Jonny Moseley won a gold medal at the 1998 Olympics for freestyle moguls, and while Mad Trix doesn’t reach those heights, unusual locales and a blizzard of moves make it a decent attempt to re-create the rough-and-tumble art of freeskiing. This game is all about mastering stunts, and Mad Trix is not without challenges. The far-ranging and workmanlike controls open up an impressive repertoire of “trix.” You need to string them into combos to build up your score, and you wind up jamming on every action button, including the directionals and a joystick. The slopes themselves deal out good action in 10 imaginative, outrageous locales, such as San Francisco and Washington, D.C. The visuals and sounds keep up with the pace, although you may be too busy with the controller to notice. The skier models could be more detailed, but the animation is smooth. The audio gets its juice from some big-time, hip-hop tunes. Mad Trix makes a competitive run, enough to hold your attention on its PS2 slopes.
