The Forgotten Insanity of Downhill Domination

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Downhill Domination is one of those PS2 games that feels like it got lost to time—swept up in the maelstrom of extreme sports titles trying to compete with the dominance of titles like SSX and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater in the early-mid 2000s. However, a resurgence of talk of the game on social media got me to finally check it out for myself. Despite it looking like one of the wildest, most bombastic downhill racing games of the time, with a downright hostile volume of eBay and Amazon ads thrown in your face, I was shocked to find that Downhill Domination makes design decisions that leave it feeling decidedly modern. In this video essay/analysis of Downhill Domination on the PS2, let's talk about why the game is smarter than you might think, and why it just might be a true forgotten classic of its time. --- Support the show on Patreon - http://patreon.com/writingongames Second Channel - @writingongamesextra9177 0:00 - Intro 2:07 - Downhill Domination's presentation is WILD 4:49 - Th

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