Sony Riders Republic Ultimate Edition - PS5

Product Information

Ride in style with the Ultimate Edition of RIDERS REPUBLIC™, which includes the entire game as well as the following digital content**: It's annoying, too, especially at first when the overlong tutorial takes hold and refuses to let go for the best part of an hour. This is one of those extreme sports games that overlays its action with grating voice overs, the dialogue more likely to give you a nosebleed than any of the highest altitudes you're invited to scale. Given how pervasive that voiceover can be in the first hour, I wouldn't be surprised if it proved an endurance test too far for most players. Persevere, though, and it's then often remarkable how eager Riders Republic is to get out of the way. There's a decent amount of community tools in Riders Republic, and where that community takes this game next is going to be fascinating. Nonetheless, Steep was a great foundation for what could become a breath of fresh air for fans of winter sports games. But Ubisoft Annecy went the extra mile and released Riders Republic — a game that maintained Steep’s open world aspects and winter sports while also adding bikes to the mix. It’s rather baffling that you can’t play Mass Races whenever you want. You have to wait for the game to put out a call altering you that one is about to start. This happens frequently enough that you’ll not have to wait long, but why you can’t just matchmake on demand is a real mystery. THE YEAR 1 PASS: Extend your experience with the Year 1 Pass which includes eight exotic kits that allow you to modify gameplay in the form of gear upgrades throughout the year, the BMX Sport add-on, plus, exclusive content added after launch!

Customize your character to show off your style, including a new set of outfits and boards that represent skate and BMX culture. Compete in all-out mass races with over 50 players – grind or collide and fight your way to the finish line! Some of that brilliance might be familiar from Steep, 2016's equally open-ended extreme sports outing upon which so much of Riders Republic is built. This is neither as focussed - there's a broadening out of disciplines to include bikes as well as terrain types that go beyond mere snow here - nor quite so strange, with no spoken word interjections from the mountains themselves (at least none that I've come across in over a dozen hours or so of play - this is a vast, vast game after all). It is deeply, gloriously silly, though, a playground told with an exuberance that's infectious as you pedal down perilous courses in matching giraffe outfits. Whilst we will do everything we can to meet the delivery times above, there may be factors outside of our control and we cannot guarantee delivery within this time frame.

What Curators Say

Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, Northern Ireland and the Scottish Highlands) may take longer to reach you. At any point, you can instantly switch to a first-person mode with a button press. While you’ll likely opt to play the majority of the Riders Republic in third-person, first-person is a fun novelty. Bunny-hopping off a cliff on a BMX and riding down the almost steer incline in first-person is extremely exhilarating and might just knot your stomach.

Customize your character to show off your style, including a new set of outfits and boards that represent skate culture.

Riders Republic review

JUMP INTO A MASS SOCIAL PLAYGROUND – Live out the rider's fantasy as you roam free in a huge, vibrant open world, always buzzing with other players around you. Immerse yourself in iconic American national parks including Bryce Canyon, Yosemite Valley, Mammoth Mountain... all mashed up for you to shred! Upgrade to the digital PS5 version of the game at no additional cost. To upgrade eligible PS4 disc copies, players need a PS5 console with a disc drive. PlayStation.com/help Many events take advantage of those seamlessly transitions aswell. There are multisport races that puts you on a racing ski and after a big jump you are suddenly flying through the mountains with your wingsuit.

Choose whether you’d rather freestyle with some sweet Slopestyle and Freeride action or if you're more of an Enduro, Downhill, Gravel and Cross Country Races kinda rider! Although Riders Republic does so much right when it comes to the sense of progression, I do have to say that its approach to seasonal content was a bit of a let down. Even though I am always being rewarded something, some times I am left with the impression that I am not being rewarded enough. In Riders Republic, join a massive multiplayer playground as you shred the snow, mud and dirt in real time with more than 50 players. Fly through snowy mountains with a wingsuit or race down arid canyons on your bike as you roam free in a huge open world. Customize your character to show off your style, including a new set of outfits and boards to represent skate culture. That is certainly a lot — and the crazy thing is they are all fun to ride. Riders Republic is in no way a simulator. It is an arcade game that brings the best of the early 2000s extreme sports games and put them all into a huge natural playground. And once you have that in mind and embrace the absurdity of it all, you are in for a great time. There are many licensed rides to choose fromGo wild on the heights of iconic US national parks like Yosemite, Zion, Mammoth Mountain, and Bryce Canyon.

Ubisoft builds upon the framework of Steep with this enjoyably eccentric open world extreme sports adventure.

Comparative Grid

If you look at the environments too closely, though, you will notice that this is not the prettiest world ever. But when you are riding downhill as fast as the wind, you will not notice those details at all — instead, you will be blown away by how vast the world you are riding in is. The map is filled with secrets. For instance, there are five hundred balloons spread randomly across the regions that reward you with in-game currency, as well as eleven relics that reward you with funkie gear. There are also 45 landmarks to find and 23 stunts, which are basically challenges for each of the sports for you to complete. With the Skate Edition, try and become the next skate legend of the Republic. The Skate Edition includes the base game and the Skate add-on.* Riders Republic’s map is composed of seven regions: Mammoth Mountain, Yosemite Valley, Grand Teton, Sequoia, Bryce Canyon, Zion and Canyonlands. As soon as you complete the game’s introduction you are free to go wherever you want at any time.