Recent reviews by Kai #35

Its pretty fun

It's okay, not great though
EDIT: THE GAME IS WORSE NOW
AI is actually so ♥♥♥♥. I played pro career and got to motogp. All the riders cannot take you passing them, they will do ANYTHING they can to hit you. First two races of the season on a crap bike, POLE BOTH TIMES. First lap? They cut the WHOLE CORNER and drive STRAIGHT INTO THE SIDE OF YOU. ITS SO ANNOYING
You will get rear ended EVERY corner they get the chance, they will ride over kerbs, grass or anything to Tbone you. Whats even more annoying is Pro career means no flashbacks so you cant stop them. The AI is GARBAGE.

Lets start with the biggest problem, an almost game breaking problem. The AI.

The AI is pure dogs**t. Honestly it feels like they're following the most basic path following algorithm, their ONLY goal is stay on the racing line, not matter the weather, camber of the corner, or even if YOU are right there. I would be embarrased to release a game with this kind of crap in it. It's so bad at the point that even though I would like the challenge of 120% AI, its actually MORE fun to play at 100% and just leave them all behind so they don't ruin your fun or immersion.
This problem gets magnified in the wet weather. On bigger bikes (especially at tracks like Portimao or Algarve if you prefer) the AI will consistently highside out of corners BUT stay on as if nothing has happened AND power out of the corner as if they have lost no grip. The physics of the game in general feel good but what does that matter if the AI seem to have COMPLETELY different physics that only apply to them, just to allow them to keep up with you (unfairly)?

This monumental flaw can only try to cover up the other things that make this game so painful.
For example: Rear tyre grip seems to be extremely sporadic, the Suzuki K5 has a very lively rear wheel (which is good since it had no TCS), but then other big bikes with ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of torque have 100% grip permanently
Exhaust pipes fly at 90 degree angles from the bike and dont stay in place or sometimes DON'T EVEN EXIST!
AI riders legs hang off on the straights for no reason
AI don't even acknowledge you on the track, constantly ramming you or just forcing you to lose time.

I mean seriously what the actual ♥♥♥♥.
I'm only going to continue to play so that I can unlock all the bikes I like and then NEVER play against AI ever again and only against my friends.

If there are fixes coming (probably not since its Milestone), I will change my review.


There are some decent things about the game, like i said the feel of the physics, the suspension generally feels good and the bikes sounds and models are brilliant...

First of all, I would only recommend this game as an ARCADE racing game. Sure its fun sometimes but it is still too easy to win even on the worst bike possible in Managerial Career, please make the game harder.
If you want a simulator game which is like real life then move on and do not buy it, theres others you can get (like GPBikes).

This game is a masterpiece.

Music is amazing and atmospheric
Art style is brilliant

Bit short, but DLC slowly being released and isn't expensive

One of my favourite games ever.

This game is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ cool

Your eardrums will explode from artillery
You'll probably kill a few team mates by failing to tell them apart from enemies
You will get headshot out of nowhere many times
You will get stuck in a helicopter with the most spastic pilot in history and most likely die
But, its fun especially with a few friends

9/10 would get PTSD again

This game is actually more fun than I thought.
I enjoy zombies a lot. All the maps are pretty good and Chronicles is sick

Great game, very immersive and lots to do. Lots of backstory linking to Deus Ex 1 and HR. May not be as fun if you just rush through it and not take your time to read and discover stuff.

Also I see a lot of people complaining about microtransactions, and I hate them too and hopefully they dont stick around in future titles. But honestly in this game, I've played through it twice and didn't even notice they were there until someone else pointed it out. Its not a big deal in this game.

A solid game, especially if playing it straight after Human Revolution.