I've had a 60GB PS3 pretty much since 2007, and the original Motorstorm was my first game on the system. I enjoyed it quite a bit - even though I've never been a fan of racing games - mainly because of the crazy fast action and the pacing.

I wasn't really impressed with Pacific Rift that much; the maps seemed kinda boring and the soundtrack didn't stand up to its predecessor's.

I had pretty high hopes for the 3rd installment, but I must say I'm pretty disappointed with what I've seen in the quick look. The voice acting, as Jeff pointed out, is pretty terrible, and I definitely dislike the horrible motion comic vibe and the "we're krazy men, man, bro" approach. To be frank I'll propably skip the game altogether.

What are your thoughts? Do you dig the comic book feel? Are you pumped up for the game?

Yeah, I'm not a huge Motorstorm fan, so I'll probably grab this when it's on the cheap, but the style and story elements don't appeal to me at all.  Racing games just don't need stories imo.  I can't remember ever playing a racing game where I was even remotely impressed by the story.  It just seems like something you would tack on if you're not content that you are offering the players enough in terms of pure gameplay, so you need to flesh out the experience somehow.  I hope that's not the case, and the game is full of great stuff to do, but there have been some good racing games in the last year or two and it just feels like Motorstorm as a franchise is starting to fall behind. 

I'm a big racing fan, so unsurprisingly I dig the racing in the game, except for some vehicles like mudpluggers, but I've never liked those in Pacific Rift either. As for the cut scenes, I think they're hysterical. Sure, they do look half-assed, but it's nice to see a racing game know that whatever story it's gonna put in, it's bound to be 'stupid' (like the last bunch of NFS games before Hot Pursuit). They obviously know the motion comic stuff isn't great, I guess they just rolled with it.

I said it once and i'll say it again.  The cutscenes looks like they were made by the same guys that did those Sketchers commercials. lol

I finished that game a few weeks ago, completely skipped past all of the story.

What are your thoughts? Do you dig the comic book feel? Are you pumped up for the game? "

Thing is, they did make character models for most of those characters for the ATV and motorcycle levels. Even if they're not super detailed, it would have been an improvement I think. As is, I just get a gnarly late 90s "Mountain Dew bros!" vibe and its a major downer.

Same here. I was thinking of getting this, but it was kind of a big turn off. Seeing some of the game's issues in the QL didn't really help either.