Sonic & SEGA's All-Star Racing -- Initial Impression.

Ever get a new game and you pop it in the console just to check it out without any real intention of starting it and the next thing you know hours have passed and you've earned over a third of the achievements already? That right there is enough to sum up my initial impression of Sonic & SEGA's All-Star Racing for the Xbox 360. The game was developed by Sumo Digital and published by SEGA. Sumo Digital are the ones responsible for the amazing home conversion of the OutRun 2 arcade game and SEGA's Superstars Tennis. Sonic & SEGA's All-Stars Racing is of course a kart racing game based around SEGA's intelectual properties featuring all of the modes one would expect. The gameplay is pure arcade racing. In fact, it's OutRun with weapons. That's enough to insure that I'll have a great time with the game. I had intended to start Heavy Rain, but with its technical issues and it being in need of a patch, Sonic & SEGA's All-Star Racing looks like it'll be the perfect game to tide me over until that happens.