When Motorstorm hit the Playstation 3 in March of 2007 it was generally regarded as a technological marvel that was a blast to play but far too shallow for a full retail product. Despite the shallow experience, Playstation gamers were so starved for gameplay of any kind that Motorstorm became a runaway success. It is surely no surprise that Sony and developer Evolution Studios would want to make a sequel.
However, unlike when Motorstorm was released the Playstation isn't flourishing as a console anymore and has more than a few racing options available. Motorstorm: Pacific Rift will have to offer more than a fun, yet shallow gaming experience.
Digital Foundry : Evolution Studios' Motorstorm is one of the first, finest and most fondly remembered of launch titles for PlayStation 3. It's a release designed to answer the question posed by each new console generation: what makes a game 'next-gen'? With its robust physics engine and massive tracks, Motorstorm serves up a bold affirmative answer to this question, delivering an experience that could never have existed on prior console hardware. At the same time, the path to release was fraught with challenges that almost serve as a microcosm of the PlayStation 3 release situation itself. It was a success, however, with a trilogy of PS3 releases, plus PSP, Vita and even PS2 off-shoots.
After Driveclub and Onrush, the dev team will now contribute to and assist with the development of the upcoming NFS.
Never really got into it myself I remember getting it with ps3 and being a bit underwhelmed I preferred the RC version they did for vita 🙌🏻🤣
DSOGaming writes: "RPCS3 is the best emulator for Sony’s previous-gen console, the Playstation 3, and we’ve decided to share some videos, showing Dante’s Inferno, God of War 3, Sly 3, P5 Persona, Motorstorm Pacific Rift, Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting, Super Hero Generations and more running on its latest version."
DSOGaming writes: "YouTube’s ‘reznoire’ and ‘Emulators for PC’ have shared some new videos from the latest version of the Playstation 3 emulator, RPCS3, showing Heavy Rain, MotorStorm: Pacific Rift and Spiderman 3 running in it."
Poor Heavy Rain lol that game was and is a pile. Emulation sounds cool though - Res. Evil 3 and Directors Cut all the way.
So games run at 10 fps and graphical glitches not seen since pcsx2 in 2003,.. I will get there someday.
This game will get an 8 from all the major sites. I don't see a 9 and certainly not a 10 game out of it. The graphics haven't improved much, either but that goes hand and foot with the gameplay. It hasn't been improved either.
I seen the trailer today and it was an ugly mess. Washed out textures, just like the demo we got a few weeks back. Pretty sad.