Next time please with KI !!!

First I want to say that I'm a big fan MotorStorm, even though I can quite understand that even not always. I played the first MotorStorm 100% and finished the last race in Pacific Rift just 5 minutes before.

About the technology: the video has been significantly improved compared to the first part, but occasionally it comes here again to some slowdowns when a lot is going on on the screen. Overall, however, the performance is significantly better than the first part.

For Sound: Again rich sound and a terrific soundtrack with driving rhythms of different styles. All tracks an excellent match for the tough race and the roar of the engines.

The fleet: here a lot more than was delivered in the first part, in which one has already become rid of a lot of money on PlayStation Store if you wanted to have a little variety in the garage. Unfortunately, the vehicle models have been adopted to 50% from the previous and been provided with other coatings. The models that have been added, are much prettier.
In addition, a new vehicle category has been added: the Monster Trucks. You would! Fast! was a small revelation, if not ... but I will get the gameplay.

The routes: Here was rather padded instead spilled. As the fleet is the number of lines is much larger than the first part: there are 16 routes! Compared to the predecessor had only 8 routes and could be increased by paid add-ons on 12 routes.
Also in track design, the experience of the developers of MotorStorm Pacific Rift has affected. The routes are balanced and there are quite different routes that are equally fast. The different environments on the island, will be held at the MotorStorm Pacific Rift, are full of atmosphere and fun-than with its predecessor.

To control: You can control either the analog sticks or the tilt sensor of the controller. All beginners I recommend to the Sixaxis controller allowed a groooße chance. Many wiseacres editors even large gaming magazines hold the tilt control, although for an unnecessary gimmick, and apparently this control is frowned upon especially in hardcore gamers, but the controller works well and is great fun. It takes practice, but I have "learned" with the tilt control online a very good statistics.
Who has the courage to get involved in something new will be rewarded with a unique gaming experience.

Gameplay: In all races in Festival mode (single player) are prescribed one or more vehicles. The races are pretty easy at the beginning and that is also necessary, because you would lose the fun before you get to know the track layout.
You get to race wins points. For a third place 50, a second 75 and a first place 100 points. If you have a certain number of points is retracted to the next level of difficulty unlocks. In addition, you will be rewarded with driver Skins and new vehicle models that you may use both in single player and multiplayer games.
There are some additional requirements such as race timeouts or Unfallimits that must be beaten in order to qualify for time or elimination events.
In Time Events You ride on a route from a given route. Whenever you Checkpoints leaves you get paid to precious seconds that will be added to a countdown. If the countdown to zero, is leaving you.
In elimination events every 15 seconds the last placed driver is effectively "expelled", ie eliminated.
With increasing difficulty the game is unfortunately increasingly frustrating because you can be in the high levels practically as fast as you want, the so-called rubber band effect can even overtake heavier, slower vehicles on longer routes effortlessly while oneself is error-free on the shortcut on the road.
That was the fly in the ointment at the first part. The game is really great and is extremely addictive but unfortunately it is frustrating in equal measure. Absurdly, one must in the penultimate festival Rank 3 lap race driving (all other races run over 2 laps). Preposterous is because it is however already outdated in the first round loose after a few curves to square one lying over every round easily, even if you go ferhlerfrei.
The game is extremely unfair on this point. Instead of a proper balancing program has simply reinforced the rubber band effect. It sucks more and more if you then also sees that one is forced by his opponents at any cost even if it a matter of falling off the cliff, or smashed against a rock. In such a case is a great strength of the game to carry the crash look simply gorgeous!
The monster trucks I would like to say that if you are traveling with a rally car itself, you will mercilessly "flattened" by a monster truck and you can see how the culprit is racing unscathed. If you drive a monster truck itself has one this advantage hardly, because you will be thrown even when rolling over a quad in many cases out of the path or you can even KIPT order.
Again, the game is annoying, frustrating and unfair.
Overall, one can say that the AI ​​the player holds in the game in the high difficulty levels down.
But what can I say? It's so good here that I have yet played it to the end.

For multiplayer mode: divine! terrific! 100% fun !!! One can doctorate from a console in split-screen play mode, which is playable only if one has a very large HD TV or projector. On my 40-inch TV, it just goes like that. Couple it plays very nicely on a 40 inch TV.
The greatest feature is the online mode. You can invite friends, including the game wisely uses the PSN's message format. So you can invite friends even when they are still offline, or just in a different game on the road. A wise and practical thing. Unfortunately, do not do a lot of games as easy and comfortable. You can create private races in which you can select the route and the available vehicles or jump with the group in public race. Here, the game combines the own party with a random race. The online races are really great fun!

A funny gimmick is the photo mode: If you press the Start button you can (of course only in offline races) freeze the picture and a photo shoot. A good thing to own MotorStorm background to have on the user interface of the PS 3.

Conclusion: would the game not in the higher levels as extremely unfair and frustrating it would bring 100% fun from the first until the last moment. But unfortunately, one has the feeling that good driving is not rewarded but punished.
Apart from MotorStorm Pacific Rift is a eizigartige game experience and fits well into the wide range of fantastic exclusive titles for the PS 3. Something similar can be found on any other platform.

If I had 4 1/2 stars can be awarded, it would have only given half a star deduction for the lousy AI, therefore, I say to the game buy buy buy !!!