Sonic All-Stars Racing Transformed- At the Finish or Gone Flat

     This is a great game, no doubt about it. It takes forever to get the character you want though, being that if you aren't a fan of Sonic, Super Monkey Ball, or Jet Set Radio, you have a long way to go before you meet up with NiGHTS or Gilius Thunderhead. It's hard to the point of tears, and it's only easy with the gamepad. When you get into it though, it might just make you buy the older sibling of this game, even if it is really bad.
     I started with World Tour, immediately attatching myself to Meemee from Super Monkey Ball(though I wish they had Yanyan instead), and growing a hatred to the echidna known as Knuckles. Yes, I'm aware Meemee is a very girly character, but it's kinda' funny to annihilate my foes using a monkey wearing a skirt. I do the same thing with Peach and Zelda in SSBB, and Hinata in Naruto.
     I never thought there was any item set more creative than Mario Kart, but with a blowfish, an RC car, and fireworks at your disposal, I was proven wrong. It was irritating to have locks in your way which required you to do better in some events,they were sometimes discouraging, but always worth it. Finding Shadow in an area you got yourself has never been so redeeming.
     However, I found that while it's fun to do some things, multiple mechanics, like drifting and tricks, are relied on too heavily, and I can't say how hard it is for people to get used to it, especially while in flight. The
graphics are good in some places, and poor in others, and some faces look like they've been blurred out.
     You can't say this is a bad game, because you'd be wrong, but I miss the older Sega characters, like Opa Opa, the Mobo Brothers, or the ridiculously strange and fun, but forgotten Billy Hatcher. Sega needs to dig deeper, because they can give more, but DLC's are on the way, so who knows? Maybe the chicken boy will return to the track after a long day of rolling.
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