I had a tough time writing this review for Banging Hard. Not because I didn't know what to write, but because what I wanted to write kept changing as I made my way through the site. Let me take you through it and show you what I mean.

The sign in page looks good filled with big pictures and hardcore fucking. It all looks like pretty typical hardcore stuff but I was ready for it. Upon signing in I came to a hub area that featured 10 other sites. Obviously they were all part of the network which was ok with me. I entered BangingHard and was treated to one of the most minimalist site designs I have ever seen. White page with scene thumbnails and download options. I could tell just by looking at the stuff that it wasn't exclusive, which dropped my excitement down a couple notches, but I was still ready to enjoy some hardcore fucking. I counted 55 available scenes and downloaded a few to see what they looked like.

My excitement level gained back the two notches it had lost once I saw the very good quality of the downloadable Mpeg files (352x240, 1000kbps). Having the scenes split up I into about 5-8 clips is fine, but I really would have liked a full-length download option as well. Although they are all pretty generic, the scenes look good, so is the amount of content. I then headed back to the page with all the other content expecting this to put Banging Hard over the top into strong recommendation territory.

Instead I found that of the 10 bonus sites only 4 of them had video content. I was starting to head back down to general recommendation level when I hit the Gold Vault DVD bonus link. In there I found myself staring at almost 80 different categories, each with at least a couple DVD titles and all the scenes therein. This is it I thought, no worries about non-exclusivity when you have all this to enjoy as well. Then I watched some of them and found out that not only are they all only average quality, but they can't be downloaded.

Again I fell back down to general recommendation and that is where I am now. Had the DVD vault been downloadable and DVD quality then I would be singing their praises, but they aren't. However, for 25 bucks a month the price tag is pretty reasonable for the amount of content available among the other sites and just think of the DVD's as a little bonus for when you are online.