Redout has had a rather turbulent journey to Nintendo Switch; the anti-grav racer was initially announced for the console before it had even launched back in January 2017, going on to receive multiple delays which have left us without the game a whole year and a half later. It would appear that we're getting closer to an actual release date, however, as the game has now been rated by classifications board, ESRB.
In July, developer 34BigThings mentioned that the game was still on the way despite the delays, stating that it was "very close to announc[ing] something amazing about it". We haven't heard a great deal about the port since then, but hopefully this classification puts us one step closer to learning more.
The game launched on other platforms in 2016, going on to receive 'very positive' user reviews on Steam and generating aggregated review scores of around 80%, and will no doubt be seen as another F-Zero Switch alternative in a similar vein to Fast RMX.
Are you still excited for this one? Will you pick it up when it does make it to the console?
[source esrb.org, via nintendoeverything.com]
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One of the reasons I bought a switch was for this game. Can't-fuggin-wait
will be glad to finally one day being able to cross redout off of my want list (been there a long time)
It's going to be a tough sale as it is extremely cheap on other platforms.
If they release it at full price I'm not sure it will sell well.
this n trailblazers should itch that spot
I was interested in this when the Switch had ten games to choose from. Not so sure I need it now there are over a thousand titles on the system. Granted, not many of them are racers.
@JasmineDragon a thousand games, ~900 of them are absolute garbage.
Bring back Extreme G.
@aznable Of course they are, that's how it is with every platform in every single medium. Still leaves more good games than I could ever play, which is a problem for games that are competing for my dollar.
@bluemage1989
YES
I still play my xg3 on the PS2 fairly regularly
Meh Ill stick with FAST RMX.
Redout is abit meh, I played it years ago! Stop putting half assed old ports on switch!
Yes looking forward for this
they should bring back Extreme-G
Would be a good competitor to Fast RMX.
Well it's not a Switch racer, it's a multiplatform racer. And it's been out on other platforms for more than two years (Steam says 2 Sep, 2016).
@Lameborghini They did, you can get Extreme-G 2 on Steam.
@aznable closer to 800-700 are garbage
I have this on STEAM, and it's pretty good. Like FAST Racing Neo, good in it's own right but not an F Zero replacement.
I basically just decided to forget about it until it released on Switch. When it arrives in the mail, I'll know it's finally released 😀
@shani
It was on PC first. It released on consoles about a year ago.
I wrote this game off. But actually better it wasnt released at the same time as Fast RMX or even Gear.Club. I’m in....if it’s actually a thing.
What about 90's Super GP?
@lmello Yep, I'm hoping for that game too !
My excitement piqued about a year ago for this. Maybe my racing juices will get going again. If it's a good port that reviews well I'm sure I'll get excited again.
I already bought it PS4 with all the DLC at around 40% off the total price, so I'm not interested in double dipping. Still surprised its taken this long to release on the Switch, though...hopefully its not too little, too late...I'm pretty sure I've seen another Anti-Grav racer floating around on the Switch recently...
Yes. Bring it on.
This is a fantastic example why you shouldn't pre-order a game without a release date. GameStop/EB games have had this on pre order for over a year now!
@CanisWolfred
Fast RMX? It's not been recent... pretty sure it was darn close to being a launch title, if it wasn't. I like the depth that Redout is supposed to offer. If fast rmx offered a career mode, with upgrades, custom skins etc, it would be unbeatable. Those load times are non existent!
@aznable Okay, that was it. I don't have a Switch yet, so it's hard for me to tell when I'm looking at a rack of games what's new and what isn't, especially at my local Gamestops where they can barely keep things in alphabetical order, and new releases rarely seem to get much exposure unless it's from a platform holder or one of the 4 big corporate giants (even if the game is 4+ months old and those same platform holders have newer stuff out, too).
This game feel like vaporware. Two release dates have come and gone with no news or explanation or anything.
Been waiting for this since day one - but devs are almost silent most of the time in regards to progress - almost want to skip the game based on their attitudes.
Given that the listed release date was almost a year and a half ago it would seem logical that they would want to maintain the community’s interest, but instead they basically ignore them.
I've seen some videos and it looks much better than fast RMX despite the pod racer look
too late. it's much cheaper elsewhere. i got it for like 20$ on steam and 25$ on ps4. considering this will be the worst version, no way i pay double the price.
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