#WHEN DOES THE RIDERS REPUBLIC BETA END FULL#
If you’ve seen the film Out Cold you’ll know what I am talking about, but if you haven’t it’s essentially a race that requires all participants to have a full glass of beer and the person who makes it from the top of the mountain to the bottom with the most beer in their glass is crowned King of the Mountain. Snowboarding is certainly the pick of the two, and if I could recommend Ubisoft adding anything it would be a mode called King of the Mountain. Given the game is developed by Ubisoft Annecy, the same team that made Steep, it’s no surprise that the snow sports are just as fun. But it’s not just about going downhill, it’s also about getting serious air and pulling off some insane trickery, and in an excellent design choice, whenever you go flying the game will automatically revert to third-person making it easier to land. If I could give any hint it’s to play the game in first-person because it feels way faster than third-person and it heightens the immersion and realism. Seriously, fanging down a hill as fast as you can from the safety of your couch is exhilarating. I never did that again.ĭoing it in Riders Republic however is quite fun. Thankfully, as I hit the curb and went flying off my bike, dog shit broke my fall. Now I’m not sure how fast you’ve ridden a bike downhill, but I tried it once and halfway down the hill I was riding I gave up all hope of stopping safely – it was terrifying.
However, the bulk of my first 90 minutes is spent mountain biking, mostly downhill at high speeds.
I boot up the beta and get stuck into the tutorial, giving me a taste of the sports I’ll be playing, which are mountain biking, snowboarding/skiing, wingsuiting and jetpacking. Besides, games journalists are meant to be bad at video games, so at least I am staying true to my roots. To answer Kroeger’s question of “are we having fun yet?” I most certainly was, which is all that matters. At the end of the event, the overall leaderboard is displayed and there I was, dead fucking last. You see towards the end of our session we participated in what is called a Mass Race – a three-race event that features up to 64 participants in a mix of the sports in the game. However, by the end of my 3–4 hour group session with a bunch of Aussie journalists and a Ubisoft representative, not only had my interest in the game elevated, but WellPlayed’s standing in the gaming community had taken a tumble that wouldn’t look out of place on ESPN Sports Bloopers.
Last week I was able to go hands-on with the closed beta for Ubisoft’s upcoming open-world massive multiplayer extreme sports title, a game for which I admittedly had little hype. Truth be told, as I write this, I am listening to the raspy vocals of Chad Kroeger as he croons how he “never made it as a wise man,” however that’s where the similarities end because quite simply, Ubisoft’s Riders Republic has reminded me of how shit I am at extreme sports. Based on the title of this preview, you may think that I am talking about Canadian rockers Nickelback and their hit song How You Remind Me.
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