MX Nitro: Unleashed

EDIT: I'm editing this review because I feel like I gave it too much credit, this game still has balance issues and terrible design choices, not to mention awful DLC. It's not bad, just not great and not poor. When it comes to gameplay, you'll like it if you're a supercross or trials fan, the gameplay is spot on, the trick system is awesome and the animations are very cool. Don't try to write this off as a trials rip off because this game does things a lot better than trials, it focuses on the pure Motocross riding and tricking, so try not to let the laid back presentation fool you. Some of the bosses you race against are pretty funny, such as the first freestyle boss. This game does have some fair share of problems that prevent this game from being perfect, first of all, this game has terrible balance issues, especially the bikes, the bike stats are horribly unbalanced across the five bikes available in this game, once I saved enough money to buy the beast bike, I never went for any of the other bikes because it obviously has the best stunts for racing, speed, and freestyle, not even the pulsar can keep up with the beast. A score attack mode would be nice so you could choose any level and go for a high score with no campaign interference or fixed props. Another problem is the trick sync events, which comes from hell itself, ♥♥♥♥, THOSE, EVENTS. Those events are extreme on frustration, and those are easily the worst things about this whole experience, the first two aren't bad, but at the later trick sync events where it involves three buttons and then a modifier for tricks with strict timing, it makes you want to toss your controller against a wall, even if you enter the right button combination quickly during a jump, the trick won't come out and you'll risk starting over, thank goodness for the quick restart feature otherwise I would have gone mad trying to complete those awful challenges. But despite those, it's a satisfactory game, if they made progression and difficulty more forgiving and fair, it would be great. Also, the DLC is can go to hell, its cool that it adds new levels and motocross gear, but the level designs are awful, unfair, and ridiculous, like the first level which starts you with no nitro and have to make a long impossible jump without enough nitro to make it, resulting in blatantly unfair play, that it makes you wish there is cheat codes because those levels are abysmal, or you just lose interest. Get it on sale, and not on full price, because you have been warned of the games atrocious difficulty near the end of the game, and the impossible difficulty on the DLC. it's passable, just not fantastic or awful.