Choose whether you’d rather freestyle with some sweet Slopestyle and Freeride action or if you're more of an Enduro, Downhill, Gravel and Cross Country Races kinda rider! Ride in style with the Ultimate Edition of RIDERS REPUBLIC™, which includes the entire game as well as the following digital content**: The map is filled with secrets. For instance, there are five hundred balloons spread randomly across the regions that reward you with in-game currency, as well as eleven relics that reward you with funkie gear. There are also 45 landmarks to find and 23 stunts, which are basically challenges for each of the sports for you to complete. All the woo-hooing and cringe-inducing dialogue can be a little off-putting at first, but once you get past that and embrace the absurdity of it all, you get to enjoy one of the best arcade games available on Xbox today. Reviewed on

Customize your character to show off your style, including a new set of outfits and boards to represent skate culture. PLAY WITH OR AGAINST YOUR FRIENDS IN INSANE MULTIPLAYER MODES – Squad up with your friends and compete in a wide range of multiplayer modes: feel the rush of downhill races, dominate maps in team vs team competitions, or give it your best shot in epic mass PvP races. Many events take advantage of those seamlessly transitions aswell. There are multisport races that puts you on a racing ski and after a big jump you are suddenly flying through the mountains with your wingsuit. JUMP INTO A MASS SOCIAL PLAYGROUND – Live out the rider's fantasy as you roam free in a huge, vibrant open world, always buzzing with other players around you. Immerse yourself in iconic American national parks including Bryce Canyon, Yosemite Valley, Mammoth Mountain... all mashed up for you to shred! Customize your character to show off your style, including a new set of outfits and boards that represent skate and BMX culture.Riders Republic’s combination of a massive open world that you can explore at will and strong gameplay variety is a compelling one. The career mode can become a tad repetitive as you progress deeper, but the game never punishes you for switching gears and doing something else when tedium creeps in. If you look at the environments too closely, though, you will notice that this is not the prettiest world ever. But when you are riding downhill as fast as the wind, you will not notice those details at all — instead, you will be blown away by how vast the world you are riding in is. Customize your character to show off your style, including a new set of outfits and boards that represent skate culture. Ubisoft builds upon the framework of Steep with this enjoyably eccentric open world extreme sports adventure. Skate add-on and cosmetics content will be available beginning September 27 local time (subject to change).

Nonetheless, Steep was a great foundation for what could become a breath of fresh air for fans of winter sports games. But Ubisoft Annecy went the extra mile and released Riders Republic — a game that maintained Steep’s open world aspects and winter sports while also adding bikes to the mix.At any point, you can instantly switch to a first-person mode with a button press. While you’ll likely opt to play the majority of the Riders Republic in third-person, first-person is a fun novelty. Bunny-hopping off a cliff on a BMX and riding down the almost steer incline in first-person is extremely exhilarating and might just knot your stomach.

With the Skate Edition, try and become the next skate legend of the Republic. The Skate Edition includes the base game and the Skate add-on.*To play this game on PS5, your system may need to be updated to the latest system software. Although this game is playable on PS5, some features available on PS4 may be absent. See PlayStation.com/bc for more details. THE YEAR 1 PASS: Extend your experience with the Year 1 Pass which includes eight exotic kits that allow you to modify gameplay in the form of gear upgrades throughout the year, the BMX Sport add-on, plus, exclusive content added after launch! Although Riders Republic does so much right when it comes to the sense of progression, I do have to say that its approach to seasonal content was a bit of a let down. Even though I am always being rewarded something, some times I am left with the impression that I am not being rewarded enough.