Unlocked and Loaded
Originally, the Steam PC version of Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed was scheduled to unlock for those pre-ordering at 1PM Eastern time this afternoon. But it appears the download unlocked a bit earlier than expected today.
The PC port contains several added characters, including the main cast of Team Fortress 2, the manager from the Football Manager series, the Shogun from the Total War series. All those extras were first confirmed by TSSZ reporter Andrea Gil in November.
A few problems have been reported with the PC edition, including problems accessing the game’s configuration menu, and trouble scaling the video resolution beyond 720p.
If you’ve purchased ASR Transformed on PC, tell us how it plays below in the comments. There’s still one more edition to go in the series; Ryan Bloom will review the Nintendo 3DS port when it is released next month.
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One month and still no screenshots for the 3DS version? I’m getting a bit worried. :/
…I have a feeling that the 3DS version is gonna suck. It happened with Generations 3DS, SEGA, and I really hate to say that. So let’s not get a bad start with Nintendo’s latest handheld and make the games just as good as the console titles, eh?
@Nexus:
If you have a 3DS, you can go to the eShop to see some screenshots of the game. However, they are in low quality. The game has been listed in the “Coming Soon” category of the eShop. I think this is the first I’ve seen of the game, but I don’t know if these are old screenshots, or not.
“Next month” makes it sound like there;s a month left; the game launches in 8-12 days (depending on region). That’s not a long time.
@EngineR2
Those pictures are almost definitely off-screen.
Honestly I feel like this is a lazy port to PC. The launcher looks like it was coded by a 12-year-old and on my powerful PC, the game looks almost no better than my PS3 copy at max settings. Still, it’s just as fun as the other versions. I’ve expirienced a few glitches with the PC version already too, such as everyone but me disappearing in a race, leaving no competition. Quite strange indeed.
Hopefully you guys do a review on this build as well, because it calls for a separate one.