I love drawing comparisons between new and old games. Or maybe I just do it unwillingly without actually "loving" it since I´m such a huge nostalgia guy. But I´ve spent alot of time with MotorStorm: Pacific Rift over the last couple of days and I cannot help getting nostalgic and thinking back to that summer in 1997 when I went over with my bike to a friends house nearby and played Ignition for hours every day. Ignition is one of the best offroad racers ever made and it shares alot of similarities with the recent MotorStorm: Pacific Rift, a game that I´m really digging so far. But every time I put it in to play some more I cannot help but thinking back on Ignition.
This classic PC racer was developed by a couple of Swedish guys in an apartment in the late 90s and with it they totally stole my offroad racer heart. Am I loving Pacific Rift because of Ignition? Is that the case deep down in my heart? I´m not sure but either way I felt I needed to share some Igniton footage with you all. Compare it to Pacific Rift and you´ll see that its pretty much the same game with 2008 style graphics and camera and more vehicles. The cornerstones of the concept is very much intact tho. Multiple paths through a vivid offroad environment, different carclasses with different strenghts, the arcade style racing, the boosting and alot of crashing.
I think I say this mostly because I´m pretty much loving Pacific Rift now, as I liked Ignition back then. Its a fantastic offroad racer experience.

IGNITION (PC - 1997)
The dude playing only takes one road and the quality of the footage is LOW but theres several paths to take during the rainy part of the stage. Also, not alot of crashes during the race. Also, the stage shown might not be the one with most likeness to Motorstorm but theres not alof of footage out there from this game.

I love drawing comparisons between new and old games. Or maybe I just do it unwillingly without actually "loving" it since I´m such a huge nostalgia guy. But I´ve spent alot of time with MotorStorm: Pacific Rift over the last couple of days and I cannot help getting nostalgic and thinking back to that summer in 1997 when I went over with my bike to a friends house nearby and played Ignition for hours every day. Ignition is one of the best offroad racers ever made and it shares alot of similarities with the recent MotorStorm: Pacific Rift, a game that I´m really digging so far. But every time I put it in to play some more I cannot help but thinking back on Ignition.
This classic PC racer was developed by a couple of Swedish guys in an apartment in the late 90s and with it they totally stole my offroad racer heart. Am I loving Pacific Rift because of Ignition? Is that the case deep down in my heart? I´m not sure but either way I felt I needed to share some Igniton footage with you all. Compare it to Pacific Rift and you´ll see that its pretty much the same game with 2008 style graphics and camera and more vehicles. The cornerstones of the concept is very much intact tho. Multiple paths through a vivid offroad environment, different carclasses with different strenghts, the arcade style racing, the boosting and alot of crashing.
I think I say this mostly because I´m pretty much loving Pacific Rift now, as I liked Ignition back then. Its a fantastic offroad racer experience.

IGNITION (PC - 1997)
The dude playing only takes one road and the quality of the footage is LOW but theres several paths to take during the rainy part of the stage. Also, not alot of crashes during the race. Also, the stage shown might not be the one with most likeness to Motorstorm but theres not alof of footage out there from this game.

"Moosejaw Falls, I know it well."

Pacific Rift has some of the most amazing graphics I've ever seen, and even though I'm horrible at it, I still boot it up all the time just to see it in all its shiny glory.

Yea pacific rift might actually be the best looking racer out there.

Ignition is still better :P

"Ignition is still better :P"