Left Field Productions talks about Dave Mirra BMX Challenge |
Dave Mirra BMX Challenge will finally be launched in UK sometime this May. We know gaming site IGN already dubbed this title as the worst ever, but still, we believe that those who haven't played it yet should give it a fair chance.
To those of you who are not aware, BMX Challenge was developed by Crave Entertainment in partnership with Left Field Productions. One of the developers in Left Field, John Brandwood, was recently interviewed and he talked freely about the video game. He reiterated that the PlayStation Portable's (PSP) hardware allowed them to improve the PlayStation 2 (PS2) original.
We're taking advantage of the PSP's incredible power to bring a full PS2-style experience to the handheld market. The biggest thing we did was include an auto-land feature. This allows the player to rotate the bike freely in the air with minimal risk of crashing because the bike rotation didn't complete on landing.
Aside from that, Brandwood mentioned that the game's ad-hoc multiplayer modes are quite addicting. When asked about the new features present in the PSP version, Brandwood remarked that the trick-based racing to the BMX arena is actually something new. Here, the usual racing game is modified as players are allowed to get off the regular pathway and do tricks to improve their position in the race. Then he added,
This was the first time we've made levels that include two separate circuits. Players do a couple of laps around one circuit, and then the course splits into the second circuit. This makes our levels huge! As with all new features, this presented some challenges. I'm happy to report that all the challenges we encountered while doing the two circuits were overcome.
All in all, Dave Mirra BMX Challenge features nine environments in which players are allowed to either race in or ride freestyle. There are a total of 17 levels and aside from the multiplayer mode, there are Exhibition, Novice, and Pro Circuit as well.
When asked if they considered releasing it on DS platform, Brandwood just quipped,
I'm afraid that we never seriously considered the DS as a target for this project. While we're huge Nintendo fans here at Left Field Productions, the DS just isn't a suitable platform for the kind of game that we wanted to make.
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Comments [refresh]
fair chance?
I wouldn't take this thing for free.....in fact, i deleted the iso after 2 minutes playing
F1R57 P057!!!!
The reason this isn't appearing on the DS is because the DS doesn't have crap games like this.
i actually didnt find the game THAT BAD! after some control adjustments and some camera adjustments its quite enjoyable..... i will admit i am a fan of the original DC version, which was great, but this game is no where as good, but it isnt like its the worst game ever made.....
This game really isn't good. Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2 was the closest thing to a really good BMX game, except that it was only kinda good.
omfg this game sucked worst rating ever for a game wasnt it on ign geez i would take it out of production and shutup about it, pretend it didnt happen guys.
simply Lol, the game sucked, it wasnt as bad as it could be cause it was playable and at times, fun, but not worth the money..... and Mat Hoffan's games were good, but as said, the original Dave Mirra game wasnt that bad either (theres a psx version for POPs to, for those who want to check it out)
This is the worst game I have ever played.Not worth trying at all.Save your space on your memory stick.
Actually, according toevery major review site, DS has worse games than PSP
I've played have this personally and i wouldnt call this the worse game ever. *cough*Scarface *cough*.
You are all just going with ign without even playing it yourselves i bet.
Ofcourse its the worse bmx game on psp as it's the only one..
I haven't even read any reviews and I have played this game.It's not good.
oh my... why does anyone still care for this game? an autoland feature? hahaha what the hell, it isnt even fun to jump and no point in it the most times.
this game beats superman 64 by far as the worst game ever!