Ridge Racer 7 Comments by Tom Bramwell
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So basically if GTHD came out at the same time Riiiiiiidge Raaaacer (which is a demo) it probably would have got a 6?
which, at the time of writing, only offers background music and vehicle-unlock keys as downloadable extras. Taken a page from EA's book i see. If the Blu-ray can't save us from this nothing will.
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"How well does it synergise with the SONY PLAYSTATION 3's position in the home entertainment environment? "
By leveraging existing skillsets in todays dynamic multi-faceted multimedia "always on" connected consumer culture of course! You know, those posh assfaced students who play their iPods far too loudly on the train and wear ridiculous baggy jeans. The twats. |
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Laserbream
23/11/06 @ 14:44
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Nice, but where is the review of that crab-flipping game? We need it to complete the "take the piss out of Sony" set.
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The lack of AA on the PS3 version sounds odd though. I wonder if this is because it was running at 1080p? I wonder if AA is turned on at 720p?
From my experience on PC games I found AA more important than a higher resolution as once the resolution gets to a certain level upping the resolution much further does not make as much difference as applying AA. |
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the_dudefather
23/11/06 @ 14:46
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mugwum:
"Well, er, you put the disc in the drive. The disc fits, so I suppose the answer is "pretty well"" orly? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E7oBYXjO... :P |
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"Nice, but where is the review of that crab-flipping game? We need it to complete the 'take the piss out of Sony' set."
Coming next week. I forgot to mention something neat in the review: you can actually install RR7 to the hard disk, which improves load times dramatically. And while you wait for it to copy over, you can play Xevious :) |
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It does raise the question though about why Japanese developers get so stuck in their ways.
Why the stupidly slow curve in RR games when they've been around for ages? Why the same characters generation after generation after generation? Why naff synthesised music in favour of real instruments? Why naff melodies in the music? Why lots of pregnant pauses in cut scences? Why invert left and right on third person cameras? Why subtitled cutscenes with painfuly slow dialogue? Why the same bloody boring font used in most games? Why the same bloody irritating mobile phone sound effects used in game after game after game in a franchise? It's almost as though there's areas of development that are a total 'no go' Just...why?
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pinchofsalt
23/11/06 @ 15:08
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"Cornering has always been Ridge Racer's unique attribute. It turns the traditional set-up on its head in favour of drifting."
What about Outrun 2? |
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"Why the same characters generation after generation after generation?
Why naff synthesised music in favour of real instruments? " Reiko and the music are actually considered USPs for Ridge Racer, along with "beautiful opening movie" and "exhilarating drift handling", the word "exhilarating" has to be used in every press release. I shit you not. |
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In answer to my own questions, something just occured to me:
Perhaps it's because there's such an insanely popular arcade culture in Japan. Arcade machines generally are a bit bright, naff and gharish and have to be so to attract attention amongst other machines. Perhaps that fixed mentality spills over into console game design? |
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@Acid
Depends what you mean by non-inverted. On PCs I always play with inverted (flight sim style) controls but for some reason on consoles I've gotten used to up-is-up controls. Things appear to be going full circle - some games now call the inverted controls the up-is-up ones...it hurts my mind. That said, I can never, ever, ever, ever comprehend what the fuck developers were thinking when they invented inverted left and right controls. I mean jesus - up and down I can kind of translate from flight sims, but left and right? Are we supposed to all be instinctively used to reversing a fucking HGV or something?
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I meant the up-makes-the-camera-go-up-and-therefore-the-view-down...
Errr... OK... Normal is push up and the view goes up Inverted is push up and the view goes down... I, and everyone I know, always use inverted... But you describe to be using the normal one... Hmmm...I thought the inverted users were a majority...Might be wrong then... |
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@dog
"this game is launch title dont forget no doubt it will would a different story once its in its stride..." Yeah ok, but RR6 is hardly a recent 360 title either. Anyhoo, it's not just the arguable incremental increase in graphical power that tickles me - it's that fact that it's got most of the same tracks and fewer challenges than the 360 version - for twice the price! |
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@Huxley
"Rambaldi: That's simplifying the issue a little, don't you think? Shadow of Colossus. Rez. Okami. Etc etc. " Yeah, fair point. Exceptions to the rule and all that. I dunno - it's just this vibe I get whenever I play Japanese games. I think to be fair it's the music and sound effects more than anything that make me want to vomit. P.S. Bates, if you're there, you can shove any potential racist accusations up yer arse. Once again, I'm talking about style, not ethnic origin. I'd feel just the same way if these games were British, German, American, Albanian or Welsh. OK, maybe not the Welsh ;) |
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LightSleeper
23/11/06 @ 15:28
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"And while you wait for it to copy over, you can play Xevious :)"
Ah, but does Xevious have anti-aliasing though? |
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Does that mean that once you've copied the game to the HD you can play it without the disc? That sounds like a recipie for retail disaster if you can! If it's protected and you do need the disc, will Linux and web-browsing offer up an easy access for 'no CD' crack files?
/pictures the returns queue at Game HANG ON! Didn't the article the other day suggest that PERHAPS the success of the PS brand can be attributed to it's easy hackability? Surely people hacking the PS3 and copying games would be good for Sony in the long run? Hacked games need to be burnt to BR discs no? People need to BUY BR discs to make copies? People get used to buying BR discs, Sony wins format war... Hmmm.... /strokes beard and raises one eyebrow
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glaeken - "@Darren the article says RR6 has AA and this one does not. That was my reading of it anyway."
Drat! So it does... I misread that as "RR7 has anti-aliasing...". Silly me! However, EG's review is wrong because RR6 on the 360 does not use ANY anti-aliasing at all hence the reason I mentioned it looked jaggy in the first place. It was a launch Xbox 360 game (in the US anyway) and running at 60 fps so I guess the AA was sacrificed for the framerate. Many launch 360 games lacked anti-aliasing, e.g. Call of Duty 2, Kameo, Perfect Dark Zero, etc. |
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@ Rambaldi
Yes your right it is laughable really (I missed RR6 on 360 hence my purchase of RR7), but i wonder if the version we have before us was really RR6 for ps3?yet with the delay of the Sony console Namco decided to name it 7 for the appearance of the launch? If i am correct, wasn't this one of the first titles finished on the PS3? perhaps in which light its somehwhat unfair to veiw this as a sequal more a port... |
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@dog2_99 - I'm guess that this wasn't finished all that long ago. If they had any sence they've taken the last year adding to game, hence the extra track etc,
If the PS3 had come out in spring, would probably been just a PS3 version of RR6. and because of this extra I'd also hope it does look better the 360 version. We're not going to be able to truly start compairing PS3 to 360 until RR8 or some other cross platform games come out. Once developer have had time with both 360 and PS3 hardware. |
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