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    Split/Second

    Game » consists of 13 releases. Released May 18, 2010

    Split/Second is an arcade racing game by developer Black Rock Studio. The game takes place in a made-for-TV city designed for destruction.

    astrodoggy's Split/Second (PC) review

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    Good ol Fashioned Fun

    So I really don't play too many racing games. I tend towards large over-serious single player epics (often to my own dismay). 
     
    Split/Second is just fun, and I have to admit, reminded me what the hell a videogame is. 
     
    After attempting to enjoy Dragon Age and Slogging my way through a bevy of Bro Shooters; this game was like theropy for me. 
     
    Now, I could attempt to put this in a more acedemic fashion, but I really don't think there's a way: I like explosions. Specifically, I like what explosions do to stuff. What I didn't know (before playing this game) was that I like driving through things exploding... I like it a lot.  
     
    So please, if you are feeling inundated with repetitious war games or sick of fucking elves and dwarves and old english, please try Split/Second and get yourself some theropy

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      Split/Second(PC) by excellr8 on May 22, 2010

      My first reaction to Split Second was how nicely everything exploded and fell apart, until I realized that the power plays were actually quite annoying. Now that could be the very point of the game's main mechanic, in which that case it succeeds, but when it comes down to it the whole "screw your opponents over" sort of ruins the actual racing aspect. The game is fun; don't get me wrong, but I found myself more aggravated than anything else while playing. I'm not usually a hot-tempered kind of g...

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