While I owned Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 shortly after it came out, it wasn't as fun or memorable as the first one was on the original PlayStation. 2 out of 5 for me.
Absolutely does not age well, but damn was this one of my favorite games as a kid.
awkward clunky movement and terrible sprawling map design do their best to try and wring the fun out of such an innovative trick system. career mode goals feel like they were just the first things the designers could think of which leads to a reliance on "hit these 4 things we put at opposite corners of the map" and also about one goal per level that's complete bullshit. A shame they decided to go the BMX XXX route instead of a sequel that could've fixed things, but at least we got Aggressive Inline before they imploded
you can play as the slim jim guy. Also this game introduced me to Tribe Called Quest
Like the first one, it's sloppy and janky, but it also has an admirable focus on the physics of jumping, momentum, etc., more than its contemporaries. It just doesn't work very well and isn't much fun!
its cool that its a bike game but the controls are not great at all
While it's controls are a little wonky, "Freestyle BMX 2" is a fun little game. It was especially amusing to play as Slim Jim's mascot.
Lol he fell
Back when Z-axis was obsessed putting at least 1 Sublime song in the first 2 dave mirra games lmfao
Edit: The 525 feet grind goal can fuck off
Edit: The 525 feet grind goal can fuck off
This game gave my younger brother nightmares.
i played it
Me and my friends spent far too many hours messing around with the hilarious ragdoll physics, the actual core game got neglected in favour of seeing who could rack up the goofiest wipeout.
Killer soundtrack.
Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 1 was clunky and ill-designed. BMX XXX was clunky, ill-designed and thought with it's dick a little too much. But for one game, one brief moment in 2001, Z-Axis channeled what they had inside that made Thrasher's Skate and Destroy so great, and for one fleeting moment, managed to put out not just a hidden gem in the flood of extreme sports titles on the market in the early 2000s, but one of the best of those titles, perhaps THE best one to not bear the Tony Hawk or SSX names.