Jonny Moseley: Mad Trix

Jonny Moseley: Mad Trix Description

It's a 3DO game, but this time it's not Army Men, it's something completely different. In an attempt to discover a deeply hidden innovative quality in itself, 3DO has developed Jonny Moseley Mad Trix for Game Boy Advance, one of only a few skiing games to exist. Licensed by the man himself, Jonny Moseley Mad Trix presents itself as a Tony Hawk's Pro Skater game on snow, and without wheels. It's nice to see 3DO giving us something different for once. Okay, let's get down to the nitty gritty. Instead of presenting bland environments, blanketed with nothing but snow, trees and the occasional fence, Mad Trix covers the entire world with the white stuff. Just to make things more interesting, of course. Players can now take to the slopes of Las Vegas and San Francisco, as they control professional players such as Tanner Hall, Evan Raps and Moseley himself. The 3D third person perspective afforded by the PlayStation 2 hardware is not present in the Game Boy Advance version due to obvious technological disadvantages. And consequently, the handheld conversion is quite different in terms of handling. You must navigate around several well-designed isometric environments and perform series of tricks in this score-focused game. Combining tricks results in greater scores that in turn lead to bigger and better rewards. Like we said, it's very much like Tony Hawk's Pro Skater. Plenty of game options, plenty of tricks, an intuitive control system and some surprisingly detailed and varied environments all help to make Mad Trix one of the most complete extreme sports games available.

Publisher:

3DO Studios

Platform:

GBA

Category:

Sports

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