MotorStorm (Playstation 3, 2007)

I bought this because I knew this game had amazing graphics and its unique brand of racing style (which it does), and the hype for it was overwhelming.

When I first popped it in, it looked alright, but the loading times were a little tedious. They were like maybe 7 to 10 seconds at a time, but it seemed much longer.

When I started the first "ticket" (race), I got to choose any kind of vehicle and the race was spectacular. And when I retried the race, there was no loading up required. Some racing games tend to do that.

But when I moved onto the next ticket/race, I was force to use a truck-type vehicle which was extremely slow and it felt very limiting to me. It is damn-hard to win with those.

When you race without using the boost, it feels really slow sometimes as well, and all the AI(artifical intelligence) cars just pass you by as well.

Also, I never really felt any intensity from the speed except when I boosted, and even that doesn't last too long. If you've played games like from the Burnout series, especially Burnout Revenge, you know what I mean.

Finally, it's a little disappointing that there is only multiplayer online.

Just to be clear, I still thought the graphics were gorgeous,especially for a racing game and is probably the best out of all playstation 3 games.

If you are a STRICTLY CASUAL gamer, then this game is pretty good addition for you.

If you are a HARDCORE/KNOWLEDGEABLE gamer, who knows what they want in a game, especially a racing game, this is one you rent, unless you can buy it really cheap.

I think they probably tweaked a LOT of stuff for Pacific Rift, and that one looks very promising.