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The original MotorStorm hit the PlayStation 3 with no holds barred. The game was an off-road racer at its core, but its heart was filled with chaos, destruction and more chaos. Oh, and also lots of destruction. While the game was great fun, it did have its share of problems, mostly with regards to plenty of waiting for content to load as well as only having a handful of tracks to race. Evolution Studios has now returned to the dirt and mud with MotorStorm: Pacific Rift, but this time the studio also brings fire, water and foliage in tow. The game improves on most all of the major issues that I had with the first title, and proves that the MotorStorm franchise is no one trick pony. The first game relied heavily on its dirt and mud deformation technology. As vehicles cut through the mud, it would leave tracks in the soil that other competitors would have to deal with, and this hook worked pretty well. Whereas the first title was situated out in the desert, Pacific Rift takes place on an island, and focuses on other elements rather than just the dirty stuff. Click here to watch the video review. Firstly, there's plenty of water present this time around, which has two effects. Driving through it will slow you down a great deal, which is obviously a bad thing, but it will also quickly cool down your engine. If you lay off the boost button while in the water, your engine can entirely cool off in a couple seconds. Alternatively, you can lay on the boost and essentially apply the nitrous for "free" and power through the water. Obviously the bigger vehicles have a much easier time here, and in some cases the water is deep enough that only the biggest rides can even go through it safely. This is one part of the great mix of vehicle abilities, which I'll come back to in a bit. The next of the major elements is fire, which is usually in the form of lava. This is nothing but bad for your lap times as touching it equals melted metal (read: death), even getting near it overheats your engine, and using boost will max out your meter very quickly. What's cool here is that a lot of the fire-based levels also feature bits of water, allowing you to cool off your engine and gain an advantage over the competition, should you take a certain route. Some of these routes come with a tradeoff -- you'll be taking the longer path, but you'll be able to boost for longer. In this case, the vehicles that benefit more from boost are better served going this route, while rides that don't may want to stick to the faster path and take it easy on the boost button. You'll catch plenty of air this time around thanks to the varied track design. Lastly, foliage also plays a big part in some of the races. You'll see bits of vegetation all over the game, especially in a course based around a farming outpost. Bikes will get destroyed by the stalks, racing trucks can get by, but slowly, while the biggest rides will plow right over it. When the bigger vehicles run through the stuff, it'll stay smashed and the smaller rides will now be able to use the same path. It almost makes for a dynamic course layout, where the bigger vehicles can actually help out the smaller ones by paving a new, shorter path. For the most part, the track design is excellent. There's at least double the number of courses this time around than we saw in the first title, which is great news for those of us who grew tired of playing the same courses over and over again. While those courses wereRead full review
Over the years the Motor Sports genre of games has suffered. Motorstorm Pacific Rift takes everything from the first and makes it better. -Pros- The game has online multiplayer that for the most part runs pretty smooth and even features on-screen multiplayer. Gameplay is fun and memorable The 'feel' to the game is quite nice with the rough and tough environment with good map design and it'll get you settled in with relative ease. Character and Vehicle customization is a nice touch and didn't even need to be included, but it was. Gran Turismo fans who are looking at customization to the max with their vehicle might be a little disappointed but look at it this way you don't need to customize something that will crash and wreck multiple multiple times. Music selection is pretty good but you can if you want just put in the music from your PS3. -Cons- The game is very unique and does require some getting used too, because of this you will crash A LOT and can cause some minor frustration. There is no difficulty setting and to be honest the game is quite a challenge and I can imagine to some people this game being very hard. -- Overall Motorstorm Pacific Rift is a fun and very challenging game that should keep your attention for months on end. It is probably by far the best of it's kind and you should defiantly check it out. The Final Score Presentation: 3.5/5 Gameplay: 4.5/5 Design: 4/5 Final Score: 4/5 *PBXDRead full review
This game is unique in many ways, first off it puts you in this epic world of off-road tracks and instead of having circuits you have, Earth, Fire, Wind, Water areas with a huge numbers of un-lockable tracks and you literally race through those elements in nature. The tracks can get get confusing and the only problem I really have with the game is that it kind of sets you up to crash so you can see your car crashing in slow motion, but that said, I'm not a pro at the game yet. There's many vehicles to choose from and this adds to the diversity of this game. There are places to race and places to explore. And you will have to remember these "tracks," so you won't crash 20 times, which gives the game more re-playability. The tracks are prob the ace factor in this game becuase they really keep you interested. I didn't like Burnout: Paradise city because, I was tired of racing in the dam city! or on a boring repetitive track (Gran Turismo) Motorstorm, Pacific Rift really is first a unique game and a extremly fun game that's well worth the money. Just try not to crash at first!!! 4 out of 5Read full review
If you are a fan of the original Motor Storm...then you'll appreciate Motor Strom: Pacific Rift! It is tons more fun than the first installment! Racing fun for the whole family and friends! The graphics are great! Tons of stuff to unlock from drivers (male/female) and vehicles (motorcycles & quads to sports cars & monster trucks)...to new racing challenges (timed & eliminator)!!! Hours of racing fun for those so inclined! Four place styles of challenge zones...Earth, Air, Fire and Water...loaded with unlockable track challenge races...really great graphics and smooth gameplay! If your a fan of "rubbin-n-racin" (great vehicles, tracks & tricks) then this game is for you! As always you should consider renting, borrowing or trying demo downloads to see if this type of game suits your taste. The game gets quite a bit of playing time around our house...Well worth the money spent! I hope that you found this information helpful...Please help keep the eBay community working by reviewing this rating honestly...Thanks, and have a great day!Read full review
The game is really good. Of all driving games, its a little out of the ordinary. these days its all need for speed and burnout street racing. I like that you can choose different types of vehicles, such as dirtbikes or buggies that may be in a race with monster trucks. The graphics are pretty good. I also like the different trails on a racetrack for different types of vehicles like trails with lots of jumps and turns (lightweight vehicles) and trails through mud or water (heavyweight vehicles). Overall great game. never really gets boring, though it might get frustrating if u keep getting crushed by larger vehicles.
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