Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2

"The Best out of the Pro anything seris, sadly not good."

This game is a game where you pick a Pro BMXer and do stunts in various arenas. You can do a variety of things from manuals to can cans to supermans. The best BMX game that has been made, but it still isn't that good. Every game about skateboarding or BMXing has always been (insert current star here so that person will be liked)'s Pro (insert sport) (insert number). Every game I see like that I don't buy. they are never good. This is my brother's game. It is the best of the BMX/Skating games, and that is sad.

Graphics: 4/10
Same type of graphics as Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 on N64! Come on. That was what 2-3 years ago? And they still can't improve! Sure there is a few more ads here or there (to get money to balance the loss of profit the companies get from these games). Some blood when you crass. Not that good. They flow okay, but they would flow on a N64.

Sound: 6/10
The music is cycled if you don't skip songs. Even if you skip the ones you hate the first time you hear them the ''good'' ones get old after the first few time through. With as big of a fan population as these games have (don't know why) they should be able to spend a few more dollars on 50 more songs. If they can put that many songs on there I would be happy. If that was all that was wrong with the game it would have a 9 or maybe a 10, but there is more.

Controls: 4/10
They work for 13-14 year old kids with small hands. An older person (17 for me) has a hard time hitting the right buttons at the right time. This review is written by me so I may jugde it by how I can play the game. After beating the game I had blisters on my fingers (which messed up my guitar lessons which made me mad). No game should give you blisters after playing it for 4 or 5 hours. I played Gran Turismo 3 A Spec for 10-12 hours straight with no blisters. If that doesn't give me blisters neither should this game.

New Features: 6/10
Same modes as Tony Hawk's Pro skater. The new multiplayer (Graffiti) isn't that good. has some flaws. The color wont show when you do certain tricks. Don't remember which, but it doesn't matter. The game shouldn't do that. The super-hyped Create A Level mode isn't good. can't adjust height of things. Not as much control as past games. Less thins to use. The camera is in a bad place to build. The Halfpipe Hell part is actually pretty good. Saved the Features from getting a 3 or 4.

Replay Value 3/10
Beat the game once. BOOM, you're bored with that. Multiplayer can be played until the other player hits you because they are tired of your cheesy game. The Create A Level is fun a few times. It then gets boring because you have done everything possible. I think this game could have been extended very easily.

Overall: 5/10 Not an average
The only good thing was the Halfpipe Hell and one or two good songs (which lasted a few times) A few good things don't make a game. Well, they make it bad. I wouldn't go wast...spend money on this or any other (insert current star here so that person will be liked)'s Pro (insert sport) (insert number) game. I thought it couldn't get worse than Tony Hawk 3, but it did. One of the worst games I have ever played.

Rent or Buy? RENT for sure
If you want to have fun rent it. You could beat it in one night. Then the next day or 2 you could play around with it. If you bought it you would most likely stop playing with it, heck I do that with most my games, but I wouldn't voluntarily give out $55 to play a game for a few weeks at most. I wouldn't even waste $5 to rent it, but it's your choice. Read the other reviews.

Reviewer's Score: 5/10, Originally Posted: 12/27/02, Updated 12/27/02