MotorStorm Review

By Tom Bramwell Published 27 March, 2007

We go online with the PAL version.

Version tested: PlayStation 3

So! Sony's discovered the Internet! This is obviously good news (unless they're spending a lot of time on UK Resistance, obviously). PlayStation 3 ships in Europe with a big fat online service, and while some of our friends from "the Continent" haven't got their own shop yet, I understand immigration is pretty easy these days, so really there's no excuse for moaning. Particularly when MotorStorm is one of the games that offers hot 12-player Internet action from day one. It's bloody good.

What it isn't is particularly bloody well thought out. I was given to understand people had made online computer games before, so the discovery that you have to go into a lobby and click on your own name or scroll down a list of all the players on the server in order to view your online statistics struck me as a bit daft. Reeling from that I was struck by a number of other "bit dafts", including the inability to re-order the server-list by connection speed, the need to click on a lobby first to see whether a race is in progress or if it's waiting for players, and a ranking system that's so open to abuse that I'm annoyed I've already done one immigration joke.

Each player is given a "Fame" label (Leroy, Bruno - wait, sorry - God, Hero, Legend, etc.). You'd think becoming "God" was quite hard. You wouldn't be able to do it with a win percentage of 23, for example. Well, you can. What's more, if you set up a friends-only game with a pal and play for ages, you can easily boost your stats immensely. What's silly is that coming second or third in a field of 12 MotorStorm racers is actually a bit of a feat when you're starting out, particularly if you haven't spent a lot of time with the single-player career mode. Having it reduced to a "loss" statistic is a bit mean. Still, can't fault them too much for the stats, as they've gone one better than most developers and included a "drop-out" number.

'MotorStorm' Screenshot 1

The selection of cars is pretty impressive. The time it takes to actually select one isn't.

Speaking of single-player, we've already dealt with that fairly thoroughly in our Japanese MotorStorm review, and since I wrote that I'm simply going to absorb all its views into this page rather than repeating them at length. You deserve a bit more than a link-through though, so let's paraphrase quickly: MotorStorm is a racing game that mixes every manner of off-road vehicle together, throws them onto sprawling tracks full of shortcuts, and, as you're buffeted along by the terrain and dashed against rocks by your opponents, it all comes together brilliantly. There's a genuine sense of exposure on the manoeuvrable little ATVs, solidity to the trucks and zippy frailty to the rally cars. And while there aren't many tracks, and it's sometimes the game's fault you blow up, it's still worth a big score.

The multiplayer - added since the Japanese launch in mid-December - had the job of transferring that experience into the online world. The bad news, as we've already heard, is that it struggles to articulate itself with the same competence as hardened multiplayer games. The good news is that the racing works exactly as it should.

'MotorStorm' Screenshot 2

Instead of a rear-view button, you can swirl the right analogue stick around as though turning your head. Which MotorStorm will do - it's very pretty.

Setting up a lobby on the European server allows you to pick one of the game's eight circuits, allow or disallow whichever vehicles you like (hint: don't let me near an ATV on Rock Hopper - you won't even be able to eat my dust), change the time of day to alter the ambience, fiddle with the number of laps (up to five), allow catch-up (think elastic AI, but for players), or set the games as friends-only. Helpfully, your friends don't have to navigate the global lobby system to find your lobby, either - they can just select your name on their Buddy List, which draws its contents from the PS3's overall Friend List, and join in. Think Xbox Live, although don't think too hard about it or you might find it annoying you can't add friends in-game.

You can also rename your lobby - otherwise it takes your handle. Another good option, though less publicised, is the ability to use a USB headset to chat with people. Indeed, some have set up headset-only games. The quality of discussion probably isn't impressive enough to demand them, but each to their own. Once you're set up, everyone picks a car (eventually - the load times for car selection are another "bit daft"), and then, 48 paragraphs later, you're off!

'MotorStorm' Screenshot 3

ATVs are my current favourite.

And you really are. Lag - indicated by a little traffic light icon in the bottom right of each lobby - was surprisingly slight for such an epic racing game, often forced to track 11 other people on a huge map, with persistent terrain details like movable car-wrecks and strewn tyres and so on to worry about too, not to mention player-on-player collisions. We faced a few games where players were having connection difficulties, and thanks to their names being hung above their heads, the effect was weird green and blue labels flickering in and out at random points all around us, like a sort of resonance cascade scenario. But the majority were fine, and with the margins set the action flowed enjoyably, and it wasn't hard to find lobbies full of people who knew the tracks and gave a good game.

Indeed, the relatively short track-list benefits the game in this sense, because it doesn't take long for everyone to learn the terrain; to know the angles to take off certain jumps, and more importantly the best point to nudge someone who's leaving one at the same time as them; and it doesn't take people long to make up their minds about which shortcuts work best, and then bottleneck them ten seconds after the start leaving you to zip round the other way. Wee! The precariousness of a lead is all the more apparent, too, in a field of real players, many of whom are just as good as you, and only need you to make one mistake in order to steal position. Evolution Studios' wisdom in leaving out projectile weapons and other genre staples seems vindicated by this sensation.

'MotorStorm' Screenshot 4

But it's probably safe to say you've got your mind set on these.

Unfortunately, as with the single-player game, that's not to say that you don't face frustration. Spawn behind somebody on the starting grid and race the perfect race and there's still the potential for them to finish ahead of you. That's rare, though, compared to the regularly common annoyance of exploding, and losing several vital seconds to the infuriating (albeit beautiful) slow-motion spectacle of doing so, because you skipped up off some indiscernible bump. The worst examples of the game killing you are weird inexplicable blow-ups as you cross the threshold between two types of terrain. There needn't be any kind of incline or game object here to puncture your composure - sometimes it just happens. It is frustrating.

Still, changes will be coming in future patches, including a Time Trial mode, so hopefully they will sort that out. Not that I'm banking on it. And irrespective of that, MotorStorm, it turns out, is one of the best new racing games in ages whether you play it alone or with friends. What's more, there's no obvious way it could be done on a previous PlayStation. Believe me when I say I'm as shocked as you are - but not shocked enough to stop me pinching points for a lack of tracks and modes. More please, Evolution. Your name demands it.

8 / 10

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  • Qbert2k #1 5 years ago

    Let the battle commence!

  • gizmo #2 5 years ago

    Surley next gen is now this gen?

  • Tyronne #3 5 years ago

    now gen now gen now gen as it happens *very bad jimmy savile impression*

  • JackyB #4 5 years ago

    great. so some games get reviewed twice. Others (wii Tiger Woods) are not even afforded the pleasure of 1 review!

  • krudster #5 5 years ago

    Actually, we bumped Tiger Woods Wii to get this up earlier. Check back tomorrow AM!

  • LOLLERS #6 5 years ago

    oh there'll be more, Motorstorm 2, Motorstorm 3, Motorstorm 4 etc etc. The series will gradually change up until they get to Motorstorm 4 when they'll realise that actually the first one was the best and change everything to be more similar to that but with better graphics.

    edit: yes, lets compare a PS3 driving game to a 360 licensed platform fighting thing thats clearly rubbish, thats a fair comparison, definately. PS, it's called MOTORSTORM.
    Edited by 1 at 27/03/07 @ 14:32

  • dadrester #7 5 years ago

    now gen now gen now gen as it happens *very bad jimmy savile impression*</A>

    <a href="http://www .youtube.com/watch?v=QK01f5_aKY4">jimmy jangle</A>

  • UncleLou #8 5 years ago

    Yeah, EG, where are the TMNT and Motorstorm comparison pics, EH?

  • Inigo #9 5 years ago

    This does look like a really good game. Its nice to see British developers creating a great game for a launch of the system. It seem to come across as a mario cart type of fun game but without ripping it off like most games.

  • malteaserhead #10 5 years ago

    so you have played Motorstorm yellowtruck, yes?
    /nudges yellowtruck into chasm ;)

  • aldo_14 #11 5 years ago

    Hmm, create 10 games of that quality and add in a £150 price cut and I might consider a PS3....

  • bioreit #12 5 years ago

    Come on. Where's everyone complaining about 'two bloody reviews again' then?

    Ah, right. Because THIS one is positive.

    /Trolling because I've almost finished work.

    Being brutally honest, Motorstorm was the first game to make me kick my 360 and say "Oi! You! Look, steal, create then gimme."

    I can now add LittleBigPlanet to that list.

    If Sony can keep pumping out quality titles based on new IP like Motorstorm, then Microsoft will have to up their game or flounder like a frolicking furby at a funfair (my alliteration skills are waning this afternoon).

    Win-win, to be honest.

  • HyperShadow #13 5 years ago

    I find it odd that little over 12 months ago, when the 360 started its process of patching games, people were slating it for the possibility of games being released unfinished and new features being added in over time.

    Now that Sony is doing it with Motorstorm, its all rosy. Game with no multiplayer? thats fine, we'll add it in later, time trial (a stape of racing games) much later!

    Seems people have been won over by the garphics in this game to actually care, but as long as its a one off rather than a trend, I can let it slide.

  • NoQuarter #14 5 years ago

    As good as Excite Truck then?

  • malteaserhead #15 5 years ago

    yellowtruck
    27-Mar-07 14:37:22

    @malteaserhead No I have not. But I can spot genuine screen shots a mile off, and the screen shots Motostorm has to offer look very impressive.
    ____________________

    Grand! just checking ;)
    You should though. It does look really special at times in HD.

  • #16 5 years ago

    FIRST FISRT BLOODY WELL FIRST OMG HAHAHAHAH

  • lambtron #17 5 years ago

    lol I misread the score initially and saw 3 - god I'm tired.

    Although I notice someone has given this one...

  • malteaserhead #18 5 years ago

    +1 great fun.
    Motorbikes could do with a tweaking though. They just don't feel 100% right...

  • MrGilder #19 5 years ago

    Motorstorm is the most fun i've had online in ages! It's a really great arcade racer

  • simo #20 5 years ago

    So, better than Resistance then! ;-)

  • jonthepymm #21 5 years ago

    This is the best racing game I've played in years. Hooked up to a 37" LCD, it looks unbelievable. My friends couldn't believe it at the weekend; now they're all desperate to get a PS3! I've got a 360 too, which is great, but I haven't seen anything this good on it. Maybe its just my expensive HDMI cable (I wanted the cheap official Sony one but they were all sold out, thank God) but the PS3 is producing incredibly sharp graphics compared to the 360.

    Graphically, this is the best racing game ever, 10/10. Gameplay is amazing fun as well, and 8/10 seems a bit harsh.

  • Steroyd #22 5 years ago

    Come on. Where's everyone complaining about 'two bloody reviews again' then?

    Ah, right. Because THIS one is positive.

    Not quite.

    You see with Resistance the earlier review was the exact same as this review, so i really didn't see the point, why not just re-direct it to the original review, or at least review it with the new patch.

    In Motorstorms case the game came in Japan without online, so a re-review with the online componant in is much more warranted than the resistance re-review which had zero difference between then and now.

    And they're patching a Time Trial WTF? o_O

  • Xerx3s #23 5 years ago

    WHAT?! I CAME IN HERE EXPECTING A 6 FFS!

  • Hughes. #24 5 years ago

    Mugwum shows his age with "Fame" joke.

    And what about Coco!

    I always fancied Coco.

    She's on ER sometimes, she looks just the same.

    Oh. The game, looks nice too.

    Maybe I'll buy a PS3 this month, or next month. Sometime, anyway.

  • SBfistfun #25 5 years ago

    "If Sony can keep pumping out quality titles based on new IP like Motorstorm"

    W00t get ready for a year on year remake. yayyyyy.......oh errr zzzzzzzzzzzzz

  • SeesThroughAll #26 5 years ago

    Colin McRae DIRT looks far more interesteing, and has better graphics.

    Colin McRae is a completely different kind of game altogether.

    MotorStorm doesn't take itself too seriously, it's arcade action, and achieves the best of titles like Burnout, FlatOut and Road Rash, all compacted in one game. Although it is easy to see that some people prefer racing sims over this.

  • kangarootoo #27 5 years ago

    I've played this, and its great. Some annoyances, but I'm glad to see the score didn't suffer unduly because of them, as your gameplay experience won't either.

    Reminds me a bit of Micro Machines, as you get the same hectic tension at each crowded corner (accompanied often by the same bouts of swearing when someone else is a little more precise than you and you go plunging off the edge of some precipice as a result).

    I found the tilt control really good at speed, but fiddly when moving slowly (mainly because when you are trying to get back in the race your brain becomes incapable of applying the required fine adjustment). A bit more practice and it could be the preferred control method for many.

  • bioreit #28 5 years ago

    @ Steroyd

    I see your point, but like Krudster said, the world had moved on a bit since the first R:FOM review, so a re-review for a UK audience, who had had four months of other games to look at and play, I reckon was pretty well deserved.

    Regardless, MotorStorm looks fab!

  • Xerx3s #29 5 years ago

    If you compare the screen shots from MotoStorm (Playstation 3) to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (X360) it makes me wonder how the makers of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles thought they could get aways with releasing such a sub rate looking game (I've seen far better on the Playstation 2).

    Just wanted to quote this.

    @malteaserhead No I have not. But I can spot genuine screen shots a mile off

    Like you did with the e3?

    I find it odd that little over 12 months ago, when the 360 started its process of patching games, people were slating it for the possibility of games being released unfinished and new features being added in over time.

    It has a name.

    BTW, who is the sad gimp who voted this a 1? Sad, sad mofo's. I played it and it is faaaaaar from a 1. Not wipeout material either mind you (imo).

  • Moz #30 5 years ago

    Having played this most of the weekend I'd say 8/10 is fair, love the game to bits, but can see that it could be even better.

    /Edit, glad to see we have the usual tards who put a user rating of 1
    Edited by 1 at 27/03/07 @ 15:24

  • peterfll #31 5 years ago

    If U can compare HelloMotoStorm with the grafix of Tapper on tha XBOx LIVE crappo you will C that HMS oooowns the M$!

    Sorry.

    BTW, I have the "HelloMotoStorm" and have to say it's rather splendid. Despite being rather brown and muddy it can still look "Da Bomb!".

  • bivith #32 5 years ago

    i wouldn't play £500 to play it, but it sure looks up my street. oh well.

  • enzima #33 5 years ago

    why does it always has to be like this? can you guys stop this incredibly long and dull piss contests? whats the point? The game looks good, its funny and its a launch title. Stop this stupid comparison with TMNT or the 360. Its pointless, both are good machines. Its coming from a guy that owns all 3 systems.



    P.s: To EG staff: Stop pouring gas over fire, please!

    rdexter
    27-Mar-07 14:45:55 @malteaserhead No I have not. But I can spot genuine screen shots a mile off, and the screen shots Motostorm has to offer look very impressive.

    So you give a 10/10 score based on screenshots? I though 360 fanbois were tards.
    ignore poster

  • JediMasterMalik #34 5 years ago

    The reason this re-review is not being complained about is because what the re-review is about is a game which has changed since the last review, hence a re-review makes sense. The other one didn't. anyway, it doesn't matter.

    I have this, and am LOVING it. Even in SD. :D

  • AcidSnake #35 5 years ago

    Colin McRae is a completely different kind of game altogether.

    Colin McRae is a completely different kind of game!

    /...coat...I know, I know...

  • Mr_Brown #36 5 years ago

    Not shocked. The only reason to own a PS3. But not reason enough for £400 I'm afraid. More please!

  • Stormflood #37 5 years ago

    Motostorm is indeed gorgeous to look at. What bugs me is the lack of car attributes like speed, handling, weight etc. It does feel like a game pushed out for launch, but a promise of what could be a terrific series.

  • Rirekon #38 5 years ago

    It's fun, but a bit meh really. The tilt-control is just plain awful compared to ExciteTruck (Wii), whether this is a problem with the game or with the Sixaxis in general I wait to see.

  • Frogger #39 5 years ago

    I just LOVE funny racing game.

    I'm a huge Mario Kart fan, but I also loved Big Red Racing (for the oldest memories among you) that we used to play in multiplayer at Infogrames on the company's LAN for long evenings... Immensely fun.

    We also played Powerslide (same kind of atmosphere) a few years ago.


    And now, this one and only game makes me want to buy a PS3... But 600€, pfff, it's way to much to play a few hours of arcade.

  • trousers #40 5 years ago

    "Maybe its just my expensive HDMI cable (I wanted the cheap official Sony one but they were all sold out, thank God)"

    Why hello sir, would you be interested in this fine Snake Oil I have for sale?

  • SeesThroughAll #41 5 years ago

    The tilt-control is just plain awful compared to ExciteTruck (Wii), whether this is a problem with the game or with the Sixaxis in general I wait to see.

    I would blame it on the implementation, it fixes the to tilt sensitivity a bit too high. The biggest problem is that the game doesn't even have an option to adjust the sensitivty.

  • Skooch #42 5 years ago

    I love my 360, play it all the time and think it is overall better than the PS£. However, I would still like this game, and it annoys me I can't have it :(

    Roll on DIRT - which although by no means is the same, may be as close as I get.

  • Steroyd #43 5 years ago

    I see your point, but like Krudster said, the world had moved on a bit since the first R:FOM review, so a re-review for a UK audience, who had had four months of other games to look at and play, I reckon was pretty well deserved.

    pfft i only say this because EG pulled a stunt with FFXII instead of re-reviewing it for the UK audience all they did was link us to the US review itself.

    I just don't get how they could do it with some and not others.

  • bioreit #44 5 years ago

    Poor Steroyd.

    Here

    /gives a cookie

    All better now?

    /way more patronising in print than in my head. Sorry.

  • Steroyd #45 5 years ago

    I don't like cookies.

    Tea and Biscuits is my thang.

  • nickthegun #46 5 years ago

    Maybe its just my expensive HDMI cable (I wanted the cheap official Sony one but they were all sold out, thank God) but the PS3 is producing incredibly sharp graphics compared to the 360.

    Lolz, is it a MONSTER cable? Because if you clap your hands and say 'I believe in fairies' they do indeed make digital signals better.

  • mash the x button #47 5 years ago

    Better than RFOM then

    /gets coat

  • Foxclose #48 5 years ago

    "Surley next gen is now this gen?"

    Sure is now! Next Gen is NOW!!!

  • UncleLou #49 5 years ago

    I don't think he's ignoring you, he just accidentally copypasted the ignore button with the rest of your post when he quoted you, really. :)

  • jonsaan #50 5 years ago

    @yellowtruck
    'If you compare the screen shots from MotoStorm (Playstation 3) to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (X360) it makes me wonder how the makers of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles thought they could get aways with releasing such a sub rate looking game (I've seen far better on the Playstation 2). '

    What a bizarre comment? Are you pushing TMNT forward as the 360 game to compare to Motorstorm? er, why?

  • Scientist #51 5 years ago

    I love my 360, play it all the time and think it is overall better than the PS£. However, I would still like this game, and it annoys me I can't have it :(

    So you don't own a PS3, haven't spent hours playing it, but are confident to judge that the 360 is better. How so?

  • Rirekon #52 5 years ago

    @SeesThroughAll
    I actually found it adjusted too low, the tilt just wasn't responsive enough.

  • SharkVLion #53 5 years ago

    >>now gen now gen now gen as it happens *very bad jimmy savile impression*

    LOL, Cracked me up did that.

  • nickthegun #54 5 years ago

    Because, in a bid to recreate the events of Tetsuo: The Iron Man, he has forcefully inserted a PS3 up his rectum.

  • SharkVLion #55 5 years ago

    'oh there'll be more, Motorstorm 2, Motorstorm 3, Motorstorm 4 etc etc. The series will gradually change up until they get to Motorstorm 4 when they'll realise that actually the first one was the best and change everything to be more similar to that but with better graphics. '

    Replace Motorstorm with WipEout :)

  • malteaserhead #56 5 years ago

    Xiphos
    27-Mar-07 16:18:47

    Motorstorm is nowhere near good enough.
    I don't need to play something for hours on end or watch it for hours on end.
    It's simply nothing good or even remotely great.
    ___________________________________________

    +1
    Never play or look at a game before judging it.
    Just see what platform it's on and make your mind up on that.

  • jonthepymm #57 5 years ago

    "Maybe its just my expensive HDMI cable (I wanted the cheap official Sony one but they were all sold out, thank God) but the PS3 is producing incredibly sharp graphics compared to the 360. "

    "Lolz, is it a MONSTER cable? Because if you clap your hands and say 'I believe in fairies' they do indeed make digital signals better. "
    ------------------------------------------------------

    If you knew anything about cables, then you would know that gold-plated cables produce a significantly better picture.
    Edited by 1 at 27/03/07 @ 16:32

  • Rush2112 #58 5 years ago

    I'm bloody awful at Motorstorm, but online play is brilliant fun. Raced about 20 times and have yet to win. Still, I'm not that bothered because it's such a laugh.

  • bioreit #59 5 years ago

    EDIT 1: @ Steroyd (just so everyone knows that this isn't just me bragging. Or that it's an offer open to everyone)

    I have some Harrogate 'Lazy Sunday' coffee and some of my white chocolate torte (on homemade chocolate brownie base, too), if that'll do?

    It's about 7000 calories a (thin) slice, though.

    Edited by 1 at 27/03/07 @ 16:43

  • valli #60 5 years ago

    If you knew anything about cables, then you would know that gold-plated cables produce a significantly better picture.

    Obviously, you know everything about cables!

  • Arwin #61 5 years ago

    I think Motorstorm is absolutely fantastic, ESPECIALLY with the sixaxis motion sensing. This is absolutely great - I drive one-handed now and win races easily. Just give yourself half a second to get used to it (though my girlfriend - in her late thirties and not a gamer - got it instantly!)

    The only thing to get used to is with the motorbikes. They don't just have the leaning part of the motion control, but you also influence their driving by leaning forward and backward. If you're driving away in the mud from a standstil, then make sure you lean forward and be a little easy on the throttle. Quite realistic really! Alternatively, boost can often help you get moving and hence be more stable quickly.

    But in general, motion control FTUW. Online and Offline ... :)

    Oh, and first person view ... absolutely friggin' awesome. Wow.

  • trousers #62 5 years ago

    If you knew anything about cables, then you would know that gold-plated cables produce a significantly better picture.

    For a digital signal? I've got a vat of GOLD PLATED snake oil you can have at 10% off now. Just for you.

    Also Step away from the argument. Quick.
    Edited by 1 at 27/03/07 @ 16:45

  • miiiguel #63 5 years ago

    I love my 360, but I would like to have this game on the beautifull machine, though, counting the titles in each camp, makes me smile.

  • Sid-Nice #64 5 years ago

    As good as Excite Truck then?

    In my opinion "NO" but Motorstorm is well worth an 8/10. I look at the graphics in this game and think "If only Nintendo had gone HD then Excite Truck would have been a 10/10."
    Edited by 1 at 27/03/07 @ 16:48

  • Xerx3s #65 5 years ago

    If you knew anything about cables, then you would know that gold-plated cables produce a significantly better picture.

    If you know anything about digital transmission, you would know signal degradation is not an issue.

  • peterfll #66 5 years ago

    The EG review is pretty spot on actually. It's a very good, 8/10 game. If you like racers, especially arcade styled ones, you'll really like it.

    I know this upsets many of you who want to argue that it's a 10/10 and the PS3 is FTWWW!, and equally those 360 rabidfanbois who want to say it's rubbish and not worth spending £400 on (who ever bought a console to play one game anyway?).

    Still, there it is.

  • sickpuppysoftware #67 5 years ago

    Frogger: "but I also loved Big Red Racing (for the oldest memories among you)"

    I used to love playing that on Gameplay's network. It was about the only online game I wasn't completely useless at.

  • nickthegun #68 5 years ago

    @jonthepymm - What with the PS3 and your gold plated monster cables, you appear to have more money than sense. In that case:

    Dear Sir

    My name is Henry Mbabwe Tumba. My brother was a noted diplomat who was killed trying to take $3 Million USD out of the country. It is currently lying in a swiss bank account. We currently need $3000 USD to pay the administration fee to release these funds, of which you would be entitled to 30%.

    Yours Sincerely

    The Staff at your local Currys

  • Sid-Nice #69 5 years ago

    You haven't raced until you've played this game.

  • Frogger #70 5 years ago

    So here is an advice for you guys at MS (or any developper on XBLA) to fuel your downloadable content catalog :
    - Make a port of BIG RED RACING for the 360. I guess the IP is not that expensive.

  • dominalien #71 5 years ago

    Agree with Arwin.

    The tilt control is incredible. With a car, it took me 30 seconds to get the hang of it. The motorcycle is much more responsive and smaller motions are necessary - needed a couple of races to adjust.

    The game has flaws, but it's easy to forgive them when the racing's so over-the-top.

  • jonthepymm #72 5 years ago

    Are all you Cable Guys really saying you can't tell the difference between good cables and bad? I recommend you all get the Wii. The graphics are just as sharp as PS3 and 360 in high definition. All these new fangled HD TVs are just designed to rip people off. Stick with your 14” CRT and ZX Spectrum; the graphics really haven’t improved much since then, it’s just people have been duped into thinking they have.

  • trousers #73 5 years ago

    Read the link I posted (From a PS3 forum no less) then come back here and tell us how much better your expensive HMDI cable is.

    Ta.

  • SBfistfun #74 5 years ago

    jonthepymm?

    jonthepwnd more like

  • nickthegun #75 5 years ago

    Im embarrassed for you.

    In simple, easy to understand terms:

    There is NO difference in performance between a £2 HDMI cable from Ebay and a £30 gold plated MONSTER cable from Currys. None at all.

    The difference between everything you just said is that HDMI is a digital signal. To paraphrase the guy on the thread trousers linked to:

    With a digital signal there is no degradation at all. The signal is either on or off and nothing inbetween.

    In summary: You were badly ripped off and, worst of all, you are kidding yourself you can see a difference.
    Edited by 1 at 27/03/07 @ 17:32

  • AOFanboi #76 5 years ago

    Speaking of reviews in general, why haven't EG done a review of Marvel: Ultimate Alliance? It's out on every platform available, so I would have expected at least ONE got a review...

  • jonthepymm #77 5 years ago

    If we're quoting sources, why not try [link url=http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2007/2/19/71 16
    ]http://ar stechnica.com/journals/thumbs.a...[/link]

    or any of the other review sites on the Net? Maybe my eyes are wrong. Maybe all the reviewers are wrong. Maybe we've all been fooled.

    Or you could just try a couple and make up your own mind.

  • nickthegun #78 5 years ago

    Direct quote from the article you just linked to:

    "Don't get fooled into thinking that just because you're paying more you'll see a better picture"

  • trousers #79 5 years ago

    Also that article has a link in it to the thread I posted saying they are all the same.

    You're actually owning yourself. Marvellous.

  • foamy #80 5 years ago

    "Instead of a rear-view button, you can swirl the right analogue stick around as though turning your head. Which MotorStorm will do - it's very pretty."

    You turn your head and see your helmet and hands? That's amazing :X

    PGR3. Been there, done that.

    Nevertheless, it seems like THE game that I would buy if I had a PS3 :|

  • Azazel #81 5 years ago

    Yeah, the 360 and PS3 are here now, so can we finally stop using the term 'next-gen'? No? Ok.

  • Artemis_Matsas #82 5 years ago

    Something for the Greeks in this forum:

    Germanos stores put a 25% discount on all games, including PS3 games. I picked up Resistance for 44.75 Euro and Virtua Fighter 5 for 52 Euro.

    I think that it's a good bargain :)

  • megastar #83 5 years ago

    i think this game is the dogs bollocks!

  • Feanor #84 5 years ago

    LOL, priceless stuff.

  • Xerx3s #85 5 years ago

    Are all you Cable Guys really saying you can't tell the difference between good cables and bad? I recommend you all get the Wii. The graphics are just as sharp as PS3 and 360 in high definition. All these new fangled HD TVs are just designed to rip people off. Stick with your 14” CRT and ZX Spectrum; the graphics really haven’t improved much since then, it’s just people have been duped into thinking they have.

    You're making a fool out of yourself. Indeed, it does matter what kind of stuff you use when you have an analogue signal. A digital signal however came into play and it is no longer dependant on the carrier format. You need better cables with analogue to prevent signal degradation, digital doesn't have signal degradation. It's 1's and 0's instead of waves.

  • Les #86 5 years ago

    "I love my 360, but I would like to have this game on the beautifull machine, though, counting the titles in each camp, makes me smile."

    And that's what's important: that you smile. Whether a fool can ever really be happy is up for philosophical debate for which this probably isn't the proper venue, given the majority of the posts here.

    Reading this review, discovering that I wanted to play this game, checking the internet for HDTV prices and returning to reality made me realise that either there's a lot of very wealthy gamers around here or there's a great many that waste money on consoles that can generate a lot of pixels and nothing more, without even being able to view the added pixels. It's a mad world.

    Edited by 1 at 28/03/07 @ 08:29

  • Mugwum Verified Operations Director, Eurogamer Network #87 5 years ago

    "Mugwum shows his age with "Fame" joke."

    Apparently Ellie masterminded an Othello production at uni and played this song when the curtain fell.

  • Carrybagma #88 5 years ago

    frod (frod?!!?!?!) is correct. If bits aren't transmitted or received correctly, how will your telly know whether it was a 0 or a 1? Or worse still, a stream of 0 or 1s. Also, the sort of person who cheapskates on cables frequently cheapskates on the hardware too, which probably equates to a 'HD' telly from woolies or Tescos and a 360. :oD Just kidding. Better quality cables means less errors.

    I've only seen the ads for Motorstorm, but it sure does look good. Definitely looks like a generational leap in visual quality, whether it's actually any good to play or not.

    (I haven't actually seen Gears in action yet, so I'm easily impressed)

  • trousers #89 5 years ago

    I bought a gold super oxidised USB cable for my printer and since then the print quality has jumped loads.

    Wait that sounds silly doesn't it? Same principle for any digital cabling - it either works or it doesn't. You don't get extra bits or round up those "stray bits" with better quality cabling.

  • kangarootoo #90 5 years ago

    @Les

    "And that's what's important: that you smile. Whether a fool can ever really be happy is up for philisophical debate for which this probably isn't the proper venue, given the majority of the posts here. "

    Classic :)

  • Hughes. #91 5 years ago

    :¬D

    Campest TV show of all time, and I include that awful Will & Grace crap in my assessment.

  • bonker #92 5 years ago

    "
    If you knew anything about cables, then you would know that gold-plated cables produce a significantly better picture."

    Bollox.

    Oh, didn't realise the guy had been slammed so badly before my post lol

    Sorry :)

    Edited by 1 at 27/03/07 @ 22:36

  • bonker #93 5 years ago

    "I've only seen the ads for Motorstorm, but it sure does look good. Definitely looks like a generational leap in visual quality, whether it's actually any good to play or not. "

    Yeah, yeah but has it got any tits in it?

  • justsomeone #94 5 years ago

    does it have tits in it?

    in a way. when you ride a motorcycle, the person sitting atop the bike is a very large chested, round buttocked, jessica rabbit in racing leathers type lady.

    at least, it looks like a lady. is that really supposed to be me?

    the whole game is camp as hell - i love it.

  • Carrybagma #95 5 years ago

    @trousers: Ok. So free-to-air digital then. Have you never a picture when the signal is poor? It causes the sort of picture frod described. Most receivers will attempt to compensate for the missing or corrupted info, but the drop in quality becomes obvious. Gold plated connectors don't improve pictures; rather, they go some way towards guaranteeing a good picture. Gold doesn't oxidise you see, ensuring a consistent signal. Just depends how bothered you are by such things.

    @kangarootoo & Hughes.: ??

  • Carrybagma #96 5 years ago

    @disc: Yeeeaaaah, but error correction can only cope with so many missing bits (or bytes) and don't forget in networks something will retransmit a missing/corrupted bit sequence or packet at most layers, whereas you just get glitches on a telly i.e. errors are 'allowed' if they cannot be corrected. And the 'quality' bit is missing the point of why some connections use gold. Shit. I'm really starting to paint myself into the 'gold plated stuff is bettah' corner here. Fuckit.

    /parachutes

  • Red-Moose #97 5 years ago

    Stunt Car Racer + Wipeout = Motorstorm, as far as I am concerned, which makes it the best game ever.

  • Xerx3s #98 5 years ago

    Poor quality cabling for digital sources can lead to dropouts, glitches and stray bits.

    For example, take a look at the differences between cat3 and cat5, and then cat5e and ethernet cable approved for gigabit ethernet.

    True, but then we are more talking about a faulty cable. A normal cable and a expensive cable will still reveal the same result.

  • blender #99 5 years ago

    is it better than exctite truck... because nothing is you know.

  • Frogger #100 5 years ago

    I guess that as long as a cable is HDMI certified, it will be able to handle the massive amount of 0's and 1's error free, whatever the cable price is. When we are talking digital signal, we are more talking about bandwidth than connector quality.

  • kangarootoo #101 5 years ago

    @Carrybagma

    "@kangarootoo & Hughes.: ??"

    Wha? I no comprende.

  • miiiguel #102 5 years ago

    this game seems so complex and entertaining that ppl talk about gold cables. I guess the "wow factor" wont last long.

  • Carrybagma #103 5 years ago

    @kangarootoo: Sorry. I was wondering where that quote came from. A TV series?

  • cannabinemsi #104 5 years ago

    this game is just awesome. it may lack an offline multiplayermode, but the graphics, the racing experience and the diversity of vehicles make this one an outstanding title for the playstation 3.

    PS: free online gaming for the win!!!

  • Les #105 2 years ago

    Almost 3 years later, this game is still awesome. Played it over the weekend with my brother and brother-in-law, pass the controller style until we got a gold medal for an event. The graphics are still great, the sense of speed and mayhem is terrific. Only rivaled by Burnout 3 and WipeOut HD as far as I'm concerned.