Customer Reviews

Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2

5 star:		(14)
4 star:		(10)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

(...) Dave Mirra 2 boasts new characters, more bikes, vastly larger levels, and, of course, greatly improved graphics. The trick system has been expanded, with many new tricks and variations available.

Graphically, Dave Mirra 2 is not bad to look at, but not really anything special, either, especially in comparison to THPS3. The 3D models are adequate, and offer a good many lines to ride one, and the textures are uniformly good. Still, the game is not nearly as graphically beautiful as some of the other first-generation games that are available on the new systems.

Sound is good, but again, nothing special. The soundtrack is alright, and even has its high points, but it's really a matter of personal taste. The usual grind noises, thumps, whacks, and grunts of pain are satisfactory and vary enough to sound good.

The levels are large and often very creative, but not as well-designed as those in THPS3. They are fun to ride and contain the usual secrets, huge jumps, and multipurpose obstacles.

The game is much harder than its predecessor, but still easier than THPS3. It should take a good while for most gamers to beat the game with every character and unlock all the secret videos, riders, and modes. There are rumors of secret levels, too, but I have yet to unlock any of them.

Although most of the game seems pretty mediocre, it's still one of my favorite bike/skate-type games ever. Why? Well, it all comes down to the trick system.

(...) Dave Mirra 2 offers an enormously deep and engrossing trick system that will keep a lot of us gamers busy for hours on end. And once you get used to the system, you can start pulling all kinds of amazing combinations. And of course, common stock tricks like superman seatgrabs and double nac-nacs become quite easy to pull.

Similar to THPS's manuals, Mirra 2 riders can tie their tricks together with heelies and nose wheelies, and flatlanders can even pull endoes and stoppies if they know what they're doing. A wide range of grinds and plants are available, too.

In the end, this game will not impress anyone with its mediocre graphics and just decent level designs. What will keep people coming back to this game is its brilliant trick system and the enormous versatility. I still haven't gotten tired of it. If you like bike games, and especially if you bike in real life (like I do :)), you will find this to be the best and most enjoyable bike game available. It's easy to start playing, even for beginners, but offers enough depth to keep even hardcore gamers coming back for more.

Dave Mirra 2 is an excellent game. It does have its flaws though. One mission objective says "Do 1-footed flair over halfpipe" when the flair move isent even in the trick book because not all the tricks could be fit in. But, you can soon figure out how to do one. There are a few minor camera angle problems, for instance, wehn you go through a tight corridor. But, the average gamer won't really even notice or pay any attention to this. Now, onto the good stuff about this game. The levels are HUGE. They remind me of THP3 in the layout but they are 4 or 5 times the size. This is a major reason for buying this game as playing on free ride mode or even in competion, just riding around the place doing tricks everywhere is a hell of a lot of fun. There are aover 1500 tricks in this game which gives enough replay value as you will try to learn more and more tricks. Don't pass this game up, you will enjoy it.

Dave Mirra Is The best BMX game on the market! You can do thousands of tricks with the cool modifier button,and you can make your own rider to your own consent! The levels are huge and they look AWESOME!! like you can ride the Whole Woodward camp AND a whole waterpark! You Definitely have to buy this game, it's worth all of the Hassle to get it!!!!!

This game is the highly anticipated version of Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX2 for GameCube. I have played this game on both systems and find the GameCube version to be a more vivid and easier to control game. However, it is a game that needs work! Its soundtrack, although with some great hits, needs work in a variety of areas- the songs, unless you painstakingly select them, repeat over and over again meaning that if I start playing a game with one song, it will continue to play until I have selected otherwise.
Another weakness- the game has no sense of barriers (ie walls, poles, grinding rails.) Sometimes, I am able to ride through a pole, however, on other occasions, on that same pole, my rider gets knocked down. Also, and this is the worst part of the game, if you are riding and you bump into a wall, your rider immedialey gets knocked into reverse, this causes a short, but infuriating delay as your rider evetually pulls himself out of reverse.
Other times, the screen shakes uncontrolably. This makes the game extremely fustrating, as it is hard to complete the myriad of tasks- which without these problems would be a joy to complete.
With some patience, this game can be rewarding, in that it is fun when you're not dealing with the technical flaws of it. However, if I could reverse my decision in buying it, I would...had I known about the flaws, I would have waited until a newer and more thought out version came out.

This is my favorite extreme game. I like THPS3 too, but the levels in Mirra 2 are like 5 times the size of the ones in THPS3. Mirra 2 also has so many more tricks it's a joke.

Somebody wrote a review here that said you have to hold up to move. That's not true. You can choose the THPS3 control setup in the options menu if you want. There's also a mode that auto-accelerates the rider.

The best thing about the game is how totally deep the playability is. It took me over 20 hours to finish the game with just one rider! (There's 14 total.) Along the way, you unlock codes, secret park editor pieces, and rider movies. There's so much there it's sick. I've spent another hours just messing around with the park editor making my own places to ride. There are day and night levels in the editor, and like twice as many pieces as THPS3's editor. There's also this thing that lets you raise and lower sections of your levels, so you can start your rider like 50 feet in the air and send him down a huge ramp into a giant half pipe. It's awesome.

If you like extreme games or fast-paced action games, you're missing out big time if you don't pick this one up.

This game originally came out on the playstation2. Take that as a base, add better graphics and two more levels, and you have the makings of the best BMX game of all time. I still play the ps2 version, but can't wait to get this one. There are literally thousands of tricks possible with using the modifier button, and the music rocks!! A must-have for the gamecube!

I have the PS2 version and bought this version to play wipeout on the 2 new levels. The wipeout mode is a mode that lets you and a friend crash your characters as hard as you can. It's hilarious. It makes Mirra 2 one of the best games ever made. If you have a cruel sence of humor, or are a guy, then Mirra 2 on wipeout mode is for you. DO NOT MISS IT, IT WILL BE OUT OF PRINT SOON!

Dave Mirra's first game wasn't all that great, but the people at Acclaim have made a huge improvement on Dave Mirra 2. The levels are 10 times bigger than before, the controlls are better, and the graphics are just amazing. The only problem with the game is the terrible soundtrack, I mean there are only two good artists on this game such as Rage Against The Machine, and Sum 41, all of the others like godsmack are just terrible. Anyways this game is a must buy for the Nintendo Gandcube.

I think this looks like one of the best gamecube games coming out. It comes on playstaion 2 but it looks much better on gamecube. This game is one to get. I give it 5 stars.

Ok not a game to play properly but i have a lot of fun playing it still. A good game especially when i get to smash windows and riding up the roof. I have never tried the proquest mode before so i never go up to a new level before. I always play the free ride mode.

There is only one flaw to this game. On the blue equipment where the slides are. The big slide which makes you ride up to the roof should not face the side to the big bump. It makes it very hard to ride up it when its not facing the proper way.