Are you a fan of the MX Vs. ATV series? Wish you could take that high adrenaline racing one the road with to the office or on the bus? Well 2XL Games are looking to grant your wish, with 2XL MX Offroad available on the Android Market Place.
When I first received the review of MX Offroad I was a little wary, but I decided to give it chance before I wrote it off. To my surprise I actually enjoyed it. MX Offroad had the feel of a slimmed down MX Vs. ATV.
MX Offroad accomplishes everything a fan of Motorcross could hope for, albeit in a smaller package. The first thing you will notice is this is not a licensed game. All the riders, dirt bikes, and ATVs are generic palette swaps. There is no difference other than a cosmetic change when selecting a new bike or rider. You will not find any Yamahas or James “Bubba” Stewart’s in this title.
The tracks are varied as much as you can do when creating Motorcross tracks. Triple jumps abound, whoop sections feel accurate, even the hole shot has the feeling of urgency you would expect. The tracks are split into three different sections: you have the Motorcross tracks, which are outside longer tracks, there are the Supercross tracks which are generally in stadiums and are shorter in length, but provide tighter jumps. Then you have the Free Style areas, these are self explanatory, these tracks give you a open area with lots of jumps where you can pull off x-game style tricks. Some off the tracks will carry the name of the bigger cities in the Dirt bike racing world i.e. Daytona, and Toronto but this is where the similarity stops. The tracks are not a digital version of the track, but the name helps in giving MX Offroad some authenticity to Motorcross Racing.
MX Offroad provided two different game modes; you have an Arcade mode, and a Career mode. The arcade mode allows you to select a track and race a single race at a time, you are able to set the parameters of the race from number of laps and whether or not it will be practice or a race. The career mode starts you out on easier tracks and get more difficult as you progress through the different racing leagues. The three style of leagues coincide with the styles of tracks you will race motorcross, supercross, and freestyle.. The only real licensed items you will see is in the career mode each of the racing leagues is named after a popular motorcross company like O’Neal or ProTaper.
Now down to the part that actually matters: how easy is it to control? MX Offroad has four preset control schemes and all of them are really well done. When I started playing, I exclusively used the full G-sensor controls, the first couple of races frustrated me until I learned the right amount of movement to use. Now if you are like me and don’t want to be seen out in public frantically twisting your phone back and forth, there are virtual controls that work amazingly. The virtual controls are responsive and are placed in a manner that keeps your fingers out of the way on screen action. The most interesting aspect of MX Offroad is that you can put the acceleration of Auto and the game controls your speed. You can remove this to give a little more realism in your hand, but it is fun to keep it on auto and just steer.
MX Offroad is available now on the Android Market place, there is a free version, but I would advise you to go for the paid version. I had some trouble getting the free version to load on my phone. Also you are only giving one track, one ATV and rider, and one dirt bike and rider. You can unlock more tracks but it requires you to sign up for surveys and other product to earn credits., that you can turn around and use to purchase tracks, bikes, and riders.
MX Offroad caught me off guard; I am really having fun playing this title on my phone. I would recommend this game to anyone looking for a time kill for his or her Android device.
The game was played on the HTC Evo 4 an almost 3 year old phone, I am positive this title will look and run better on newer generations of Android phones and tablets.
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