Comments on: “Beautiful Chaos”: Blur Dev Talk

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:38:26 +0000

I’m not a huge racing fan, but Blair does seem interesting.

By: AndrewC

AndrewC — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:34:07 +0000

I’m pretty sure I saw a couple of shots of the bridge over Kingsland Road by the junction with Old Street, but the problem with London Streets is that they are all so fussy and narrow that they have to be widened and homegenised out to make them playable. This is a shame.

Mind you I think you can see me puking into a bin in one of the shots so +1 for accuracy there.

By: LewieP

LewieP — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:44:51 +0000

I’ve loved Bizarre’s games that don’t involve cars. Geometry wars and The Club are a tonne of fun, but I kind of hate racing sims. I’ll be open minded about this for sure though.

By: ascagnel

ascagnel — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:33:03 +0000

@Gene: NFS is pretending to be a sim now (see NFS: Shift, by the guys who made GTR, GT Legends, GTR2 and maybe RACE/RACE07/GTR Extreme/STCC The Game).

And to think, I was just wondering last night how hard it would be to get a good wipEout game working on PC. The PSP versions were excellent, and wipEoutHD is seriously making me consider the PS3.

By: Feintlocke

Feintlocke — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:23:19 +0000

Too many racing games coming out soon! “Blair” falls behind Dirt 2 and NFS: Shift (if the in car view can be enforced) for me. Powerups in racing games are just an annoyance, the better driver often loses and that aint my shtick. 20 cars on the track sounds nice though.

By: Kris

Kris — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:04:06 +0000

Looks alright, but I prefer the demolition racing that Split Second seems to promise (dont know if it will be on PC, but not a problem for me).
SS also seem to overshadow it from the press reports for E3.

By: Koopa

Koopa — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:59:32 +0000

Just add miniguns to the cars, and this could be the Death Rally 3D I always wanted.

By: Gene

Gene — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:09:57 +0000

Massive Damage! Does it have giant crabs?
This could be interesting, proper arcade-y racer, not NFS that pretends to be simulation. I loved burnout and flatout, and this has similar vibe.

By: SanguineLobster

SanguineLobster — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:06:48 +0000

I watched that video without sound, and so have little idea what’s going on, but I like the ratio of Cars+Fastness to NotCars+Dentists.

By: Anton

Anton — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:55:52 +0000

“We have nitro!”, how novel :) Looks fun, though, but… shallow. So far seem that it will work as an instant action satisfier, yet not for long.

By: Xercies

Xercies — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:54:19 +0000

Hopefully when your last place you don’t get special items that make you able to get to first place in a matter of seconds.

By: Jazmeister

Jazmeister — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:54:17 +0000

I love racers with a twist, and so does my Wife, but she’s also a maaaaassive car fanatic – we used to own a Mustang convertible and it was her pride & joy. The licensed cars + powerups has pretty much sold me on this one.