By Kaleb Smith
MX vs. ATV Legends allows players to compete against their friends in online multiplayer, two-player split-screen co-op, and cross-gen systems.
In MX vs. ATV Legends, players can race their way to victory on bikes, ATVs, and UTVs to become a legend in their own right, and they can play with and compete against friends along the way. MX vs. ATV Legends features massively open-world environments and a few different ways to enjoy every aspect of the game with multiplayer. While the single-player career mode is worth checking out to master each type of vehicle, players can take their newly learned driving skills to any of the co-op features available in MX vs. ATV Legends.
MX vs. ATV Legends features multiple options for those who are looking to play with friends or multiplayer in general. Like most racing games, players can compete against their friends via online multiplayer, though there is no cross-play support available. While MX vs. ATV Legends does support the capacity to play with friends across different generations of consoles, namely Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S or PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, the players on any Xbox and PlayStation console cannot race against one another. This also applies to the PC version of the game via Steam. Additionally, MX vs. ATV Legends supports split-screen local play across all systems.
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The major difference between the online and local multiplayer in MX vs. ATV Legends is the number of players that can be in the same lobby during a race. Playing with friends in online multiplayer will allow up to 16 players to be part of the same lobby with squad-based gameplay. This is supported through the game's Squad Compound mode, while the Race Online mode supports traditional online multiplayer.
Conversely, local split-screen only allows for two players on a single console to play together.
To play with friends in MX vs. ATV Legends in split-screen, simply pause the game after loading into the single-player mode and select Split-Screen from the main menu. This will bring up the second player's screen immediately, spawning them into the world within a relative distance to player one. To race against them, pause the menu again and select the Exhibition option from the main menu to choose a track.
To play with friends in online multiplayer in MX vs. ATV Legends, select Online from the main menu, then either Race Online or Squad Compound. After selecting either option, pause the game once more and select Squad Management. This will allow players to add the Gamertags, PSN, or Steam IDs into the lobby. Once everyone is in the game, return to either the Squad Compound or Exhibition to continue playing online.
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MX vs.
ATV Legends is available on the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and PC.
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Kaleb is a freelance writer for Screen Rant who regularly contributes to both of the Gaming Guides and Gaming Features sections. He has a BA in Digital Media Production from the State University of New York at New Paltz, focusing on the preproduction and production stages of TV & film. He also has an affinity for finding out the origin stories/inspirations of games and every character in them. Although he's a mid-90s baby, Kaleb started gaming with Super Mario Bros, Pokémon Blue, Pac-Man, and Duck Hunt.
Kaleb also has a limited Journalism background in NY politics, corporate shareholder activism, cybersecurity, and ESG (environment, social, & governance). He spends too much time watching Pokémon Nuzlockes and rewatching Letterkenny, Brooklyn 99, and anything Star Wars or MCU-related.
Beginning in 2005 with MX vs ATV Unleashed, Rainbow Studios helped create a franchise based on two existing supercross series, MX and ATV Offroad Fury respectively. In 2011, during the sunset of THQ's bankruptcy, Rainbow Studios released MX vs ATV Alive, the final game under THQ's original run. While the publisher rose from the ashes under THQ Nordic and Rainbow Studios retained its original name, MX vs ATV Alive. While the game would eventually fade into obscurity, in 2022, it became a part of April's Xbox Games With Gold.
As the game is free, this means I have to try it out. The joys of having a slow period for release dates on newer titles.
While I'm willing to chalk Truth or Square up as a coincidence for being another THQ title, MX vs ATV Alive highlights a problem with budget titles. Originally, the game's MSRP was $40 which was twenty dollars cheaper than the usual $60 price tag. This was intentional via THQ as the game would launch with limited single-player content yet offer DLC in the future. This was treated as a way to attract a "wider" audience. Those who enjoyed Alive and wanted to buy more premium content could do so in a way similar to most modern "live service models."
There's just one problem with that approach. As THQ folded as a company, so too did part of the game's online connectivity. While I was able to enter an online lobby, confirming multiplayer still exists, the "loads of DLC" were lost in the void.
Attempting to enter the menu within the game itself will show a "Connection Issue," meaning a huge chunk of the game is forever missing. "Well, it's okay if the DLC is gone, at least I can still enjoy what the game has to offer," you'd say and you'd be right. If only there was something the game had to offer. THQ took the game's "live service" model and ran with it to their own endzone. Forty bucks at the time gave you a bike, an ATV, four race tracks, and two free ride levels.
There's only a "single-race" mode where you select the AI difficulty and their vehicles and jump into a quick race. At the end of a race, you're given rider experience and vehicle experience albeit a paltry amount. The problem is that the game's content begins to unlock around level 10. That means it takes at least a sizable amount of races to unlock the next track that will ask the same thing from the player until the next threshold. Perhaps this alleviates itself if you play online against others, but not that many people were playing even as a free title.
I don't think it's possible that THQ knew the severity of their situation that led to their bankruptcy shortly after. Perhaps they felt as if they had a little left in the tank. This business decision didn't prevent the company from tanking and it can be argued that it only caused more problems. Aside from this, how does the game itself play? Confusing. If I can summarize it in one word. MX vs ATV Alive's graphics and aesthetics are spot-on, showing the prowess of Rainbow Studios's darling. The environments and shadows are great, and the textures of the player's clothing are also good. The vehicles feel aggressive and the engine sounds are punchy.
The one thing I struggled with was its controls as there wasn't much of a proper tutorial system. The majority of my time spent was trying to figure out which button did what. Occasionally there would be a tutorial prompt like "Press LB to use the clutch during corners!" but these were few and far in between.
I didn't even know how to do air tricks without looking up online and seeing a guide for it. These types of explanations should be included in the game by default. Perhaps this was also a DLC option that was implemented later on?
There are far better games in the MX vs ATV series as well as Rainbow Studios's catalog to even think of considering playing this game. With a peculiar pricing model that wound up on its backside as much as the original publisher did, it's almost symbolic. The only reason I'd recommend this title is that it's, well, free. Xbox Live owners should download it and mess around in two large free-ride areas as you have fun tricking off of sand dunes for an hour then move on to something else.
MX vs ATV Unleashed is a part of Xbox Live's Games With Gold until the end of April.
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V MX vs. ATV Legends players can race motorcycles, ATVs and UTVs to become a legend in their own right, and they can play with and compete with friends along the way. In MX vs. ATV Legends has a huge open world and several different ways to enjoy every aspect of the game through multiplayer. While the solo career mode is worth it to master each type of vehicle, players can transfer their driving skills to any of the co-op modes available in MX vs. ATV legends. nine0005
V MX vs. ATV Legends has plenty of options for those who want to play with friends or in general in multiplayer mode. As with most racing games, players can compete against their friends through an online multiplayer environment, though there is no crossplay support. Although MX vs. ATV Legends supports the ability to play with friends on consoles of different generations, namely Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S or PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, players on any Xbox and PlayStation cannot compete with each other.
This also applies to the PC version of the game via Steam. In addition, MX vs. ATV Legends supports local split-screen play on all systems. nine0005
The main difference between online and local multiplayer in MX vs. ATV Legends is the number of players that can be in the same lobby during the race. Playing with friends in online multiplayer will allow up to 16 players to be in the same lobby with a team game. To do this, the game has a Squad Compound mode, and the Race Online mode supports traditional online multiplayer. Conversely, local split-screen allows only two players to play together on the same console. nine0005
To play with friends in MX vs. ATV Legends in split screen mode, just pause the game after loading in single player mode and select Split-Screen from the main menu. This will immediately bring up the screen of the second player, which will appear in the world at a relative distance from the first player. To enter a race, pause the menu again and select the Exhibition option from the main menu to select a track.
To play with your friends in the online multiplayer game MX vs. ATV Legends, select Online from the main menu, then Race Online or Squad Compound. After choosing any of the options, pause the game again and select Squad Management. This will allow players to add Gamertags, PSN or Steam ID to the lobby. Once everyone is online, return to either the Squad Compound or the Expo to continue playing online. nine0005
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Timur has a double major in business administration and media and communications. Although he can write various articles, he is currently writing guides, tips and game guides. As a veteran gamer, Timur has developed a critical eye for video games and loves to break down both gameplay and storytelling to the delight of those who read his rants. nine0005
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The MX vs ATV series has been around for over ten years and during this time managed to become recognizable and respected brand. The previous part - Supercross - came out four years ago, and turned out not to be the most successful. The more fans waited and counted on a full version for the new generation, updated and improved. Were you waiting? Did you ask? Get it. nine0045 MX vs ATV All Out brought in to douse you with mud from head to toe. So that stock up on a reliable suit and pull it tighter over your head helmet. The game starts with tutorials, which are located here on one of the four open locations with the possibility of free movement. On this relatively large map we will be returning every time after the completion of championships and races. Apart from introductory functions, in the modes of free driving, you can practice tricks on the presented jumps and ramps and try to collect collectibles scattered around gears.
Career as such is not provided and we ourselves are free choose which missions, modes or competitions to pass. They open gradually, but even at the very start they are presented an impressive number. Supercross, national competitions, opencross, checkpoint races without a clear route and freestyle stunt competition held its breath in anticipation dizzying somersaults and hot crazy chases. From collaborative modes provides split-screen and multiplayer with participation of up to 16 people. nine0005
At first glance, the project does not experience a lack of content. But it is worth taking a closer look, and it becomes clear that most of the tracks use the routes of four key locations, and the choice of arenas is not sparkling with variety. It is also important to note that a large amount assets and materials borrowed to some extent from previous games and moved with minor changes. Let with reservations, but there are dozens of trails to choose from with different conditions and in a variety of geographic regions.
Transport represented by well-known models of motocross bikes, ATVs and buggy. Each can be customized, improved, modified to your taste and color, using licensed parts and materials. The rider can be personalized in the same way, choose the brand and choose the color of the helmet, suit, gloves, shoes and other items. Money without any problems are earned in races and competitions, and you can spend them in garage. nine0005
Now directly about the process itself. And here everything is far from so rosy. The first thing to say is that it is absolutely broken control. Yes, to physics in the MX vs ATV series and previously emerged weighty claims, but this time the creators have outdone themselves, in bad sense. Most of all went to bikes. Okay, from the arcade no one expected a race of miracles, but at least some logic in management, one way or another, was traced in the previous parts. On this time we have a solid lottery. How does a two wheeler behave? the aggregate is known, probably, to one god of chances, for events are impossible to predict.
Sometimes, the racer generally falls off motorcycle on level ground. This happens even on straight sections and small speed. In addition, from time to time, the steering wheel for some reason jams, and driving becomes impossible. As a result, we obediently move out in complete bewilderment into a ditch. The latter is also the case with other types of transport. buggy and ATVs behave a little better on the road, after all 4 wheels and some rudiments of clutch let you know, but the pleasures of no virtual driving. No road feel at all and dimensions, dull boxes with wheels that, when in contact with the slightest obstacle behave as if they have zero weight and are not affected by gravity. Bleeding, changing tires and clutch make no appreciable difference. The same trough accelerates faster and goes a little faster. Okay, just accelerate especially here everything still won't work. Even open locations are full of bumps and various obstacles. nine0005
Unacceptable performance adds fuel to the fire, clip motley glitches, as well as stable-periodic freezes and departures.
On some tracks, the frame rate per second drops to values so low that the game starts to look more like slide show. To win in such conditions, not to mention the performance the most dangerous tricks requiring well-balanced actions and distance calculation is not just difficult, but almost impossible. What surprisingly, the game manages to slow down even in the absence of rivals on the track - in free ride or ghost racing modes, the situation doesn't get better. In online battles, the situation, as you understand, further exacerbated, turning the ongoing disgrace into a special kind of masochism for everyone involved. And okay picture matched, but visually All Out looks at best tolerably, and sometimes even inferior to MX vs. ATV Supercross Encore, which and 3 years ago never impressed. But even there, at least the dirt looked like dirt and bikes with cars were left on it noticeable juicy footprints, here we don't even have that. nine0005
The difficulty of the races is quite uneven.
On the same level some competitions are held without hesitation and the slightest strain, others will make you sweat properly. General situation exacerbated by tight unresponsive controls, broken physics and performance below the plinth. Among the proposed schemes management was not found in any way convenient and universal. One way or another, for different types of races, you have to select individual options. Some layouts are more optimized for stunts, better on others cross country and so on. I personally had a particular difficulty. when passing exactly motocross arenas. It's crazy physics bikes, miscalculations in the layout and a lot of active objects, in the form barriers and other building structures, intertwined together. As a result, overcoming such stages, and I am already silent about competition turns into a real torture. nine0005
Online All Out is slow and buggy as hell. Matches and opponents are searched for a catastrophically long time, sometimes search at all freezes.
The connection often breaks for no apparent reason. Login and It is already a great success to hold a regular online match here. For me personally for some reason could not connect to most of the active sessions - gave a connection error. Repeatedly noticed a strange a situation where the players who dropped out during the race eventually occupied the first places with zeros instead of time indicators! Pro local multiplayer incidents can be told for a long time and eloquently, but it is better not to try to repeat on yourself. The game also there are network achievements, like "take first place in 25 online races" or "come first in a race with 15 live opponents." It won't be easy to do it all honestly, so, probably, it remains to hope for happy bugs. One in a word, aiming at getting the platinum cup, you can only sympathize and advise stocking up on sedatives means. By the way, judging by the statistics of the received trophies and personal Observations, there are two non-working ones.
These are cumulative trophies - drive 100 miles and spend 100,000 local currency in the garage. If the first one is not so easy to trace, but about the second I have no without any doubts. Spent even more than the required amount, and no result followed. Again, all hope for a speedy fixes. nine0005
What did we end up with? I will be extremely categorical and honest. Ladies and gentlemen, this is a failure. As sad as it is to realize, it's not just a disappointment, but a real slap in the face with mud. The situation is not saves even a wide variety of settings, tracks and modes. The release version of All Out in terms of quality and level of playability is barely pulling on the alpha test. Obviously the project will get better with time. – several patches have already been released, and in the future we may well to please the next Encore version. In its current form, this lewdness does not deserve the slightest attention, and even more so your money. nine0005
Fans motocross and off-road racing can only sympathize.
