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MX Unleashed!
After making a
big splash with their two SeaDoo racing titles, Splashdown and the
brand-new Splashdown Rides Gone Wild, Rainbow Studios returns to the
motocross racing gaming scene they helped to enhance with their two
Motocross Madness efforts. Coming early next year to the Xbox and
PlayStation 2 from Rainbow Studios and THQ is MX Unleashed!, a realistic
motocross racing simulation that lets you experience life as a driver on
the motocross racing circuit.
MX Unleashed! has plenty of tracks and modes to get your motor running
full throttle. There are 40 tracks and a loaded career mode that should
give gamers a great feel of what it takes to be a motocross champion.
For a change of pace from the simulation racing, MX Unleashed! features
a freestyle mode with fun mini-games such as racing against a speeding
train. The physics engine is promising a completely realistic feel with
clutch control. Although the game has been announced only for the Xbox
and PS2 so far, curiously the game has PC multiplayer features listed in
its description instead of the Xbox Live and Sony Online gameplay that
you would expect to be touted.
Here's the official racy (yet somewhat sparse) game info straight from
THQ:
Get ready to unleash the power, the speed, the heart stopping, gear
mashing, engine-screaming action of MX Unleashed! Go bar-to-bar against
the top champions in the world with physics so real that you'll feel as
though you are three stories high clearing a triple, whipping your bike
around a corner to take the lead, or thrown like a rag doll as you
accelerate over the whoops. Prepare yourself for mud, dirt, high speeds,
and serious attitude. Rainbow Studios, the masters of off road racing
games, returns to their heritage to bring the definitive next generation
MX game to life.
KEY
FEATURES:
- Rainbow Studios-The developer of blockbuster racing games, returns to
their roots of two-wheeled action, bringing expertise and proven game
play to the world of dirt bikes
- Physics Engine-A completely new motocross physics engine incorporates
a clutch and independent rider and bike animations, producing the most
realistic experience to date
- 40 Tracks-An abundance of supercross, nationals, and freestyle courses
display terrain texture resolutions full of entire eco-systems
- Innovative Freestyle Mode-Diverse worlds set in a variety of
locations, time, and weather conditions allow for endless exploration
and a variety of mini-game challenges. Race a helicopter or locomotive,
find hit points and exploit runs
- Career Mode-A top 100 seeded career mode introducing 14 separate
amateur, semi-pro, and professional race leagues
- Incredible Sound-Authentic sound engine differentiates lifelike
2-stroke and 4-stroke engines, plus a licensed music soundtrack from top
recording artists
- Multiplayer-Race and compete against friends in both racing and
freestyle modes. Split screen, LAN support and Internet play using
TCP/IP
Based on Rainbow Studios past work, MX Unleashed! should be a solid
choice in early 2004 for motocross racing gaming fans right on muddy
track to provide pure dirt bike racing enjoyment, especially if it
supports online play over Xbox Live or Sony Online. It looks good right
now, and if the overabundance of promised features make it all the way
into the final version of the game, Rainbow Studios will have revved up
another winner.
