The demo came out last night for Qore subscribers and will be available to everyone in October. I put a question mark on some of the “cons” in the list below since I don’t know if these will be addressed in the full release or not.
Pros
Cons
Any racing fans care to comment on the demo?
Tweet
Written by: Darrin
- Contributing Editor
#1 by west_coast_ps3 on September 12th, 2008
I’ve now spent some time with the demo.
So far I think the graphics are a big improvement over the first version. It seems like they really put more effort into the textures, and it seems to have a better lighting model…a “high dynamic range” model but not too over the top. I believe it is still just 720P but its a nice looking, anti-aliased 720P, with little in the way of jagged edges.
It is more arcade than something like Dirt but it has a huge fun factor. I think it might be too fast paced for a wheel, I’ve tried using a wheel with these sort of games on the PC and it gets tiresome after a while (but then I don’t like driving on logging roads for hours at a time in a real truck either).
The Ministry music was a nice touch, totally appropriate for this type of game.
I expect this demo will be on my PS3 for a while.
#2 by Carl;)G on September 13th, 2008
Cool demo. But no in-car View??? Like in GT5:Prologue
#3 by Paranoimia on September 13th, 2008 [ 1210 Points ]
No in-car view, but there is a ‘bonnet cam’ (or ‘hood cam’ for those of you in NA
). But to be honest, the original had that, and it just made me feel sick.
#4 by Trev on September 13th, 2008 [ 24520 Points ]
You’re unique point Darrin really sums up Motorstorm. There definitely is no one defining feature that makes it good but the sum of its parts. I got the demo through the e-mail invite.
Did anyone else find the demo a little rough round the edges? Camera going through walls and textures in some places looking a little flat.
The race was a bit short though at 2 laps. didn’t give me enough of a chance to get into the races I did enjoy the monster truck though
I enjoyed the first Motorstorm, which i got free with my PS3 and was excited to try it out and I agree it is exactly the same as the 1st game. While this is not bad it just means i can’t justify buying it with the heavy christmas schedule but when its cheaper i’ll give it another look.
#5 by Burten on September 14th, 2008
Just wanted to point out that its a demo, not the finish full game.
Who knows, maybe more features will be in the final release..?
I´m buying the one just for the splitscreen, the rest is just a bonus ;-D
#6 by Pc on September 14th, 2008
Day one purchase for me ! I love the way the game feels and looks, plus the addition of 4 player split screen. Besides, i need a good racing game that me and my friends can play when they come over to drink or whatever ! Off-road racing is the best in my opinion
#7 by jagermo on September 15th, 2008
No XMB-Support for my own music – no buy.
I always get tired of the prepicked in game music. I think I’ll stick with burnout. Hey, bikes are coming this week. Yay.
#8 by Buy PSP Go on July 17th, 2009
I now have the real game and it’s really awesome, however I could see it being a little repetitive for someone who isn’t into racing games.