I have been dreaming about making a Motocross game with deformable terrain for many years, I even pitched the idea to the 2xl games team I work with when we started working on our PS3 and XBOX360 racer “BAJA: Edge of Control”. We weren’t able to implement a good enough deformable terrain solution for reason I won’t go into (gets me all worked up and mad…), and I was pretty bummed about it. Well it looks like the folks over at Rainbo Studios have been hard at work on their next Motocross racer, “MX vs ATV Reflex”, because they managed to put deformable terrain everywhere in the game and up the graphics quality as well. The dirt surface on the outdoor and indoor tracks looks great and makes you feel like you’re actually driving through dirt now, instead of the dull feeling of driving on a glass surface! Check out the videos below, and leave your comments at the bottom of the page. I wanna know what you think of this next installment in the MX vs ATV series and if you think the deformable terrain will be enough to make you buy the game.

Game looks great and the deformable terrain very promising, but I wonder, when will they get the sounds right??? The bikes still sound like lawnmowers close to their death…I’m also not sure the physics will be fun to play with, especially with the added difficulty of controlling both the bike and the rider! I could be wrong, and hope I am, as this new version looks very promising.