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Superb graphics and fast action characterize 989
Studios' daredevil motocross game Jet Moto 3. Designed for one or
two players, this game expands on the original two Jet Moto games
with improved visuals and controls.
After choosing from a selection of characters (each with varying
strengths), you can traverse four different courses using a
futuristic all-terrain cycle. The well-designed tracks will
challenge even veterans of the earlier Jet Moto titles. You will
feel the cycle slipping on the ice of the Khumbu Icefall and
develop a lump in your stomach as you jump over Devil's Canyon.
On the down side, close-up views are difficult to manage, as the
field of vision can easily be lost. This is especially a problem
in the two-player, split-screen view.
While some gamers may grow tired of this game fairly quickly,
there is enough meat here to keep racing fans interested until
the courses are mastered. Learning the subtleties of each course
can prepare hard-core racers for the game's more advanced
seasonal competitions and racing circuits. --Sal Barcia
Pros:
* Superb graphics
* Design improved over previous Jet Moto titles
Cons:* Close-up views are difficult to manage
* Non-racing fans may grow bored quickly
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From the Manufacturer
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Harness the blurring speed of 11 ultra-realistic all
terrain jet hover bikes. Feel the -smashing action of 19
treacherous obstacle-ridden environments including subterranean
graveyards; ancient cities; alien worlds and the wildest most
thrilling stunt tracks ever designed. Experience an all-new
blazing fast 3D engine with realistic MotoPhysics handling.
Jostle sideswipe and rip it up in 1-player and 2-player
competition.
Review
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If Jet Moto was needlessly difficult, and Jet Moto 2 was
even tougher, then the third incarnation of the Jet Moto series
reaches the summit of crafty tracks and challenging racing. I
just couldn't see Jet Moto existing as a real life sport - the
careers of racers in the league would be horribly short, until
the up-and-comer blazed around a corner and right off a cliff.
Jet Moto 3 indeed brings the pain - but it does it in a nice,
cheerful way.
If doing a flip on a pair of roller skates these days is
considered extreme, Jet Moto racing needs a brand-new term to
describe it. Jet Moto is hard-core, in your face,
fall-into-a-bottomless-pit-and-like-it racing. Want more brutal,
daring tracks? Jet Moto 3 has got them. In fact, Jet Moto 3
boasts ten of the most difficult tracks I've seen in a racing
game. Nothing will frustrate you more than when you accidentally
miss a 2-inch-wide ledge and lose a lap because of it. But
somehow, Jet Moto 3 makes this all bearable, and the
adrenaline-fueled racing combined with sadistic track design make
Jet Moto 3 one hard game to put down.
The graphics say one thing to you - speed. The graphics engine
was built to show off exactly how fast you can blaze through the
tracks. As such, attention to details is sometimes sketchy. Your
Moto racer himself looks a little on the stickman side, while the
backgrounds are nice and pretty unless you get too close. The
grapple effect looks downright lame, and the poles themselves
stick out like a sore thumb. All the CGI in the game is frightful
- none of the characters look even fractionally human. But most
of this really doesn't matter when you're flying through a
volcano at 150mph and the frame rate is just humming.
The soundtrack is good - not good enough to record and play while
you're in traffic, but good nonetheless. Each track has its own
theme song, which usually has to do with the track itself. Catchy
Spanish guitar strums away on the South American track, while
haunting chords and menacing voices whisper one liners through
the forbidden temple track. The sound effects are standard racer
fare - a growling engine peppered with boost-like noises.
But Jet Moto 3 confuses me. A lot of the game takes place in
tunnels, or in a series of banked turns. Surely a game dedicated
to speed would take advantage of it with better track design? Too
many of the tracks have speed-killing turns, and the grapple
poles suddenly seem to be on the endangered species list. Jet
Moto 3 also relies a lot on you shifting your weight on the bike
to compensate for banked turns and jumps - but while this is a
great concept in theory, in application it's almost not worth it.
You can get through most of the tunnels pointed up, down, left,
right, inverted - you name it, as long as you're holding on to
that accelerator button and tapping boost every now and again.
Still, obvious improvements have been made over the other Jet
Moto games. Now there are only five other racers on the track
with you, so collisions are less common and regaining rank after
a disaster is much easier. The graphics are noticeably better,
the courses are more inventive, and there are a lot more racers
to choose from. But definitely the best aspect of Jet Moto 3 is
the fact that there's an escaped prison convict who races a Slim
Jim bike. If you're playing as anyone but him you're just playing
yourself.
Jet Moto 3 is by no means an easy game. It's a difficult, brutal
romp through a ton of unforgiving courses applied in a futuristic
setting. But it still manages to be a whole lot of fun, and it
almost guarantees that you'll be playing through each course more
than once. The feeling of badass-ness from placing first on a
difficult track is more rewarding than any CG sequence in the
game. And the gameplay itself is sure to make you hope that one
day you'll be seeing the Jet Moto championship on your favorite
sports network. And while sequels in the movies usually never
reach the same status as that of the original, Jet Moto 3 proves
that the higher the number, the better the game. --Ben Stahl
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