Nov 28, 2010

With Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2010 EA wants to return to the roots of the Need for Speed series. Need for Speed 3 Hot Pursuit was in 1998 the first  game from the series, the reference to the classics in the name. With Hot Pursuit in any case comes back the exotic cars and the high speed police chases. Need For Speed Hot Pursuit: graphics and controls The developers of the Burnout series, Criterion, are responsible for Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2010. This is evident already at the picture that looks good both in motion and on screenshots – and strongly reminiscent of Burnout (no surprise, since in both cases we have to thank to the Criterion-Engine). On the first screen shots, which are very likely to play video, one sees a lot of motion blur and depth, shadows and textures speak but for 720p video games – without anti-aliasing, at least on the vehicles, the distinctive aliasing. But the control of Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2010 goes toward Burnout. The cars move very quickly from the spot when you fire the turbo, blurs the graphics environment and the pace felt good. Need For Speed Hot Pursuit: Cops against Racers The roles of cop and racer is clear: the racers must go away as far as possible until a 15-second counter is displayed. It then creates the cop is still not enough to stop the racers, the police have lost. The cop has more horsepower and different weapons to stop the speeders: Road Block, EMP or air support, so it can get a police helicopter. The rider simply needs to escape and has no weapons, but partial invisibility and a turbo. Both drivers...

Jun 18, 2010

WRC 2010 manufacturers explained how the official game of the World Rally Championship was made, video game that will be released in September. About two weeks ago, Black Bean Games announced that they´ve secured the World Rally Championship rights to bring a new WRC game to gaming consoles and the PC. Black Bean Game’s first WRC title is set to arrive on the Playstation 3, the Xbox 360 and the PC in September 2010. The title will be developed by Milestone who claimed to want to match Codemasters recently-released Dirt 2 rally game. Given the fact that Dirt 2 isn’t exactly the most realistic rally title, it remains to be seen whether or not the new WRC title will be a true simulation that can replace the aging but still excellent Richard Burns Rally. Incoming search terms:wrc rally gameRelated Posts:WRC 2011: Extended Video Summary of Sweden...

One of the unfortunate truth’s about the blockbuster racing game Gran Turismo 5 is that, if it were a spouse in couple’s therapy, its mate would almost certainly describe it as “distant” and “uncommunicative.” Other than a few updates here and there (some from series creator/director Kazunori Yamauchi, some not), the gestation of the latest and rumored-to-be greatest installment in the groundbreaking franchise has been kept under more wraps than a sumo wrestler attending a toga party where deep-fried Double Downs are merely the appetizers. However, with the gimongous industry pow-wow that is the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3 to its friends) kicking off tomorrow here in Los Angeles, Sony and developer Polyphony Digital have decided to throw the fans a bone in the form of a new GT5 trailer. Well, “new” in the sense there’s some heretofore unseen clips of tracks on the streets of Rome and the hills of Tuscany. Mixed in with these vignettes are previously seen looks at the likes of the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG and the Ferrari 458...

Mar 10, 2010

Colin McRae Rally series, in my view, is maybe the dominant name in the “rally game“. When I say that ,I think of Colin McRae Rally 2.0, the pixeled graphic, but with a unique feeling, the sound engine very successful in its time, with an inspection to pique your training. I think of the CMR 2005, with a nice graphics, many machines, a pretty good damage (but not so attentive with details as the CMR 04) and a “career” (as a game mode). I think at Dirt, who renamed the series, one with excessive demands for his time, with no snow, but the presence of a rally raid, which, I remember not to be seen than to CMR 2. Only with successful titles made in the past, Codemasters couldn’t come only with something new, as usual, but still to respect the tradition (?). Storyline: lack of a story in itself brings a less. There is no particular story to follow in the game, as in previous titles. We are faced with a menu that reminds of Grid (menu style, nickname you choose, the logo of loading), but still one interactive with graphics inside and outside a trailer park where rests, between races, a rally driver. All races in single player are embedded in the World Tour. Here they are divided by city/country where they occur (Morocco, Japan, Los Angeles, Croatia, China), with and special events (X-Games, Rally Tour, challenge other drivers). Gameplay: Where’s the snow? Or the rain? Controlling the cars is easier than in Dirt or CMR 2005, players will get used quickly how to handle the racing cars. Again we remember the Grid by the presence of flashbacks...

Mar 1, 2010

Hardly any other game series has seen so many ups and downs like Need for Speed. Grandiose beginnings, repeatedly dips, some design changes, and now and then reboots and successes. Experiments, such as the somewhat mixed picture ProStreet went pretty much in the pants and the latest offshoot called Undercover was more underground. EA has responded and pressurize the latest part of an external studio: Slightly Mad. Tells a little at first, but behind Exmit employees by Blimey and SimBin to put who worked on titles such as GTR and GT Legends. Which naturally raises the expectations, but also the confusion in what direction the series is now like. The heart of Need for Speed: Shift is the career mode, where you have to hold you once more as a young driver to make the final in the big leagues, named NfS World Tour ride. In the first race at the wheel of a car is used to determine which settings are for you, for now the right ones. Of course, things like driving aids and AI difficulty can be changed at any time later. As a prelude to the values obtained are, however, good use – and waiting for your first race. Depending on your position you will receive your prize money, from whom you concerned about a first vehicle. Of course, standing in this first stage, only relatively tame little cart on the program. It was not until the later stages it will get access to the really fast racer. The entire line-up offers just over 50 vehicles in which you can gradually move away place. It starts with a la cart slack Audi S3, BMW 135i, Mazda RX-8 or Seat Leon Cupra. At the end of her...

Feb 28, 2010

GRID has been well received by many video game critics for several reasons. The racing video game, according to critics, took into account the details of race tracks, vehicles and secondary features that can affect a race. The official Xbox Magazine praised the developers of the game for abandoning the traditional style of a racing game to focus on racing itself. Series game “Race Driver” from Codemasters those always tried to focus on the driver, not racing. Grid inherits  and continues the series of simulator driving, giving you the opportunity to try the skill of the circuits on three continents, in Europe, the United States and Japan. You can operate as freelancer driver for your own team, will conclude contracts of sponsorship and will buy fast cars, but most importantly – you’ll let your adrenaline to speed up the veins before the next turn, when you enter a little too hard. The main goal of the game is to grow your reputation as a racing driver and earning money so you could buy even faster racing cars and become the most feared. You will be paid for wins, the contracts signed with sponsors and membership of the winning team. The game never ceases to be a real challenge, especially the degree of realism to the world of Race Driver is very high, so opponents do not ever miss a chance to push you into a wall. Moreover, a violent collision side can get out of the final race, situation where you can call the game flashback system. This system allows you to stop and rewind time to when you were wrong, having a new chance to address a turn for those who like a...