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Riptide GP: Renegade
Riptide GP: Renegade drops players into a futuristic world of illicit hydro jet racing, where armored riders kick out death-defying stunts over massive waterfalls, outrun cops, and boost at breakneck speeds across surging waves. With a deep career mode and both split screen and online multiplayer, Riptide GP: Renegade is the first game in the popul...
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- Released
- July 25, 2016
- Developer
- Vector Unit
- Publisher
- Vector Unit
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Riptide GP: Renegade Reviews
Professional reviews from gaming critics
Rocket-powered hydro jets return in a sequel to one of the most impressive water-based racers in years. Riptide GP: Renegade proves that Vector Unit are masters of the genre but does it make a bigger splash than its predecessor?
Overall Riptide GP Renegade provides a nice experience on the Switch. The XP and BP upgrade system provides a great amount of replayability, while the online and local split screen multiplayer means you can always play with other people whenever and wherever. Be warned though - the choppy frame rate in handheld mode can be a damper on the overall fluid dynamic, so you may want to plan on playing this docked. Otherwise, if you're a fan of Wave Race or racing games in general Riptide GP Renegade would be a great addition to your Switch library.
Riptide GP: Renegade, or Riptide for short, is similar to games like Hydro Thunder, Wave Race and the SSX series. As I spent countless hours playing these games growing up, I needed to get my hands on this game. While not quite the same as the games listed above, Riptide is a good substitute. Although this mobile port is not without a few problems, it makes quite a splash in the arcade racing genre.
Riptide GP: Renegade is an impressive racer born from the mobile market. It’s by no means a stellar title, but it does provide a nice homage to the classic Jet Moto series. Racing can be unfair at times and it’s on the shorter side of things in terms of content, but the RPG-like hooks of earning rewards even in defeat make the losses less damning. There’s not exactly a wow factor here, but plain and simple, it’s fun albeit for short bursts.
"Into the Drink, You Go!" If there's one type of game that you don't seem much of, it's arcade style games. Sure, the indie's are trying to bring them back, we simply haven't seen any of them from established studios. So I when noticed that Vector Unit had dropped Riptide…