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Publisher: Publisher: Namco-Bandai<br />
Namco-Bandai<br />
Developer: Developer: Namco-Bandai<br />
Namco-Bandai<br />
Release Release Date: Date: Q4 Q4 2006<br />
2006<br />
Genre(s): Genre(s): Racing<br />
Racing<br />
Category: Category: Arcade<br />
Arcade<br />
# # of of Players: Players: 1 1 - - 14<br />
14<br />
Preview by Lynxara<br />
Say it with me, kids: RIIIIIIIIIIDGE RACER!<br />
Namco’s Ridge Racer series is one of the cornerstones of the PlayStation brand,<br />
so of course there’s a new title in the series to go along with the PS3 launch.<br />
Much like the 360-exclusive Ridge Racer 6, RR7 is a system exclusive designed<br />
to exploit the strengths of the PS3. This means mind-blowingly detailed highresolution<br />
pseudo-realistic graphics that give the Ridge Racer driving fantasy an<br />
unprecedented level of intensity.<br />
It also means twenty-two unique tracks, forty cars, a 160-race career mode,<br />
worldwide online multiplayer for up to fourteen simultaneous racers, and a<br />
mind-bogglingly detailed car customization and tuning system. For the rst<br />
time in the Ridge Racer series, you’ll be able to alter the look and performance<br />
of any car into one of thousands different possible combinations. Even more<br />
customization content will be available via download from the PS3’s online service.<br />
Online multiplayer in RR7 will blend traditional competitive play with a variety<br />
of co-op modes like Team Battle and Pair Time Attack. A worldwide leaderboard<br />
called the “World Hub” will track every player’s performance.<br />
Despite these neat features and fantastic screens, RR7 is going to face an uphill<br />
battle when it comes to getting the respect of the hardcore. Much like Genji 2<br />
and its GIANT ENEMY CRAB, Ridge Racer 7 emerged from the aming wreckage<br />
of Sony’s E3 2006 press conference as an enduring symbol of corporate failure<br />
and stale gameplay. Of course, the nal proof is in the gameplay, and in all<br />
likelihood few of RR7’s vocal naysayers have ever laid hands on the game.<br />
Can Namco Bandai deliver a product good enough to make<br />
the internet eat its collective words? We’ll<br />
nd out this fall.<br />
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