Sumo Digital on OutRun 2006 Comments by Tom Bramwell
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foreverafternothing
05/01/06 @ 13:15
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outruns a classic, shame the games have never been anything but very average.
So they've been average classics? /confuzzled |
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Tweakmonkey
05/01/06 @ 13:33
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Outrun was one of my favourite arcades. The music and gearshift was a revelation. Haven't played since but the online mode is tempting.
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"Eurogamer: OutRun 2006. Out in 2006. Aren't you worried you're going to offend the rest of the games industry by actually putting the right year on the end of your game title?"
Great question. I don't mind the 2006 tag on the NFL, NBA, NHL and FIFA games that came out in 2005 since at least those games simulate seasons that don't end until 2006. But I draw the line at baseball games like MLB 2006 which was released in March 2005 and simulates a season that ended in October 2005.
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foreverafternothing outrun is exactly that, an averate classic lol. The game itself was alright but i think the popularity was more due to its gfx at the time and it was an early checkpoint arcade racer. Everyone remembers the first one but after that i can't say i've ever bothered to remember re-releases.
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Tweakmonkey
05/01/06 @ 16:00
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Since the Xbox couldn't run the original 2D OutRun very well, I don't hold out much hope for the PS2!!! /lol/
I don't see why it doesn't run well on Xbox. They must have cocked it up. |
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kangarootoo
05/01/06 @ 18:04
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"but i think the popularity was more due to its gfx at the time and it was an early checkpoint arcade racer"
I seem to recall that one of the main selling points of the original was the fact you sat in a big red car to play the arcade game. There was some racing game at a bowling alley near my home town that had a racing game on a huge screen with a full sized car shell to sit in as you played. This was back around 1990 I guess, so it was a major deal (especially in my northeastern hometown, where coloured candles were considered a miracle of modern technology). |
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ImGameCube
05/01/06 @ 22:48
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Thanks to comments else where on this website, I've taken a look at the video review of games that gamespot.com does.
THEY ROCK. Their video review of PGR3 is totally sweet and talks about (and shows!) the first person view which wasn't mentioned at all here, it looks awsome! Wake up and smell the coffee EG. Get some video review on yr website as well. It's the future! A. |
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RobTheBuilder
06/01/06 @ 01:24
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No Xbox version?!?!?!?!?!
Thats because you already have it pretty much. No point producing the whole game when only 20% of the people who own the first version are likely to buy it. STILL no Gamecube version, which is a bloody shame as not only would be it better to look at than a PS2 version, but the analogue sticks would make it fun without needing a quality wheel. Ah well. At least theres a PC version this time. |
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Rev. Stuart Campbell
06/01/06 @ 10:27
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The game where you sat in a real full-size car was Ridge Racer. Outrun never had anything like that, you're probably confusing it with the little LCD toy version that was built into half a replica Ferrari...
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Rev. Stuart Campbell
06/01/06 @ 10:30
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"Thats because you already have it pretty much. No point producing the whole game when only 20% of the people who own the first version are likely to buy it."
That's a loony argument. By that logic, who would ever buy yearly iterations of sports games? If people were prepared to pay full price for Outrun 2, it's not at all unlikely that they'd also be prepared to cough up for a similar port of its sequel, with all-new tracks and all-new mission content. |
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"The game where you sat in a real full-size car was Ridge Racer. Outrun never had anything like that, you're probably confusing it with the little LCD toy version that was built into half a replica Ferrari..."
No, I remember sitting in a large red car playing Outrun back in the day. http://www.2atoms.com/game/arcade/arcade03.htm Not a full car admittedly, but certainly enough of one to make you think that you were driving one. |
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Rev. Stuart Campbell
06/01/06 @ 12:36
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"Not a full car admittedly, but certainly enough of one to make you think that you were driving one."
Dude, you have a pretty weird-shaped car. |
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RobTheBuilder
06/01/06 @ 19:46
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Sports games are different though. I think maybe 20% was a low figure, but with racing games sequels dont tend to work in yearly installments. Bar possibly Burnout and NFS now.
Its not really a sequel, its more Outrun+; which I think is why its not on Xbox. When a proper sequel appears I think that will go multiplatform. Yes outrun did have a fully seated version. Though Hang On was (I believe) the first racing game to have a car or bike shaped seat. Though Monaco GP did have a seat and wheel... it wasnt car shaped, it was just a box type thing. |
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I think the "2" in the title of the last release was meant as a clue - to help people like Psi...
Generalising a whole franchise with an opinion based on the original or it's spin-offs which now date back two decades is, quite frankly, idiotic. Play Outrun 2 first - then comment. *Also requests news on a 360 version of OR2006/C2C* |
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