MotorStorm: Pacific Rift Review (Initial Impressions)

I have recently started playing MotorStorm: Pacific Rift and it is quickly becoming one of my favorite games. I am personally not generally interested in racing games unless they have one of two qualities. They either need to be cute with weapons ala Mario Kart or RC Racing (dream cast) or they need to have crazy tracks with jumps and obstacles and such. MotorStorm: Pacific Rift has the latter in droves.

The graphics are flat out everything you would expect from a PlayStation 3 game. The scenes are beautiful and lush with plants, rocks, water and other such objects. The one down side to the graphics and all they cram into a track, it can be difficult to near impossible to figure out what is a path and what is not the first time through. I find that I usually throw the first lap if not the first race on a track to figuring out how to get through it.

The game play is every bit as adrenaline pumping as the first MotorStorm if not more. If you play this game at night do not expect to get to sleep any time soon after playing. There are jumps galore and tight canions and caves to drive through. The addition of deep water and lava take the danger up a notch too.

There are a number of new features I have not not yet explored using. You can now use L1 and L2 to bump other drivers with any vehicle. You can also duck and bunny hop on bikes and ATVs.

There is also the adition of the monster truck to the game. I have not tried it yet as I am a rally car kinda guy but it looks impressive.

Overal I would have this game a full set of stars.

Sony media update

I can now download my Rockband songs on my new Plastation 3, but still am unable to access videos purchased in the past or present. I am also still unable to access my Singstar songs. Still no help from Sony. I was able to activate my new PS3 console for games but it still says "you have 1 consoles activated for video. You must deactivate that console before you can activate this console." So Sony is still trying to get me to repurchase a significant number of Sing Star songs and well as all of my videos.