More and more high-profile racing names appear on the PlayStation Portable. After finally, after years of waiting, we could try to pocket Gran Turismo, we propose to take to the road and portable MotorStorm.
As expected, begins dating the beautiful of the caption as well as the game is fully localized, welcoming us to vote, said in Russian. Further - the menu and the standard racing set: career, single race, online.
Career here called Festival. The structure is the most common and familiar: a long list of available races, winning the race brings experience points as soon as is a sufficient amount, new tests. So far everything is standard: take part in the very first (and easiest) races, then move on to new and more challenging competition, change cars, get upgrades, and explore new trails. Gathered the necessary number of points will receive the next portion. Simple and ordinary.
 | |  | As usual route in MotorStorm are decorated not only the rocks so the cliffs, but that's so unusual metal structures | | It is not always the landscape in the Arctic Edge snowy white, and many trails down from the mountains down and allow plenty of mixed races dirt |
But the means of transportation in the Arctic Edge is not commonplace. The first two parts of MotorStorm accustomed to the fact that the "multifunctional" track you can ride almost anything - from motocross bikes to large trucks. Portable version went on! Since all the action we are now going on in the snow, in addition to standard buggies, bikes, cars and trucks, have the opportunity to ride a snowmobile, and even drive to the quaint snowcat - huge bulldozers that leveled the snow on the ski slopes. They are certainly slow, but how easy to shovel into a pile of ATV enthusiasts and carefully unload them from the brink.
And these chasms are more than enough. Traditionally, the design of slopes in MotorStorm - it has the advantage. So interesting, varied and unusual tracks you will not find in any other game on the PSP. Each of them - a small masterpiece with a bunch of forks, cliffs, jumps and ways to win. And each of the twelve tracks laid so that the win could be on any vehicle. For example, for motorcycles and quads are dangerous loopholes and narrow lanes that allow, smartly balancing on the edge of the cliff, making indiscreet cutting and easily jump over "large" opponents hard matchplan on the main road.
The actual gameplay does not differ from the "older" version. Slightly simplified physics of motorcycles, a little more stable for large trucks, but in general is becoming so much fun and with a twinkle, as before.Each race - it's the adrenaline, heavy fighting and fun. The game is not annoying, does not cause a frenzy to throw the console in the wall. Even if you fall off a cliff, crashing into a pole or crushed by a bulldozer, rest assured you will still all catch up, overtake and enjoy the victory. The main thing - to know the track and understand where and what the profitable ride.
And what about graphics? Yes, everything with it in order! Beautiful backgrounds, a decent frame rate, many rivals on the track - all included. Of course, the damage model had to be simplified, more than any of dozens of flying off detalek, crumpled buildings and vyvorochennyh doors. Cars crumple and fall off the bike wheel, but it is all very arbitrary and not particularly impressive, especially since the play is still interesting and fun. In all of this graphically Arctic Edge - one of the most beautiful races on the PSP, no worse than last year's FlatOut: Head On.
 | |  | I am glad that all vehicles in the game are not only plumes of mud and snow, but the marks on the road | | Each machine can not only paint on your taste, but also a bit further develop: in the course of a career will open a variety of decorative items |
And yet portable MotorStorm have a couple of serious shortcomings. And if a career around the full order (perhaps only to the traditional stiffness), then with online at the Arctic Edge a big problem. The game lets you play online, but here is to find a normal server, connect, and at least start the race - already a huge problem, and if you could all start, lags will be oceans of drink. Not far away, and Ad Hoc multiplayer. And let the network have no problem with the start of the race and connections, from the ubiquitous lag not going anywhere - go terribly uncomfortable, particularly for motorcycles, which are more sensitive to the taxi and do not forgive small errors. It is a pity, because the local track and experience of the "adult" versions of shows that play with live opponents in MotorStorm lot of fun. It would have been if it had not.
To summarize, we can say that a portable version of the famous race, no doubt, a success. Let the multiplayer is like, and not at all (but the situation is not corrected), in single player game is a great pleasure. Interesting tracks, many vehicles, a great soundtrack, which includes groups such as the Chemical Brothers and The Prodigy, - all this makes the run Arctic Edge again and again, having fun racing and, most importantly, relax in the game.
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It is interesting that in addition to PlayStation Portable, Arctic Edge came out well on the PlayStation 2 (in contrast to previous work studio Bigbig, announced but never made it to the shelves), adding to the already huge library of games for this platform. And yet, the main developer was just a pocket version, so do not expect PS2-version of some miracles. We hope that, having received praise for the new game, Sony and Bigbig yet to agree on the development of domestic version of Pursuit Force, the main series, the studio has brought fame.Edition of "SI" has long dreamed of seeing this action in a worthy next-gen consoles as.
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