Blur [360/PS3/PC]

[MonkeyJuggleDX]

Up to level 31 now so got some decent cars at my disposal.

Yeah, I saw you last night, roaring round in my trademark green Viper! Need to get back up to level 27 to unlock it again!

[Marmite]

Yeah, I saw you last night, roaring round in my trademark green Viper! Need to get back up to level 27 to unlock it again!

Ha! Thats my green viper now!!

Yeah, i saw you in there for a few races. Think i unloaded a few bolts in to you - sorry!

[MonkeyJuggleDX]

Ha! Thats my green viper now!!

Heh, we'll see about that when I level up.

Worst thing about going Legend is losing all your cars. I got so used to the Viper and Challenger, so now all the other cars feel odd.

[Brats]

On the single player to unlock the third one-on-one you have to win with a x5 combo which I'm not sure how to do given you only have three slots. Just going to have a read through the thread to see if it's been posted already but if anyone can save time and give me any tips I'd be grateful.
John

The combo is the fan combo that appears as a X2, X3, etc next to your fan meter. It goes up if you pull succesive fan moves one after another. For example if you shunt someone, then pull a drift, the bolt someone, pull another drift and then overtake into first place all within fairly quick succession, you should get the X5 multiplier (and you fan score should go through the roof).

[JohnMcL7]

I was hoping that wasn't the case as I can't seem to get the hang of drifting at all, thankfully I found a much easier way to do it - after the first corner there's a barge powerup on the far left, if you pick it up then swing right to take a fast cut at the next left hander you'll plough right into the middle of the pack. If you time it right you can hit five other cars with the barge and unlocked the requirement.

The low numbers online for such a new game is concerning, I couldn't get a game at all last night and the single player is just irritating...too much effort has been put into making the computer behave extremely unfairly and while it's funny at times because it's so blatant I normally find my patience wearing thin very quickly.

John

[MonkeyJuggleDX]

single player is just irritating...too much effort has been put into making the computer behave extremely unfairly and while it's funny at times because it's so blatant I normally find my patience wearing thin very quickly.

Odd. I found the races in single player too easy, even on hard. It's just the destruction and checkpoint events I'm having trouble with.

[merf]

I'm going back to this every now and then for a bit of online but have to say I found the single player mode sucked and I've lost any enthusiasm to play it past the first 3-4 'chapters'

[JohnMcL7]

Odd. I found the races in single player too easy, even on hard. It's just the destruction and checkpoint events I'm having trouble with.

I'm surprised at that, I've been doing pretty well online but I just can't defend against the ridiculous onslaught the computer can hit you with as it's pretty much you vs the rest of the cars at once. Numerous times I've been about to win a race and been torn to shreds by so many attacks at once there was just no way to avoid them (they know when you have a shield and therefore when to attack) and left to limp the battered remains of my car across the finish line in tenth or worse. Even if you're in last place, the cars will still rear fire their weaponry against you rather than trying to take those down ahead making it much more difficult to move through the field.

No matter how much I seem to hit them back with aside from one-on-ones I don't seem to make any progress at all even with all slots filled and emptying it to chain the damage together.

Their timing is always absolutely perfect so that even if you launch a shunt right on them they immediately put a shield up and they can time their weapons so that they hit you just at the worst time to cause a massive penalty by leaving you stone dead facing the wrong way. Their speed at times is incredible, so much so that I've been overtaken while I'm nitro-ing and they're not despite having a similar spec of cars. I've also noticed they seem determined to ram you off course to miss gates, at one point I had four cars all trying to ram me to miss one of the gates.

Destruction and checkpoint I find easier and much more enjoyable as it's pretty much just me so it's just a case of learning where the clock/boosts are or for destruction working out how to maximise the damage.

John

[MonkeyJuggleDX]

We going to get a review or poll for this then?

[Jebus]

Late to the party but I'm adoring this...such a brainless fun game!

Online is hard at first being a newcomer, I thought I was doing well as I'd got up to 2nd and then I got bummed by about 4 different weapons from different people...ended up 4th.

Seems that not too many people are playing though (Total online when playing was 700 ish) but then that's XBOX LIVE for you.

In single player despite being 20 car races it very much feels like team vs team, your team being you and other team being the other 19 cars...it can be very challenging (for me) even on normal, but I'm enjoying it.

[teddymeow]

Started this on 360 tonight after ploughing several hours into PS3 but then hitting a wall. Finding it slighty more forgiving on the 360 pad and I'm caning races that I struggled with on PS3.

Jebus, I've set you as my SP rival! It's great seeing which of us 'owns' certain events and gives me that little push to try races again for a few more fans just to get my name on the screen instead of yours!

[MonkeyJuggleDX]

I had an awesome 7 hour session on this today. Still great fun, except when your mate decides to shunt AND shock you on the bloody line!

[JohnMcL7]

It's hard to rate this game as the single player serves little more than a practice ground and while the multiplayer is fantastic, I find it difficult to get a good game as there's so few people online. The latter is no fault of the developers though it's just such a shame as when I get a good game going I'm hooked to the game for hours and hours, I think it's fantastic in many ways.

John

[nonny]

Played this in split-screen on two projectors the other night... Only when you have a group of mates all in the same game do you appreciate how well this plays in multiplayer.

I think 8-10 player is the sweet spot online as anything more like 20 players online is just a bit too chaotic. Great game though.

[MonkeyJuggleDX]

Only when you have a group of mates all in the same game do you appreciate how well this plays in multiplayer.

Too true. Had a party of 8 in a skirmish game yesterday. So much fun. Never had as much fun playing anything online before. Even better when everyone decides to gang up on people winning the races.