For those unfamiliar with this, Ryan's World - formerly Ryan Toys Review - is an immensely popular YouTube channel where a very young boy (who doesn't know any better, to be fair) from his parents has an incredibly large stash in toys (who absolutely know better). These often take the form of giant mysterious eggs: literal loot boxes filled with countless toys.
His parents have made more than $ 22 million to date, and toy companies bend over to include their products on Ryan's videos because it gets them massively prominent through what are essentially paid-for product placements for preschoolers. Race With Ryan is your run-of-the-mill Mario Kart copycat with the typical array of modes you would expect from such things. It is possible to drive alone in individual races or for a trophy as well as in the local split-screen multiplayer mode for up to four players. So nothing special, but at least the standards are met.
There are a very limited number of routes. There are only six on offer here, although you can ride them in normal and reverse mode. The six environments - Ryan's playroom, theme park, haunted house, Wild West town, pirate island, and toy shop - are reasonably well designed, with decent background detail and multiple routes on each racetrack. Regardless, even Mario Kart would lose our interest after a few hours if he only had six tracks. The character list is another weird thing. Technically, there are 21 different racing drivers to choose from, but that's actually seven characters in different vehicles. In addition to Ryan, who, as already mentioned, takes up about two fifths of the entire roster, players can choose from various animated characters on the VTubers channel “Let's Play”, which is part of Ryan's YouTube network. The choice of vehicles is diverse enough, but some of them are a little too big, which actually affects the gameplay: Ryan's boat, for example, is quite large and his sail hides much of what lies ahead, which means you are drive into spills and obstacles regularly and cannot see the road ahead of you.
The frame rate is weak, but the handling is fine and there is a hop-to-drift mechanic that works well enough and offers a generous turbo boost without too much hassle. When it comes to actually controlling your kart, you have no real problems. The game's weapons - from paper airplanes to footballs to hamburgers - are uninspired. There is also no escape from Ryan himself, who regularly appears in a series of stills in the corner of the screen when you catch someone, get hit, do a lap, collect an item, etc.
Conclusion
Race with Ryan is a slightly below average kart racer who is reasonably good, but nothing more than that. The small number of tracks does not make players happy. Then it's better to use a Mario, Sonic or Crash racer.
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