MX vs ATV: Untamed

MX vs ATV:  Untamed

Rating: E

Score  6.5/10

             If you were to race an ATV vs an MX, which one would win?  This game is available on the Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, Playstation 2, Playstation 3, PSP and Xbox 360. 

             When is the last time you played an arcade style racing game?  That answer might affect how much you like this game.  That exactly describes what this game is – a classic arcade game.  It’s not too different from the other MX vs ATV games, or any true arcade style racer, actually.

             You do, however, have an odd choice of vehicles, such as an ATV and MX bike, a golf cart, and different types of small trucks.  Though bikes seem overpowered, they’re light, speedy and able to take amazing turns.

            With a bike, if you try to take a turn early in midair, you’ll land nicely into a turn half taken.  Normal ATV’s hoever are heavier, less fast, and will flip if you land into a turn.

             There are plenty of tracks, most being outdoors, everything from stadiums, to forests, to deserts.  Each looks nice, but none are next-gen graphics. 

             With games already out, like DIRT, that raise the bar for quality in racing games, this game seems less than it could be.  Nothing really is bad, but not too many things are good.  This isn’t the game that was going to put the MX vs ATV series on the map.