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Very extreme racing at super-high speeds

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 05, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Personally, the N64 didn't impress me at all. I bought one very late in the life of the sys - about the time the first Zelda came out. And to this day, I only own a few games for the system, and two of those are from the beloved Extreme-G series. The first installment boasted super-fast racing and colorful, smooth graphics.

The second game surprisingly was incredibly better with fast curving tracks and the implementation of an incredibly cool, if not graphically impressive, effect where if you go past the speed of sound in your speed bike, the game goes silent after a sonic boom. All music and sound effects are cut off, giving an incredibly cool effect. The only thing holding the series back was the fuzzy N64 graphics and terrible draw distance.

So, when the third came out without any hoopla or mass media advertising, I noticed it came just as the other two did for me. All of a sudden, it was there on the shelf. I immediatly picked it up and was dazzled from the minute I put the DVD in the drive.

Based around inredibly fast motorcycle-like racers with shields and armed with weapons, you race around a track at blazing speeds up to and passing 1000 mph!! The shield and weapon effects are perfect excuses for Acclaim to add tons of light and particle effects. When you hit a wall at 700 mph, your shield glows a luminescant green in the portion that it hit, slowing you down. And, at first, you will be hitting a lot of walls.

The trademark roller-coaster type tracks that go straight up, twist, and loop completely around are all included. Tight turns and drops are everywhere, and take a little getting used to, after playing a game like GT3. The draw distance is incredible; some loops you see miles away. It really has the effects of a fast rollercoaster ride through desert, city, and icy landscapes, as well as one set entirely above and below water. Acclaim really used the PS2's graphical power for this one, and it shows.

The power-up system is based on your placing in the races. Instead of the pick up in the race method of the previous installments, you have to earn money in races, just as in GT3. There are about 10 weapons and numerous upgrades to your basic engine. No refinement on your vehicle, though, it is just straightforward buying a faster engine. Weapons range from a shield absorber to a vulcan cannon, and all are quite impressivley visualized.

The music is perfect for this type of game. Fast techno beats drive you as you hit the insane speeds of the game. With big name groups and each track having it's own song, they are varied enough for even the non-techno fan.

This game is incredibly fast, with the regular amount of cheat codes as with most Acclaim games, so there is no reason not to pick this one up. The tracks are worth the price alone, and seem to whip you around like crazy. Put anyone with a queezy stomach in front of the TV for this one, and you'll regret it. This game is definitely worth the price.

Need for Speed!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 18, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Looking for a cycle game with lots of speed an action? Then you need to check out this game! Set in the distant future, racing corporate sponsored futuristic cycles on insanely looped tracks against other cycle teams at blistering speeds! Now add turbo boost, a couple of rocket launchers mounted on your bike, and a bigger badder engine to break the sound barrier, which by the way is a nice touch in which everything just goes silent, and now you have a death machine on two wheels to literally blow away the competition! You earn credits by placing in the race and then are able to upgrade your bike. Controls take a little getting used to and you may have to reconfigure the buttons until you feel comfortable. Graphics are awesome if you got the time to look at them, as you are often to busy focusing on the track and the other bikers trying to blow them out the way. Only complaint I had was there is no instant replay like in Gran Turismo 3, but other than that this game is right on! I would of liked a little more customization such as choosing colors of bikes, perhaps maybe different models, some suspension parts, and engine upgrades as well as more weapon selection. Even customize the driver, oh well maybe next time. Overall its a great game guaranteed to have you glued in front of the TV for hours!

A game worthy to share a system with GT3

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 30, 2001
Author: Amazon User

What makes XG3 so appealing? Driving a futuristic motorcycle at speeds over 700 mph? Being able to use weapons? The beautiful tracks and gut-wretching drops, turns, twists, and loops? Perhaps the weather effects and exhaust flare add a bit?

I think all of them come together perfectly to make XG3 the best high-speed racer available today. And, since it isn't known whether PS2's Wipeout will make it state-side, this game may serve to sate a great deal of racing fans' desires.

It's difficult to say one thing that stands out in this game. Everything is top-notch. If there is a hindrance, it's in the cityscape when it's raining; there is some minor slow-down, but it's temporary and doesn't affect gameplay.

If you need a racer to fill in after GT3's completion, here's a title for you. Worth every penny, too.

It's a worth Racing Game for the PS2.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 29, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Extreme G3 is a good game. For those of you who played it on the N64, it is much better, with a few exceptions. I must say, the graphics are excellent, and the racers are cool. There are a decent variety of courses, and they are well designed. The game is made so that you race in tournament mode to get more new tracks, and money, to upgrade bike parts, or buy weapons. The weapons are very cool, as are the upgrades, except for the best engine in the game. The problem with it is, that you go too fast. Far too fast. Even people with excellent reaction time will have a challenge of trying to get through a course without crashing till you blow up.

I do recommend this to the racing fan, but the learning curve can at times be high, though it is a worthy game for the PS2.

Extreme G3 Critique

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 23, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Well here's another solid racing game for the PS2. Personally I enjoy fantasy racing and this game definitely did the trick. But as is the case with many games play value becomes an issue. This game definitely has play value but not enough of it. Once you buy all the weapons and upgrades, you have nothing to do. The game could use more of the above. And would it hurt to slow down the game a little? This game is definitely not for beginning gamers. The controls are tricky and the weapons icons hard to see. My advice stick with GT3. That's it from me. I'm out :)

FAst, but doesn't last......

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

If you like the Wipeout series, you'll like this game. Same look, same sense of speed. The physics aren't as floaty, which makes sense, since these are motorcycles, not "anti grav craft".
The track design kind of [is bad], too many "blind corners while going uphill" kind of things, which aren't challenging, just too hard and mess up the flow of the tracks sometimes. I found control with the analog stick impossible. Plus I finished in about 5 hours of play.......If you can't wait for Wipeout Fusion, buy it. If you can wait, don't.

Great graphics...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I think the graphics in Extreme G3 are pretty amazing, and there isn't much slowdown. I'm annoyed by the League system because you have to play the same courses over and over, just with different engines.

The weapons also annoy me because they don't really help much, in the ultimate sense. You can win with or without them -- they are just to play with. The rear-firing ones don't seem to do anything either.... I'm sure they do, but you just can't tell.

The single most annoying feature, however, and the one that no one has mentioned, and that would prevent me from recommending buying this game: getting stuck on the walls. There is some weird thing; if you get near the edge of the track, you get magnetized to the wall and it takes a second to get off it.

GET THIS GAME

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

If you liked the wipeout and wipeout xl games, get this game! The racing is intense...The weapons are awesome. Its a must have, really. If you were disapointed in wipeout fusion (like most of us were), this game will make up for it.

Game Review

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Love this game a lot. Just had to replace it because the old one got scratched up.

Good graphic but very short game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: March 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Good graphic but very short game. But what can you expect, its akklaim game.

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