
- 64/100
- Players12 ratings
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- 4/5
- Player reviews
- 57% positive126 reviews
- Runs on
- Windows
- Price
- US$5.99
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1998 · Acclaim Studios London · Racing · Sports
Extreme-G 2
Nintendo console exclusive
Extreme-G is a futuristic racing game with an emphasis on speed. It also features many weapons and an F-Zero style energy shield and regeneration. You are able to break the sound barrier where you hear a sonic boom and all game audio drops out.
- Released
- 17 November 1998
- Platforms
- Nintendo 64Windows
- Genres
- RacingSportsVehicular combat
- Developers
- Acclaim Studios London
- Publishers
- —
- Series
- Extreme-G
- Modes
- MultiplayerSingle-player
- Perspective
- Third person
- Themes
- ActionScience fiction
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Age ratings
- ESRB E
- Languages
- English, French, German, Italian, Spanish (Spain)
- Entry
- #2 in Extreme-G
- Time to beat
- 3hmain story4hcompletionist
About
Extreme-G 2, also known as Extreme G: XG2, is a racing video game developed by Probe Entertainment and published by Acclaim Entertainment for the Nintendo 64 and Microsoft Windows. It serves as the sequel to Extreme-G and is followed by Extreme-G 3.
›Story
Extreme-G is set in the distant future where Earth is reduced into a wasteland. From their new-found planet the human colonists watch their remote controlled bikes wreak havoc through their ancient cities and fight their way to determine which racer manages to qualify.
Players say
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The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
This installment, like all Extreme-G games, focuses on futuristic racing: pilots compete on plasma-powered Tron-like bikes in an intergalactic Grand Prix, reaching speeds exceeding 999 mph. Each machine features distinct handling characteristics, including varying top speeds, armor values, and traction levels. All machines in the game possess an energy meter that includes two separate energy stores for protective shields and a primary weapon. If a machine depletes all its shield energy, it will explode upon contact, resulting in the player losing a life or the match.
Players may also fall off the tracks when navigating jumps or similar obstacles; in such cases, they are simply teleported back to the track. Each player is granted three "Nitro" boosts per race. Extreme-G features a championship mode that ranges from novice to expert, a shoot-'em-up mode (referred to as "Arcade Mode" in XG2), multiplayer racing, and deathmatch. In shoot-'em-up/arcade mode, computer drones follow a lunar path while the player attempts to destroy them using Extreme-G's arsenal of weapons.
Reception
The game received "mixed" reviews on both platforms according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. Jes Bickham, an editor for N64 Magazine, noted that while Extreme-G 2 was an improvement over its predecessor, it still fell short compared to other racing titles like F-Zero X and Wipeout 64.
IGN critiqued the gameplay, arguing that the N64 version was "nowhere near its competition," despite enhancements in controls and track design. The graphics faced criticism for their stuttering framerates and excessive filtering effects.
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
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- Extreme-G
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