It's not just BMX XXX.
There are a number of these extreme sports games which base themselves on a
seemingly random attempt at button-bashing in a bid to perform spectacular
stunts, just as doing the same during a heavy bout of
Virtua Fighter 4
will help you throw the right punches and kicks needed to win a point or three.
However, this title has one thing extra that the Matt Hoffmans, Tony Hawks and
even the rather childish
Freestyle Scooter
lack - nudity.
Yes, you may be able to play on nine massive levels with over 50 challenges
a pop each, plus the obligatory park editor and 'create a rider' features,
but, here, the more coins you collect through the game, the more live strip
sequences you get to see.
That doesn't explain how come I managed to get my female rider looking like
Sinead O'Connor in bra and boxer shorts, with knee-high blue socks, as if she'd
just stepped off a Levi's advert from the 80s, alongside Nick Kamen.
The graphics are reasonable but aren't pushing the PS2 beyond what we've
seen a lot of already. People, environments and textures are detailed enough
to a point, but it takes a rare game that'll go the extra mile to give us
that 'Wow' factor that I'm seeing a lot more on the Xbox these days.
Sonically, there's very little from your biking character, but music tracks
in the background come courtesy from a number of bands I haven't heard of, plus
some I have - Motley Crue (Girls, Girls, Girls) , De La Soul (The
Magic Number) and Green Day (Basket Case).
It can't just be me who finds this type of game a little on the pointless
side, since once you've mastered the basics you find you can do little wrong,
throwing yourself about the set and grinding along whatever straight or curved
line happens to be passing by and, while I enjoyed 2001's
Airblade,
I think that's enough to be going on with for this console.
This game comes with extras in the form of movies, viewable once completing
sections of the game as you go, a place to enter cheat codes and check out
special modes, plus Acclaim non-playable demos of Legends of Wrestling 2,
ATV 2, Aggressive Inline and
Burnout 2, the
latter of which will be coming to Xbox and Gamecube after all.
However, while the nudity is an element of the game, it's just a gimmick and
hardly XXX...
GRAPHICS SOUND EFFECTS AND MUSIC PLAYABILITY ENJOYMENT
As of April 2009, Blu-rays and DVDs reviewed by the editor are watched on a Panasonic TH-37PX80B
37" Plasma TV with a Sony BDP-1500 Blu-ray player and played through a Yamaha DSP-AX820 amplifier.
PC games reviewed by the editor are on:
Since Jan 2011: Intel Quad Core Dell XPS 8100, i7 CPU 860 @ 2.80Ghz, 8Gb RAM, nVidia GeForce GTS 240, Windows 7
Since Nov 2005: Intel Pentium D 830 3.0Ghz, 1Gb RAM, 128Mb nVidia GeForce 6700XL, Windows XP
Since Aug 2003: Intel Pentium 4 2.66Ghz, 512Mb RAM, 128Mb GeForce4 MX440 graphics, Windows XP
Since May 2003: Intel Pentium 4 2.6Ghz, 512Mb RAM, 128Mb ATI Radeon 9600TX graphics, Windows XP
Since Jun 2002: Intel Pentium III 600Mhz, 384Mb RAM, Windows 98 SE, 64Mb ATI Radeon 8500LE
Since May 2000: Intel Pentium III 600Mhz, 384Mb RAM, Windows 98 SE, Voodoo 3 3000 AGP
The graphics are reasonable but aren't pushing the PS2 beyond what we've
seen a lot of already. People, environments and textures are detailed enough
to a point, but it takes a rare game that'll go the extra mile to give us
that 'Wow' factor that I'm seeing a lot more on the Xbox these days.
It can't just be me who finds this type of game a little on the pointless
side, since once you've mastered the basics you find you can do little wrong,
throwing yourself about the set and grinding along whatever straight or curved
line happens to be passing by and, while I enjoyed 2001's
