Mario Kart for the big boys

Bizarre Creations have once again a racing game released. Contrary to previous Raser as the congenial Formula 1 games on the Playstation 1 and with Metropolis Street Racer on Dreamcast founded Project Gotham series on the Xbox and the Xbox 360 goes Blur but away from jegilicher kind of realism and presents 'Blur' a weapons despite arcade racer who acts like a Adult version of Mario Kart and can be played that way. A certain reminiscence of Wipeout in gameplay can not be denied also.

In single-player mode of Blur is about challenges. These are each about half a dozen of events that you have successfully creating. The challenges include normal Race, Time Trial and Elimination Matches. Depending on how well you cut, you get 3 to 5 Lights for it. a certain number of lights then switches to the next Challenge free. In total there 9 when I have it in my head right. In each Challenge, there is a boss, which one, if you can win over his attention to, has to face in a duel race for the Challenge full again. Needs to gain the attention of the boss enemy you achieve certain goals (for example, winning 5 races and things like that). Strike a boss, you get the his car and also has access to its mod that an advantage in the run means. To get to your destination as the first one has as a player access to many Gemeinhaiten, as mines, rockets and also shields or Reipairkits. These extras should be plentiful use to drive the first through the target marker. For good actions (kills, drifts, overtaking) to win fans, and the more fans you have, the more cars you can unlock. Despite the fact that the carts are pulled badly during the race affected, here are licensed cars as they can be found in everyday life, in action.

Blur is really an action racer as he stands in the book. Always and everywhere Schepperts here in a tour. and similar to be Mario Kart, you can very quickly become the leader of the stragglers, when the opponents have zeroed in on a here. Here it is especially in split-screen mode very entertaining, laughing scornfully abzuballern the best mate and vorbeizudüsen, only a few seconds of this then abzukriegen the full broadside of his revenge. Blur appeals here very successfully to the baser instincts (and fun!)

Control: Bizarre has managed to make very accessible to the game, but you never have the feeling to control something other than a car, the break of carts and hand brake drifts can also end with a spin. Nevertheless, the whole is not frustrieend but rather anstachelnd in effect. After an hour or two to drift very confident about the circular routes.

Graphics: Blurs graphic style is a bit unusual. It seems sometimes very realistic, but if, for example, will get hit, flashes on the screen, like a chunky one video transmission. Ever affects the graphics part I say now Holodeckmäßig. Unfortunately, the graphics remains only an average level.

Sound: It may sound stupid now: here I can not say anything to me because the sound is now not necessarily stuck in the ear. The engine sounds go in Ordung when it comes to music, I can now say that it is not stuck in comparison to the PgR- games with your really very varied tracks with me. Now she is not bad, but not exceptional compared to PGR 3 and 4.

Gameplay: The single player mode is okay, you play just to get to the car. Here it is inevitable that one or two races to go more than once, since the requirements for one or the other race but are very demanding. One could assume that the single player mode actually has to serve only as an exercise for the multiplayer mode, but this is not entirely fair here.

The heart and the absolute guarantee Gaudi is the multiplayer mode, both offline and online. About Xbox Live you can go racing with up to 20 participants, and here then really a lot of fun in it. There are also at the box always enough players online, so between 1000 and 2000, that you can always do some laps. BUT: The boys are traveling here often really good. I now have a few races (100) behind me and was only a couple of times on the podium, to victory has not yet been passed. Mir is also matter, it is just too much fun for me to be annoyed about something.

Blur just makes humor. At least in the multiplayer mode. Alone it can be a bit repetitive. Well I like the overall styling of the game, the graphics a bit an expedient in the way. The Tools and weapons are now nothing special, but I do also prefer that. New weapons extras can be introduced with DLC or a successor yes.

Blur is a solid starting point for a new racing franchise and a good alternative for a next-gen Funracer.

Update November 2011: Well, Blur was a witschaftliche disaster if we are to believe the press. With Split Second, there was a worthy competitor, and this has been able to attract more buyers by the completely fresh approach to the external influences. Unfortunately, the Bizarre Creations will not help Activision thinks about a sale or closure of the studio after. I sincerely hope that a studio close the gates does not have for a playful good but economically unsuccessful title with such a racing game Vita and in the list of sensational but unsuccessful with a title Studios (Looking Glass, Troika Games, Juiced Games and Iron Lore) must classify.