

It looks good, plays quickly, has plenty of replay value and, most importantly, is addictive. Still, DD is a very good extreme sports title. You’ll end up landing on everything bar the wheels in your attempts to do simple moves, which is quite frustrating during the learning process.

The physics are just horridly unrealistic and illogical. This is great fun, and with multiple ways down each mountain and solid four-person multiplayer, repeat gaming remains entertaining.Īlthough DD is exhilarating on the ground, things go pear-shaped when you’re in the air, like getting your trackies caught in the chain at 60km/h. You will have to deal with moving wildlife, hikers, cars, boulders and even lightning bolts, not to mention the other riders who will try to punch, kick, throw bottles, whack or manipulate-into-fauna their competitors. Roaring down the mountains is addictive and exciting gaming.

There are nine diverse mountains to dominate, including the deserts of the US, the volcanic landscape of Hawaii and the snowfields of Russia. The tracks are the most impressive part of the game. You cannot customise your rider’s look, but there are 12 sponsors and 20 bikes to earn, plus 27 tracks and 30 tricks to master. Up to four players can play the game, but when playing with more than two, the available tracks and modes are limited.The better you perform, the more money you earn, and this can be used to upgrade your pushy into a true wildlife- and tourist-crushing weapon. A bike shop with several unlockable items to purchase is available but is only accessible in one player mode. These attacks can be upgraded to more powerful attacks by performing tricks, taking out opponents, or collecting power-ups (known in-game as "pickups"). In addition to two other fictional racers, players can also unlock real-life professional racers like Eric Carter and Tara Llanes when specific tournaments are finished during gameplay.Ĭombat is also integrated into the game, in which the player can use two buttons to attack other racers, one for a left attack, and the other for the right. By pressing the select button over an unlocked racer, additional info of the racer will be displayed, and by pressing the select button over a locked character which is represented by a statue, valuable info on how to unlock, the same will be displayed such as a specific career to finish. Initially, the player is introduced to six fictional racers displayed at the top of a mountain once single player mode is selected from the main menu of the game. There are three options available at the main menu, single player, multiplayer and an options menu that allows players to modify gameplay elements such as difficulty and view unlocked items achieved during gameplay. The game was released for the PlayStation 2. Downhill Domination is a sports racing video game.
