
It's an intriguing idea, but Sonic Free Riders fails to capitalize on the promise of its intuitive control scheme. A modest hop in your living room results in your in-game character soaring into the virtual stratosphere, and a slight flick of your wrist allows you to fling a missile right into the back of a speeding opponent. The characters in Sonic Free Riders are divided into different teams, similar to the ones from 2003's Sonic Heroes.Imagine a game in which the mundane actions you perform in real life are replicated to an exaggerated degree in the digital realm. Unlike previous titles in the Sonic Riders series, cutscenes are just conversations between talking heads, rather than fully acted out scenes. The story also focuses on the rivalry between Sonic the Hedgehog and his green counterpart Jet the Hawk. Eggman attempting to gain control of the Chaos Emeralds by setting up another hoverboard competition. The plot is similar to the other games in the Sonic Riders franchise, with Dr.

The online multiplayer mode can be played with up to seven other people, while the local multiplayer modes can be played with two players, or two tag-teams of two. The game features online competitive multiplayer, and local competitive and co-op splitscreen modes. The gameplay in Sonic Free Riders requires the player to stand in front of a Kinect camera and use gesture-based controls to lean left or right, accelerate, reach out for objects, jump, and perform stunts, among other mechanics.

Each track also features unique shortcuts that allow players to complete races more quickly. Sonic Free Riders is a racing game in which the player controls a character riding a hoverboard across several circuits, performing stunts and grabbing weapons and power-ups along the way for competitive advantage. The game released on Novemas one of Kinect's launch titles. The latest release in the Sonic Riders series is a hoverboard racing game using Microsoft's Kinect technology on the Xbox 360, announced by Sega during the 2010 E3 conference.
