TT Isle Of Man: Ride on the Edge 3

After what seemed like a meeting with a solicitor with all the form filling and signing in - along with the most tedious music I've ever heard (okay not quite as bad as Oasis but definitely worse than the on-hold call music you get when paying a parking fine you didn't deserve), I finally got to the audio controls and turned off the monstrosity. Not a great first impression i must say. Couple that with an irritating dialogue panel that keeps flicking on when you think it's finished (the voice over is great though), and I was getting tetchy. Am I ever going to get to play this game? But then I played it - holy moley it's intuitive and feels great! I can actually save a crash if I just had the back spin out a bit or something minor. Don't get this normally, it's either you touched a wall with your elbow and off you come or safely within the margins of the road - If I hadn't been able to rescue losing control irl I'd be dead a thousand times over by now. Love how the bike handles, and messing with the suspension seems to make a difference too. Epic! If it wasn't gone 2am I'd be all over this. Can't wait to have another go tomorrow! I loved the first one of this series, (I have the second but not played yet) and this was a pleasant surprise to have a great 3rd attempt (despite the mixed reviews) as I was totally expecting it to be a cash-cow by now. Perhaps I'll get to the crap bits soon and report back, but besides the music- it's awesome :) Did I mention the spluttering exhaust when slowing down? Oh arrr and hooligan mode - riding around the island any which way you like! This mode made me realise I don't really need the on track line guide, however it's either on or off - I think it should have a mode between these like only come on when coming in to a corner way too hot (just brakes). Also in the first game there were arrows center top of the screen tell you the next 3 directions - this was great for me although I always thought they should be bold and colour coded (red sharp, orange long, yellow easy type thing) so they can go in to the grey matter without having to look directly at them, however this doesn't seem to be included in this version so its the mini map or repetitive learning only. Can't please everyone all the time. But you can most of the time :D

The second game was much better than this. There isn't a proper menu, you're just thrown into an open world. The also took away a proper custom career mode. Instead, you're forced to use a current professional rider. You lose the sense of progression you had with the last one. AFAIK there's no hardcore mode (ie permadeath career) as well. I didn't play enough of it after realizing how much was missing. Slow speed physics seems to be slightly better and the (forced) free roam map seems to have more work put into it this time, but those are the only positives I can really think of from what little I played. I would have refunded it, but I got it during a sale and didn't play it soon enough to realize what a downgrade it is. Skip this and buy the second one on sale. By this if you're really itching for a sequel with less content.

Super hard to control, I quit mid way through the first time trial it feels like s***. I got a refund.

Meh. Shit controls, shit physics and AI will crash into you all the time. TT course is accurate though

Can finally fulfil my dream of crashing into a stone wall at 300kph

mmmmm M1000rr go brrrrrrrrrr

the best game ever

Cool game

WAAAAAAAHH— BRRRAK! *BRRRAK!!* *BRRAAKK!!* *POP! POP!*

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