MotorStorm: Pacific Rift

berva's MotorStorm: Pacific Rift (PlayStation 3) review

Motorstorm: Pacific Rift - Review

 When the PS3 first launched a few years back, Motorstorm was a title that really showed the potential of the PS3 hardware. Although the game was drop dead gorgeous, to me it really just played like a tech demo and wasn't much of a game at all.

How things have changed with Pacific Rift! This game was released in November of 2008 and somehow got lost amongst some of the AAA titles that hit during that month. I blame developers and publishers for releasing everything during November, makes it very hard for the end consumer. Enough with my little rant.

Motorstorm Pacific Rift fixed all of the issues with the original game. You have double the tracks(16 unique) more cars, even better graphics, you will be pressed to find a better off road racer period. The races in Pacific Rift are spread across some of the most beautiful rendered environments you have ever seen in a racer or in any game.

The original Motorstorm was also a hard game with many frustrating races to be found. This has also been addressed in Pacific Rift with a feeling of "yes, I can still win this race even though I have crashed twice" to it.

Overall I had a great time with Pacific Rift and highly recommend it.

Gameplay = 8.5
Visuals = 9
Sound = 8
Game Now Score = 8.5/10

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