Old School Characters and Tracks Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed features a mix of familiar SEGA faces and those plucked from long-dormant series. I reviewed the Xbox 360 version, but the game will appear on numerous platforms, including the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, PlayStation Vita, and Nintendo Wii U. It's a fun racer that will bring a smile to the face of old-school fans, though the lack of speed in air and aquatic sections dulls the experience.
It also adds tons of unlockables, tracks inspired by Sega games of yore, and (as the title suggests) multi-mode vehicles. Its sequel, Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, expands the roster, with new drivers including NASCAR star Danica Patrick and Disney's Wreck-It Ralph. That sentiment changed (somewhat) with the 2010's Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, an enjoyable 'kart' title that gathered many of Sega's other game heroes into a driving competition. Longtime Sega fans believed that the House That Sonic Built simply didn't care about anyone but the Hedgehog once the company exited the hardware business.
