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I'd rather jump off a birdge

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: November 22, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Let me tell you a story about this being the worst game ever! The controls are just jacked up. It just doesn't feel right trying to do the big tricks. THPS made the tricks flow together, nothing like this game. Another thing, what were they thinking when they made levels in Las Vegas, and San fransisco. I mean if it was a real skiing game, why not make the levels at places where you can actually ski. Jackson Hole, Copper Mountain, Squaw, Mt, Mammoth, Wolf creek. ...

insult to skiers everywhere

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 11
Date: July 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Put this one under "skiers who want to snowboard". Just watching the opening video is comical, cause Johnny Mosely is such a wanna be snowboarder. I'm sorry, skiing will NEVER be like snowboarding. Skiing is about speed, mogels and tricks on a mogel course.
The actual game lacks any reason to play. The physics are so horrible in this game. Sliding over dirt makes no diffrence between snow? What the heck? The time it takes to turn is so unrealistic. The worst part of all is the inclusion of a speedomoter. Headin down the mountain, the game claims you're going 50 mph, yet gives the sense of snowplowing down a bunny hill. Its so incredibly fake and stupid.
Snow board games are fun cause they give people the chance to do tricks most of us will never do. In Mad Trix, actual skiing is better. Do yourself a favor and use the money for a snowboarding game. Or better yet, actually go skiing!

And 1 Star is mighty GENEROUS!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 8
Date: January 24, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is absolutely the WORST video game I've ever tried to play. I was so excited that skiing was finally coming to the PS2, but this game - well, can you say FACE PLANT? The physics are totally screwed up (skiiers will hang in midair like they're suspended from wires), the graphics are pitiful (oftentimes you'll ending up going through a rail instead of grinding it), and the music; well, let's just say I'd rather listen to 2 tomcats fighting in an alley at night. Save your $... and rent this one first. Or better yet - take mine!

Not Impressed

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 11
Date: January 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I was not impressed with this game at all.
I found it to be weak, boring, slow, and not exciting at all.
I guess I'm just used to SSX from EA Games.
now If EA games put out a skiing game I think they would make a more exciting skiing game.

WHERE is the SPEED

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: July 15, 2002
Author: Amazon User

decent game... but the game speed is slow making it easy the first time you play so it soon becomes dissappointing.

The skiers need to go about 3 times as fast.

JMMT is not so bad...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 12 / 18
Date: January 08, 2002
Author: Amazon User

First off, if you compare this extreme skiing game to SSX (or SSX Tricky), JMMT doesn't come close. But, since this is the only skiing game out there right now for PS2, it's definitely worth a look.

The jump, grind, and trick schemes is almost exactly like SSX, so if you're familiar with that scheme, you'll pick up Mad Trix in no time. Some of the tricks are not so realistic (especially being able to do mistys and rodeos without a jump) and not as fluid as those in SSX.

The courses are based on snowy versions of real-life venues (San Francisco, Las Vegas, Rome, Washington DC...) and I thought they were pretty well designed. Lots of jumps, rails, and boosters to be found.

There is also a ski school & freeride to get you acclimated to the courses. Sound is OK, with the good music balanced by the announcer who sounds like Lurch from the Addams Family. Luckily, you can turn him off.

All in all, even though it's not up to SSX standards, the main reason why I like Jonny Moseley's Mad Trix is that I picked this game up much quicker than SSX, and my scores on JMMT were higher more quickly. I think it's because the racing is a bit slower than on SSX, so I had just a split-second more time to think about (and pull off) my next trick. If you like racing games with trick elements, definitely try this one.

Awful

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game has to be the worst attempt at an extreme skiing game I have ever seen. The controls make it almost impossible to do tricks and ski at the same time. I don't recommend this game to any person who has enough common sense to know there aren't any real ski runs like the ones in this game. DO NOT BUY THIS!!!!!!

Fun Tricks !

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: January 09, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The tricks are cool, the controls are a blend of Tony Hawk and SSX.

I wish they had better special effects, but the good gameplay overshadows the problems.

I think the soundtrack is all right, but i turned it off after a while.

Well worth the $ if you are into skiing or trick-based games.

JMMT - An Excellent effort from 3DO

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 17
Date: December 29, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Jonny Moseley Mad Trix is the first newschool/freestyle skiing game of its kind to be released for Playstation 2. In JMMT you compete to win skis, magazine cover shots, special characters and new levels. JMMT is not goal based like Tony Hawk's Proskater, in JMMT you start off with 1 practice level and 1 competition level along with 3 characters including Jonny Moseley and two other fictional characters. To progress to new levels you must win medals which are won by achieving high scores. When you start you are given slopestyle mode and a practice mode, you can access Big Mountain mode once you are very successful in slopestyle mode.

Controls:
In JMMT there is a very different controller setup than most games; however, it has similarities with many other games such as Tony Hawk, Cool Boarders and SSX. You perform grabs by using different combinations with the left and right triggers. You can tweak your grabs to achieve a higher score using the square button. To perform tricks as you approach the lip of a jump hold X and a direction or combination of directions on the D-pad(ex...down, down+right, down+left) and just before you leave the lip of the jump you release X (Just like SSX). You can also control your rotations and flips while you are in the are using the D-pad (Like Tony Hawk Proskater). You can only steer using the left analog stick which can make difficult gameplay at certain points. Each Character has a Signature Grab and Signature Grind. In total there are 14 different grabs to choose from and all of which can be tweaked with the square button. Grinds are performed by jumping onto a rail and pressing the triangle button.

Gameplay:
JMMT is a very surealistic game, is it possible to ever grind on the golden gate bridge? I think not, the un-realisticness of this game is good and bad. If you are a skier you would tend to want a more realistic game so that you could compare it to your true skiing style. If you are not a skier tou would tend to want a more arcade based game. JMMT has the best of both worlds. You can perform real life tricks however just like THPS you can take realistic tricks and bend reality and you can do triple rodeo flips. This game however depicts skiing quite accurately and it is a surprisingly good effort from 3D0.

Characters:
Non-Fictional - Jonny Moseley, Evan Raps, Tanner Hall, Vincent Dorion
Fictional - A.T. Barron, Miki Lijima, Phat Earl Grogan, Beth "Wild Child" Clark, Skier X

The two reasons that I disliked JMMT are because of its TERRIBLE soundtrack and a few gliches in the game.

It's about time

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 15
Date: November 14, 2001
Author: Amazon User

It is about time that they made a game about trick skiing. Plus with Jonny on the cover it's got to be good. SSX on sticks.

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