REVIEW : Monster Energy Supercross – The Official Videogame (PS4 / PS4 Pro)
Monster Energy Supercross The Official Videogame is a very fun motocross racer. The game shoves the player into a race as soon as it starts with the UI filled with controls. There is no hand holding or tutorials to start you off, just a simple race.
The game features variety of modes like career, championship mode, single event or time trials. Championship mode follows the Supercross 2017 season using 22 actual racers who competed. You can also create your own championship. You can create your own character in the career mode which increases the difficulty with every race. You can also add qualifiers to every race to make them more authentic.
Create a character mode is fairly limited option with only 10 faces to choose from and not lot of customization. You can make your character look apart is by gears consisting of helmets, suits and more. After creating the character, you can buy a bike and you progress through the game you can collect a number of bikes. The bike can be completely customized and the livery is of the sponsor.
Monster Energy Supercross aims to be authentic racer. There is a single acceleration button along with two brake buttons, clutch and change gear buttons with touch pad serving as camera control. To lead any race, you have to predict the jumps and get into the turns early so that you can accelerate ahead on the straights. You can use the rewind feature if you feel you are stuck in a jam and since there is no penalty of using it, you can use it as many times you want.
At the start of any race you can choose between semi-automatic and manual transmission along with assist on and off. Reward for winning a race is Prestige Points and SX credits. Points increase your level and credits allow you to spend on bike and overall setup. The game rewards you more if you disable assist and choose manual transmission. Plus fulfilling sponsors criteria also awards a bonus.
The online multiplayer is bare bones at best, there is no matchmaking what so ever. Plus, the connection is iffy at best.
Graphically the game looks decent with dirt flying on screen and practical effects filling the screen. At some instances the game looks really good. There are a few frame-rate drops and the game has pop in when filling the screen with crowd.
The controls can feel floaty when trying control the bike while jumping or making a turn. Despite these issues the game is a fun racer and very enjoyable.
The game also features a track editor where you can edit a track in 8 different stadiums any way you want. After creating the track, you can upload it online for other players to try it out.
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