The track design certainly emphasizes this, as the courses are comprised of plenty of slight inclines followed by steep slopes and lots of jumps. There's an emphasis on extreme speed and ramps to help you get some big air. This doesn't mean that the technical aspects are gone altogether, as you're able to manipulate your jump height and distance based on your speed and analog stick direction, but the finesse needed to control your vehicles doesn't go beyond that. Technical details - such as preloading, ridges, and slowing down when in water or mud - are also absent. The developers are trying once again with Mad Riders, a downloadable game that feels inspired by Nail'd but throws in some changes to make it both better and worse than its predecessor.Īs the title would suggest, Mad Riders is an ATV game with an emphasis on arcade-style action. ATV series, it hung in there pretty well. While it wasn't enough to make people forget about Pure and the MX vs. A few years ago, at the end of the extreme four-wheeler gaming craze, they released Nail'd into the console space. PC gamers know Techland's work also extends to racing games, with a few Grand Prix and rally titles under their belt.

The Call of Juarez series is considered fairly solid, even if the last one was a letdown, while Dead Island's emphasis on melee made it stand out once people focused on the game after the haunting teaser trailer. For most console gamers, Polish developer Techland is best known for first-person titles.