Abstract: MX vs ATV, Pure, Fuel, Motorstorm, and now Nail'd. You wait an entire generation for a competent off-road racer and then fifty of the buggers turn up at once, each touting unique features like 'persistant track deformation', 'independent tyre suspensio...
Abstract: With all the adrenaline filled dirty racers centered around ATV's or otherwise such as PURE, Motorstorm and FUEL, it begs the question what exactly Nail'd fetches to the table to make it worthwhile. All the expected features are here in the form of a c...
Abstract: I’m not normally the type of gamer who would be interested in an ATV racing game. In fact, when MX vs. ATV Reflex came out, I was offered a free copy from a sponsor on a sports site and I sold it, site unseen to a friend. But after hearing the positive...
Abstract: A number of ATV games have hit the market in the recent years. From PURE, the off-road racer with insane stunts, to MX vs. ATV Reflex which mapped trick controls to each joystick. Nail’d forgoes any sort of trick system and instead heavily focuses on ...
Abstract: Nail'd is, in a word, extreme. In this off-road racing game, you share the sky with jumbo jets, leap over speeding trains, and ride along platforms suspended in the air by helicopters. These experiences do provide some adrenaline-drenched excitement, b...
Catching big air can be thrilling, Attractive environments.
Strangely artificial sense of speed, Loose physics make racing less exciting, Uninvolving boost system, Inconsistent crash behavior, Uninformative upgrade system.
There are a few cheap thrills to be had in this off-road racer, but loose physics make its excitement a lot less extreme....
Abstract: If there's one game genre that keeps getting outdone by itself, it has to be racing games. From the earliest games like Night Driver and Pitstop to today's battles between realistic racers like Gran Turismo and over-the-top stuff like Burnout, racin...
Abstract: Nail'd is an exhilarating game. Truly. The game takes a fantastical approach to ATV-racing that borders on magical. Though Nail'd isn't the first game to take severe liberties with the ATV sport (Pure also took ATV racing to an almost-otherworldly leve...
You can see some fun poking out here and there in Nail’d. The in-air physics work largely as advertised and add some excitement, but the game still feels surprisingly boring most of the time. Without the benefit of exploration for new routes or any mea...
