At least Rainbow thought ahead and implemented the option to enable or disable specific songs, though. But then to each his own, right? Since I'm not prepared to totally alienate the few million track and trail marauders out there who love their Powerman 5000, I'll just let the 20+ songs slide as considerate inclusions that are somewhat limited in scope.
I'm no music connoisseur so I adhere to a very simple music rule: don't listen to artists that make me want to set myself on fire. MX and ATV fans are apparently Nickelback and Papa Roach devotees. The in-game audio library is also fairly robust, if a bit limited.
Of course, the game also allows for a lot of manual adjustments, if you don't approve of any of the ones provided. The options are deep enough to allow users to toggle between custom soundtracks, rock-n-roll, subdued night time audio and standardized game mixes. ATV boasts 480 progressive scan, surround sound and a variety of audio presets on both platforms. ATV Unleashed is certainly at the top of its genre. But, when taken as a standalone product - and even given however unoriginal it might be - MX vs. ATV's sometimes startling similarities to other offroad titles, especially those Fury games Rainbow previously worked on. It's because of this that hardcore players might be a bit putt off by MX vs. ATV is a sequel to just one game, it can be easily seen as a spiritual successor to no less than seven games. ATV Unleashed, a sequel that combines all of Rainbow's offroad experience to make a new frontrunner in the genre.Įven though MX vs. In 2004 Rainbow adopted Pacific Coast Power & Light's good but young MX series and came out strong with the first MX Unleashed - a new THQ brand for a familiar type of gameplay. Rainbow then went on to create an ATV sequel for Sony, after which it drifted away from the big S and headed toward the Calabasas, California based THQ. After a successful Madness sequel, the brand was abandoned by Rainbow, which then partnered with Sony to apply its offroad expertise to 2001's super hit, ATV Offroad Fury. That's when the Microsoft published and Rainbow developed Motocross Madness hit stores. It all started with Rainbow studios in 1998. Ironically enough, both contenders are probably going to win it.īefore we get into exactly why avid fans of offroad racing should skip merrily down to the local videogame store madly waving a wad of twenties at the nearest sales clerk, let's try and understand where MX vs. Both corners are fighting for the unified heavyweight championship of the world. Not since those lanky Rastafarian Predators fought HR Giger's horrific Aliens have we been made privy to such a monumental match up.
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