Rider Worlds - Neon Bike Races 4+

Definitely one of my favorite games. I’m a grown man, and for the most part, I try not to waste my life and money on apps and games, but it’s nice to have a few good ones to fill the spaces in between the more important things when I’m not in the mood to be “productive.” This is one of the good ones.

I did shell out a few bucks to avoid getting ads every couple minutes, and I think it was worth the additional entertainment value I get from the game.

So, there is just one control, that causes you to either accelerate or flip, depending on whether you are on the track or in the air. The entire game is centered around the interest of the tracks and your ability to finesse your speed and flips to stay alive. The tracks are indeed very interesting, and I enjoy the challenges and nuances found in the different worlds. Lot’s of fun upgrades for your vehicles and neat challenges and mini games to keep things interesting. The folks at Chimpworks have done a great job here.

So like many other people I have loved playing the original rider for years and was super hyped when I heard a sequel came out. It’s a fun game, I do like the the updated quests along with all the customization of your vehicle, but the insane lag spikes make it unplayable. Almost every time I am about to land from a flip I will get a huge lag spike and my whole game freezes up, when it unfreezes I’m already dead. This has happened countless times and it makes doing the quests impossible. I am playing on a pretty low end device but still I have never had this problem on any other mobile game even it has very high graphics. I assume why it happens is the game is loading in obstacles as you are going through them and every time it loads up one I get a big lag spike. It’s especially bad on the gravity world I assume because those obstacles are very complicated. The game also has lots of other bugs and issues like when I watch an ad and it just doesn’t count, and then when I try to watch another it says I have no internet connection even though I have full bars. Along with how slowing down practically breaks the game, if you aren’t going full speed on one of the launcher things you will go backwards in the air for some reason so you can get a solid 40/50 score from one before the game realizes your cheating and you have to keep going. Anyway I understand this game is still in beta but please fix the terrible lag spikes that make it unplayable.

I’ve been playing for a week, and I’ll start off with the most critical part of the review; Worlds is easier than base Rider. If you can easily pass every Rider level, this game most likely isn’t going to replace it, since it is fundamentally easier, however I believe that can actually be interpreted as a good thing since a large majority of Worlds’ ease come from the overall lack of glitches, the game is extremely polished from my experience, there were a few levels were the objectives weren’t as clear as I’d hope, but they aren’t impossible to understand. In base Rider I had several occasions when I’d fly off the screen or end up in situations where it seemed out of my control. Worlds doesn’t have nearly as bad of a problem. Also the ease makes it a much nicer pick up and play. I have already beaten my high score from the original after about a week. The level designs allow for more tricks, and even allow a 6 loop flip quite early without glitches, which I am unsure is possible in the original game.

Overall, base Rider is harder, but Worlds gave me a more fun experience.