MX vs ATV Untamed review

Games are supposed to be fun, not work

12DOVE Verdict

Pros

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    Decent physics

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    Nice selection of modes

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    Room for mastery

Cons

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    Confusing

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    time-wasting interface

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    Choices have to be unlocked

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    Unforgiving difficulty

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Jan 8, 2008

Someone in charge of the PSP version of MX vs ATV Untamed apparently decided for reasons that will never be understood, “Hey! I know! Let’s take all of the incredible options we provide the player on the home consoles, and put them in the PSP version, but then let’s take them all away from the player and make him work for them!”

“Also, let’s not explain how to do anything, and just throw the player into a free-roaming world to figure it out himself!”

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GenreRacing
DescriptionNot nearly as pretty or as smooth as its 360 and PS3 siblings, but nothing to sneer at either.
Platform"PS2","PSP","Wii","PS3","Xbox 360","DS"
US censor rating"Everyone","Everyone","Everyone","Everyone","Everyone","Everyone"
UK censor rating"","","","","",""
Release date1 January 1970 (US), 1 January 1970 (UK)
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Matthew Keast
My new approach to play all games on Hard mode straight off the bat has proven satisfying. Sure there is some frustration, but I've decided it's the lesser of two evils when weighed against the boredom of easiness that Normal difficulty has become in the era of casual gaming.