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Quick Look: Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing

Sega injects a massive dose of fan service into the turbocharger of kart racing.

Sit back and enjoy as the Giant Bomb team takes an unedited look at the latest video games.

Mar. 5 2010

Cast: Jeff, Brad

Posted by: Drew

233 Comments

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I'm enjoying this. Just basic fun.

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sweet iv been waiting for this QL

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nice looking forward

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Edited By Nyro

The race begins!

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Was kinda interested but many things but the name Sonic put me off... also its cart racing..also it's new sega maybe a rental?

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Edited By Marz

this game actually looks fun

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Bought this on a whim and I must say it was $50 well spent.

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WTF, Brad sounded really weird when he said "Yes" at 0:09!

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Edited By MAST

I'm just so impressed with ModNation Racers now, that all other kart racers look bland and boring to me.

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Arghh, where is my Deadly Premonition QL?

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This game looks actually pretty sick, yo. I dug Sega Superstars Tennis a ton as well. Apparently Sega is good at taking well-established franchises, ripping them off and inserting fan service up the wazoo. They should do more of that. I'd like to play a Sega Superstars Golf  or Sonic's All Star Baseball one day.

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Why does Sonic need a car?

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ps3 exclusive should have been the edelwisse!

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Edited By lordofultima

This game is great.

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Edited By skippyscissors

I'm digging the track design.

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Edited By MysteriousBob

All these Dreamcast characters... why do Sega act like the 16-bit era never occurred? Where's my god damn Streets of Rage 4?

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Is it just me, or have there been a lot of racing games in focus lately?

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Needs more sonic boom!!

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Edited By zombie2011
@MAST said:
" I'm just so impressed with ModNation Racers now, that all other kart racers look bland and boring to me. "
Total opposite for me, ModNation looks pretty bland compared to this.  
 
The environments in MN are so boring, This game has so much stuff going on in the background and the power ups seem awesome. After the Blur and Sonic QL i have lost all interest in ModNation.
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Edited By 234r2we232

Ha. Mega Driver... like the band :P

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@MarkWahlberg said:

" Why does Sonic need a car? "

My sentiments exactly.
 
"Yo, I'ma make it Jiggy Rain all up in this club!"
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Edited By samcotts

PLEASE don't judge the gameplay by this QL. 
 
No offence to Jeff, but he sucks hard at this and was playing it all wrong. The game is based around boosting, something you can and should achieve every time you drift, but it seemed Jeff was simply tapping the drift button instead of holding it. On top of that, you can also boost by performing tricks every time you're in the air, which Jeff also missed on doing. One of the best parts of this game is its sense of speed, which is completely lost in this QL because of Jeff's newbness.

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Edited By carlidus

i kinda want this.

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always enjoy a quick look.

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God, I fucking hate Sonic.

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@MAST said:
" I'm just so impressed with ModNation Racers now, that all other kart racers look bland and boring to me. "
yea
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Edited By Interfect

 Jiggy Rain... The sequel to Heavy Rain.. I'm calling it!

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Now all I can imagine is a Sony racer, between Ratchet, Kratos, Sackboy, and Nathan Drake.
 
Sony please do this.

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Sega Dollar Symbol FTW!

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@Myomoto said:
" God, I fucking hate Sonic. "
Yeah, agreed
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@MarkWahlberg said:
" Why does Sonic need a car? "
Also why is Sonic's speed attribute not full?
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Having played a chunk of it, have to admit its surprisingly a very good kart racer. Annoyingly the PC version has no online multiplayer of any sort.

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I had to laugh when Jeff use that Giant Missle and didn't notice you had to detonate it.

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Look ok

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Edited By Sanaj

Samba de Amigo level was a bit surprising.
It looks like a competent Mario Kart clone.
 
The lack of Starlight zone music is a bit disappointing.
The fact that Big the Cat is a racer is very disappointing.

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Edited By Rhaknar

holy shit thats a ton of chars and tracks to buy, i love stuff like that...the game is also cheaper than most games here in europe, might get this!

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Edited By RobotHamster

For the PS3 why not Welkin or Alicia from Valkyria Chronicles? That was an exclusive and made by sega, it makes sense.

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Good game, just wish there was some Daytona USA tracks.

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I hoped it would feature a Condemned car with Printing-Press-Special
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I remember back around the time of the original Metal Gear Solid, I used to imagine a kart racing game with snake and all the bosses in it. 
 
That would still be pretty dope.

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Edited By Konanda

Zobio and Zobiko are the main characters in a House of the Dead parody/spin-off that was released last year in Japan and focuses on a love story between the two zombies. Although it's still hella light gun shooter. That's probably why Brad and Jeff had no idea what that game is.  
 
Also House of the Dead is banned in Germany and that is why they refer to the series as Curien Mansion in this game.

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@Chibi_Kaji said:
" I had to laugh when Jeff use that Giant Missle and didn't notice you had to detonate it. "
yeah I know, one of those times where I wanted to tell him forgetting that it's a video..and I'm sitting alone watching it....all by myself...no one to tell...
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@RockmanBionics said:
" I remember back around the time of the original Metal Gear Solid, I used to imagine a kart racing game with snake and all the bosses in it.  That would still be pretty dope. "
You need to contact Konami immediately. That would be so awesome.
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@MarkWahlberg said:
" Why does Sonic need a car? "
Because 3D sonic is hard to control, also he'd probably be too fast.
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Edited By Castro

I'm kinda surprised at the lack of Toejam and Earl. Also, who else remembers Chakan: The Forever Man?

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They should have put Bayonetta in this

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Wish it had Shinobi from Shinobi III. That would be AWESOME

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@zombie2011 said:
" @MAST said:
" I'm just so impressed with ModNation Racers now, that all other kart racers look bland and boring to me. "
Total opposite for me, ModNation looks pretty bland compared to this.   The environments in MN are so boring, This game has so much stuff going on in the background and the power ups seem awesome. After the Blur and Sonic QL i have lost all interest in ModNation. "
I think each game scratches a different itch. Sonic is a straight-up throwback, fan-service filled kart racer. Blur is the evolution of the arcade racer- basically if Need for Speed had guns and power-ups. Modnation is for the people who want to build and create new levels and cars, which explains why the normal maps lack personality. It's up to you to make something fresh and new. I'm interested in all three games actually. 
 
I want to see a QL of Split/Second as well. That game intrigues me, but it seems like it'll be overshadowed by Blur. It's the inFamous/Prototype debacle of 2009 all over again.
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Not drifting enough!

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Edited By Bartman3010

I'm sure someone already said this, but the producer of the game said they were only going to make one version of the game released across all territories. So they changed the name of "House of the Dead" to "Curien Mansion" because House of the Dead is banned in Germany!
 
Edit: Also, theres no All Star Moves online. Kind of a bummer, isnt it?