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Graphics : 7.0

Aggressive Inline seems to run at 60fps, and there is a bunch of good lighting, reflection and particle effects that improve the visuals, but all the rest remain just in the average when compared to what you've seen in titles like SSX Tricky or Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3.

The levels of the game are extraordinarily well-designed, but the technical realization is in the average. While the overall polygons count is high, buildings, cars, trees and all the crazy elements that you may encounter in your skating adventure, taken one by one, look just flat, mainly because of too many blurry textures and too few polygons used to build each 3D model. Clipping problems abund in many areas of the game, and they can be nasty enough to give you a dose of daily frustration. The character models are built with a sufficient number of polygons, but the textures look cheap and the animations appear a bit rough and unrealistic.

Overall, Aggressive Inline is not a bad-looking game. It's fast, it shows huge arenas without evident pop-up issues, and has undoubtedly style - all qualities that are important in this genre of games. Simply, much more work could have been done to tweak the graphic engine, solve the many bugs and create a really impressive visual experience, like Neversoft did with THPS3.

Sound : 7.5

Like any decent Extreme Sport game, Aggressive Inline features a few licensed songs from punk and hip-hop bands like Hoobastank, Reel Big Fish, Black Sheep, Pharcyde that are perfect for a skating game, even if more songs and a tad of originality would have been appreciated. The game gives you the option of turning off the songs you don't like to hear, and for me that was a very welcome feature, since there was a couple of songs that I really couldn't stand. Sound effects are good, and overall, Aggressive Inline delivers what fans of Extreme Sports are expecting to hear.

There are only 7 levels in Aggressive Inline but they are incredibly huge and well-designed. The great number of challenges, the possibility to unlock seven hidden (and funny) characters, the RPG-like character advancement system, are all good reasons to play this game for quite a long time. The developers weren't able to improve the quality of the multiplayer mode and of the park editor, but these surely add something to the overall replay value.

Overall Score ( not an average ) : 8.0

A good Extreme Sports game, Aggressive Inline could dethrone Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 in the heart of more than a player. This doesn't mean that this game is perfect. There are many flaws, including a graphic engine just in the average, annoying bugs, a not too brilliant multiplayer mode, but there are also good, well-realized ideas, like the RPG-like character advancement system, and first of all the extraordinary quality of the level design.

Aggressive Inline is not a monster of originality, but if you are a fan of Extreme Sports, it's absolutely worth a purchase. But if you can't live without the ultra-polished game engine of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, try renting Aggressive Inline before deciding to buy it.



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- Harry (23 Aug, 2002)


Scores
Gameplay »
8.5
Graphics »
7.0
Sound »
7.5
Replay Value »
8.0
Overall Score »
8.0



Developer
Z-Axis
Publisher
Acclaim
Origin
U.S.
Genre
Sports
Players
1-2
Features
Multiplayer
Peripherals
Dual Shock 2
8MB Memory Card
Release Date
North America
May 29th, 2002
Europe
August 2nd, 2002
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