FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage Comments by Rob Fahey
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@ G-Money
Thanks for the suggestion! :) I'm thinking of getting the new Apple Airport router first. I hope it's increased range will be enough of an improvement for me. My connection only drops in Windows (all the time) and with my PS3 (less often but too often for proper online gaming). Under Linux it's fine, though occasionally it's unable to establish a connection. Additional bonus is the improved speed and it can double as a simple server as well. |
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GitSomE UK
22/06/07 @ 17:40
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When will someone do a new version of Carmageddon. If ever Carmageddon was to be revamped order will return to the universe mark my words.
Getting this though in the meantime :-) |
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captainrentboy
22/06/07 @ 18:01
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Yep, it's a lot of fun on Live, one of the better online games for quite a while. Like someone else said, there's no talking bullshit as most people are pissing themselves laughing, especially on the derbys.
How the hell do you get to play the bowling and football ones on Live though, I didn't see either in the couple of hours I just played. And I can't seem to be able to set up my own ranked match room, it seems like you have to join whoever they match you up with, which doesn't make it easy for your friends online to sneakily find your room. |
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squarejawhero
22/06/07 @ 18:03
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yellowtruck needs to experience this to wake him up. I'll wake him up with a semi...
... ...TRUCK, THAT IS! |
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Monkey_Puncher
22/06/07 @ 18:57
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Never played a Flatout game before, but this is great fun and a bargain for £30!
Oh and I completly agree about the Redneck approach to Burnout. |
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yagisencho
22/06/07 @ 19:21
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Good grief, when am I going to find the time to play this?
360 racers in the queue: burnout: revenge forza motorsport 2 test drive unlimited project gotham racing 3 wishlist: dirt sega rally flatout: ultimate carnage |
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Devious_Droid
22/06/07 @ 20:38
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My god.... I HATE this game so much. Was this an EG conspiracy to spoil my day by giving the impression it's any good?
/ebay |
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I played an earlier version of this on PC at a LAN once and it was perfect multiplayer game. I think all the serious racing games end up being errr well... just too dam serious after a while.
I tried it on XBOX live (the PC version had very poor online play) and no one played the it! Will it be different now you think? |
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Coughthulu
22/06/07 @ 22:07
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@Peej
Damn you! Damn you, Sir! I was thinking "I bet it's no good with the FF wheel, so I won't spend any money on it." Now I've no bloody choice. Wah! :( |
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captainrentboy
22/06/07 @ 22:39
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figaro personally I think that Dirt has a far better laid out Career mode (Single player side basically) than Flatout. Flatout, like the review states, does seem to have some crazy 'rubber banding' opponents, and I have experienced the ole wrecked car stuck to mine a few times now, and it is bloody frustrating.
Buuut, it's online aspect is considerably better than Dirt's poor effort, like I said earlier, Flatout has some of the most fun multi-player events I've played for a long time. So to sum up, if you're planning on taking your new purchase online a lot then definitely get Flatout. |
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squarejawhero
23/06/07 @ 08:43
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I agree on the rubber banding thing, but after the abnormal amount of hours playing it yesterday (ill, honest!) I never found that car sticking thing to occur with the frequency written here. Honest truth, guv!
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captainrentboy
23/06/07 @ 10:40
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I haven't only had a wrecked car stuck on my bonnet, I've also had a wrecked car sat perfectly on top of my car, parallel to the way I was facing too. Suuure it looked kind of funny, but it was facking annoying having to smash into a tree to get it off.
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PearOfAnguish
23/06/07 @ 12:34
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Are the driver catapult mini games too graphic? I've held off the previous FlatOut games because of the impact this feature could have on my 7-year old son.
Hahaha is that a joke? What do you think it's going to do, encourage him to drive your car into a tree? It's cartoon violence, man. There's no blood, his limbs don't come off. That's not a bad idea though... |
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welshben23
23/06/07 @ 13:29
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The "glitch" is easy to rectify, just by reversing a few yards. It hasn't affected my enjoyment of this game one bit. This is the most fun online I've had since I bought my 360. Much better online than boring old Forza or DiRT.
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Hypnopedia
23/06/07 @ 14:04
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@Peej
" Good stuff. Deserved an 8, and (imho) a lot of bigger and richer development teams need to go and talk to Bugbear and find out how they made something this slick, beautiful and smooth and somehow managed not to turn it into a frame-dropping teary-arsed pile of shite. Are you listening EA / Codies? Peej " Just watched the trailer - OMG - so with all that shit going on, and 12 cars per race you never suffer any "DiRT" moments??!!! "This is without doubt the most fun you can have with a FF wheel. This + FF wheel + LIVE multiplayer = 10 / 10 Peej " /froths at the mouth /puts coat on, checks bank balance......! |
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afghan_jones
23/06/07 @ 19:01
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got this yesterday and its a good laugh so far.
played a few races. It is hard but very enjoyable and so worth the effort. PLayed some of the silly stunt games with the missus and went online for a bit this morning. all good fun, no pretensions. Some of the bigger companies should be taking a look at their 'next-gen offerings' bringing them up to sratch as the work done here by a relatively small company is staggering. EA had better make sure the next burnout is up there. Also, the game ruining glitch hasnt happened to me at all so far after about 5 hours of play. smooth as a whistle. no complaints. |
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YourMessageHere
24/06/07 @ 17:00
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All the media looks just like FlatOut 2 on PC to me, same tracks, just with a couple of extra cars/school buses/Peterbilts/etc. How does it actually differ from FlatOut 2 other than being on 360 and having an extra 4 cars per race? Or is this just what they called FlatOut 2 for 360 once they stuck a couple of extra bells and whistles on?
EDIT: that's not to say it's not an excellent game. +1 for more Carmageddon. Given how surprisingly well that latest Tomb Raider went, Carma: Anniversary anyone?
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After reading the review i was slightly unsure about buying FlatOut due to the "Glitch".
I did buy it anyway and just as most other people have said it seems totally realistic that sometimes a car will spin round in front of you if you nudge the rear corner of it. It's not even that big a problem as you can brake and pull around them or if you have nitro you can hit that and force the car sideways off the road, or sometimes even roll it over onto it's roof, which is one the ways of earning extra credits. I played this game for 7 hours straight on Sunday, it's a total bargain for £34.95 in HMV. |
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"""How this escaped the testing"
I'll bet money that was in the bug report, but they just chucked it out for release anyway. Just because the testers find bugs doesn't necessarily mean they get fixed!""" This car ending up on your bonnet thing! I would like to add at this point and say an issue like that would never be bugged as the physics naturally react to what the user does. Therefore is a design implementation. Whether you like it or not thats another thing! Personally I did, especially when you could clearly see poor Sally Taylor struggling to get free! On no Sally you've got a date with that wall babe!
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pinchofsalt
26/06/07 @ 11:36
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I didn't find this 'bug' a problem.
Either power them into a wall a drive through their exploding remains or push to one of the sides so they spin away. Simple |
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