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GCO: Pure Review "MotorWHAT?"

GCO writes: "When Disney Interactive Studios purchased Climax Development many fans didn't know what to think. Even game developer Jackson Avent dreaded a Mikey or Donald racing game, so what we're expected as fans? Well, it was more then what we had hoped for as fans of the ATV racing games. Instead of some kind of extreme kid racing game we got a game of pure amazement simply entitled, Pure. I mean really even the game title sounds cool. Disney really made something amazing because this game really does rip books on ATV games as this game ditches the standard dirt adds stunt tracks for a world of vista free fall tracks that can make you scream from the heights."
A / A+
Cyrus365 - contributor
Published: 463 days 19 hours ago | Review | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360
 
 

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The gaming GOD - 463 days 19 hours ago
1 - Odd title considering Motorstorm isn't even mentioned in this pure review
They just say "MotorWHAT?" with no attempts at comparing. The kind of stuff fanboy fights are made of I say
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GCO Gamer - 463 days 19 hours ago
1.1 - My Bad
It's just a trick that we us to attract our readers I'm sorry about not comparing the next review i will remember to do that once again sorry.
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The gaming GOD - 463 days 19 hours ago
1.2 - Dang dude
Don't do that. You'll start fan riots around here lol. It's all good though man. Ploy or not, it worked. I mean hell, I read it right? lol
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Rick Astley - 463 days 19 hours ago
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ROFL @ the title. Trying to get hits on your little website there? You couldn't compare the two even if you tried. They're not the same. Motorstorm is about racing in huge, multi-route environments with more than just ATV's. Pure is like ATV Offroad Fury but weaker and with more unnecessary bloom effects all over the screen. Even the character models are outlined with bloom. At least you admit that your website sucks though. That screen shot in the article looks even worse than the original Motorstorm.
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GCO Gamer - 463 days 19 hours ago
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Well you can really they are both the same game at the quore. I'm going to tell you something that i should really tell you this game is like the Motorstorm of ATV's it even looks as good as Motorstorm. And hold on i never said that so yeah... O yeah, and the reason we are not that good is because there's only 2 people working on the site right now, but right before gears of war 2 you better watch out. Plus they look the same to me and i played this game on the playstation 3 and 360
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PoSTedUP - 463 days 18 hours ago
1.5 - "MotorWHAT?"
motor"STORM"- the baddest, most intence and brutal off road racing game ever to hit a console in all eternity. motorSTORM- a true heart pounding experience exclusive to the ps3 with no game that can match it in its genre and totally revolutionized the way we play, and look at off road racing games. : )

"PURE"- a fun little quad game where you are in the air more that 50% of the time and mostly do tricks and is no where near motorstorm "badass" wise. XD pure can be good but dont put the two in the same sentence cause that's just ridiculous.
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TheExecutive - 463 days 18 hours ago
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ok, well I guess you are going to eat your words when MS2 comes out. The 80% build that IGN got their hands on looks better than Pure's final release. MS2 will bring the goods graphically, you will see.
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Ju - 463 days 18 hours ago
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GCO, don't embarrass yourself. Are you getting payed by Disney or what ? I mean, that game does not even remotely come close to MotorWHAT. Pleeaasse. (Sorry, fanboy comment, had to say it, though).
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Bigrhyno - 463 days 18 hours ago
1.8 -
GCWHAT!?
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DRUDOG - 463 days 18 hours ago
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Why involve Motorstorm when you are "reviewing" the game on a 360? It's like talking smack about somebody else who wasn't even there to defend themselves. It wasn't necessary and I regret clicking the link to give you one more hit...

BTW, I played the Pure demo and it was nice, no Motorstorm (can't speak for Pacific Rift, yet) nor Motorstorm demo, but it was decent. Definitely not worth $60 for basically one vehicle compared to MS or Dirt.
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El_Colombiano - 463 days 19 hours ago
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No no no no no no no. This game has NOTHING on Motorstorm. Its just another ATV off road racer. The demo was pathetic, so much, that I had to pop in the original Motorstorm to compensate for what a horride game this is.
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Masta_fro - 463 days 18 hours ago
2.1 - its just
a way to get hits, don't pay attention to them...

For example:

Cod5 review: "GearsofWhaat??"

They're just really smart people you know... like bill gates and microsoft, and a lot of others. I bet this has nothing to do with the fact that motorstorm is exclusive and pure is multiplat...
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El_Colombiano - 463 days 18 hours ago
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Yeah I see what your saying...but still Motorstorm 2 is going to make this game laughable(more so than what it already is).
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Xwow2008 - 463 days 18 hours ago
2.3 - i still didn,t try the demo
so i will not judge the game,for me i perfer to play ms2.
and for the compare between the 2 games i will wait for ign reviews better than this review from this stupid site.
(gamercenteronline.net) first time i see this site.

EDIT:pure ign review 8.6 now to wait for MS2 review
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jwatt - 463 days 17 hours ago
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I played the demo for pure and I was actually impressed looks good and feels good but it's no Motorstorm.
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El_Colombiano - 463 days 17 hours ago
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I thought there was WAY too much bloom.
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TheExecutive - 463 days 18 hours ago
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I have a feeling some people are going to be eating their words when Motorstorm releases (I am not necessarily talking about this article either).

MS2 hasnt been shown a whole lot and just like the first one it will look subpar up till release but in the end it will trump this game. 16 tracks, 4 player offline splitscreen, custom soundtracks, new vehicle classes and I will bet anyone here ANY amount of money that MS2 will kick the sh*t outta Pure's graphics when it is released.

MS1 was a good title. The gameplay and graphics were fantastic but you could tell they just straight up ran out of time/money. They spent a ton of money on R&D. However, this time around they seem to have a feature packed game with all the gameplay anyone could ever want out of an arcade racer. The GRAPHICS WILL be amazing and we all know the gameplay will rule any competitors. Add in the features and you have yourself a 9 or above on most sites.
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rrodhaha - 463 days 18 hours ago
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IGN already scored pure worse then Motorstorm1

MS2 FTW!!
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tatotiburon - 463 days 16 hours ago
4.1 -
in metacritic pure is winning with 86% Motostorm is 84%
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Max Power - 463 days 16 hours ago
4.2 - OMG!!!
metacritic said that....everyone grab your Motorstorms and head to gamestop to trade them in. Fool
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SlippyMadFrog - 463 days 14 hours ago
4.3 - @ Maxpower
"IGN already scored pure worse then Motorstorm1"
IGN said that....everyone grab your Pures and head to gamestop to trade them in. Fool
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Covenant - 463 days 18 hours ago
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Takes some cajones to call out Motorstorm like that...can this game live up to it?

We'll see. It DOES look promising, though.
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cemelc - 463 days 18 hours ago
6 - WTF is going on here
A Disney studio did a great game? the world is going to hell right now
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GCO Gamer - 463 days 18 hours ago
6.1 -
Yep, i just finished the game today so this review was a fast type.
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DARKTRINITYxxx - 463 days 18 hours ago
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Gees get a grip why dont you. Im a PS3 owner and ill be getting pure and motorstorm2. Both look good titles to play. Its called pure not motorstorm.
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PimpHandStrong - 463 days 18 hours ago
8 - played the demo
and i liked it

but

i only have room for one off road racer and i already have the spot reserved
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GCO Gamer - 463 days 18 hours ago
8.1 -
You can buy or rent anyone of them
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James Vanderbeek - 463 days 18 hours ago
9 - this games is over rated..
its not even about racing its about doing tricks.. How much fun can you have doing that by yourself??? This game felt like a PSN title when i played the demo..

Im james vanderbeek and i was in dawsons creek and this game is as bad as my old tv show..
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GCO Gamer - 463 days 18 hours ago
9.1 -
It's about both
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cheapndirty - 463 days 4 hours ago
9.2 - online?
The game will have staying power because of the online side. Doing tricks gets you boost, you need boost to have a fast enough atv to win. Doing more agressive tricks gets you more boost. And a greater chance of crashing and falling behind. The demo is alot of fun.

I dont know about you but I do not buy any kind of racing game to play single player or split screen.

SOunds like you are bitter that Katie Holmes married Tom Cruise.
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radio0o - 463 days 18 hours ago
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wow this crappy game got a 9/10? all it has is tricks and ATVs. the graphics are poor the gameplay is bogus, the music is crappy and tries really hard to be like MotorStorm, etc.

watch MotorStorm with its millions of features, vehicles, and huge fun factor get low scores. reviewers these days are seriously a joke.

the demo for Pure sucked majorly.
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Baka-akaB - 463 days 18 hours ago
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SSX on wheels ? no thanks you , i prefer some fights in my racing ....
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GCO Gamer - 463 days 18 hours ago
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I really don't get the backlash from you guys because IGN gave it a 8.6 and the review copy I got from disney was just great I had real fun.
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ErcsYou - 463 days 18 hours ago
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Did you say you already beat it?? That was fast... it took me about a month(or more) to "almost" beat MotorStorm.
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DRUDOG - 463 days 18 hours ago
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Damn ErcsYou, you must of been playing the hell out of it. I can't blame you since the game rocked and there wasn't much else out at the time. I don't think I ever did get all the tickets and I played MS a ton.

@ErcsYou: LOL. MS did kick my ass too. That's why I never did finish it. That last ticket was the one that did me in. I liked MS so much that I d/l'd everything that came out for it. Play hard, baby, hell yeah...

Bubbles back at ya...
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Bathyj - 463 days 17 hours ago
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My guess would be your thoughtless flame provoking title. Go to Yankee Stadium and yell "The Red Sox Rule" and see if you get treated any better.

Also, your review is fairly sparce. It doesn't tell us much at all other than YOU like it, but not really why.

Anyway, like many others, playing the demo just made me hang out for MS2 more. I cant believe how good the next couple of months are.
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ErcsYou - 463 days 17 hours ago
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@DRUDOG... I think i was on the last 2 tickets and the Ai had no intention of letting me win so i gave up..
Now that im thinking about it, MotorStorm is probably the hardest PS3 game i own and the only game i never beat...
And yes, i play hard.

EDIT: Bubbles+ for admitting that MotorStorm whooped your @ss too..LoL
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FURY__UNLEASHED - 463 days 17 hours ago
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I have NO PROBLEM with the review, in fact, I appreciate it. The thing that everyone is annoyed by is that you compared PURE to an 'exclusive' and everybody brings out their flamethrowers for the console war. Even though you only mentioned MS in the title and didn't actually compare the two, people still consider it part of the console war.

People are also mad that you didn't even compare the two.

Aside from those 2 things I appreciate and respect your review.
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briguy204 - 463 days 17 hours ago
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i guess you're probably new to n4g. anything that is interpreted as a "threat" to a ps3 exclusive is immediately flamed. people here dont play games but rather game companies (or try to justify their $500 or $600 purchase).

On topic, I really enjoyed the demo, and I'm not even that much of a racing fan. It was fast, easy to pick up, and a lot of fun.
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DRUDOG - 463 days 17 hours ago
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"i guess you're probably new to n4g. anything that is interpreted as a "threat" to a ps3 exclusive is immediately flamed. people here dont play games but rather game companies (or try to justify their $500 or $600 purchase)."

@briguy:
I don't really think anyone is too worried about this perceived threat that you seemed to have picked up on. I don't have a problem with him doing a review or even mentioning MS in it (if he had). I have a problem with the fact that it wasn't necessary to compare the two games in the title and then not even mention Motorstorm in the review.

It wouldn't be any different than if he had said HaloWHAT when reviewing the next Gears. First off the game came out over a year ago and had a lot more going on than ATV racing. Also, he never even mentions any comparisons in the review. For what? Hits to his website. That's not cool and I hope you can at least see the logic in that.
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KnaveX - 463 days 17 hours ago
12.8 - @12.6
Lets say you played Gears 1, great game right? now this multiplatform game comes out called damnation which has a similar cover system, you played the demo and you think it was okay, but it wasnt even better than gears 1 in a lot of fields and Gears 2 is right around the corner right, which should be even better. (switching timeline just for example) then this guy comes out of nowhere and puts "Gears of What" in his title just to get some hits but he makes no comparison its just a review of damnation and he gives it a ridiculously high score that it really doesnt deserve. Lets say damnation had only one type of gun where gears has plenty, it looks a bit better than gears one but has a crap load of bloom, wouldnt that bother you?
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Kleptic - 463 days 15 hours ago
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you did walk into this one...you mentioned higher up that used that title for hits...this is exactly what you were expecting, so why are you surprised...

and Drudog...don't ever act like its just the PS3 owners...there are just as many 360 idiots as PS3 idiots around here...its just that the PS3 side has been growing, and the 360 side has been shrinking...you could correlate that fact with all kinds of recent events...
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NipGrip - 463 days 18 hours ago
13 - And!
"No trophy.. No buyyy"

No trophies in Pure vs trophies in Motorstorm PLUS is a better complete game than Pure is. I like the Pure demo and might get it eventually when it's $30-40 but no way would I pay $60 for it against Motorstorm 2.
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ape007 - 463 days 18 hours ago
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I played the demo

it's solid but ms is just better(judging from MS1)

I still didn't play ms2 demo yet

when the demo gonna come out

please guys
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hardcorehippiez - 463 days 15 hours ago
14.1 - motorstorm 2 is good
it gives a greater impression of speed (if thats possible) but controls the same as the 1st. demo available on the 11th october.pure doesnt even come close sorry. psn hippiez2007
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LinuxGuru - 463 days 18 hours ago
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Fanboy flame-fuel.

That title is completely irrelevant. Reported.
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Atomic - 463 days 18 hours ago
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"MotorWHAT?"
Only someone who hasn't played the game would say something like that!
and only a 9 year old kid would prefer the passivity of Pure over the complexity and brutality of Motorstorm.
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oOLightOo - 463 days 17 hours ago
16.1 - lol.....
motorstorm - stright up racing
Pure - racing + stunts
complicated??

not all casual gamers are 9yr olds dude.
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Atomic - 463 days 17 hours ago
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Well , i tried the Pure demo and i found the racing to be very rudimentary with none of the physical interaction or the visceral on-the-edge-of your-seat racing present in Motorstorm.
but i can see people preferring the type of gameplay in Pure over Motorstorm , it's just that i prefer the latter.
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oOLightOo - 463 days 17 hours ago
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first of all, not every game can be represented by their demos alone.

rudimentary??? the stunts in Pure are over the top impossible to do if you tried it in real life you'd proably hurt ur self, they're most fantasies. if your talkin bout racing its got the same fundamentals as Motorstorm, since they're in the same genre.

in every racing game you can get that same intense " on-the-edge-of-you-seat " feeling when ever you play the game with a buddy or online....shouldn't be judged by that feelin u didnt get.
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