Freestyle Metal X Review

Console: PS2
Developer: Deibus Studios
Publisher: Midway
Reviewed By: Moerder

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Game Summary

Freestyle Metal X unleashes anarchy with the freedom to do what you want, when you want. be anti-establishment: break windows, run over people, ride where you normally can’t ride…and get away with it. With an unlimited stunt system and a lawless energy, Freestyle Metal X dares riders to push the envelope with psychotic tricks in limitless, freestyle environments full of challenges and side events. Freestyle Metal X doesn’t just cross the line, it eliminates it. A sizable dose of insanity will help you perform stunts on the tops of buildings, get air over the Vegas Strip, or shoot yourself out of a cannon onto the Marina streets. Be sick all over!

Ride it hard, ride it fast, and wherever the hell you want, with all the intensity and insanity of the most hardcore freestyle motocross pros.

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Game Features

Unlimited Stunt System
Mix and link huge stunt combos that never end to create brand new tricks in real-time: try the Saran Wrap, Cordova, Stripper, Hart Attack and more.

Characters
16 riders including 9 top pros leading the sport: Clifford “The Flyin’ Hawaiian” Adoptante, Ronnie Faisst, “Mad” Mike Jones, Jeff Tilton, Nate Adams, Doug Parsons, Jeremy “Twitch” Stenberg, Trevor Vines and Kris Rourke.

Exspansive Worlds
Get lost in eight HUGE levels, which include three to four separate competitions, and special challenges throughout as you move up through the rankings from poser, freestyler, superstar to legend. Competitions include:
Big Air
Freestyle
Race
Hillclimb

Side Events
Open up the following events as you gain popularity and money in career mode:
Daredevil Arena: Bus Jumping, Wall Of Death, Tunnel Of Fire, Tunnel Of Fire, Car Jumping, Loop The Loop

Seamless Levels
For the first time ever in a sports game, unlock each area and have them linked together allowing you to drive seamlessly from one level to the next without loading.

Killer Soundtrack
The best metal you ever rocked to with bands like Motley Crue, Megadeath, Motorhead, Twisted Sister and more.

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Game Worlds

Rodeo Rise
Take the bulls by the horns, and break this bronco of a level. Get down and dirty as you take on the ranch hills.
Area Champ: Jeff Tilton

Villa Brava
Ruin the peace of this quiet resort town, and give the Art Gallery patrons a visit they’ll never forget.
Area Champ: Clifford Adoptante

Seaside Smash
Enjoy a typical day in the park-complete with a band.
Area Champ: Nate Adams

Snow Stormer
Don’t get blinded by the blizzard when you’re eighty feet in the air. Air is scarce up there, but the excitement isn’t.
Area Champ: Kris Rourke

Downtown Destruction
Urban chaos reigns in this high-res level. Avoid the cars in the streets.
Area Champ: Doug Parsons

Skull Valley
Desert sand is harsh on the bike-make sure to stay airborne, and done become vulture bait.
Area Champ: Trevor Vines

Slot City
Change in your chips for some airtime, catch a show or just lounge in one of the luxurious pools that Slot City has to offer.
Area Champ: “Mad” Mike Jones

Heavy Metal
This oil rig is a maze of moving machinery. Stay on your toes [or wheels], and you can catch more airtime than Howard Cosell.
Area Champ: Jeremy “Twitch” Stenberg

Cross Country
Race across the entire world against the motorcycle man on the planet.
Area Champ: Johnny Demonic

Daredevil
Earn some extra cash in this death-defying crowd pleaser.
Area Champ: N/A

Human Darts
First it was bulls, now it’s bulls-eyes. Send your rider flying into the worlds most outrageous dartboard.
Area Champ: N/A

Level Editor
Don’t like the parks? Make your own using the Level Editor option.
Area Champ: N/A

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Moerder’s Review

Gameplay: 10
Gameplay is extremely smooth and worth while.
Graphics: 10
The graphics are excellent. The 9 screens above do not justify this game’s graphics.
Sound: 9
The sound is great, I see no problem with songs, speech, bike sounds, etc.
Value: 9
Offers loads of gameplay, replay value is great.

Overall Rating: 9.5
Freestlye Metal X is the first MX game in a long time that has impressed me. MX Superfly was alright, but a little to easy. Freestyle Metal X raises the MX game genre bar high above the other MX games out there. Gameplay is fast and in your fast, as you progress you are challenged more and more. Events start getting harder and challenge become tricky. Everything can be done with ease though. I still have yet to beat the game, but my brother and I have the game maybe 75%-80% completed with 2 of the 16 characters. Great game, worth renting or even better buying.