 "Awesome" | 2009-11-07 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3I8R0PC35026S |
| The ONLY complaint I have is the horrible wait times when picking vehicles because it has to load the 3d image of the vehicle. They fixed that in Pacific Rift. Otherwise, this games is awesome. In my opinion this is one of the best race games out there. I'm not a fan of very realistic simulations, but I don't care for races where the cars on on rails either. This is a nice balance of arcade fun with just enough realism and grit to make it extremely playable for hours. |
| |
| "MotorStorm Racing is Great!" | 2009-07-20 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3G44TVEPLHMZF |
| I purchased this video game for my sons, and they can't get enough. They play separate, and they challenge each other on the different levels. I don't play, personally, but I enjoy that they enjoy it so much. |
| |
| "Incredible graphics, great concept, but this game gets hard real fast." | 2009-05-13 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1EIBDUL0X2VJ2 |
THE GOOD:
- Great graphics: the trucks look amazing, with reflective paint and detailed components. The courses also look great, with detailed textures and good lighting effects. The video cut scenes are incredible in HD.
- Vehicle choice: From motorcycles to monster trucks to rally cars, this game pretty much covers every off road vehicle out there.
- Vehicle damage: Vehicles crash in an explosion of parts. Very detailed damage after impact. The trucks get coated in dirt realistically.
- Simple menu structure: Very easy to navigate the menu, pick settings and races.
- Decent online mode, with a full list of courses and vehicles.
THE BAD:
- Single player game gets really difficult about half way through. If you make one mistake and crash... or somebody bumps you into a rock, you're screwed and probably won't win the race.
- No vehicle upgrades available... you don't really know if one truck in a class is better than the next, so you end up choosing based on styling and color. It'd be nice if you could see some generic ratings (acceleration, handling, top speed, suspension travel, etc.) and could increase these ratings with some add on parts after winning races.
- Online modes is lacking is stats. It tells you how many races you've won, and how many you've lost. Anything other than first, and you're a loser. This may sound like a small thing, but for me stats keep me intersted in the online portion of a game. Without good stats, I don't get hooked to keep playing and improve.
- Sound for some reason is extremely loud compared to other PS3 games. Hard to find a comfortable volume |
| |
| "Fun Game!" | 2009-04-26 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2AV98SNCKE8MG |
| This game is a fun racing game, graphics are stunning, and it even has online play so that you can test your skills against others around the world. Only downfall is that you have a limited number of vehicles to choose from in each race and it doesn't have just a freestyle track where you can practice race, and you kind of go off instinct on what terrain each vehicle you have best suits it. Crashing slow motion gets kind of annoying too when you can't just skip it and get on with the race. Otherwise great game for anyone who likes motor cross stuff. My little brother loves this game as it has to do with mud, racing, trucks, bikes, semi trucks, and baja vehicles. |
| |
| "Motorstorm review" | 2009-04-07 |
| - Reviewed By User: A326NJLEAUZKC5 |
| Great game awesome graphics, the only caveat is there's no two player otherwise great game to pick up. |
| |
 "Amazing at first, frustrating for most parts" | 2009-02-04 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1PBNWD17HFAP9 |
The excitement of playing Motorstorm on my brand new PS3 kept me awake for few nights before the game arrived by mail. First few games were mind-blowing. I was more interested in crashing my off-road vehicles to see them blown off to 100 pieces in slow-mo! What is neat is that you can pause during a crash and rotate the shot 360 degrees to get a view of the blown vehicle. Little that I knew that all my excitement and WoW factors were going to turn to frustrations later on.
Here are some of my gripes with the game:
* Impossible to win after level 4. By the time you are in level 4, you would have unlocked few vehicles that you would *think* gives an edge over others in the race. On the contrary, the newer vehicles are less ambitious compared to the ones that are available by default. By the process of elimination you would finally figure out that you are better off using the default vehicles.
* Patch required to play online; patch could not be downloaded after 10-odd trials. Once the patch is installed you would be able to use the dual-shock controller (with shock) versus the six-axis controller that comes by default. Online play is plenty fun.
* Unacceptable load times: It takes anywhere between a minute to three for each race to be loaded. On top of that there is a 20-odd second lag between vehicle selection. When you are already upset getting smoked at the finish line, it gets very frustrating to wait for the game to be loaded.
* Challenging AI. No matter how good you get, you will find yourself getting smoked just before the finish line. AI finds ways to stop you just seconds before you are about to finish in the top 3. The key word is, no matter how well you play! If you have gotten past level 4 or 5, please do teach me the trick O'Master!
* 720p. Although this is not very noticeable. I was disappointed to play the game at 720p with a 37" 1080p Samsung 5 series with 5.1 digital HTIB system.
* The Sidewinder Gulch. Get familiar with this term because this will haunt you for most parts of the game. This is a track specifically designed to ruin your Motorstorm gaming experience. This is one of the hardest tracks to win, no matter how many times you try. You need to clear this round to unlock higher levels so you end up playing this over and over!
I am obliged to mentioned that despite these (major) gripes, I am glad I own a copy of Motorstorm! If you got a PS3 and would like to show off to your visiting friends or relatives, this game is a must have. There is no need to memorize controls, just throttle and blast away! You think you can handle that? |
| |
Expedited Available
![RockBand 2 Special Edition [PS3]](product_images/4951000/rockband-2-special-edition-ps3_t-4951819.jpg)
![Assassin's Creed II [PS3]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51avPDiPTtL._SL100_.jpg)
![Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack In Time [PS3]](product_images/4982000/ratchet-clank-future-a-crack_t-4982048.jpg)
