The watered-down PS3 MotorStorm still looks hawt; riding dirty for a March debut

Yeah... Those screens are nice but, I doubt enough people have a swiss bank account tucked away for such indulgences.

Why is gaming getting so friggin expensive... I don't have a 360 yet, and I'm hoping for a price drop, its gonna cost me $500 to play Halo3 (being a sucker for the legendary pack).

Not to be picky but whats wrong with that truck in the third picture. Its looks like its made of balloon fabric. Whatever it is, its definitely not metal.

Nice to see the game has a Lancia Delta Integrale, All it needs now is some sense of speed and rumble would be nice too. All that rugged terrain can't feel to smooth.

It still looks pretty fun.

Motorstorm is the Next-Gen Excitebike

oops, missed a r. (we need an edit feature(is it possible?))

omg wii graphic r better than this shit

Oh yeah I played the demo at target too, lagsville.

I'm not talking about blatant lag where you reappear 10 feet away from where you just were after freezing for a couple of seconds. It was just this reappearing chronic lag that would slow the framerate. Like when you'd play old snes games and everything looked like it was in slowmo because too many things were happening on screen at once.

I think it the same kind of lag Midnight Club 3 on the ps2 has due to already low framerates that get even lower once there a lot of stuff happing on the screen.

The Walmart I went to had a demo kiosk for this, it froze at the loading screen. I really wanted to play it.

I played at a kiosk and it was pretty boring but when I played it at my friend's house it was completely different; much more exhilarating. That said, having no rumble in an off-road racer fails miserably.

I wish, the small biker helmet icon was just frozen. How long are the loading times exactly? I was there for about 25/30 mins watching some kid play Lost Planet and sure enough it was still frozen.

"Why is gaming getting so friggin expensive..."

simple, because the game compnies are trying to market new technology far too quickly... if microsoft and sony waited a few more years the market their new consoles, we might be seeing the same console only $100-200 cheaper. I mean, let's look at the wii, graphic and power wise, the thing is much weaker than the 360 or PS3, it's only a little better than the gamecube... as for the wiimote, i think the technology to create such a thing has been around for a while, it's just that no one decided to pursue such a thing... In the end, by not seeling the most gorund breaking technology, the wii can be sold at a relativly low price; as opposed to the 360 and PS3 which are trying to market the lastest technology before it can become cheaper to make and thus lead to high price tags.

Well, you know Monte, you could just do what I'm doing. Save your damn money.

If you think PS3 and the 360 are hitting the market too quickly, then don't buy it. Obviously there are those out there who are willing to pay through the nose to get the stuff, but I'm definately not in that number, and I'm perfectly happy about it.

My PS2 still has a lot of life left in it.

Hey guys, I've written a full review of the game based off the Japanese release.

Of course it doesn't have the online multiplayer, but that should be the only difference between the two versions.

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/archives/cheapyds-motorstorm-ps3-review.php

"MotorStorm was recently delayed and then officially crippled from a 1080p 60 FPS pie-in-the-sky to a 720p 30 FPS reality."

I read the COD3 Review and compared to the 360 version it the PS3 stumbled in graphically intense areas. I think there really is alot of truth to the PS3's video card lacking bandwidth. There was talk before the launch that PS3's graphics card couldn't handle as much 1080P as Sony touted the "Cell" was capable of. This is another intance of Sony Hype.

Sony: "Cell can do this, but we forgot to mention the video cad has trouble keeping up !"

I succumbed to peer pressure and after two weeks of reading, signed up for an account just to post on this topic.

Just to add information not demonstrated by previous posters (as a ps3 holder)... I want to add that the kiosks are horrendous. They have the ability to go online and update/download new demos and videos, but do they... no.

The point of this is, and it doesn't get much press. Your demo version of Motorstorm which you play at the kiosk is different then the version I or my intrepid ps3 owners download from the ps3 store. No different options or tracks, but just a much more impressive build. Graphically it is more solid, runs faster (framerate wise, load still bites), and is just generally a bit more fun.

I look forward to this game incredibly, but am skeptical about level design. I love the "concept" of mudding as much as anyone else, but I'll need variety to keep me playing.

Thanks for popping my destructoid cherry.

I believe I played the old demo at a kiosk. It sucked. Visually, Great. Gameplay and fun wise, pretty awful. The physics were floaty, and my car bounced around a lot. I didn't enjoy it. I have heard the later builds are better, but im skeptical.

And remember that the only multiplayer available is online. The developers admitted they couldn't get split screens running at 720p/30fps.