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Another must have game for the ps3 .

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 9
Date: March 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The ps3 games market has been kinda slow on getting some good games out for the gamers . There are a few good games starting to popup now for the ps3 such as def jam icon . Well a new game has finaly poped up for the ps3 that falls in the line of must have games called Motorstorm .

The graphics for motorstorm are extremly well done and really does place the gamer more into the game. The sounds for the game seem to be verry well for this style of game . The controls for motorstorm seem to be verry simple like most racing style games . The average gamer wont have a problem learning the controls as well any body else.

The game overall really stands out on the playstation 3 as a must have game not just due to great graphics but the fun factor. The game has some of the most insanely cool crashes seen in a game to date.

Motorstorm is well worth buying wherever you can find it , and is a good game for anyage to play . If your out looking for a good game to buy for the playstation 3 , I would honestly say that Motorstorm is well worth the price and worthy title to add to that game collection.

Good luck and drive safely and please dont crash into anyone :)

Extremely fun and too short

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: March 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I first saw this game at a local Sony Style store where a customer was playing it on the store's demo PS3. I was really impressed. A couple weeks later I found the teaser version on the PS Network and downloaded it. It was really a lot of fun. So I bought the game.

MotoStorm is a one-of-a-kind racer that gives you all the highs you want from a game racer. As many have commented out, the best part are the crashes... esp. when they are catastrophic. The explosions are gorgeously rendered in real time, as is the rest of the hi-def graphics. The speed -- and the associated adrenaline rush -- are exactly what a gamer wants in a game. In the fun arena, no other game beats this one.

Unfortunately the game is ultimately a short one. With only eight tracks and one single-player mode, it's bound to get boring. I'm still enjoying the solo experience but I can imagine very soon I'll start playing online. But I doubt I'll be hooked for too long, unlike, say, NFS Carbon. The mitigating aspect is, of course, I can always pick up this game any time and have a blast (pun intended) with it. I just wish the designers had made this a better, deeper game.

pretty, but pretty boring

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: May 14, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Looks great, played once, got bored, sold on ebay, still playing resistance instead. DL the demo to show off teh pretty and save ur monies.

Awesome game!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 16
Date: November 19, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I've played this game, and it is awesome! The race tracks are crystal clear, and the whole game has amazing graphics! Best PS3 game so far!!!!!

I CANT BELIEVE IT

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: March 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

SERIOUSLY PEOPLE, I CANT BELIEVE HOW FUN THIS GAME IS! PLAYING THIS GAME ONLINE IS THE GREATEST RACING EXPERIENCE IN GAMING THAT IVE EVER HAD. THIS GAME MAKES U CURSE MAKES YOU LAUGH ITS JUST AWOSOME, FUN, INTENSE, IT MADE ME THINK ON HOW HARDWARE POWER DOES MATTER BECAUSE I HAVENT SEEN ANYTHING THIS GOOD NOT EVEN GEARS OF WAR AND I KNOW THAT THEY ARE DIFFERENT CATEGORY'S BUT GRAPHICS ARE GRAPHICS AND THESE ARE THE BOMB. SO IF U THINK ON PICKING THIS UP DONT HESITATE ESPECIALLY IF U GOT DSL SO THAT U COULD PLAY ONLINE AND IF YOU DONT HAVE A PS3 WELL THIS GAME WITH RESISTANCE, VIRTUA FIGHTER 5 ARE GREAT REASONGS TO PICK ONE UP. BEST GAME ON PS3 WELL ON PAR WITH RESISTANCE FALL OF MAN HEY WHAT ARE U DOING READING THIS GO AND ORDER. YAYAYAYAYAYAY.

i have one word of response. OMG!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 15
Date: January 04, 2007
Author: Amazon User

MOTORSTORM IS THE BEST ps3 GAME EVER TO HIT THE SHELVES, I'VE PLAYED THE DEMO AT TARGET AND BEST BUY. I COULD NOT STOP PLAYING IT! THE GRAPHICS ARE SUPERB. AND THE CARS ARE AWESOME! YOU CAN DRIVE RALLY CARS,[MY FAVORITE] BUGGYS, RACING TRUCKS, MX BIKES AND AND THE MIGHTY BIG RIGS!!
MY FAVORITE FEATURE IS YOU CAN CHOOSE A VEHICLE ON THE GRID BEFORE THE RACE STARTS. IF YOU HAVE A PS3 AND ARE LOOKING FOR A RACING GAME. THIS IS THE GAME FOR YOU!

Good, but far from perfect

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: January 21, 2008
Author: Amazon User

First, let me say that I like this game--enough that I'll definitely buy a sequel to it, and I won't need to rent it to try it out first.

However, I'm a sucker for racing games. After Grand Theft Auto-type, large-world, free roam and mission games, racing games are definitely my favorite--I can't remember one I didn't enjoy. But if you're not as enamored with racing games, there are a number of flaws to note with Motorstorm:

* There are only seven tracks. You're going to play them over and over and over. There can be different paths to take within a track, and in theory, the different vehicles you have to use--as different as dirt bikes and big rigs--necessitate taking different paths, but in practice, you'll probably find that mastering a particular path on a particular track will allow you to win regardless of your vehicle, so at about the halfway point, gameplay becomes more "mechanical" as you keep going through the motions.

* To deal with the above problem and make the game a bit more challenging, three tactics are used, with all of them being less than satisfactory to annoying:
- The weather and time of day is varied. This is actually a nice feature; the problem is that it just isn't done enough.

- A regular feature of the game is that dust and mud appear on the "camera". For some races, they're harder because so much mud splashes on your camera that you're effectively blindfolded for a few moments.

- The AI racers become extremely annoying. They're designed just to make the game harder as it goes along. If you imagine their actions being real world behavior, it's more like you're racing against a cadre of institutionalized mental patients:

... The AI will usually perform the same relative to you for each race. If you drive like a grandpa through a couple laps, it will too, and then as you drive like a bat out of hell, using boost all the time for the last lap, it will too.

... You're going to wreck--and explode--your vehicle a lot. For most of the race, it's easy to regain your position. But on the last stretch of the last lap, that doesn't matter, and guess what? (See the following.)

... No matter how well you're doing or how far ahead you think you are, on most races, AI racers will come out of nowhere on the last stretch of the last lap, overtaking you and/or wrecking you so you can't progress. You have to come in first on most races to keep unlocking more.

... Motorstorm often seems more like smash-em-up derby than a race. AI cars can constantly explode all around you, but regardless of how much they do this, even if you drive through the track fast and clean, AI racers will be on your butt in certain sections, especially on the last stretch of the last lap.

... With the AI so focused on smash-em-up derby, higher levels are primarily harder because the AI tries to knock your vehicle into rocks, off of cliffs, etc. It will do this as if its the AI "driver's" sole purpose--as if it couldn't care less if other vehicles are blowing past, and even if you almost come to a complete stop, the AI will match your speed just to knock you into a wall.

* The music becomes repetitive. Of course, with the amount of hours you'll put in to complete this game, that's probably inevitable, even with twenty-one songs, but at times, it seems like the same five songs keep playing over and over. On a game like this, we should be able to load our own music to listen to--shouldn't that be easy on the PS3?

* The load times can be agonizing. Like some others, this is the first game I've played on my PS3. When the first track for the first race was loading, I was worried that my PS3 crashed already. It didn't. That's just how the races load.

* There is no offline multiplayer mode. I don't care much about that feature, but many do. Multiplayer is online only.

So, are there no positives beyond this being a racing game? Of course there are:

* The graphics are beautiful. I don't know if this is going to be unusual for PS3 games, but in comparison, it has actually made normal DVDs on my big-screen HD television look less than stellar to me. If part of the goal was to get consumers to check out BluRay DVDs, the PS3 is doing its job.

* Even though there aren't enough tracks or enough variation on those tracks, those routes are extremely well done. They're a heck of a lot of fun to race on.

* The range of vehicles is great. There are a lot of choices, they look good, and they handle well, with some nice realistic touches.

* The smash-em-up derby approach can actually be fun. The graphics for the wrecks and explosions are fantastic--you'll find yourself wrecking just to watch it. BUT, one of two things should have been done to make this better: either have a smash-em-up derby contest that's a different mode--NOT a race, and/or award points during the races for wrecking other cars than your own. For example, if you cause five other cars to wreck during a race, you get a position bonus (if you need it) at the end, so that if you came in second during the race but caused five wrecks, you get boosted up to first instead (of course, this should apply to all racers), or if you came in third but caused ten wrecks, you get boosted to first, etc. Each time you get wrecked instead would subtract the bonus points from one of the wrecks you caused.

Would of been a great game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 11
Date: March 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

For all the hype of blu ray and how much data and bells and whistles the PS3 can do, I think this game fails to take advantage of the situation. I think this game could of been delayed to help make it more enjoyable. The lack of maps and lack of splitscreen multiplayer sets this game back, instead of forward (next gen). Playing online is great, but why did they bother taking out the offline multiplayer aspect? Would it have affected the game that badly? Also, yea, there are patches down the road the developer can put in, but we're not judging the game down the road, we're reviewing it as it is now. Although this game is graphically top notch, I think they forgot that gameplay and substance is where it's at, and not just graphics.

Addictive

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: March 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Outrageous physics, simple controls, gorgeous graphics and straightforward online racing make this game terribly addictive. In my opinion, one of this game's strongest points is that it is extremely easy to get into. If you're a fan of realistic racing sims, you may find it a bit superficial: in this game there is no vehicle tuning, and apex clipping will be the last of your concern. However, if you enjoy arcade racers, or even if you're just an occasional gamer, you will have a blast from the get-go. Accelerate, brake, steer clear of the many obstacles on the tracks, and try not to end up upside down; it's as simple as that. Deformable terrain and over-the-top physics make the races very unpredictable. You will often find yourself wanting to play "just one more race" to make up for that fatal crash in the last lap of your previous race. Just to emphasize, the physics are truly exceptional: this is the first game I've played in which you can literally drive over your opponents' vehicles (or land on top of your opponents' vehicles, as the case may be); the crashes are simply amazing.

This is the BEST PS3 GAME to date

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: March 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is what YOU Bought a PS3 for.
The graphics are like nothing ever seen in a game before.
The action is jaw dropping. I wish there was a repeat button so you could see the action over and over.
This may be the greatest game I've ever bought.

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