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Offline Chronologix

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BLUR game
« on: June 11, 2010, 01:38:08 am »
anyone play this game yet? At first it looked like a fubar racing game, but watching a few vids and such , it turns out this game is pretty much Mario Kart, with real(er) vehicles on a real(er) track.

But the powerups they ahve are almost exactly the same, they have one that drops mines (banana peal in MK), one that targets the next vehicle ahead of you (Red Shell), one that shoots at the first place person (Blue shell), one that fires 3 shots straight ahead (similar to Green Shell), a Shield (similar to the rotation shells) and one that pushes people away from you (not sure if thats in MK though)

All in all, it actually seems like it may be a pretty fun arcade style racer for parties or online play.

http://www.blurgame.com/home?brocklee
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ING276z7quA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ING276z7quA</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeuSXi6saTE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeuSXi6saTE</a>

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Offline Harvey Danger

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Re: BLUR game
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2010, 03:22:40 am »
I played the beta on the 360. It was pretty mediocre. I'm not a huge fan of racers, though, so maybe other people will enjoy it.
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Re: BLUR game
« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2010, 07:54:57 am »
Quote from: Harvey Danger on June 11, 2010, 03:22:40 am
I played the beta on the 360. It was pretty mediocre. I'm not a huge fan of racers, though, so maybe other people will enjoy it.


yeah i also played the beta, and while it had some good moments it hardly blew me away. i was kinda disappointed that the driving mechanics were so hugely dumbed down compared to project gotham racing.
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Re: BLUR game
« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2010, 02:35:55 pm »
Aye! PGR2 is one of my fav racers ever. Getting Platina on all the challenges was so terribly hard. With PGR3 and PGR4 everything got dumbed down more and more, made more easy, made even more arcade. BLUR is just the next step, including WEAPONS. Meh.  :-\
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Re: BLUR game
« Reply #4 on: June 11, 2010, 03:48:25 pm »
The game is designed as an arcade racer, not a simulator, of course you should not being looking for those aspects in this game. Just like playing Mario Kart and going "hmm these karts don;t handle like real go-karts! i'm disappointed!" :p

It is designed as an arcade racer, simple and easy to get into
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Re: BLUR game
« Reply #5 on: June 11, 2010, 05:19:01 pm »
I know that, but the game was develoepd by the same team that did the awesome Project Gotham Racing serieus. I would love to see a new part in that series. On the other hand, the devs now had something fresh to do.
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Re: BLUR game
« Reply #6 on: June 11, 2010, 06:19:15 pm »
Looks fun. I wanna try some racinggames on my eyefinity setup. =)
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Re: BLUR game
« Reply #7 on: June 12, 2010, 06:01:29 am »
Quote from: Chronologix on June 11, 2010, 03:48:25 pm
The game is designed as an arcade racer, not a simulator, of course you should not being looking for those aspects in this game. Just like playing Mario Kart and going "hmm these karts don;t handle like real go-karts! i'm disappointed!" :p

It is designed as an arcade racer, simple and easy to get into


you say that, but the reason mario kart is so much better than any other kart game is because they absolutely nailed the controls. sure, it's easy to pick up, but it takes time to master powersliding.

with their pedigree, i thought the developers of blur had a good opportunity to merge styles and create something really unique, but unfortunately it just feels like another mario kart clone with a different gimmick.
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Re: BLUR game
« Reply #8 on: June 12, 2010, 02:47:59 pm »
I don't think I'm going to get this, but goddamn do I suddenly want a new Death Rally.
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Re: BLUR game
« Reply #9 on: June 13, 2010, 06:50:00 am »
I love this game. Playing it often on my JewBox.
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Re: BLUR game
« Reply #10 on: June 13, 2010, 08:57:35 am »
It's fun for a few hours but gets repetitive real easy.. also the fact that there is pretty much no soundtrack in game, and without a soundtrack which actually is memorable the whole feeling is gone. I do like the concept of the fans but they could have made it much more involved in the visual aspect such as cheering you on, sabotaging other drivers etc.


EDIT : i figured out how to enable music, in audio options go to "Enable licensed music"

The horrible nature of this sound track is rivaled only by Justin Bieber, Cilion Dion, Bryan Adams and Green Day. It is effectively in the Mediocre Music Hall of Fame.

In other words: Do yourself a favor and run some music in the background.
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Re: BLUR game
« Reply #11 on: June 14, 2010, 08:07:26 am »
This looks like Wipeout without the überspeed, but still it looks like fun. Damn, why didn't i buy xbox 360?
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Re: BLUR game
« Reply #12 on: June 14, 2010, 09:21:52 am »
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