Blur
- Real Racing – Stunning racing environments in real world locations and licensed cars that look and feel great
- Power-ups – Collect addictive dynamic power-ups and use them independently or combo three of the same power-up strategically to gain an advantage over your competition
- Cinematic Realism – Experience insane collisions with licensed photo-realistic cars flipping and rolling with panels crumpling and bumpers ripping off ? all brought to life with panning, cinematic camera work
- Multi-player – Features 4-player split-screen and online multiplayer supporting competitive and cooperative game play for up to 20 racers, including team racing, objective based events and custom groups
- Unique multiplayer modes are immediately shared through Blur?s social network
Activision Blur 83731 PC Games Blur is the ultimate powered-up racing experience, dropping you into electrified action with a mass of cars targeting the finish line and battling each other as they trade paint in both single player and multiplayer action. Travel the globe from LA and San Francisco to Spain, the UK and more to take on the best the streets have to offer. Utilize an arsenal of powerups like nitro speed boosts, shock attacks, defensive shields, and landmines to beat your rivals ac
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Mario Cart on ‘roids.,
Preliminary review. Playing it right now.
Repeat this mantra “Not a sim, Not a sim, Not a sim…”
If you read many of my other game reviews you’ll see I like driving games. Specifically sim driving games. Being I am no where near a millionaire I probably will never drive any of these cars in my lifetime. So I think of sim driving games as a way to bring a bit of realism into my living room. When I got Blur from my game rental place, I was about to pack it up and send it back to them asap. I had seen the clips and other snippets of the game and a driving game with power ups and all that had no place in my stable of _real games_,
or so I thought.
My son and I really enjoy Mario Kart Wii. This game is a more grown up version of that. The commercial you see on TV now with the mario like character wanting to play a grown up racing game is spot on. It combines the fun of that with real cars. Unlike Mario Cart, you can get up to 3 power ups and keep them in a queue on your back bumper. When you want to use it hit X and fire away.
Models: +
First off I love the realism of the car models. They really do look pretty good. You start off like many other car games of this genre and you get a hooptie to begin with.
Fan system: +
Play this online and you earn fans. Fans are like Rock Band games ( musical ones not the company) and these fans can get you benefits, boosts and cool toys for your ride.
Lights: +
Lights unlock the cars. The higher you finish, the more lights and better cars you can get.
Damage: +/-
Damage in this game is pretty good. Based on an arcade model of damage that is. Your car will be blown up and shot into the air, land on its roof and keep going. Its done well though and not too kitschy.
Lack of Achievements: +
As of right now I don’t have any and that is a good thing, some games seem to launch them at you for just logging in. Not here. You have to complete some tough challenges to get a _sticker_. These are your badges that can be seen as a trophy. 4 complete challenge = 1 sticker. These are tough.
Power Ups: +
This game has a ton and each are a blast, literally. Of course there is nitro and boosts to speed. Also there are some really crazy ones that can take your opponent out in a blaze of less than glory.
Ease of play: +
This is very easy to control with the six axis controller. Right trigger is gas, left brake and X is fire off the next power up you have in your queue.
First Impression: +
Overall this game has won me over. Its definitely something you would see in an arcade, but that doesnt make it any less fun. Take it as it is and I think you will have a good time with this game.
I plan on playing this a ton this week and will update this review as I get more into it.
Thanks for reading my review.
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|Updated X 2: Blur one of the best racers on PS3,
After spending now 6-8 solid gameplay hours both online and offline, here are my impressions of Blur:
Graphics: This game looks awesome. Damage to the cars is as “realistic” as you’re going to get for a kart style game. The real vehicles are used in this game, and look the part. Powerups are really cool when used, and the color in this game is incredibly vibrant. The tracks that I raced looked great as well, from the actual track to the scenery. Everything in the game pops with vibrant color.
Music: Nothing that got on my nerves, but nothing that was incredibly memorable so far either. It’s appropriate, high energy for a racing game.
Controls: If you got frustrated in games like Gran Turismo that you couldn’t take a tight turn doing 100 in a Dodge Viper, you’ll find more of the same here with some of the cars, as they handle just like their real life counterparts. For those that can handle the drifting cars, you’ll definitely gain a boost in speed. The controls are mapped logically as are most PS3 games (accelerate with R2, brake with square, etc.). One of the major keys to the game is matching the car type (drifting, off road, etc.) with the track type.
Presentation/Ingenuity: Each races starts out with a neat take on a countdown (not just a simple 3-2-1). I found that to be really cool. You’re never really out of a race with the powerups available, though the Shock one that is shot out in front of the leaders is really hard to avoid if you ARE the leader. You likely won’t win too many blowout races in this game. I found the powerups to be neat takes on other ideas (example: The “Shunt” acts like a Red Turtle Shell in Mario Kart, which homes in on your target). Your goal in each race is to light up all the “lights” to move onto the next race. However, the secondary goals (getting enough fans, and going through all the gates) do add replay value to each track.
Online play is where this game really shines…as you advance in rank you unlock more cars, there are tons of trophies/accomplishments that can only be done online, this game runs butter smooth even with 20 cars racing at the same time, simply put, it’s the best online racing experience on the PS3 and Gran Turismo 5 better have this figured out as least as well.
Replay Value: With all the stickers to earn, online leaderboards, challenges you can put to friends, Facebook/Twitter compatibility, as well as all the challenges on each track, this is one racing game you’re not going to blow through in 5-10 hours. Through 8 hours I’m only 16% complete on the single player campaign, and heaven only knows how long it will take to get everything.
So overall, since people like those 1-10 scales:
Graphics: 9.5/10
Cars look great, explosions are awesome, and the tracks are nice and varied
Sound: 8/10
The 8 is on the strength of the sounds, not necessarily the BGM. Burnout Paradise
is far superior as they had licensed songs in their game.
Controls: 9/10
Pretty good for a racing game, not so punishing as a Gran Tursimo would be, but not unrealistic like many arcade racers are. It’s a really good fit.
Presentation/Ingenuity: 8.5/10
Some of the ideas (like the whole powerup thing) you’ve seen all the way back to games like RC Pro AM for the NES. However, the layout of the races, the different modes, the linkability with FB/Twitter, etc. shows the developers are paying attention to the changes in techonology.
Replay Value: 10/10
There is SO MUCH to do in this game and accomplish, and when you add in the online multiplayer/challenges, you will most certainly get your $60 worth out of this game.
In closing…
Buy this game if:
- You’ve got fond memories of Mario Kart and like the fact you’re never out of a race
- You want a robust, deep online multiplayer racing experience
- You like collecting trophies and a game that takes a while for 100% completion.
Don’t buy this game if:
- You’re expecting a simulation style racing experience
- You’re hoping to hear epic BGM while you are racing
- You’re going to play split screen (2 player) multiplayer a lot (this is one place the graphics/gameplay take a hit)
UPDATE (25 May 2011)
As some of you may know, Bizzare Creations ceased to exist in February. This has had a direct impact on Blur. As a result…
- you can no longer post your updates to Facebook
- you can no longer view individual race leaderboards; the only leaderboard remaining are those you access online (Driver’s Score/Fans/Power up hit rate/Legend stats)
- the official website no longer supports account linking
Just something to be aware of if you have no purchased the game…as it appears Activision is content to let those features go away…
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