This game is quite likely my most-played console game of all time. This is the game I have owned the longest that I am absolutely certain I have played every single year since I bought it in early 2001, and playing it again now the game is still unmatched.
Rush 2049 is one of the true greats, a game which has a permanent place near the top of my list of the best games ever made and, as I have said before, “the greatest game ever made in which you drive a vehicle”. But when you really, REALLY love a game, how do you write about it well? And that is the problem I have here I don’t just like this game, I adore it. I tried to organize it reasonably, but I don’t know if there is an ideal way to review this with so much to cover.
And I want to cover three different versions of the game all at once, so it’s a complex review to put together. I have usually avoided writing reviews of my favorite games, because praise is really hard to do well! Criticism is, sadly, easier, though the two are at least equally important, and praise may be more important.
I have not, however, written a full review. Rush 2049 several times before, including a Game Opinion Summary of the game from some years ago, and an article about the version differences between the Nintendo 64 and Dreamcast versions of the game. In addition to exceptional level designs, the game also perfects the series’ controls, and has one of the all-time great videogame soundtracks as well. Rush game tracks are intricate and full of alternate routes and shortcuts, and this game has more and better on both of those fronts than any Rush game before. This fast-paced and high-flying arcade racing game is a classic ’90s arcade racer in its final form, with some of the best gameplay, graphics, and design ever seen in the field. It is the second full arcade game, third arcade release, and third console release, so I usually consider it to be the third game. San Francisco Rush 2049 is a futuristic racing game, and the second, third, or fourth game in its series, depending on how you count.
Home Console Rush 2049 – Rush 2049 for the N64 and Dreamcast.Arcade San Francisco Rush 2049: Drive the Future!.Check the video links out to get a better sense of the game! This is the only screenshot almost certainly from an emulator that you will see here, which means the rest will look awful, but at least are real hardware.