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October 2008
(80%)
46 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
While not a vast step on from MotorStorm, Pacific Rift improves on it in all the most important ways. With more variety and better multiplayer modes than Pure, it's a strong contender for the off-road racing crown....
Abstract: Name: Motorstorm: Pacific RiftGenre: RacingPlatform: PlayStation 3When Motorstorm was first released, it was easily the best racer on the still very new PlayStation 3. Despite a dearth of game modes and tracks, as well as serious issues with load time...
Abstract: MotorStorm: Pacific Rift is the very defintion of a proper racing game sequel. Bigger, better, louder, faster, and in the case of MotorStorm, dirtier and more destructive. As a PlayStation 3 launch-window title, the original MotorStorm was one hell of ...
Shorter load times; crazy physics detail; great course design; expanded vehicle and course list.
Unforgiving crash physics; lack of race variety; solid but uninspired online play.
The original MotorStorm featured fast and furious off-road racing, a vertigo-inducing sense of velocity, and completely over-the-top Burnout-style crashes. It also suffered from a dearth of vehicles and courses and deathly long load times. None of thes...
Published: 2008-10-23, Author: Kevin , review by: cnet.com
Abstract: Motorstorm: Pacific Rift is a rush, which should come as no surprise to fans of its predecessor. Its rip-roaring fun to speed through fields of sugarcane and race dangerously close to a cliffs rocky edge in your buggy all while avoiding the deep trea...
Twice the number of tracks as the original, Many course designs are utterly fantastic, Core racing is an absolute blast, Great multiplayer, both online and off.
Abstract: The original MotorStorm was rushed out the door in order to make the PlayStation 3's launch -- as its lackadaisical load times and bare-bones, fix-it-with-patches feature set clearly attested to -- yet the high quality of the underlying game made those...
Abstract: While MotorStorm's arrival in tandem with the PlayStation 3 was perhaps one of Sony's few commendable marketing moves in the early days of the format, Evolution's aggressive and technologically impressive original stands the test of time - despite its ...
Abstract: The game is entertaining and a visual treat. The development team did a good job building on the original title, tweaking what needed to be tweaked and leaving the core mechanics intact. If you are looking for a solid, off-road racer, this is a good bet.
