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They might, but if you're staring at the games shelf in WalMart I can't believe you'd be looking and trying to decide between the two.
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Talk about irony.
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Guess the wait continues..
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what? no? I can't?
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How is this hard to comprehend?
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Nintendo wouldn't license it to them and allow depictions of body damage. So they are going to have to go back and create a shoddy knockoff called "bloo ball" that acts the same but differs just enough to avoid copywrite issues.
09/21/09
So if any of the devs from Blur reads this put it in the game.
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[kotaku.com]
The band is "Blur" and the videogame, according to how the devs pronounce it, is either "Blegh" or "Blair".
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Not if you pronounce it as one. Sort of like 'oofth'.
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07/30/09
They may be able to turn it around though, but given the new footage I doubt it will change much from what I played.
07/30/09
The game essentially looked like Mario Kart with a real world skinning (and didn't look any better than Midnight Club in terms of style.) As if racing was sacrificed to add the powerups, as if both need to be mutually exclusive, whereas Split Second felt like a racing game, with tight, tough tracks, with the addition of powerups.
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But I suppose if they wanted a larger number of cars to be at the same relative position in a race, rather than in line like a real race, then the wider tracks would accommodate that.
This is obviously all my opinion on their reasons for the wide tracks, in my mind it is an educated guess, but it's also a shot in the dark.
07/30/09
I don't understand why I never hear more people referencing it, but let's lay out what Extreme G3, a game that costs no more than four to five dollars these days, has:
- Even though it was a middle-era multiplatform game for the PS2/Cube/XBox, the graphics still shine through as a standout. Rain-slicked cameras, sonic boom effects, beautifully imagined locales/tracks, and pretty explosions/weapon effects with an excellent, stable frame rate throughout.
- Solid techno soundtracks and excellent vehicle soundscapes, with each weapon possessing a unique noise indicator, and the vehicles themselves providing a range of sounds depending on terrain/speed.
- INTENSE racing on ten wildly-designed futuristic tracks, with weapons that range from two-shot killers to blinders to turbo leechers, all eleven being well-balanced. An element of strategy is introduced by connecting a racer's shield to the turbo fuel, which is finite; players must decide if they want to stay fully protected during a match or if they're willing to risk death for the speed to gain distance on the competition (there are recharge stations on the tracks to help you prioritize your needs). Four speed classes, with minor engine upgrades in between, allow you to really feel the possibilities between 300 and over 1000 mph gameplay.
- A great number of gameplay modes including co-op championship mode, which is an absolute blast because of the various ways partners can take on the competition, or argue about upgrades.
The corporate team choices for you to play as don't offer obviously different stats, but even if FAQs say otherwise, I could swear that Terranova is faster and Palus has better handling and Starcom is all-around tops. Anyways, it's one of the minor failings.
Honestly, just randomly ranting about it makes me want to convince one of my friends to bust it out and play with me, even more than getting them to play Smash with me (which is an addiction in itself)...
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It doesn't help that the game seem to be built around "Nitro",the online racing MMO, that looks exactly like the old school Midnight Club. Same aesthetics with exactly the same powerups that also accomodates huge amount of players.