Extreme-ly Fun! (Extreme - G 3 (PS2))

Member Name: heekeer

Product:	Extreme - G 3 (PS2)
Date:	14/08/09 (13 review reads)
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Advantages: Fast paced, sense of speed, tactical racing

Disadvantages: Can be initially difficult

Extreme G 3 is a racing game for the Playstation 2 developed by Acclaim.

The games career mode is where you will want to spend most of your time, there is no story to speak of just racing action so don't buy it if you are looking for anything with a tale to tell! Here you will start off your racing career in the 250G (slowest) class and as you progress through the games championships you will eventually be able to unlock the 1000G championships. Along the way you will have to work with your team mate to be the best team around, purchase new weapons for your vehicle and get into a lot of racing.

Racing in Extreme G3 is insanely fast, even with the "slow" 250G class you will easily be going several hundred miles per hour! The game captures a sense of speed very well and combines with some of the games tricky track designs which are treacherous and easy to fall from you will really need some skill and quick thumbs to get good at this game.

The game is enhanced by weapons and shields and turbos and their strategic use, if you want to play it safe you can drive around with a full shield bar but if you want to win you will have to engage the turbo which depletes your shield energy and once gone you will explode with a small impact, there are recharge zones on the tracks which you will have to hit to maintain full shield and your ability to use boost.

Weaponry in the game has to be bought and using it will drain your weapons bar though it is worth it as you can drain your opponents shield and take them out! There are also recharge zones for your weapons so knowing the tracks is a must.

Graphically the game is strong, the sense of speed is brilliant and it runs very smoothly even at such high speeds.

For fast paced racing fun you will not get much better than Extreme G3, though it does take some getting used to if you want to get the most from the game.

Summary: A great racing game.