It's called Jeremy McGrath's Supercross World
but there's nothing 'super' about it.
In fact, it's such a poor title even the original Playstation would feel
embarrassed to be running it.
Let's get the basics out of the way, as if you couldn't guess them anyway.
You ride your bike across several different courses, either as a single event,
head-to-head with another, or attempt a career in Supercross - if your attention
span is retained, all while performing stunts. After that, you can admire all the trophies in your Trophy Case.
The disappointment begins when you press 'start' to play a game. The graphics
are truly dire and full of jagged edges that just shouldn't be and your
bike "sticks" to the ground for most of the time.
There are a few nice rock tunes, but as for in-game SFX, the sound of the
engine is like a cow suffering from constipation, such is the 'moo'ing effect
it emits as you accelerate.
After completing a couple of laps and continuing to hear the droning engine
that, by then, started to sound more like the music of a snake charmer, my
thoughts were of just - "Shut up!". Come on, Acclaim, you pulled a blinder
last year with
Extreme G3
so what's with this lame duck?
It was more fun to piss about on the construction site on one level - at least
it would've been if the collision detection had been worthwhile. Also,
several times, I tried to cut corners on the track and continued on my way,
but the game maintained "Off track" and counted down from '3' until it put
me back to where I was. Ridiculous!
Some games were born great... and some games should never have been born at all.
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
There are a few nice rock tunes, but as for in-game SFX, the sound of the
engine is like a cow suffering from constipation, such is the 'moo'ing effect
it emits as you accelerate.
