Jet X20

by Sony

Product Features

• Watercraft racing in a fast-paced, arcade style
• environments include a swamp, the Arctic, a Pacific island;Raging rivers, turbulent rapids, and huge waterfalls
• 30 motocross-style tricks

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00006LEM6
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches ; 4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: May 23, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,808 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #23 in Video Games > PlayStation 2 > Racing
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Take to your watercraft on various missions through eight massive exotic racing environments, including a swamp, the Arctic, a Pacific island, and the legendary city of Atlantis. Offering intense watercraft racing in a fast-paced, arcade-style format, Jet X2O provides players with more than 30 intense motocross-style tricks, as well as player-specific tricks to perform in various race modes.

With eight highly stylized concept watercraft to choose from, players will be challenged with water and terrain of all sorts. From raging rivers and turbulent rapids to massive waterfalls and hairpin turns, players not only have to worry about their own watercraft stability but also the competitors racing aggressively around them. On each course, players will also come across various triggered events and environmental conditions that will randomly affect each race.

During single- and multiplayer gameplay, racing fans and watercraft lovers alike will enjoy trick race, season, rescue, and trick modes. In all of them, players are given the opportunity to start a career, perform various tricks and stunts, and rescue flailing victims while earning points for ranking and special awards.

Product Description

Get ready, get wet and take to your watercraft on various missions through eight massive exotic racing environments including a swamp, the Arctic, a Pacific island and the legendary city of Atlantis. Providing intense watercraft racing in a fast-paced, arcade style format, Jet X2O provides players with more than 30 intense motocross-style tricks as well as player specific tricks to perform in various race modes.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Rent, but Do Not Buy, November 23, 2002

By 

James M. Stafford III (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jet X20 (Video Game)

I rented JetX2O with the hopes that it would be essentially another SSX Tricky, but this time on water instead of on snow.

...and I was severely disappointed :-(

For a game which combines speed/placing and tricks, SSX Tricky is definitely the pinnacle of the extreme games genre. SSX Tricky also has numerous characters with a great variety of personalities, plus a massive number of customizable features for the characters. JetX2O, on the other hand, has fewer characters, fewer choices in equipment (jetskis compared to snowboards), and a far less interesting array of personalities among the characters.

In its favor, JetX2O does have some intriguing courses. There are pop-up ramps, trick bonuses, numerous obstacles, blind and semi-blind corners, and a good variety of scenery and locales. This certainly helps to draw the player into the game, but only to a certain point.

Where the game TRULY lacks is in the ability of the player to identify with the characters, to find points of interest with the characters, and to essentially WANT a particular character to represent her or him in the game. A large part of this "lack" is due to the voice acting, which is certainly not impressive by any means.

Ranking above the game's characters, the announcer (emcee, narrator, sportscaster, or whatever) is not really at all interesting during the events themselves. The introduction to the different event venues is definitely interesting, and seems to be somewhat improvisational (almost in the same manner as much of Robin Williams' voice acting performance in portraying The Genie in Disney's Aladdin) - and this works rather well in the venue overviews - but this same "inner fire" seemingly disappears once the events get underway. This is unfortunately in VERY sharp contrast with the announcer in SSX Tricky, who is seemingly very much into the many events and is just as much a part of the game as the obstacles and the ramps and the trick bonuses themselves.

Another significant drawback to JetX2O is that the game's menu interfaces all seem rather "clunky" at best. Obviously, extremely little time and thought was afforded to the menus, as there is no apparent fluidity when progressing from one menu screen to another. The character selection menu and the jetski selection menu are definitely better than the rest of the menus in the game, but even these do not convey the feeling of an extreme sports game; certainly, the characters move about and chatter, but something still seems to be missing which almost prevents the player from wanting to continue on to the events themselves.

Overall, JetX2O is truly left to only those few diehard jetski fans who are also diehard console gamers. Whereas SSX Tricky (and SSX before it) was able to easily draw in a vast array of gamers - including those (such as myself) with no experience in snowboarding or any extreme sports - and present a beautiful mix of events and characters and venues and "extras" (such as the announcer), JetX2O fails in almost ALL these aspects. This game is worth a short rental, but is certainly NOT worth buying for the majority of potential players.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of Jet Ski fun here !!, August 20, 2005

By 

Eric Ulmer (Omaha, Ne) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Jet X20 (Video Game)

I am not much of a video game player so for someone like me this game is particularly amusing. I simply bought it to keep from getting bored with my other games and found that it was rather fun. Jet X 20 doesn't require much skill and can be played for hours if a person so chooses. For the person that is really into games this one is a good choice. There are plenty of levels and competition to make it a challege for even the most experienced game player. I would say the graphics are fairly good and the different levels are designed with a bit of imagination. Overall I would recommend this game to anyone looking for something fun and simple to play.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Game, Lots of Fun, July 15, 2003

By 

"kristta" (The South) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jet X20 (Video Game)

I've got two kids and we all three enjoy games. Something else we enjoy is jet skis. This is one of the best games we have for the PS2. It's a lot of fun to play when you can't be out on the water for real. I love the courses in the game. I like the jet skis and the people you can select to ride them. The tricks are fun but for me the racing is the best. I have trully enjoyed being able to kick butt in the races. This game is good for a quick "relax" break in a busy evening or as something to do when it's pouring rain and your kids are bored. This game was a well spent 30 bucks for us!