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Amazon Maximum Age: 20 years Amazon Minimum Age: 144 months Binding: Video Game Brand: Sony EAN: 0711719815525 ESRB Age Rating: Teen Label: Sony Computer Entertainment Manufacturer: Sony Computer Entertainment Model: 98155 Platform: PLAYSTATION 3 Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Release Date: October 28, 2008 Sales Rank: 393 Studio: Sony Computer Entertainment
Features:
The Island - A brand new radically different location for the festival.
The Monster Truck - An all new vehicle class added to the core vehicle selection for a total of 8 different vehicle classes.
Immersive Online Experience ¿ A radical re-look at the whole MotorStorm online experience, focusing on ease of use and breadth of gameplay all while tearing it up in races up to 16 players.
Improved Actions - A new level of control; punch, duck and ram using a new control layout.
New Rating Systems - It¿s not all about winning; it¿s also about how you perform.
Amazon.com Product Description: The first Motorstorm wowed fans with its heady formula of brutal, unpredictable off-road racing, festival vibes and stunning Monument Valley desert scenery. Now, Motorstorm Pacific Rift takes you to a solitary tropical paradise in the Pacific Ocean, ready for a whole new take on no-holds-barred racing action through thick swamps, dense jungle, towering peaks and steaming volcanoes.
Unleash the storm again
Happy landings in the air zone. View larger.
4-player split screen. View larger.
The new Monster Truck class. View larger.
Light up in the fire zone. View larger.
Not just pretty backdrops to the action, these environments take center stage in challenging players with everything in Mother Nature's arsenal. Thick mud, tangled undergrowth, swift flowing rivers, choking volcanic clouds and searing lava pools all test the drivers to their limits and beyond. Expect a rich festival of off road racing, along with a host of game modes and rewards. It's brutal, dangerous, relentless, and unpredictable and more than a game - Motorstorm Pacific Rift is a way of life. Even More Vehicle Classes and Tracks Pacific Rift ships with eight car classes: the seven from the original game (Bikes, ATVs, Buggies, Rally Cars, Racing trucks, Mud Pluggers and Big Rigs) all reproduced in new forms, as well as the new Monster Truck class. Big, but not as big or powerful as a Big Rig, Monster Trucks are surprisingly fast for their size and are able to roll over most other classes of vehicle and virtually any vegetation they encounter. The game's list of playable tracks has also been doubled to 16 and are categorized along the lines of the elements and the different environmental zones are found on the island. These zones are:
The Air Zone - Tracks high up in the mountain and featuring lots of big jumps.
The Fire Zone - Track oozing with new land and pools of lava that come from the island's resident volcano.
The Water Zone - Here players will find courses laid out along the the beaches and other water sources of the island.
The Earth Zone - The typical rough, rocky mud-filled off-road courses similar to the tracks found in the original game.
Multiplayer Modes In addition to the wild, anything goes singleplayer festival mode players of the originalMotorstorm game will remember and relish, Motorstorm Pacific Rift also provides addictive multiplayer modes for both online and local play. These include the same rampaging, music injected, 12-player online support as the first game, as well as multiplayer options for local action up to four players. Play in local multiplayer modes are further enhanced by new four-player split screen functionality that when used in conjunction with the game's 720p HD video output ensures clarity no matter how fast racers are moving or how much mud they are throwing up. Key Game Features:
The Island - A brand new radically different location for the festival.
Unpredictable Events - Never the same race twice. Events will take place to change the race on a lap to lap basis.
Split Screen Play - Play with up to 3 buddies on the same screen.
The Monster Truck - An all new vehicle class added to the core vehicle selection for a total of 8 different vehicle classes.
Immersive Online Experience - A radical re-look at the whole Motorstorm online experience, focusing on ease of use and breadth of gameplay all while tearing it up in races up to 12 players.
Improved Actions - A new level of control; punch, duck and ram using a new control layout.
Free-play - Race how you want by creating your own race tickets.
Photo Mode - Snap your greatest victory or your most visceral crashes and share them with the world.
New Rating System - It's not all about winning; it's also about how you perform.
Bells and Whistles: Tunes and XMB Functionality As was the case with the original Motorstorm, the driving experience in Pacific Rift can not be separated from the music that accompanies it. The game comes with a thumping 40 song soundtrack and players will also have the ability to pipe in their own playlists saved to their PS3 the ability to access others saved on your PS3's Hard drive. In addition for players who want to relive their moments tearing across the island, the game also features PlayStation 3 XrossMediaBar (XMB) functionality and Photo Mode. XMB lets plays create movies of their races and access them from the PS3's main menu, while Photo Mode allows you to take snapshots while within a race. As you roll into the Rift, expect a rich festival of off road racing, along with a host of game modes and rewards. It's brutal, dangerous, relentless, unpredictable and much more than a game - Motorstorm Pacific Rift is a way of life.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Beats the original in every way.
I couldn't wait to buy this game. Every trailer seemed better and better.
I played the original and wasn't too impressed: There was nothing done to incur a sense of speed in the original, and there was no split screen multiplayer. The crashes were the highlight, however.
Pacific Rift fixes both of those problems completely. They've increased the sense of speed by adding more effects and a fish-eye lens, and its a significant improvement. This time around there is split screen multiplayer for up to four players. Two would have satisfied me...
Another huge improvement are the environments. They are gorgeous, probably some of the best looking I've seen to date. You'll drive underneath waterfalls from a mile high that cover the screen in water affects and obstruct your vision, but cool of your engine, you'll jet through forests at incredible speeds, slog through valleys of mud, and pass over pits of lava on an active volcano. The environments are categorized as follows: Earth, Air, Fire, Water. The earth environments tend to place you in caverns mud, and thick forests; air tend to place you high up in the mountains where you'll get up to seven or eight seconds of airtime through unbelievable cliffs; fire will take you over active volcano landscapes that heat up your engine as a hazard; while water environments tend to place you near a beach or running rivers. Just look at the screen shots for the unbelievable scenery.
The crashes are as phenomenal as ever. In one race I played a lightweight rally car, and the last fifteen cars were either monster trucks or heavyweight mudpluggers (hummers/armored personnel carriers). The monster trucks would fight one another, and form swirling masses of destruction if they toppled over, and made for some amazing survival drive sequences. There are other races, such as bike-only races, where drivers flip each other off, taunt each other, and hit one another off of their bikes. There are so many ways to enjoy the game. If you get bored of playing a rally car and trying to speed as fast as you can, you can switch to big rig and just run people over or smash them into things. If you get bored of that, you can be a motorcycle against only monster trucks and try to survive... its up to you.
The farther you get in the singleplayer, the tougher the AI becomes. Toward the end, I found it more important to stay alive than to actually win the race, an example being the monster trucks above. The Ai will become more aggressive and smash into you. While it is at times frustrating, their aggression causes even more crashes and spontaneity.
There are eight or so difficulty levels in the singleplayer, and winning races within specified requirements earns you points and new vehicles, driver skins, and extras (such as concept art). In a singleplayer race, there are sixteen cars instead of twelve. Online mode only supports twelve though.
Online is fantastic. Online mode places you into games with other players of similar skills, or at least tries. When first starting, I found the races to be the easiest because I already completed the singleplayer before hand. There are five or so online player ranks, and the later ranks require you to place within the top three positions if you want to increase at all, so it becomes extremely difficult. At veteran difficulty, you'll actually lose ranking points if you don't place high enough, so it places every racer into their own category, which I thought was interesting and intuitive.
The replay value is very high. There's a custom game mode where you can set the cars, tracks, and time of day for yourself... something that should have been included in the original.
Out of ten points, I give MotorStorm: Pacific Rift a 9.5... the original being a 7.5 due to one type of environment, lack of speed and multiplayer options. Pacific rift fixes all of these problems, and I highly recommend you buy it if you own a PS3.
Rating: - Cannot be more REAL!
I am a casual gamer, but I love this game so much that I can play it for hours and hours without getting bored. The game feels incredibly real -- the scene, the sound and the control. And I was kept being surprised how many details have been taken care of. I can go way off the road, and most of the objects (trees, grass, rocks, water) are 'real', e.g. you can bump into almost any tree/rock/signs, drive through tall grass, clinch the edge of the cliff and fight back to the road... And the graphics are amazing, too. I have only played 2 tracks so far and I am sure I will enjoy the rest of the game.
Rating: - MotorStorm: Pacific Rift
I love racing games. I love being able to go fast, tearing up the track, and I love that when (not if) I wreck, I can almost feel the pain of it. MotorStorm: Pacific Rift does all these things, and then some. Going fast is just one part of the game, but you do literally tear the track up. Tire tracks get left in the mud and in the dirt or sand, old structures can get driven through and create new hazards for other vehicles, and, of course, the wrecks are bone crunching and make me squirm when they happen. The game takes place on an abandoned tropical island in the Pacific. Having once been populated by man, there are structures there depicting different times it has been occupied. From World War 2 era bunkers and airfield, to a lava overrun beach town, to an abandoned mountaintop observatory. The elements play havoc to your vehicle as well. Bikes and smaller vehicles will has a harder time negotiated the mud and dense brush but can make up time with there acceleration, while big rigs and Monster trucks can tackle pretty much any terrain and take abuse, but sacrifice speed over durability. Also, water and fire have an effect on the boost gauge of your chosen ride. get to close to fire and lava the boost will heat up faster, making an engine explosion more eminent, while driving through water will cool your boost down, but might hurt your speed. All in all, the game is very well made, very fun and if you're a racing fan with a PS3, this is certainly a game to pick up.
Rating: - Much better than the original
When Motorstorm hit the streets over a year ago, a new HD gaming experience occured. Motorstorm was my favorite video game I've ever played and I've been playing them for more than 30 years. The game has intense graphics, excellent framerates and was just plain fun.
The new Motorstorm: Pacific Rift is just as fun with double the tracks, more intense landcapes and many more features as split screen playing. For $60, you are getting an incredible racing experience that will take months to master, not a bad deal considering back in the early 80's, Pac-Man on the Atari 2600 retailed for $35.
Rating: - Great improvement over the original
The original was a great game but it lacked the multiplayer ability. That has been added to this game and it is a very nice feature. It's a lot of fun to race with a few friends. The graphics are pretty good, the tracks are a lot of fun and are interesting. All in all a fun game and a nice addition to any game collection.
- Great improvement over the original
