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Review: Capcom captures the difficult and twitchy world of professional motorcycle racing, by creating a difficult and twitchy game with flaws.
MotoGP racing is big in Europe and elsewhere, but in America it draws about the same size fanbase that follows competitive downhill skiing. There is interest, but not a huge cross section of people who will be actively waiting for this game. Still, the potential for a fast-paced racing game that uses motorcycles, and has fairly impressive career mode options should be enough to entice new fans to try the series, right?
Maybe, but not human fans. MotoGP 10/11 is meant to be played by mutants, who have adjusted to life at a higher frequency. Even the most well-honed gamers’ reaction times won’t be enough at times — this title demands reaction times bordering on ridiculous. That might be great for experienced motorcycle video game racers, but all of the options designed to help you learn the style of racing, like the AI assists and hints, are difficult to find under multiple levels of menu screens. To say that it is not accessible is an understatement. And of course, that is ignoring the fact that the physics are flawed and the game is glitchy on top of it.
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