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hello again ladies and gentlemen I'm Joe handy the Android authority app guy Riptide CG was an awesome game and even made our list of the top racing games for Android now Riptide gp2 is out and we're gonna take a closer look to see if it's as awesome as its predecessor let's start again with the gameplay if you played the first Riptide then most of this will feel familiar you race around a track and a jetski tilting your phone to steer and tapping the boost to get some extra speed in that respect not much has changed you can change from tilt to touch controls if you so choose but otherwise everything remains pretty much the same what has changed is the trick system before there a predefined number of tricks in Riptide gp2 you can now unlock new tricks and set which motions do which tricks so there's a nifty new feature also there are a lot more tricks available than the prior game there is also now a much more in-depth gaming experience with GP 2 there is a career mode and an online multiplayer mode the career mode has over 30 races and a total of 102 stars to earn before you're done during races you earn XP to upgrade tricks and money to upgrade your jetski that brings us to the last thing we want to talk about the depth not only can you buy new jet skis to race but you can upgrade existing ones so there is that element to pair that with the play games integration and the online multiplayer and this is a game that you can easily immerse yourself in for hours like the first game the graphics and gp2 are phenomenal everything looks good and sharp and they even brought back that water on the camera thing that we liked oh so much from the first one it's not all that different from the first game but if it ain't broke don't fix it right they've even integrated a settings menu for graphics so those with older devices can tweak their graphics to get better performance usually the default settings work pretty well but if you need to turn them down to remove the lag there is that option it should be mentioned that this game is specifically geared for a project shield so it'll probably look a lot better on that the sound was good enough the sound effects were accurate and the racing noises sounded good the music was not intrusive it did really well in setting a mood without taking the forefront the only sound effect that didn't sound quite right was the broken glass noise when you wiped out no game so here's what we liked about Riptide gp2 first and foremost is the gameplay improvements while the game controls on physics haven't changed too much the game's depth is a phenomenal improvement over the first game especially the Play Store games integration there is the longer career the ability to upgrade jetski is the online multiplayer and with all the new settings menu items it really does feel more like a console game than most android games this is something we've all been waiting for out of the gaming industry finally the last thing we want to mention is the new trick system the ability to unlock tricks and control which ones your writers can do gives the game something more than just grinding wins for money if you add the ability to customize your jetski and uniform colors it just adds more personality which is always a good thing no game is perfect and that includes this one the first thing we didn't like was that awful broken glass sound you hear when you wipe out a splash would have sufficed for the crowd booing or gasping it's nitpicking for sure but glass breaking just sounded so out of place that it's actually noticeable like all games these days there is a store to buy in game money to spend which is pretty much an automatic con they don't give a lot of options it starts out at $2 for 50,000 coins there are $5 $10 $20 $50 and $100 options we would have liked to have seen a few more options or at least more options for us penny-pinchers like a dollar or something overall there isn't a lot wrong with this game and pretty much all of our issues were little nitpicks rather than serious issues during our testing there was no real deal-breakers in other words we couldn't find anything seriously wrong with this game except that glass breaking noise it really is horrible before the final thoughts we'll start by saying that this game was genuinely impressive when first starting there is just so much to do and it's not every day that you get that feeling from a mobile game vector unit was going for a console level game here it's no Skyrim but it beats the tar out of Duke Nukem Forever so would we recommend this game of course we would I bought a cup of coffee today that wasn't nearly as satisfying as this game so the $2.99 they're asking is definitely reasonable it's arguably one of the best jet ski racing games ever released and since it's better than the first one and the first one made our best racing games for Androids List well you can put two and two together once again I'm Joe Hendy the Android authority app 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