In September, a new MMO from Ubisoft, Riders Republic, is set to be released. Players will be able to compete in sports such as mountain biking or snowboarding. MeinMMO editor Alexander Leitsch is quite taken by the idea. To him, it sounds like a fun pastime when it’s not about fantasy battles in MMORPGs.
What kind of game is this? Riders Republic is a new MMO where up to 50 players can explore a game world together. The world of the new MMO is inspired by American national parks and looks really good in the first trailers.
In the game, players can compete in special competitions or simply in the open world. They can battle in the open world, in 6v6, in Free-for-All with 12 players, or in versus mode directly against friends. Rewards include cool and sometimes very crazy cosmetics.
The release of Riders Republic has been announced for September 2, 2021. There will be a beta before that.
An action game, but without the dull fights and bosses
Why does this appeal to me? As a huge MMORPG fan, the social component is my main focus. I love wandering through worlds with other players and exchanging ideas with them. Riders Republic offers me that too.
However, in most other MMOs it’s all about fighting monsters or other players. Eventually, you’ve experienced everything:
- You grind mobs in the open world, fight against bosses or complete raids.
- In my favorite games like Guild Wars 2, Black Desert, and ESO, there are always new features, but nothing that completely changes the game’s concept.
- Moreover, many of the new MMOs from recent years have been boring and completely interchangeable in terms of combat systems.
While I’m very interested in the new MMORPGs Swords of Legends and Lost Ark, the battles still take center stage as usual. My heart, however, longs for a change. And that’s exactly what I could find in the crazy MMO Riders Republic.
Does it have to be realistic? The first trailers of Riders Republic have made me excited for more. Racing down the slopes with other players or pulling off special tricks while skateboarding sounds like a lot of fun.
However, I’ve read multiple times that players have concerns about realism or physics in the game. But Riders Republic doesn’t have to be realistic at all.
While the game shows a real environment and focuses on well-known extreme sports, that means nothing. For me, action and fun are paramount; after all, I want to be taken away by an MMO into a foreign world and not into a simulation where I have to time everything perfectly.
From Riders Republic, I expect it to completely pull me out of the endless loop of MMOs and take me to a different world where I don’t have to fight all the time. Kind of like my personal Animal Crossing.
Riders Republic could become my Animal Crossing
What do I mean by that? If I ask in one of my guilds in Black Desert and GW2 or just among my friends about games where you can really relax, many mention Animal Crossing.
My gaming acquaintances love sitting on the couch with the Switch, decorating their houses, or going fishing. They enjoy the calm activities because they can distract themselves from everyday stress and recover.
The new MMO Palia also goes in that direction. Here, housing, personal farms, and activities like fishing and hunting play a significant role. Combat and dungeons are optional.
I personally couldn’t spend hours on housing and fishing, but I definitely could with things like mountain bikes or skateboards. And it should be fast-paced and action-packed.
In 2014, I played Trials Evolution very intensively with some friends. This is a platform racing game where you have to guide a motorcyclist through very complicated courses. I fondly remember our evenings of four on Teamspeak. We often played until late at night, tried out various tracks, and just had fun.
I hope that Riders Republic can evoke something similar in me. The first trailers have certainly made me excited for it.
What do you think about the new MMO from Ubisoft? Will you check out Riders Republic or will you ignore it? Write it in the comments!
Besides Riders Republic, Ubisoft has provided a first look at the upcoming Avatar game: After 4 years, Ubisoft finally shows their game based on the film Avatar, and it looks really good.
