MX vs ATV All Out was a bit of a mess when it released last year. It didn’t look very nice, performance was awful, andwell, it just wasn’t that much fun to play.Roll on a year though,.

In / tagged / / / / / byHere’s a blast from the past. With Nordic’s slow acquisition of the THQ branding and properties, they’re looking to gain some hearts and minds. Revisiting dormant series’ can be daunting and they’re some cautious steps taken with the release of MX vs ATV All Out.

Rainbow have been recalled to develop a series they know all too well and a budget price tag is attached to make the proposition as painless as possible.Having not seen an original entrant to the series for seven years, this iteration marks their first excursion on to current consoles. On a technical level, signs of rustiness show. Unreal Engine 4 is used to display some sharp visuals that, whilst impressive, struggle to maintain a steady framerate on the Playstation 4. I should note I played this on a base console and performance felt erratic.

I’m usually pretty forgiving when it comes to such things but the way this game fails to maintain steady in motion proves really distracting and, in times of tense racing, problematic.It really overshadows a visual treatment that handles lighting really well and manages to show off a varied, colourful landscape without seeing too much of the tell-tale pop-in of track objects. Some textures are simplified and track deformation looks cosmetic, rather than organic but the vehicles are rendered in great detail. At a standstill, the world looks quite stunning. In motion, the stuttering is a constant irritation.MX vs ATV: All Out does seem to tick the usual boxes for handling and mechanics. It’s forgiving but you are encouraged to lean into turns, pre-load jumps and keep your wheels close to the ground to maximise your time on the track. It’s nothing not seen in other off-road racers but the combination of feuding vehicle types still maintains a compelling hook.

The selection is a little slender with bikes seeing the most attention. That said, they’re still interesting to ride with their own quirks. Setups can be tweaked but not to an intricate degree and there’s a handful of difficulty options to select.

I do miss the options to alter driving aids but this really isn’t that type of game.When you begin MX v ATV: All Out, you’re given a small hub that presents tutorials to you. It gave me the early impression this might be an open-world racer or at least a hub where you select your events. Sadly, this overworld is merely for tutorials and collectibles. Events are selected from a menu. You can select typical series events, single events, time trials and freerides. In a genre where career modes are the norm, going back to this type of progression feels almost alien.Not that there isn’t variation in the racing you do.

Waypoint races encourage your ability to thrash across the wide-open country and reach checkpoints before your opponents. It’s a fun scramble and these events are usually only a couple of minutes long.

Races either confine you to a single vehicle type or place you in MX, ATV and UTV menageries. When all vehicle types are hitting the track, it makes for an enjoyable spectactle. Being battered by a field of UTVs whilst you’re on a bike can add a surprising amount of challenge.

Different tracks offer their own challenges with tight and twisty arena venues providing close-quarters racing. Roller coaster tycoon 2 free download. Larger outdoor venues offer the chance to put the hammer down. Stunt events allow you to let off some steam. The trick system is simple with the right shoulder button acting as a modifier whilst the right stick selects your trick. You can then throw in flips and spins if you feel brave enough.There’s over fifteen series to work through and they quickly expand into several races in length.

They begin to feel a little overbearing but you can resume them where you left off. Unfortunately, there’s no option to restart an event if you perhaps saw a last-corner shunt rob you of victory.

You race for money and cups. The former goes towards buying new gear and vehicles whilst the latter gates new series’. In small doses, it seems alright but the longer championships can lose their lustre and feel a little like busywork. The mix of machinery and locales give MX vs ATV: All Out a unique sense of character. Online works well enough with the event types all covered. There’s nothing surprising about it but it does offer the potential for some multiplayer shenanigans.There are times where this feels like an exercise in playing to nostalgia.

When reaching the boundary of the hub world, you’re catapulted into space and the way events are presented to you feel a decade out of place. The soundtrack manages to adhere to that. Within seconds, I heard The Offspring.

The rest is your typical metal, punk and emo fare and how you respond to that is up to you. THQ Nordic have brought the brand back and, whilst it’s not exactly half-arsed, they’ve lowered the barrier to entry with a budget price appropriately. There’s enjoyment to be had with fun event types, but the technical problems provide such a caveat.

ATV All Out is truly disappointing.It’s one of those games that you really want to like, but has so many issues that you just can’t. Truth being told, I started playing MX vs. ATV All Out for review just after its launch, but after finding it quite troubled, I thought I’d wait for a patch or two to see if it was improved. And now, nearly a month later, things haven’t really changed. So here we go.

Screen tear my heart outIf you want to play a racing game that really doesn’t feel like it makes use of the power of your current generation console, MX vs. ATV All Out will do the trick. Honestly, the visuals aren’t impressive at all. They’re dull and dreary, its environments are sterile, and rider animations leave a lot to be desired. But what’s worse is performance.

At times, MX vs. ATV All Out chugs along even when played on an Xbox One X. And with the poor framerate comes a heap of screen tearing that really annoys. ATV All Out‘s problems aren’t confined to its performance and visuals, either. Its gameplay is pretty hit and miss too. It should be fun being able to ride bikes, quad bikes and buggies, but it often just feels like a mess.

None of the vehicles feel like they have any real weight to them, and their handling isn’t very nuanced. Additionally, the start of each race is an unsatisfying mayhem as drivers tussle on hemmed-in tracks for positions; the game’s physics doing nothing to convey the struggle of it all.

Stunted developmentAnd then you have MX vs. ATV All Out‘s useless stunt system, which thankfully you can forget about for most events. You can perform a handful of stunts, yet doing so manages to be awkward and fiddly. And trying to perform them while also pulling off a spin is just asking for trouble. What’s even more perplexing though, is that if you’re riding a high-powered bike or quad bike, it becomes near impossible to land from an epic jump without wiping out.

Infuriating is the word for that.You can find yourself having some fun in between all of MX vs. ATV All Out’s annoyances though. I enjoyed buying and upgrading vehicles, for instance.

And in terms of content, the game certainly isn’t a lightweight. You can play online and in splitscreen, compete in single events, or tackle a healthy number of career events. If you can see past the game’s flaws, there’s plenty to keep you occupied thanks to an abundance of tracks and vehicles.Many a time I found myself just exploring MX vs.

ATV All Out‘s open environments. There’s not a great deal of point to it aside from trying to collect the odd collectable, but driving like a maniac in the game’s small off-road locations can be a riot. You can even try (and probably fail) to master the game’s awful stunt system in the free-roam environments if you please.Suffice to say, it’s hard to recommend MX vs. It’s not a very polished game, and mechanically it’s underwhelming. It’s a shame, because there’s plenty of content in the package, and throwing vehicles around bumpy dirt tracks should be a lot of fun. But it just isn’t for the most part, and unless some patches are released in the future to address that, that’s how it’ll stay.MX vs.

ATV All Out is available for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. We reviewed the Xbox One version.

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