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But yeah, it still doesn't feel like a $60 game.

Michael Corvin

and the price Amazon and Wal-Mart had it a few weeks ago, which is why I picked that number.

Drexl

I tried the demo and I wasn't too impressed. I think the framerate holds it back some. Racing games really should be 60fps, because otherwise you just don't get the right sense of speed IMHO. I'm not sure I like the Michael Bay-esque visuals either.

I'll give it another try though.

stingermck

I love this game. Jumping rooftops, triggering an explosion in mid air, and sending the guy in front of me flying, oh yes.

glassdragon

I am really enjoying this game. I am on episode 5 right now, and it is getting a bit hard. In the helicoptor ones I don't so much have trouble avoiding the missles as I do avoiding the walls. Very fun, the levels are so visceral and action packed. At least 3 times a race I'm turning my hand to turn corners which obviously doesn't work, and screaming WHOA when I barely miss something

The first time you see a level 2 power move it is ridiculous and so damn amazing.

And Drexl I think it has great speed in it, the surround of the items whooshing by in my rears does a lot to help with that, and it feels plenty quick to me. If it were any quicker I would be getting scraped off the pavement more often with the computers Power moves.

jdslater1

I just done the level 2 move on the dock level and the cruise liner smacked into the side. Kinda cool.
The helicopter level is a mattter of a good fast car and timing. Loved the bigrig level. That was fun, like Bad Boys 2.
Got this running throught the amp and sounds amazing.

stingermck

Just hit episode 8, and it feels like the difficulty has doubled suddenly. This has the most unforgiving rubber banding ive ever seen.

Michael Corvin

Knocking multiple racers into the water is awesome. The most I've gotten at once is 4 with the air traffic control tower.

I finally got my first Gold on Air Strike after about a dozen attempts. It seems like once you wreck once, you're fucked.

jdslater1

Love playing Detonator mode on the level with the 2 big bridges exploding.
The sound design on this is quite interesting, like when you do a level 2 action the sound drops for a quick second then hits you with the explosion.
I like the airstrike better then getting hit by the chopper only. Just started episode 9 and those elite races are getting harder.
Anyone play online yet?

stingermck

On episode 10 now, but i have to get 85 more credits to unlock the elite race to advance. Ah unfair replay value. Time to take a break and ride a horse instead in Red Dead.

ChrisHicks

Anyone notice to 0 point Achievement for "Better Luck Next Time"? Since I don't really pay attention to them it's the first time I've noticed one like that. Are there others like that out there too?

Michael Corvin

Halo 3 has a few zero pointers. Kameo had a few as well. I think Kameo was the first, actually.

Decker

I saw Super Street Fighter IV has one. It's hard enough to get a single achievement in that game -- get them ALL and you unlock that zero-pointer. Congrats!

Daryl

For those that missed the Amazon deal, according to a post on CAG, S/S will be $40 next week at Best Buy (comes with code for 3 downloadable Best Buy cars).

glassdragon

Sounds like me. I play until I want to chuck the controller into the tv when I see that I need to get first in every event just to unlock the elite race or go back and very angrily try to finish others a bit better. I say fuck it and put on Red dead lol

Michael Corvin

Detonator and Air Strike are still pissing me off. I did a Detonator race last night and crossed the finish line in what I thought was first, but nope, 1 second ticked off as I crossed relegating me to 2nd place. Didn't come that close in the half dozen more attempts I tried.

I've still only opened 5 Seasons. In the first 4, I've managed Gold on everything but the Aforementioned Air Strike and Detonator races. So annoying.

Decker

So verdict at this point? Pass at $40 next week? Wait for the eventual $20 price point?

I was thinking about getting it next week, but if it's really frustrating, I'm sure Modnation will satisfy my racing urge, and RDR and SMG2 will continue to occupy my gaming time while I wait.

Michael Corvin

I'd say a no brainer at $40, but I'm loving every minute of the game, frustration and all.

Some of these other guys might say otherwise.

UncleGramps

I haven't found it frustrating, but I'm only at Episode 4. So far I'm having a lot of fun with the game and would recommend it for $40.

Michael Corvin

The frustration comes from crossing the finish line in Detonator 1 second longer than the par time over and over and over again and again.

I think Air Strike has gotten better now that I have unlocked some better cars. Finally did my first Air Revenge yesterday. Cool concept, but it was too easy.

stingermck

Buy it. $40 is a steal. Its frustrating, but its not grinding. I get some great satisfaction pulling off a photo finish win. And i'm still moving my body around when i play trying to dodge things

SoonerDoc

Can't find any online comparisons of the 360 vs PS3 differences. Anything significant? I have both consoles and want whichever is the best performing/best looking version.

Michael Corvin

For those that are having troubles with Air Strike, I think I just stumbled onto a guaranteed 1st place finish every time.



It feels like there are a couple factors at play here. First it feels like you don't drift and slide as much. Second it appears that the blast radius from the rockets may be different. It felt like I could drive a whole lot closer to the blast without losing the "perfect wave" score. It seems like there is a whole lot more room for error.

Combine those two factors together and I got back-to-back 1st place finishes on two courses that I've probably done 3 dozen times. I didn't wreck once on either course.

Could be a fluke, so I'll have to try it out on a couple more courses, but so far it seems like it may work every time.

Decker

I might now. It's $33 after $20 instant rebate at Costco until Sunday. At that price, it's kind of hard to not get now.

Raul3

I bought the game from Amazon and received it yesterday. Played for like an hour or so and had a blast! This game is fun. Finished the first season, gold in everything, repeating most of the races of course, to get gold.

One of my highlights: winning a race in the last microsecond, or something like that, the fireworks were on, so I thought I was second.