Redout 2
Release Date: June 16, 2022
Racing, science fiction, online, PS Plus Premium, PS Plus Extra, multiplayer, singleplayer, internet
OpenCritic
Redout 2 is a sequel to the futuristic racing game from 2016. Players compete on twisted routes using machines equipped with anti-gravity engines.
Videos and Screens
[0:50] Redout 2 Winter Pack DLC trailer
[0:43] Redout 2 Summer Pack DLC trailer
Wccftech: 6.7 / 10 by Ule Lopez
While RedOut 2 is a fun experience for the single player, it definitely lacks in a lot of areas and can become overwhelming to a lot of players for a myriad of reasons. The game's AI is also very incompetently designed with incredibly slingshot-like rubberbanding that makes competitors look like absolute klutzes when you're falling behind them or like they have hyperspeed devices on the slightest advantage. Everything is locked behind stages while most of the unlockables are just cosmetics rather than any substantial upgrades.
Metro GameCentral: 7 / 10 by Michael Beckwith
A successful tribute to F-Zero and WipEout where going fast never stops being fun. Its surprisingly meaty career mode more than justifies the price tag but it may struggle to win over more casual racing enthusiasts.
PlayStation Universe: 6 / 10 by Alan Strawbridge
A wasted opportunity to make a brilliantly crafted anti-grav racer remotely playable, with a difficulty level that has no learning curve and is thoroughly unrewarding. The visuals and innovative track design cannot be faulted and there's an enormous amount of content awaiting anyone with the patience of a saint and a metabolism of a teenager full of sugar. Otherwise, the aging but perfectly judged WipEout Omega Collection should still be your go-to anti-grav racer.
Redout 2 Description
Redout 2 is a racing game in the sci-fi style. It was developed by 34BigThings studio, the same team that created the first part of the series released in 2016, as well as Goat of Duty.
Plot
The action of the game takes place in the distant future, where a large part of the Earth has been abandoned by humanity. However, many of these areas have been transformed into impressive racetracks, where the best racers compete using powerful sliders that use anti-gravity engines.
Game mechanics
Redout 2 is a futuristic racing game referring to classic representatives of this genre, such as the WipEout or F-Zero series. The game is characterized by very high speeds reached by the machines and very twisted tracks. The tracks are dangerous and eliminating opponents by pushing them over obstacles plays a key role in the game.
The production offers twelve basic designs of chassis and allows to mount on them a multitude of different types of parts, which in total provides a large selection of possible hoverships. Players can choose between a rich set of different types of engines, stabilizers, rudders, flaps, walking devices, wings, spoilers, or body parts.
There are different kinds of races. We have traditional competitions, where the first player at the finish line wins, as well as tournaments, which continue until there is only one player left on the track. We can also play solo, trying to achieve the best time, as well as face the bosses in racing battles.
Game modes
Redout 2 offers both single player and multiplayer modes. Fans of solo play can have fun in an expanded career mode, in which we take part in hundreds of challenges on 36 tracks. Each of the tracks is also available in reverse mode, where we beat it in the opposite direction.
In turn, up to 12 people can take part in online battles in a single race. The competition is made more attractive by regularly delivered unique challenges and seasons, allowing to unlock additional elements for the machines.
Technical aspects
The game features an attractive 3D graphics, whose main strengths are interestingly designed machines, visually twisted routes and huge speeds reached by hoverships.
A strong side of Redout II is also the soundtrack. We can listen to tracks by popular electronic musicians such as Giorgio Moroder, Zardonic or Dance with the Dead group. The authors of the game have prepared a system of algorithms, which mix the music live, adapting it to the situation on the tracks.
Redout 2 Summary
Platforms:
PC / Windows June 16, 2022
PlayStation 5 June 16, 2022
Xbox Series X/S June 16, 2022
Switch July 19, 2022
PlayStation 4 June 16, 2022
Xbox One June 16, 2022
Developer: 34BigThings
Publisher: Saber Interactive
Age restrictions: none
Redout 2 System Requirements
PC / Windows
Minimum: Intel Core i5-3470 3.2 GHz / AMD Ryzen 3 1200 3.1 GHz, 4 GB RAM, graphic card 4 GB GeForce GTX 970 / Radeon RX 570 or better, 25 GB HDD, Windows 10 64-bit
DLCs for Redout 2
Winter Pack
DLC
February 21, 2023
Summer Pack
DLC
November 3, 2022