ESPN Espn2 Extreme Games

The Good
The idea of having races between bikes, skateboards, longboards and rollerblades is pretty bonkers, but in a good way. The levels look quite appealing for early PS1 graphics.

The ability to kick the other competitors is pretty hilarious, the animation of characters falling is quite satisfying. Though it's a double edged sword, because they can kick you back too and sometimes is very hard to avoid.

The Bad
Unfortunately the rubberbanding of AI opponents is ridiculous, you start 16th and slowly work your way towards top 5 over the course of the race, then you hit something and in a second you are back to 16. And mistakes are inevitable, there are are moving obstacles, there are rocks falling of cliffs randomly knocking you down, there are opponents coming from behind and pushing you into obstacles.

Another issue is that like many 2D early 90s racing games, the camera is attached to the race track, instead of the vehicle/character, making the feeling of the racing controls quite unnatural and unrealistic. It's especially frustrating that you can't easily tell the slope of the road ahead, which matters, because you want to know when to pedal your bike, and when to glide and let the slope accelerate you.

The Bottom Line
This probably works best as a split screen experience where the goal is to mess around and have a laugh with a friend. Trying to actually win or get a good time is way too dependent on luck.