Ridge Racer Unbounded: Cool Effects, Heavy Drifting
Ridge Racer UnboundedI still remember playing the original Ridge Racer on the PlayStation. Man, I played the hell out of that game.
Ever since, despite my affinity for simulated driving, I've always been drawn to over-the-top arcade-style racing experiences like Burnout and MotorStorm. I never play them for extended periods of time but I enjoy my review sessions with such titles.
And now, here comes Ridge Racer Unbounded, which appears to be a blend of Burnout, Need for Speed, and previous RR entries; check out the GamesCom video below.
If you remember Ridge Racer 7, which was a pretty solid launch title for the PS3, there was a heavy emphasis on drifting. And as you can see, that focus has returned. But the crash and impact effects definitely remind us of Criterion's past efforts, and the game appears to run ultra-smooth. I kinda think the camera sits a tad too close but then again, I often think that.
So are you excited for Unbounded?
Related Game(s): Ridge Racer Unbounded
Tags: ridge racer unbounded, ridge racer gameplay, ridge racer video
8/21/2011 8:44:01 PM Ben Dutka
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WorldEndsWithMe
Sunday, August 21, 2011 @ 10:13:31 PM
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Ben Dutka PSXE [Administrator]
Sunday, August 21, 2011 @ 11:04:26 PM
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GuyverLT
Monday, August 22, 2011 @ 10:25:57 AM
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Clamedeus
Sunday, August 21, 2011 @ 10:38:43 PM
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Reccaman18
Sunday, August 21, 2011 @ 10:46:10 PM
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tridon
Sunday, August 21, 2011 @ 10:54:11 PM
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Dancemachine55
Sunday, August 21, 2011 @ 11:09:37 PM
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I'll be too busy with Dark Souls, Resistance 3, Gears 3, Xenoblade Chronicles, Batman Arkham City, Uncharted 3, ICO Shadow of the Colossus HD Collection, MGS Collection, Sonic Generations and Skyrim. Then there's Mass Effect 3, Bioshock Infinite, Twisted Metal and ZOE HD Collection to look forward to early next year.
.... yeahhhh...... sorry Ridge Racer. I'm afraid you might be a hire or bargain bin purchase. That is, unless, you nail perfect review scores and addictive gameplay. :)
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DemonNeno
Monday, August 22, 2011 @ 1:11:25 AM
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gangan19
Monday, August 22, 2011 @ 1:52:13 AM
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___________
Monday, August 22, 2011 @ 2:45:06 AM
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little disappointed they have gone away from the track sim style gameplay, but lets be honest here 1% of the crowd out there is going to want that so its common sense to "drift" away to more open fields.
plus criterion are busy with burnout crash, so by the looks of that its going to be a while till we get a proper burnout game!
so its nice to know we have a replacement.
speaking of open world racing games WTF happened to midnight club?
the last one streets of LA released 3 years ago!
sigh, R* have got so many games in the pipeline they cant release any of them!
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FM23
Monday, August 22, 2011 @ 3:05:14 AM
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Clamedeus
Monday, August 22, 2011 @ 10:26:23 AM
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AnonymousPoster
Monday, August 22, 2011 @ 12:01:12 PM
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The series survived R: Racing Evolution. It can survive this.
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Zen_Zarab
Monday, August 22, 2011 @ 12:31:09 PM
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This new Ridge Racer is being made by Bugbear Entertainment! The makers of Flat Out and Flat out 2! Those were two of my favorite racers on the orginal xbox and Ps2. it also had cool ragdoll physics minigames like bowling and long jump. xD
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FlatOut_%28video_game%29
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playSTATION
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Sunday, August 21, 2011 @ 10:12:17 PM