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May 2010
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The editors liked
Stylish visuals
Fun racing
Great multiplayer
"carrot on a stick" progression
Online multiplayer is awesome
Inrace goals are fresh and set the game apart from other racers
Powerups allow for strategic depth
Handling is solid
Combat is fun and addictive
Online is green across the boards
Driving is smooth and responsive
Weapons add a burst of energy to the standard racing action
Rewards system makes game difficult to put down
Indepth multiplayer mode is easy to lose hours to
Wide variety of tracks and cars.
The editors didn't like
Singleplayer loses steam pretty quickly
Lag online
Somewhat bland environments
Blur is at its core a kart racer
But it uses real car models instead of karts. Ford
Chevy
Dodge
BMW
Toyota
Audi
Nissan
Lotus
And more are all represented here with vehicle types ranging from tuner hatchbacks to sports cars to exotics to SUVs and pickups. Each vehicle also has full damage modeling. It is
Single player is marred by the far too common checkpoint and destruction modes
Abstract: There is something to be said for the experience of picking up a game and knowing exactly where it came from. Blur is clearly a Bizarre Creations... creation, from the voice-over explaining the events to the handling of the cars. The difference here ...
Published: 2010-06-02, Author: Ryan , review by: techworld.com
Blur has the potential to be a game that will be spinning in many a gamer’s consoles and PCs for a long, long time. There seems to be an unlimited number of goals to shoot for at any point, and the core racing gameplay that Blur offers has enough dept...
Abstract: As a kid, I slipped into the car and pretended to cruise the highways while activating imaginary weapons. Invisible missiles decimated opponents as I zipped past fiery wreckage. I activated my nitrous – cruise-control – and watched the competition fade...
Abstract: Bizarre Creations is perhaps best known for one of two things in recent years: the Project Gotham series and / or the Geometry Wars games. One of those is a sim-style, realistic racer with an arcade feel; the other is an over the top, powered up shoote...
Blur isn't the addictive, competitive online game that people wanted it to be. Rather, Blur is a pallete-cleansing game, the type of experience you pop in for a few minutes with your friends when you're looking for a break between sessions of a game yo...
Driving is smooth and responsive, Weapons add a burst of energy to the standard racing action, Rewards system makes game difficult to put down, Indepth multiplayer mode is easy to lose hours to, Wide variety of tracks and cars.
Splitscreen mode is stripped, Level cap is too low in singleplayer.
This fast and exciting racer continually finds a way to keep you circling around for another lap....
Online multiplayer is awesome; inrace goals are fresh and set the game apart from other racers; powerups allow for strategic depth
Single player is marred by the far too common checkpoint and destruction modes
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Published: 2010-05-25, Author: Tom , review by: cnet.com
Abstract: Blur answers the long-contemplated question: What would happen if a speeding Renault dropped a land mine in front of a gaining Nissan at 130mph? The answer is, of course, a massive wreck, but it's only now that Blur has merged the real-life cars from P...
Abstract: May is shaping up to be the biggest month of the year for game releases…so far. There are at least six major titles coming out all within weeks of each other and Blur is just one of many games competing for your attention and your dollar in the stores ...
