Nerd³ Plays... Dr. Robotnik's Ring Racers

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  • Опубліковано 16 чер 2024
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  • @ShenDoodles
    @ShenDoodles Місяць тому +376

    Fun fact: this is a fucking DOOM mod.

    • @The_Farwall
      @The_Farwall Місяць тому +31

      If that's true that's hilarious

    • @GTI1dasOriginal
      @GTI1dasOriginal Місяць тому +7

      "thank" you for spoiling the whole point of even starting to watch the video. 🤬

    • @jasonyesmarc309
      @jasonyesmarc309 Місяць тому +9

      ​@@The_FarwallIt is, ahaha

    • @jasonyesmarc309
      @jasonyesmarc309 Місяць тому +73

      ​@@GTI1dasOriginalwut? This information should be even MORE reason to watch. Also NerdCubed is entertaining as hell. Stick around and enjoy the fun!

    • @102Mod
      @102Mod Місяць тому +42

      @@jasonyesmarc309 @The_Farwall It’s technically to the sequel to a mod of a doom mod. And you can mod both of these for custom characters and tracks and levels

  • @MarmaladeSparrow
    @MarmaladeSparrow Місяць тому +111

    oh my god, "at least it's not essex" - the character arc of George Spence

  • @ArcadeStriker
    @ArcadeStriker Місяць тому +101

    Holy shit, this has to be the biggest channel covering the game so far...and I'm so glad its finally getting this amount of traction.
    Many had been waiting for it as the sequel of SRB2Kart for FIVE years, me included, with the biggest selling feature of the ne wgame being that it would have bots and single player stuff as you noticed along with a big new coat of paint for tracks and characters [plus more of those included by default]. When you get some real good grips with how the game plays, it is a real treat to handle, and also has quite a lot of care put into the presentation.

    • @LovingRonin
      @LovingRonin Місяць тому +2

      Skill up did too at the end of his weekly round-up, he's a great reviewer, would recommend!

  • @splazztastic
    @splazztastic Місяць тому +72

    Love how into character he got hating that Sonic always wins

  • @14PhilFox
    @14PhilFox Місяць тому +21

    Calls the characters Nack and Metallix... A man of culture indeed!

  • @AnnaJam
    @AnnaJam Місяць тому +16

    Ngl the idea that all of the Patrons just randomly started going fast is really fucking funny

  • @kitestar
    @kitestar Місяць тому +16

    Uh…this is 2.0, 2.1 actually streamlines the tutorial and makes big chunks skippable, along with making unlocks, less insane

    • @MyOtheHedgeFox
      @MyOtheHedgeFox Місяць тому +3

      And 2.2 adds the Auto-Ring accessiblity feature to help you learn how to feed the rings to the engine. Basically the Auto Gear vs Manual Gear from the "serious face" racers!

  • @Molly-dd7tk
    @Molly-dd7tk Місяць тому +15

    Useful tip: Whenever you get hit with an item and come to a complete stop, its faster to just spin dash back up to full speed (same when on slopes too! see: 9:53)
    Another tip: Press the item button DURING the roulette to select an item like a slot machine - meaning theoretically if you're good enough, you can always choose the item you want to pull.
    You've picked up the mechanics so quickly! This game is a gem once you give it a chance and gets more enjoyable after every session, I was super happy when you picked up the devious starting line shenanigans. 🎉

    • @MyOtheHedgeFox
      @MyOtheHedgeFox Місяць тому +3

      Hear, hear! The Spindash is probably my favorite Sonic Riders-like feature here, and it's amazing. Climb up slopes, get out of rough terrain... AND it charges up much faster if you got no rings!

  • @Molly-dd7tk
    @Molly-dd7tk Місяць тому +17

    The ring system is such a well-thought out mechanic that constructs risk-reward. When you boost, you'll want to hold on to a few extra rings in your pocket so that you dont get hit and spin out (this happens on bump with any other racer when at 0 rings).
    BUT here's where it gets interesting: The instawhip (the parry thing) can hit racers and cause them to spin out EVEN IF THEY HAVE RINGS - thus, if you want to go for plays, you can deplete your ring gauge (and thus defences) to gain access to instawhip to knock someone out.
    So cool :3

    • @MyOtheHedgeFox
      @MyOtheHedgeFox Місяць тому +2

      Just in case -- whenever you feel like you don't have enough rings to boost up a slope, use the Spindash (the 3-2-1-GO thing). If you're mad stuck, hold Respawn to spawn the Ring Shooter... or drive through another player's Ring Shooter!
      The Insta-Whip can also hit enemies THROUGH invincibility and other power-ups that would normally make someone nigh-invulnerable. Just don't touch them!

  • @Timsontheguy
    @Timsontheguy Місяць тому +32

    Say what you will about the Sonic Fandom, so many good things have come out of it jesus christ.

  • @JonnySpec
    @JonnySpec Місяць тому +10

    Your rank at the end of races is based on your position at the end of each lap and how many rings you have at the end of the race.

  • @bladedash_
    @bladedash_ 23 дні тому

    Its actually crazy seeing a channel this big showcasr this game. Im really glad you guys went out your way to give ring racers the recognition it deserves, and really hope this acts as a foundation for more to come!!!

  • @THENAMEISQUICKMAN
    @THENAMEISQUICKMAN Місяць тому +12

    I coul not believe that the guy who did a fair whack of original music from this, Tyron, is the same guy who does the Kusoge Advent Calander every year lmao (an annual marathon from the 1st to the 20-something-th of December where he plays completely obscure and often terrible fighting games)

    • @joelhagdahl5769
      @joelhagdahl5769 Місяць тому

      I've also seen several artists from the MLP fan music community in the OST! You really get surprised at how many people put work into this

  • @greenknight9000
    @greenknight9000 Місяць тому +13

    *_HOLY SHIT YES! I'M SO HAPPY THIS GAME IS GETTING THE RECOGNITION IT DESERVES_*

  • @HelFrostKara
    @HelFrostKara Місяць тому +10

    I think the bit rate disagrees, but I love the aesthetic.

    • @benji-menji
      @benji-menji Місяць тому +1

      He's probably running on nearest graphics filter which isn't the wisest way to record video of this game.

  • @obnoxiouspriest
    @obnoxiouspriest Місяць тому +25

    I was really hoping the rest of the title was going to be.... Dr robotniks mean bean machine... But I'll give this a shot.

  • @nehichao1480
    @nehichao1480 7 днів тому

    The green color for character is actually the color palette used for Doom Guy in normal Doom

  • @LiveHedgehog
    @LiveHedgehog Місяць тому +8

    It's interesting how much a short lived comic shaped your ideas of what the Sonic franchise is.

  • @msr_metal
    @msr_metal Місяць тому +1

    dan playing ring racers...i MIGHT be in heaven

  • @bingbingpow
    @bingbingpow Місяць тому +3

    Aww yeah. Another Nerd³ upload to save the day.

  • @SoupeR3459
    @SoupeR3459 Місяць тому

    Watched Nerd make a video on a sonic game after I sopped watching his videos years ago is just what I needed today!

  • @therealdatenshi
    @therealdatenshi Місяць тому +3

    Timing of this video is quite funny tbh

  • @MundanePixels
    @MundanePixels Місяць тому

    Recorded a video playing this game for about an hour and the video ended up being JUST the tutorial lmao. Had a great time honestly

  • @Morley-White
    @Morley-White Місяць тому +1

    When you hit your rival it sounds like the iPhone alarm … the amount of times I got pavloved watching this

  • @CiromBreeze
    @CiromBreeze Місяць тому +2

    Oh! I wasn't expecting another fangame video from Dan! (Wonder if he's ever tried out Sonic Robo Blast 2 yet? Ring Racers is built off of it, so...)

  • @bobbys332
    @bobbys332 Місяць тому +5

    I mean, if Robotnik is the titular character I'm guessing cheating is going to be the "right" thing to do...

    • @Leekodot15
      @Leekodot15 Місяць тому

      Surprisingly,
      ...I mean there's no actual cheating in this game, but it is REALLY possible to make a comeback from last place in this.

    • @inaccurateprophecy8971
      @inaccurateprophecy8971 Місяць тому +4

      @@Leekodot15The cheating is reserved for the Rival CPU

    • @Leekodot15
      @Leekodot15 Місяць тому

      @@inaccurateprophecy8971 Yeah, that's fair...

  • @nyanarchy
    @nyanarchy Місяць тому +1

    Now that NerdCubed Challenges are back, maybe there's a chance of seeing a Permadeath of Crash Bandicoot 2 on the PS1? The Crash Bandicoot permadeath will be 10 years old next year, and it's still great (apart from sometimes wasting invincibility).

  • @DigeeTheGenie
    @DigeeTheGenie Місяць тому

    Watching Dan play this is like watching Timmy Mallet on antidepressants and his 5th can of Irn Bru..

  • @gab2022-bichosbichos
    @gab2022-bichosbichos 2 дні тому

    That's the sequel to Srb2kart

  • @JohnBoyX
    @JohnBoyX Місяць тому +1

    9:09 from the jaws of defeat

  • @alansmithee419
    @alansmithee419 Місяць тому +2

    1:55
    You could also play as scourge the hedgehog by painting sonic green.

    • @16BitGamerCat
      @16BitGamerCat Місяць тому +1

      Or, hear me out. You could unlock him from the challenge wall. Im pretty sure he's in there, considering Battle Kukku XV from Tails' Adventure is in there.

    • @inaccurateprophecy8971
      @inaccurateprophecy8971 Місяць тому +1

      @@16BitGamerCat Game characters up there only (or characters who have at least shown up in a game in the case of a Robotnik alt). Somehow this extends to an Idolmaster waifu being in the base roster

    • @16BitGamerCat
      @16BitGamerCat Місяць тому

      @@inaccurateprophecy8971 counterpoint, Whisper and Surge are in there, and those two are only in IDW.

    • @inaccurateprophecy8971
      @inaccurateprophecy8971 Місяць тому +1

      @@16BitGamerCat Counterpoint to the counterpoint, they show up in Sonic Forces: Speed Battle for mobile devices.

  • @NathanSeeley
    @NathanSeeley Місяць тому +1

    This game look like pure chaos

  • @gittonsxv126
    @gittonsxv126 Місяць тому +1

    I wonder when he will notice that getting hit causes you to lose rings.
    And if you go into negative rings you lose speed, and then eventually die...

  • @LeminSpeedrun
    @LeminSpeedrun Місяць тому

    Omg you're still around. I used to watch you when i was back in school lol. this game is awesome, sick to see you covering it.

  • @awesomegames9216
    @awesomegames9216 Місяць тому +8

    22 Seconds! I Think That's My New Record.

  • @7thboss931
    @7thboss931 Місяць тому

    The handling of the carts looks interesting. It looks like you have to be concerned with slowing down just as much as speeding up. A hybrid of arcade and sim racing

  • @vee6460
    @vee6460 25 днів тому

    when this video was posted, i only played a bit of this game, now i have like 60% challenge completion and i think it may be my goty this year

  • @Notester82
    @Notester82 25 днів тому

    Hoooooooly heck, this video's probably one of my favorites of yours, just from the absolute clutch victory you pulled starting at 8:51alone, aaaaaaaaaaaaaa :D Very action-packed, very funny moments, very cool game, meep!
    Also I feel you with the "leaning in chair while making a turn in a racing game" bit, haha

  • @blobbem
    @blobbem Місяць тому +4

    I enjoyed Sonic Robo Blast 2 Kart, so I'm interested in this sequel. That said, I have only heard how mental the tutorial is and how the game has a bazillion mechanics for no reason, so I'm hesitant to play.

    • @16BitGamerCat
      @16BitGamerCat Місяць тому

      If you believe yourself good enough without the tutorial, turn around when you spawn into it and go through the door. The tutorial skip portal is in there. But be warned, the game WILL test you to see if you really are ready to skip the tutorial. Also, that tutorial skip is the only way to unlock one of the tracks, so you're gonna have to do it eventually.

    • @MyOtheHedgeFox
      @MyOtheHedgeFox Місяць тому +1

      The devs are listening to community feedback, so tutorial's been improved and streamlined (with the exits for experienced and returning players peppered all throughout).
      Also, the tutorial's surprisingly well written for a racing game. =) Worth seeing it!

    • @firedreadyblocks7427
      @firedreadyblocks7427 Місяць тому +1

      People are both overreacting, and getting bored because of their Tiktok brains.

    • @blobbem
      @blobbem Місяць тому +1

      @@firedreadyblocks7427 I know it is easy to laugh at people with small attention spans, but there is something to be said about feature creep in games. The best kart racing game ever made (Crash Team Racing) is incredibly easy to pick up, but fairly difficult to master, because all you need to learn to get good is the boost mechanic.
      Ring Racers, in comparison, has a bizarre amount of little mechanics that ends up creating an overly long tutorial for a kart racer.

    • @firedreadyblocks7427
      @firedreadyblocks7427 Місяць тому

      @@blobbem "for a Kart racer"
      Why can't DRRR be different? What makes other game's tutorials that take 30+ mins to complete, more acceptable than DRRR's?
      So many people bash on the game for not being easy to pick up and play, and while that means that it will have a smaller audience (which the devs knew from the start, they made a statement about it), that isn't necessarily a BAD thing.
      While there are a lot of mechanics, there aren't too many. Most of them are situational. Similar to driving irl, while there may be a ton of things you have to do to drive safe (check every mirror, look every direction before going, turn on blinkers, etc, etc) you aren't having to do ALL of them at the SAME time. You only have to do certain things, when the situation calls for it.

  • @robertwyatt3912
    @robertwyatt3912 Місяць тому +3

    You should try Sonic Robo Blast 2! This game is based off of its engine.

    • @flyingtoast27
      @flyingtoast27 Місяць тому

      It's a sequel, I personally don't see much reason to go back tbh, but I get you

    • @robertwyatt3912
      @robertwyatt3912 Місяць тому +3

      @@flyingtoast27 no I don’t mean SRB2 Kart, I meant base SRB2

    • @flyingtoast27
      @flyingtoast27 Місяць тому

      @@robertwyatt3912 oh, my bad lol

  • @zach.0
    @zach.0 Місяць тому +3

    If this were Nintendo themed, the big N would have the maker of this assassinated.

    • @MagicMottsMan
      @MagicMottsMan Місяць тому +2

      Mtg style

    • @joelhagdahl5769
      @joelhagdahl5769 Місяць тому

      Yes but Sega of America is respectful and we already know this

  • @jackieelizabeth8614
    @jackieelizabeth8614 Місяць тому

    This looks insanely fun yet frustrating

  • @VelvertBridge
    @VelvertBridge Місяць тому +5

    Holy shit this game is fucking sweeet

  • @ReddFiveOhOh
    @ReddFiveOhOh Місяць тому

    This game is absurdly good, but I can’t play it anymore because the AI on Grand Prix mode has dynamic difficulty. Which means the better you do, the harder they get. I wanted to play on gear 1 to relax from gear 2, only to get smashed on the fourth race because I was doing too well lmao

  • @Rodderz1992
    @Rodderz1992 Місяць тому

    For ages I though the kart had the face of a frog on it...

  • @SpeedBladeGaming
    @SpeedBladeGaming 15 днів тому

    I love your videos Dan thank you for always making my day

  • @stoneapollyon8313
    @stoneapollyon8313 Місяць тому

    GOTTA GO- ah screw it, we've all made some variation of this joke.

  • @christsoffer1
    @christsoffer1 Місяць тому +1

    I love the chaos

  • @kingfish4575
    @kingfish4575 Місяць тому

    Dan and arin will love this😂😂

  • @nefariouszulu
    @nefariouszulu Місяць тому

    Am currently fiending for a new video

  • @farshnuke
    @farshnuke Місяць тому

    Surprisingly fun

  • @moeburn
    @moeburn Місяць тому

    Bro this is Wacky Wheels

  • @GameGod77
    @GameGod77 Місяць тому +1

    Is this the final form of SRB2K or is it a different project?

    • @myguy4203
      @myguy4203 Місяць тому +4

      It’s a sequel to SRB2K, so a whole different game at this point (but it was called v2.0 for a bit during development)

  • @gefelax2374
    @gefelax2374 Місяць тому

    HOW THE HELL ARE YOU ALLERGIC TO CHOCOLATE?!
    Oh sorry, seems I'm off by about... ~11 years 😮

  • @MrSkerpentine
    @MrSkerpentine Місяць тому +7

    This game is like the RLCraft of Kart racers

  • @BallinLikeMike23
    @BallinLikeMike23 Місяць тому

    For now simple this game looks I don’t understand why the tutorial is so long 7:41

  • @Cyrus_Hays
    @Cyrus_Hays Місяць тому +3

    I need it

  • @Grimosaur
    @Grimosaur Місяць тому +1

    Dan PLEASE play Sonic Robo Blast 2 godDAMN you!

  • @gaming-nerds1250
    @gaming-nerds1250 Місяць тому

    PLEASE PLAY MANOR LORDS

  • @AStupidID
    @AStupidID Місяць тому

    Sonic fans do what Segadon't.

  • @chrisflory1268
    @chrisflory1268 Місяць тому +2

    you should play that sonic dx game i think it was called i played it on the game cubed best gaem ever actually was hard and there is a raceing thing with peach damn how did i forgot the pink sonic characters name

    • @astarixn
      @astarixn Місяць тому +1

      sonic adventure DX, he already made a video on it 9 years ago!

    • @chrisflory1268
      @chrisflory1268 Місяць тому

      no way

    • @chrisflory1268
      @chrisflory1268 Місяць тому

      @@astarixn oh shii it was wow i cant belive i missed this or just forgot i thought i saw all of his videos by now hmm

  • @shoebox6741
    @shoebox6741 Місяць тому

    UA-cam IS 16 HOURS LATE

  • @thompsonsj64
    @thompsonsj64 Місяць тому

    What in the ADHD....

  • @reeeraptor8
    @reeeraptor8 Місяць тому +3

    3 minutes ago?! damn I got here early

  • @mystbunnygaming1449
    @mystbunnygaming1449 Місяць тому +1

    Wait this has rubber banding?! Why would a fan game use the absolute worst mechanic in all of Mario Kart?!

    • @Matt-cn2nn
      @Matt-cn2nn Місяць тому +2

      Rubber banding is an important part of any racing game. The important thing is implementing it well enough for the player to not notice.

    • @mystbunnygaming1449
      @mystbunnygaming1449 Місяць тому +1

      @@Matt-cn2nn hard disagree on that one. I think if you're performing well enough in a race to get a big lead, you should enjoy some comfort in that.

    • @MyOtheHedgeFox
      @MyOtheHedgeFox Місяць тому

      Actually, YOU (any player) can take advantage of their rubberbanding system! Follow another racer for a few seconds (you'll see a "tether" of sparks between you) and you'll get a little boost. Works a bit like slipstreams in GTA -- probably my favorite variety.

  • @sorio99
    @sorio99 Місяць тому +2

    I hope you know how wrong you are.

  • @hubster3055
    @hubster3055 Місяць тому +1

    0:33 Oh for fucks sake Dr. Robotnik was an english localization change. His name has literally always been Eggman in Japan.