Bike Mania Arena 5

Bike Mania Arena 5 Editor's Review

Bike arena 5 is a game in the over populated “dirt bike” genre. The aim in these games is to get from the start of the level to the end, using just your dirt bike. There are usually a few other gimmicks involved. The difficulty in the game is involved from climbing objects at difficult angles, which involves using a fair amount of skill in using the bike in the correct way to make it climb all the obstacles in the level

The levels change as you progress through the game, with the common theme being the game is military based objects, with lots of rocks, new elements and more difficult placement of all these things around the level, in ways that require you to make jumps to progress further in the level, or slowly climb up rounded objects such as rocks which are inconveniently placed to make the levels more and more difficult.

The atmosphere of the game itself is fairly good as well, with the art style being fairly average, but the scenery elements look very, very good, possibly due to the military theme of the game. The actual controllable parts of the game, and the parts of the game you can actually drive over, all look pretty below average for a game of its nature though. The music and sound of the game are fairly strange, as the vehicle noises are very loud and completely unfitting to the music. Also, you can not turn off just the bike sounds or just the music, another pretty bad downside.

The game controls slightly poor. Although the controls are on par with other games of a similar nature to it, which is good enough for a few genres of game, but for a dirt bike game, the nature of the skill based concept of the game means the game should have air tight controls, which respond immediately. What the game does end up having, is problems getting the vehicle to do what you need it to do, because you'll need it to steer in a very precise way in a very short amount of time, and it will not deliver, which is a definite negative for the game.

Overall, Bike mania arena 5 is a fairly good game of its genre, as it is a dirt bike game which has a fairly unique setting, with a  graphical style to match it. It also claims to be the original dirt bike game, and it gains a little bit of respect for that. However, what the game does lack, is a decent control system, which makes the game a little unbearable to play if you're trying to play it well. The game does have a decent number of levels, however, so if you want a generic bike game this game would probably be great for you, otherwise; probably not worth a download for the bulk of players.
3/5

Bike Mania Arena 5 Publisher's Description

Another arena, more levels to conquer. Do you still have the skills to be the champion? Up Arrow Key to move forward. Down Arrow Key to move backward. Left / Right Arrow Key to lean the biker’s body. P to pause.

Free download from Shareware Connection - Another arena, more levels to conquer. Do you still have the skills to be the champion? Up Arrow Key to move forward. Down Arrow Key to move backward. Left / Right Arrow Key to lean the biker’s body. P to pause.