Visually the game looks like a rushed PS2 port that takes little advantage of the Xbox hardware. The player models are pretty blocky and don’t animate in a particularly lifelike fashion. It seems like a ton of frames of animation were missing and while a tail whip does look like a tail whip, it’s not exactly done in a convincing fashion. The environments themselves are pretty bland and while quite large, leave very much to be desired. As a big bonus though the breast physics are pretty spectacular and are on par with what the horny boys at Tecmo (
Dead or Alive) are dishing out. It's really a shame that the women look like men though.
I’d say that the game’s one saving grace lies in the audio department. Keeping on par with the bar that they set for the
Mirra and the
AI series,
BMX XXX features a great soundtrack. The range for it is just astounding, catering to both old school fans of yesteryear and the trendy teens of today. This means you’ll get great tunes like 311’s “Down” and Greenday’s “Basket Case” while your girlfriend will get to listen to more significantly effeminate tunes like Saliva’s “Click Click Boom” and A Newfound Glory’s “My Friends Over You.” Interestingly enough, some of the songs have been censored, removing some explicit lyrics pertaining to drug references in some of the tracks. Keepin’ it dirty this ain’t.
I understand the direction that Z-Axis was trying to go for here but the end result just isn't entertaining. Out of all the "xtreme" games released in the past year I'd say that
BMX XXX ranks at the bottom of the barrel. Sure it's got boobs and a great soundtrack but that's about it. The gameplay is pretty weak, the goals are laid out far too poorly and most importantly, the game's just not any fun to play. Hopefully the guys at Z-Axis have been able to exorcise their Jr. High demons, letting them get back to producing quality games like
Aggressive Inline.
F
Breasts, bikes and crude sexual humor, that sounds like a fail proof formula to me, yet somehow, Z-Axis’ last Acclaim commissioned title does just that, managing to snatch failure from the jaws of success.
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