12-07-2008, 10:27 AM
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Re: Motorstorm: Pacific Rift
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Originally Posted by phillyfan23 |
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it's such a great game. The feel of all the vehicles are so profoudly different that the replay value of the game is through the roof. Tracks are just so beautiful and very intense. but, and this is a big but.....
the offline gaming is really hampered by the ridiculous amount of catch-up logic. It really is a damn shame. I've been playing a lot of the tracks and the results are mainly the same.
let me give u an example.....
first time I tried a track i crashed like 10 times coz i didnt know what the hell I was doing....I finished 3rd, and only 3 seconds from the 1st place cpu driver....
after a while I shaved off like 30 seconds off the track and still finished 3rd. That is maddening. There is really no point in 'mastering' a track because no matter how smooth you run through a course, the cpu will be super smooth too. So the excitement of the game is not really from racing, but from driving.
I wish they incorporated a system where the difficulty level dictates the range of cpu drivers speed. say on track A on easy level.....the avg time the cpu finishes is 5 mins.....on hardest level the cpu is near perfect and finishes at 3:50 . I hope you understand what I mean. Grid had a system like this and other racers had a system like this. It shouldn't be written in stone, there has to be a range so your races are believable. Sometimes you pull out first and never get caught because the pack behind you gets into a huge pile up.
There simply isn't enough variety in the racing portion of this game....every race offline feels the same, and really no point for offline gaming purposes to master a track, because there is really not a big reward for you. After 2 3/4 laps of a perfect race, you expect to be ahead of the pack by a ( which you can pull off in 3 lap race in a motorstorm game), and an accident won't cost you first place, but in this game after a perfect 2 3/4 laps, one accident and you're back in 10th out of 16. It is infuriating!!
BUT, online is where the game shines, its basically a great racing experience and driving experience and intense with NO CATCH UP
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Yeah, the festival does have some flaws I guess. I like racing Free play, and the time attack mode. Very fun to listen to your own tunes while doing this as well. Bad thing is you can't bring them online with you.
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