MX vs ATV Legends is a great game, there’s no doubt about it, but on the other hand, it’s pretty clear that it can’t be considered a finished title at this point. In some ways, it feels like a work-in-progress, though most of the time, it can still provide the challenging experience that it promises regardless of the platform. The addition of an open environment is hands down the best idea, as it provides the off-road adventure with a new side that’s more or
less based on exploration. At the same time, it feels like it generates a high replayability level, and at the end of the day, this is what helps keep a game alive a long time after its launch.
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MX vs ATV Legends has a solid core. The arcade-style racing with
motocross bikes and four-wheelers is fun, though repetitive over the course of the years-long career mode. Even allowing that Legends does not aspire to shiny, triple-A brilliance, the game’s performance, audio and up-close visuals can be pretty lackluster. The nicely varied tracks and huge natural environments compete with stuttering framerates and canned animations. With Legends, the franchise has moved closer to the finish line in many ways. In others, it still seems stalled at the starting
line.
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MX vs ATV Legends could have been a decent arcade-style, sim-lite racer. Whatever appeal could be found in mastering jumps and customizing vehicles is beset
by numerous issues. It's not grossly offensive but you're better off investing time in just about any other racer.
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MX vs ATV Legends is a shambling corpse of a game
struggling along on life support. How it passed testing and got approved for release is anyone's guess, but we figure THQ Nordic probably release so many games that the Sony approval team will rubberstamp literally anything these days. Don't bother, we really wish we hadn't. This series is effectively dead to us now. Hopefully it’ll be patched to a playable state, but at the moment it simply isn’t.
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If there’s one bright spot, it’s the new “trails” game mode, a checkpoint-type race that has more varied terrain. It’s quite fun, and very chaotic, serving as the high point amid
innumerable lows. And that about sums MX vs. ATV Legends up: at its core, this is a buggy, flawed mess that falls far short of other racers on the market.
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Released with audio bugs and some graphic issues. As you progress through the game and tune the bikes or
atv's it gets better. The soundtrackReleased with audio bugs and some graphic issues. As you progress through the game and tune the bikes or atv's it gets better. The soundtrack and tracks are really good and I enjoy the game.…Expand
Good- Tracks are decently designed and offer a variety of different obstacles. The environmental variety is ok. When
they work, the controlsGood- Tracks are decently designed and offer a variety of different obstacles. The environmental variety is ok. When they work, the controls and physics accomplish that high-precision racing ideal. Long career mode. Trails is a nice new mode.
Bad- Controls feel unintuitive at times. Wonky physics and messy AI lead to a bad experience. Poor texture quality, animations and pop-ins mar the presentation. Career mode's story is forgettable and the
racing gets boring. Limited tuning and customization. Bugs and a lot of progress halting crashes.
Thoughts- Despite all of this, I really hesitate to call MX vs ATV Legends an outright disaster. It’s not great, by a long shot, and yet, it’s sort of enjoyable at certain points, in certain instances, in small doses. If you’re looking for an in-depth Career Mode, an extensive open-world to explore or compelling Motocross gameplay, then you’re better off looking elsewhere. Even with the
lowest expectations, MX vs. ATV Legends barely passes muster.
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Love the franchise and this one looks great. Problem I have is only 6 tracks on the disc. Everything else is a download. Should at leastLove the franchise and this one looks great. Problem I have is only 6 tracks on the disc. Everything else is a download.
Should at least mention that on the box. I want my physical media and am not interested in paying for a disc that has nothing on it.…Expand
