Road Rash, but doesn’t have enough polish or weight (quite literally when handling the bikes) to make it a worthy successor to the old classic."
I haven't played this since it was in Steam Early Access, but I really enjoyed it. It delivered as a spiritual successor to Road Rash. My biggest gripe was the rooftop races, which a lot of people hated at the time, but this review lists them as a positive, so I guess they ironed the issues out with it. The review's chief complaints are with the graphics and the weight of the bikes. The action distracts a great deal from the subpar graphics and make less noticeable the cookie cutter downside of the procedurally generated stages. As for the bike physics, games in this genre are arcade racing. They don't pretend to be simulators.
