I really loved the MX vs. ATV Unleashed on xbox and couldn’t wait for this Untamed to be released for the Xbox 360. I was pleasantly surprised and somewhat disappointed when I finally played it.

I must admit before I continue this review that I am a motocross rider and am more interested in the motocross aspect of this game. It is a great game and a definite improvement from the last version just not perfect yet.

The graphics have been upgraded for the 360 and it looks great in high definition. The dirt looks like you can reach out and touch it and the bikes and vehicles look really great.

The bike controls feel great and are much more realistic then the previous version. You actually have to use your back break to bring your front tire down when jumping in order to land smoothly and not crash. It’s allot of fun when you get in a rhythm, Love it!

It has the traditional split screen for 2 players, but why not a 4 player split screen? I know this would not be very good for smaller TV screens, but people do have larger TVs these days and a 4 player split screen would have been so much fun! I was hoping for this was going to be available, but it’s not.

I was also hoping for a more career mode for the motocross mode. I found the motocross part of the game lacking in single player mode and where are the tracks? Am I missing something or did they only make like 10 tracks? Maybe more can be unlocked that I haven’t found yet?

The game keeps some cool statistics for each track you race like best finish, top speed, missed jumps, longest jump, and best lap. This is a cool feature!

For the pro riders you can select Ricky Carmichael which is new from the previous versions and you can select the other pro riders, but no Bubba Smith, not sure why.

I did find it frustrating when you jump some jumps and go outside the bounds while in the air and getting put back for that. Some jumps are at angles and you have to go slightly our of bounds to hitthem correctly. They should have made the out-of-bounds wider for corner jumps.

This is really a great game and if you enjoy all kinds of off road racing your will love this game. And it is really fun battling with your friends on the split screen.

I am still waiting for a full fledged motocross game with an in depth career mode. But for the time being MX vs. ATV untamed will have to work and it does a good job at that.

Happy Gaming!