MX Rider

To the game!
First impression was whoa, cool graphics. I liked the detail in the background and sky and how you're blinded by the sun if you race a late afternoon race. The controls are smooth but a little unrealistic. You can't crash out of bounds even if you hit the wall dead on at 50 mph!

The tricks are hard to do which I like. But they look a little loony. MX2002 has the tricks done a lot better. But the freestyle rounds are really cool and innovative.

The career mode is done well and is a great concept. It gives you the feel of a privateer.

2 Player action is great. Especially because you can stuff your opponent and take them out.

Overall I like this game. It's fun, has good graphics, can be played for a long time, and is better than most MX games that are out right now.


Not What I Expected   December 1, 2001
 1 out of 4 found this review helpful

Hey, how many races a year do Joel Smets, Jaime Dobb or even Mike Brown win? Exactly, they aren't big name riders. Brown might win a couple in 125 but that's it. A lot of people out there don't follow this great sport as in depth as others, so therefore most of them only know the big-named 250 riders who they see on TV. No doubt some of the guys on this game have great talent, but unless you are an MX fanatic your not gonna recognize the guys who race in overseas circuits...Being a fan of Motocross I was looking forward to this game's release. However, within the first 5 minutes of playing it, it was a huge dissapointment. The game's stats brags about having nearly 60 riders to choose from, which is true but there is absolutely no big names on this game at all (except for maybe Pichon). That leaves you with about 59 guys most people have never heard of. It's not like I expected McGrath are Carmichael to be on the list but man come on, there's no one. The gameplay is terrible as well, compared with MX 2002 this game is blown out of the water. There's no real feel to it at all. The only thing that kept me from giving this game a rating of 1 is the stunt levels, which are decent.


I am Hooked   November 13, 2001
 2 out of 3 found this review helpful

I don't play many games, but I do love to ride MX. My friend told me to buy MX 2002, so I went to the store to get it, but when I got there they had a demo of MX Rider playing so I decide to try it out first. Well along time later they made me get off, so others could get a chance and by that time I was hooked. This game is full of stuff and I mean full. It looks and feels great, the best yet.