The best arcade off road racer ever!

User Rating: 10 | MotorStorm: Pacific Rift PS3
By world69star69 | Review Date:
First off, I don't get why people aren't buying this game. It's so much better then its predecessor. Let me just say, if you played the demo and thought it didn't look polished and the controls weren't good, I have news for you, the full game is not like the demo! The full game is fully polished. Textures are detailed, sharp, vegitation is thick, and the scenery plus view are outstanding. This game adds tons of new elements, like the fire and water boost cooldown and heat up, water lowers engine temp, and lava or heat causes your vehicle to catch ablaze, and heat up. There are multiple paths, and shortcuts that you can find. A lot of times I played and thought I missed a turn, only to find out I found an off road trail. The game is seperated by 4 elements fire, water, earth, and air. All go with the terrian they are in. This game has a lot more vareity then the first game. There are a ton of tracks. A new Mosnter Truck that is fun as hell to play, and new modes. Another mode is check point, where you have to hit each checkpoint to gain time, and get them all...it can be hard but is fun. Eliminator mode causes a timer to count down and repeat. Whenever the timer hits zero the car in last place explodes. If you are near that car you will be hit in the shockwave and can either explode yourself or be launched into the air. This repeats until the end of the race.

Online is great, there is matchmaking and lobby play, full voice chat, which is nice with the new headset from socom. Trophies, extras, unlockables, artwork, custom games modes that you can make yourself.

Another thing to take note on is that load times are very very short now! Even in online, you load up your car and the race in seconds...so you are always in the action. You go up in ranks online as there are ranked matches and leaderboards. The game is visually astounding! Really, I understand that LbP, fallout, saints row2, dead space, resistance 2, and valkeria chronicles are out or coming out, but still this game is not to be missed!! IF you were on the fence about getting this. I hope this changes your mind, as the game is that much better then the already great motorstorm. Oh, did I mention custom soundracks? Well it has that too.

So with a long single player festival campagin, free play, custom races, new vehicles, new modes of play, 12 player online multiplayer, up to 4 player splitscreen in either vertical or horizontal, matchmaking, lobbies, voice chat, messaging/friend invites, custom soundtracks, add on content, trophies, great physics, eye bleedingly good graphics and a sense of speed, great sound, and a game that will have you addicted for hours on end. This really is a full featured game that deserves a perfect score as it does everything right. The only reason it isn't so popular right now is because it got released when everything else was. By January I suspect more people will have this game. Its worth it that for sure, and its nothing that can or will be done on the xbox! Thank you Sony for this great exclusive off road racer that doesn't disapoint!

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