Motorstorm PS3 Review

[armistead]

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More tracks would be a great addition as the game is amazing.

[RoyalBoyle78]

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I gotta pick this up, I have been so busy , moving all week, I havent been able to do anything but play my psp at work...

[AirLobo23]

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I gotta pick this up, I have been so busy , moving all week, I havent been able to do anything but play my psp at work...

still can't believe you got rid of your 360...bad bad bad move imho.

anyway, motorstorm is fun fun fun imho.

[backbreaker]

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OK, I've spent more time with Motor Storm and the AI, the physics in this game is crazy. Its amazing how different vehicles interact with surfaces. The tracks in the game along with the other racers is an adversary as well. You have to chose the right path or the path with the least resistance, but the AI drivers will attempt to knock you off the path. You can't spend an hour with this game and get the nuances of how brutal and how smart the game is. Racing in first person with dust, dirt and mud flying everywhere all kinds of obstacles, even a little dip in the road affects your driving.

The beauty of the game is you're dropped in blind having to learn the tracks yourself, because their are no track maps which is great, because their are so many paths to take like a sand box racer. Spinning out in mud on your bike because some buggy has chose to make you go into another direction or risk a collision of death. The boost is a nice touch allowing you to be strategic when to go fast and its balanced well, cause if you abuse it, you risk explosion and here's the kicker, in Motor Storm, the winner of the race is who gets across the finish line first whether that be by vehicle or by body. Short story, I was going balls out on the boost trying to win in a close race. As we're approaching the finish line I creeping up to red and just before the finish line, I explode across the finish and was awarded the victory, I never laughed so hard, the havok enging for vehicle physics is unrivalled, the rag doll physics is crazy for the drivers.

The game suffers in the single player because it only has 8 tracks, I wished they could have reversed them to give the illusion of more tracks. Also no split screen 2 player, although gamespot just reported that a splitscreen patch is coming down the pipe as well as new modes and tracks for the online experience.

The Online experience, yes its stupid in this day and age that they don't have the basics invite p'word protected game set ups. If you can tolerate going into a lobby joining a game and its in progress you can sit their and chill(Sony dropped the ball on this one) I wouldn't mind waiting so much if they allowed you to be a spectator of the race in progress. The stupid online interface from evolution and sony is just stupid, how ever it is great to race with dedicated servers, because their isn't a inkling of slowdown anywhere and believe me their is all kinds of stuff going on with in a race of 12 different types of vehicles(Your vehicle selection is only as good as the vehicles you've unlocked in the single player game). The best way to race on a consistent basis is to find a party and just race with that party and the completion of each race, you are sent back to the party's page and the host sets up the race again.

This game is incredible period, it can not be enjoyed at a kiosk aka the t'jung way(I pick up fast...LOL). If you want to enjoy a "ARCADE" off road racer that is physics based and heavy on environment this is it. I can't wait for the sequel.

[ExtremeGamer]

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OK, I've spent more time with Motor Storm and the AI, the physics in this game is crazy. Its amazing how different vehicles interact with surfaces. The tracks in the game along with the other racers is an adversary as well. You have to chose the right path or the path with the least resistance, but the AI drivers will attempt to knock you off the path. You can't spend an hour with this game and get the nuances of how brutal and how smart the game is. Racing in first person with dust, dirt and mud flying everywhere all kinds of obstacles, even a little dip in the road affects your driving.

The beauty of the game is you're dropped in blind having to learn the tracks yourself, because their are no track maps which is great, because their are so many paths to take like a sand box racer. Spinning out in mud on your bike because some buggy has chose to make you go into another direction or risk a collision of death. The boost is a nice touch allowing you to be strategic when to go fast and its balanced well, cause if you abuse it, you risk explosion and here's the kicker, in Motor Storm, the winner of the race is who gets across the finish line first whether that be by vehicle or by body. Short story, I was going balls out on the boost trying to win in a close race. As we're approaching the finish line I creeping up to red and just before the finish line, I explode across the finish and was awarded the victory, I never laughed so hard, the havok enging for vehicle physics is unrivalled, the rag doll physics is crazy for the drivers.

The game suffers in the single player because it only has 8 tracks, I wished they could have reversed them to give the illusion of more tracks. Also no split screen 2 player, although gamespot just reported that a splitscreen patch is coming down the pipe as well as new modes and tracks for the online experience.

The Online experience, yes its stupid in this day and age that they don't have the basics invite p'word protected game set ups. If you can tolerate going into a lobby joining a game and its in progress you can sit their and chill(Sony dropped the ball on this one) I wouldn't mind waiting so much if they allowed you to be a spectator of the race in progress. The stupid online interface from evolution and sony is just stupid, how ever it is great to race with dedicated servers, because their isn't a inkling of slowdown anywhere and believe me their is all kinds of stuff going on with in a race of 12 different types of vehicles(Your vehicle selection is only as good as the vehicles you've unlocked in the single player game). The best way to race on a consistent basis is to find a party and just race with that party and the completion of each race, you are sent back to the party's page and the host sets up the race again.

This game is incredible period, it can not be enjoyed at a kiosk aka the t'jung way(I pick up fast...LOL). If you want to enjoy a "ARCADE" off road racer that is physics based and heavy on environment this is it. I can't wait for the sequel.

LOL, future reference, t'junging it is a DSP thing...LOL I'm sure you copied this to both places though.

I completely agree on all points though.

[backbreaker]

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LOL, future reference, t'junging it is a DSP thing...LOL I'm sure you copied this to both places though.

I completely agree on all points though.

Yes I did, I didn't even think to edit it when I pasted the post.

[countryboy]

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the updates of more tracks and online fixes that you spoke about BB in your post are coming March 23rd. Which is seemingly the date for the 2.0 update.

Also great review of Motorstorm. Its easily the greatest simplistic racer that I have ever played.

[Eton Rifles]

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About the online experience, I'm trying to think of a way for all of us here at OS can play together. perhaps we can set up a time and set up a room in sparsely populated server(I'm thinking Australia). If someone has any other ideas please reply to this.

[Altimus]

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About the online experience, I'm trying to think of a way for all of us here at OS can play together. perhaps we can set up a time and set up a room in sparsely populated server(I'm thinking Australia). If someone has any other ideas please reply to this.

I would be down for this. One big OS race.

[countryboy]

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About the online experience, I'm trying to think of a way for all of us here at OS can play together. perhaps we can set up a time and set up a room in sparsely populated server(I'm thinking Australia). If someone has any other ideas please reply to this.

count me in as well. Name the time and the place.

[jpup]

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I picked up the game last night and played it all night long. It's a blast. It's not something I will play for 6 months, but it's good for a change of pace.

[ExtremeGamer]

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I gotta say, the more I play online, the more I hate the online portion. Every room I've tried, there are 3-4 guys who are so good if you even crash once,k you won't finish the race. Also, you can't mute anyone, so in 4 straight games, in 4 different rooms, I had at least one idiot yelling racial slurs amongst other crap, and since you can't mute them, it's coming straight out my speakers, so I had to mute the entire game, yeah, that was fun.

Unless we figure out a way to play with OS'ers only, yesterday was most likely my last online experience with the game.

[backbreaker]

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I gotta say, the more I play online, the more I hate the online portion. Every room I've tried, there are 3-4 guys who are so good if you even crash once,k you won't finish the race. Also, you can't mute anyone, so in 4 straight games, in 4 different rooms, I had at least one idiot yelling racial slurs amongst other crap, and since you can't mute them, it's coming straight out my speakers, so I had to mute the entire game, yeah, that was fun.

Unless we figure out a way to play with OS'ers only, yesterday was most likely my last online experience with the game.

Thats because they have catch up off, with it on you would be in the lobby waits 4ever.

[backbreaker]

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Arstechnica review

http://arstechnica.com/reviews/games/motorstorm.ars

[Quint75]

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the updates of more tracks and online fixes that you spoke about BB in your post are coming March 23rd. Which is seemingly the date for the 2.0 update.

Is this confirmed? If so, it just went to a "buy" for me.