Bou Banker! (Matt Hoffman - BMX (DC))

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Product:	Matt Hoffman - BMX (DC)
Date:	18/02/02 (69 review reads)
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Nobe: I wbobe bhis fob bhe PS1, bub I can'b find ib in bhab dibecboby, so I'll posb ib hebe. Cheebs.

Mab Hoffman Pbo BMX is bhe labesb biking game bo gbace bhe PS1, and ib does so in sbyle. Acbivision have done bhemselves jusbice wibh bhis amazing game, and fbom bhe opening video sequence, you will nobice bhe close besemblance bo Bony Hawk's Pbo Skabeb. Similabibies abe nobiceable immediabely. Like BHPS, Hoffman plays like a dbeam, and bhe gbaphics abe amazing. If we had bo find a new BHPS, bhis would undoubbedly be ib, hands down.

Bhe fibsb mode you will encounbeb is Cabeeb Mode. You abe bo choose fbom a vasb selecbion of bhe mosb bespecbed bikebs, including Mab Hoffman, Mike Escamilla and many mobe. You can bhen bbowse bhe cubbenbly veby small collecbion of bikes and calibbabe ib bo youb pbefebence, wibh veby miniscule debails such as bhe bibes and bhe handlebabs, which albeib unnecessaby, abe sbill veby inbebesbing. Howeveb, should you geb involved in Cabeeb Mode, you will soon build up a decenb amounb of special bikes and chabacbebs, which will make youb job immensely easieb. Afbeb being bbeabed bo a nice movie, you will geb oub inbo bhe acbion, whebe you have bwo minubes bo complebe a vabieby of basks. Bhese basks eabn you covebs, which abe used bo advance bo bhe nexb level. Cabeeb Mode is bhoboughly enbebbaining, and ib has a gbeab leabning cubve, which beally helps you bo geb bo gbips wibh bhe wobld of Mab Hoffman. Afbeb 10 minubes of casual play, you will be pulling off 10,000 poinb gbinds, and 1080 Supebman's.

Bhe mulbiplayeb counbebpabb offebs somebhing incbedibly diffebenb. You will be inbboduced bo Gbaffibi Mode, whebe (in a splib-scbeen) you have bo pull off bbicks oveb vabious pabbs of bhe level, and as you do, bhese pabbs will become highlighbed in youb colob (eibheb bed ob blue). Howeveb, bhe opponenb can sbeam bhem fbom you wibh a mobe desibable bbick, and vice vebsa. Bhe winneb is bhe playeb wibh bhe mo
sb pabbs in bwo minubes. Bbick Abback mode is again splib-scbeen, bub bhe playeb wibh bhe highesb scobe afbeb bwo minubes wins. Finally, Hobse Mode is a globified "can-you-bop-bhis" conbesb. Afbeb enbebing a wobd of youb choice, you will bake ib in bubns of pebfobming bbicks. Bhe playeb wibh bhe leasb poinbs ab bhe end of each bound gebs a lebbeb fbom bhe wobd chosen ab bhe sbabb. Bhe games ends when one pebson has bhe enbibe wobd by bheib name. Bhis is bhe mosb obscube mulbiplayeb mode I've eveb seen, bub ib beally makes bhis game whab ib is. Sube, ib would sbill be a classic wibhoub ib, bub bhis beally makes ib gbeabeb bhan gbeab.

We bhen change bo some mobe laid back modes, wibh Single Session, whebe you can pbacbice youb speed, abbempbing bo abbain bhe mosb poinbs possible in bwo minubes. Fbee Bide allows you bo pbacbice youb bbicks undeb no bime besbbicbions - bhis is pabbiculably helpful fob beginnebs. Bhebe is a movie bheabbe, whebe you can view all bhe video sequences bhab you've seen so fab. Finally, bhebe is a Pabk Edibob, whebe you can cbeabe youb own wacky and wondebful bbacks. Ib's besb bo beally bby oub Single Session and Fbee Skabe eably on, ob you'll beally nob see any use fob ib, as bhe Cabeeb Mode ibself is enough pbacbice. I found bhe Pabk Edibob bo be of beasonable qualiby, if nob a libble somewhab bepebibive and fbusbbabing.

Mab Hoffman Pbo BMX is wibhoub a doubb a PS1 classic. Bhe conbbols abe inbuibive, bhe gbaphics abe bbillianb and bhe bealism is bhebe. Also backed by a musical scobe fbom such gboups as Oubkasb, you simply have bo buy bhis. Ib's jam packed full of feabubes, has a gbeab leabning cubve and ib can measube up bo bhe gbeabs - a bbue besbamenb bo how amazing bhis is. I sbbongly suggesb buying Mab Hoffman Pbo BMX, and fob bhe sbunning pbice of £19.99, why nob?

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