GamingUnion: "Released back in the fall of 2008, MotorStorm: Pacific Rift was, in my opinion, the pinnacle of Sony’s gritty racing franchise and remains one of the most underappreciated racers of the current console generation. It successfully built on the solid foundation of the original MotorStorm - adding much-needed functionality, expertly-designed tracks and more generally satisfying carnage - to create an experience that could appeal beyond the usual racing audience."
Digital Foundry : Evolution Studios' Motorstorm is one of the first, finest and most fondly remembered of launch titles for PlayStation 3. It's a release designed to answer the question posed by each new console generation: what makes a game 'next-gen'? With its robust physics engine and massive tracks, Motorstorm serves up a bold affirmative answer to this question, delivering an experience that could never have existed on prior console hardware. At the same time, the path to release was fraught with challenges that almost serve as a microcosm of the PlayStation 3 release situation itself. It was a success, however, with a trilogy of PS3 releases, plus PSP, Vita and even PS2 off-shoots.
After Driveclub and Onrush, the dev team will now contribute to and assist with the development of the upcoming NFS.
Never really got into it myself I remember getting it with ps3 and being a bit underwhelmed I preferred the RC version they did for vita 🙌🏻🤣
DSOGaming writes: "RPCS3 is the best emulator for Sony’s previous-gen console, the Playstation 3, and we’ve decided to share some videos, showing Dante’s Inferno, God of War 3, Sly 3, P5 Persona, Motorstorm Pacific Rift, Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting, Super Hero Generations and more running on its latest version."
DSOGaming writes: "YouTube’s ‘reznoire’ and ‘Emulators for PC’ have shared some new videos from the latest version of the Playstation 3 emulator, RPCS3, showing Heavy Rain, MotorStorm: Pacific Rift and Spiderman 3 running in it."
Poor Heavy Rain lol that game was and is a pile. Emulation sounds cool though - Res. Evil 3 and Directors Cut all the way.
So games run at 10 fps and graphical glitches not seen since pcsx2 in 2003,.. I will get there someday.
oh my god good to see another LUNATIC !!!! Long Live Motorstorm!!!!
Damn straight it was. It was one of the best off road racers period and people just ignored it with people trying to give it low scores for minor things. It deserved to be on pedestal and people just dumped it in the bargain bin just like Okami and Rayman Origins. It is always a sorry sight to see good game not get the recognition it deserves.
I'm not usually into racing games but this series is amazing.
Too bad apocalypse didn't go so well, hope they make another Motorstorm game on nextgen consoles.
Fully agree, the best in the series, and also some good DLC that proved a challenge. Apocalypse just tried to introduce too many gimmicky features and seemed to lose focus from what made pacific rift my favourite racing game this gen
I'm still looking forward to playing it all again in 3D once I have the money for a decent TV upgrade
The first Motorstorm is still my favorite, although I liked Pacific Rift to. Apocalypse not so much, but I don't have a 3D tv. The first game did miss a lot of features and the loading was slow, but it got me hooked in a way the other games couldn't. Fewer tracks, but better imo. Piloting a rallycar on Grizzly or through Sidewinder was so exciting and fun, especially online with other good rallycar racers. Lobby's were simple but worked, you could play with the same opponents for hours, for revenge. No buttons for ramming, just the steering. Even the sound of a rallycar imo was better in the first game, I hated the noise in part 2, and they were definitely not as cool as the old black& white.
But Pacific Rift was still a Motorstorm game. With Apocalypse they went nuts, and (again imo) not in a good way. Boosting 24/7, to much focus on speed, chaos and 3D effects, not so much on racing the other opponents. I hope Sony keeps Evolution in business and that we'll see a new, muddy Motorstorm on PS4.