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Extreme-G pits fully decked-out battle bikes against each other in a blast-or-be-blasted race to the finish. The high-speed cat-and-mouse action takes place on 12 stunning circuits. Players will have to negotiate abandoned mine shafts, decrepit water pipes, lava lakes and urban wastelands, all the while keeping a keen eye out for heavily armed two-wheeling rivals. You'll have your choice of eight regular bikes, each with five distinct attributes: acceleration, top speed, handling, shields and weapons. If you leave enough rivals choking on your ion dust, you'll be able to mount two hidden bikes. Single players can vie for time records or try to shoot down as many drone bikes as possible. Extreme-G's myriad multiplayer modes include head-to-head, a round-robin cup race and find-the-flag. You can also enter one of four Battle Arenas if you dare! You'll be able to stockpile rockets, homing missiles and other heavy-metal armaments. Futuristic power-ups include Fusion, a searing flame that smokes pesky tailgaters, and Warps, which mysteriously transport rivals back to an earlier point on the course. Nifty perks include a choice between vertical and horizontal split-screen modes in two-player matches. Don't expect gritty realism. After all, none of these bikes has even been invented yet! But if you crave high-speed action and blowing stuff up take Extreme-G out for a maximum-G spin! [Nintendo]
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TotalGames.net
The tracks! Wow! The first ones... well, they''re okay, and they seem fast, but they're not really anything you won't have seen before - that's for the first one or two. But from then on... hold onto your hat, or rather, hold onto your lunch! If you thought rollercoasters were bad, try this! Loops, dips and multiple junctions that make it possible to take a different route for every lap of the race.
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The biggest problem is that you cannot die. Sure, your cars have shields, but I never noticed any difference from using a heavily shielded car as opposed to a light one. The penalty in the unlikely event that either your shield runs out or you fall off the track is that you have the start from a stopped position, losing a few places in the race. I'm sorry, but if you drive your car into a pit of molten lava, you're not getting back out again.
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The Extreme Contest can get pretty fast and furious. Again, the Extreme G gameplay is much different from similar-looking racing titles. The bikes are firmly planted on the ground, and the game is as much about battling opponents as it is about racing, giving it a very competitive feel in more ways than one.
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Extreme-G is what more titles should strive to be: something that is just plain fun to play. What it is about this game that makes it so great -- maybe it's the fact that the control is very precise, maybe it's the sheer thrill you get from traveling at 400 miles per hour on a sleek, futuristic cycle, or maybe, just maybe, it's the thumping bass beat that makes the racing even more enjoyable.
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