MX vs ATV Legends - PlayStation 5

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Lees voordat u dit product gebruikt de Gezondheidswaarschuwingen voor belangrijke gezondheidsinformatie. This review of MX vs ATV Legends is based on the PS5 version of the game, via a code provided by the publisher. It’s available on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and PC. A short tutorial introduces you to the basics, as wrangling an off-road vehicle is rather different from getting behind the wheel of car in a standard racing game. You’re going to need to know when to lean when going around a corner or up a hill, and you’re going to have to control your throttle and balance when going over humps and jumps, amongst other things. You might be wondering why it’s taken me this long to talk about how MX vs ATV Legends looks? Well, if you need me to summarise: mostly brown. It’s a motocross game, not one of tarmac straights and pit stops. We’re all furrowed dirt lines, ramps and trees that magically get in the way when you least expect it here.

But, if you can look past all that and want something a bit more fun to Milestone’s serious sims, then this will fill that gap. They may patch out the technical issues, like screen tearing between menu screens, but who knows? The mechanic is pretty simple: L1 (on PS5) is the clutch, holding it down engages it. What this means, in layman’s terms, is the engine will rev but won’t be translated into drive force. What this means in here is if you hold it whilst in a corner, you can “store” revs in as you bank into a turn. Letting go, at the right time, will translate that into a short term boost, if you will. That explanation is as basic as I could make it, I don’t know engine mechanics. The latest in the long-running MX series from THQ, does Legends live up to the hype? In some aspects, perhaps. The Finger Guns review: Extreme sports games may have had their peaks and trough, but the motorsport types have always powered through. Skateboarding, rollerblading, snowboarding… when was the last time you played an Amped game? But motocross games live on, and now MX vs ATV Legends is looking to capitalise on that. That’s not to say it’s ugly, it’s just motocross. Rainbow have made some nice tweaks though, as jerseys do ruffle in the wind and mud splats as you slide through it. But that’s where the niceness ends, sadly.Which as I say, maybe it’s me not getting the memo that this is “serious racing” now, but it would have made it more fun. Again, this is purely subjective, because some players might just like the two race types with three different vehicles. But for me, especially in a game carrying THQ’s MX brand, I was a bit disappointment. No matter what vehicle type you prefer, you’ve got plenty of gameplay options available to you. The main single-player draw is, of course, career mode. Three separate careers await, taking you through a series of single events and championships. What MX vs ATV: Legends does have going for it, though, is a whole lot of variety. There are three fully-fledged careers for you to work through, one each for bikes, ATVs and UTVs. You’ll need to complete a couple of bike events first, but then you’re free to jump onto another vehicle. What you really want to know is whether the racing, be it on bike, quad or buggy, is any good or not… Two Wheels or Four, What’s It To Be? Which, as you’ll find out, is an apt metaphor for a game that doesn’t quite reach the lofty acclaim its title hopes it would. Rev up, release clutch and let’s find out why… Legend Has It

To play this game on PS5, your system may need to be updated to the latest system software. Although this game is playable on PS5, some features available on PS4 may be absent. See PlayStation.com/bc for more details.

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In terms of career progression, being the main gameplay tenet here, there isn’t a massive variety here. Races are laid out like a calendar/weekly schedule of upcoming events, ensuing you systematically make your way through them. That part’s pretty standard. Als je deze game op PS5 wilt spelen, moet je systeem mogelijk worden geüpdatet naar de nieuwste systeemsoftware. Hoewel deze game op PS5 kan worden gespeeld, zijn bepaalde functies die op PS4 beschikbaar zijn mogelijk afwezig. Zie PlayStation.com/bc voor meer informatie. The only reason we can conceivably see for this codec to still be used is that the licencing fees are low. We don’t even know if the intro video depicts the game we’re playing. For all we know, it could be canned video from a prior installment. It saves having to script footage for an in-game engine cutscene we guess. We doubt the engine would cope though. MX vs ATV Legends is available now on PlayStation 4 & 5 (reviewed on latter), Xbox One and Series S|X and PC. But do you need me to tell you about story in a motocross game? You, the faceless, generic man/woman in the saddle, are going to be the best there ever was. Starting at the bottom on the local circuit, soon you’ll be rising high and becoming the titular legend and… that’s it. Not that that’s meant to sound derisive, it’s just that plot in a motocross game isn’t really that important.