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Got this game as something to just pick up and play, with minimal learning curve, and it really does fit the bill. Its very easy to get into and succeed in the game, great for just popping on if you have 10 mins to spare.
If your looking for an advanced technical game then this isnt it. If you are looking for a fun pick up and play then its great.
Reviewed by: Amazon Reviewer Rating:  Date Reviewed: 11Jul2009 | | | An unexpected game for Disney to produce but hey, Im not complaining when its this much fun.
The pros: This game has wonderful graphics, smooth frame-rate throughout, a beautiful art design and some of the craziest stunts I have seen in a racing/stunt game.
Thankfully the game doesnt take itself too seriously, if it did it wouldnt be half the fun it is.
The Cons: If you join a game on Xbox Live that has any amount of lag your character will often fall off their ATV for no reason. Also there will be many times during races where you will fly off a cliff/into a rock/fall off your ATV when its 100% not your fault. Thus catapulting you from first to 16th...
Overall this is a fantastic game that Id give a 9.0 mark to.
Reviewed by: Amazon Reviewer Rating: Date Reviewed: 20May2009 | | | This game is real good from the start. Its exciting, the jumps and stunts are ridiculously exagerated and looks great in HD. The thing that Pure is lacking is multiplayer. Unless you go online, youll be playing alone. Even if there was a turn based multiplayer option it wouldnt be so bad.
In a nutshell, if you like arcade racing games with a bit of over the top stunt action thrown in then this a definate game for you. Especially if you play alone.
Reviewed by: Amazon Reviewer Rating: Date Reviewed: 04May2009 | | | Only played the demo of this, but still had absoloutely mountains of fun! I replayed the same track about 5 times! Like i said, havent played the full thing, but i still think its great!
Reviewed by: Amazon Reviewer Rating: Date Reviewed: 23Mar2009 | | | Only played the demo of this, but still had absoloutely mountains of fun! I replayed the same track about 5 times! Like i said, havent played the full thing, but i still think its great!
Reviewed by: Amazon Reviewer Rating: Date Reviewed: 23Mar2009 | | | Only played the demo of this, but still had absoloutely mountains of fun! I replayed the same track about 5 times! Like i said, havent played the full thing, but i still think its great!
Reviewed by: Amazon Reviewer Rating: Date Reviewed: 23Mar2009 | | | Only played the demo of this, but still had absoloutely mountains of fun! I replayed the same track about 5 times! Like i said, havent played the full thing, but i still think its great!
Reviewed by: Amazon Reviewer Rating: Date Reviewed: 23Mar2009 | | | Only played the demo of this, but still had absoloutely mountains of fun! I replayed the same track about 5 times! Like i said, havent played the full thing, but i still think its great!
Reviewed by: Amazon Reviewer Rating: Date Reviewed: 23Mar2009 | | | pure is the most boring game ever its not like real qaud biking whats the point in scoring points for jumps and you can kick people off so if i was you i wouldnt buy the game it is a waste of money
Reviewed by: Amazon Reviewer Rating:  Date Reviewed: 22Feb2009 | | | Although I am not a big fan of racing games, I do enjoy the ones where you get to do amazing stunts. This game is great fun and highly addictive!
The replay value wasnt there for me, but I did wanted to get first in every single race, which says a lot.
You have races, stunt races and freestyle runs. Stunts earn you an extra boost which you can use for either extra speed or more fantastic and extreme moves/stunts.
Overall I really enjoyed this game and I recommend it to racing and stunt maniacs ;-)
Reviewed by: Amazon Reviewer Rating: Date Reviewed: 10Feb2009 | | | I think the best way to describe Pure is a cross between an arcade racer such as GRiD, an ATV racer such as MotorStorm, and a trick heavy boarding game such as SSX. The combination is certainly an interesting and entertaining one, and when combined with superb graphics, a fun if at times frustrating single player campaign and good online play, Pure is a thrill ride that will have racing fans on the edge of their seats.
Possibly another game that I think in the same vein as Pure is Burnout Paradise. Now bear with me on this one. I found that even though I love Burnout Paradise - its right up there as one of my Game of the Year picks, and Bikes only make it better - it can be a very frustrating game, and as such I find I cant play it for much more than an hour or so. Same with Pure. This game is such an intense racing experience, at least in single player against the rather tough A.I., that more than 30 minutes of gameplay will leave you breathless.
However this is a testament to just how much fun Pure is. The trick system, although a little basic, works perfectly thanks to its combination of simplicity and versatility. As mentioned before, the game also looks totally gorgeous; from rich coloured environments and tracks to well designed characters and ATVs, Pure may be the best looking racer of the year. The framerate is also totally stable; in fact, the game runs perfectly smoothly on all areas. The simplicity of the gameplay means that this is a very easy game to pick up, although dont be fooled into assuming that it is easy. It isnt. At times it can be incredibly frustrating, and many times the air of my house has been filled with blue cursing caused by crashing just before the end of a race. But this occasional punishing difficulty only serves to add to the sense of accomplishment once you finally win the race. In that sense, Pure is pretty well balanced in terms of difficulty.
In Pure there are three kinds of races; sprints, freestyles and races. Each accentuates a different aspect of the racing experiences. Sprints are pure races, and are all about getting the best race lines and outrunning the opposition. Freestyle is all about getting massive air, hitting some kickass moves and stringing them together in combos to earn massive bonus points. Its not a race, but rather a test to see who can score the most points. Races fall somewhere in between; the best way to win these events is balancing racing strategy and speed with hitting big special tricks. The reason why tricking is important in races is because tricking fills up your boost meter. Filling up more of your boost meter unlocks new more challenging moves which in turn increase your boost even more, until eventually you max out your boost and unlock a special trick, which when used will re-fill your boost bar. So in races the strategy is get a special trick, use up all your boost to get to the head of the pack, hit a special trick to re-fill the boost meter, and then repeat. Its a simple but brilliantly effective gameplay mechanic which really makes Pure a heck of a lot of fun to play.
Pure has a lot of other things going for it. Aside from playing well and looking gorgeous, there is also plenty of customisation; although you can only use a handfull of character models, there are a huge amount of options for building custom ATVs. Also, winning races in World Tour mode unlocks new parts for your ATV, improving performance. Its another simple and fun mechanic. I havent spent much time in the online, but it seems totally solid; no real lag, match-making is alright, generally it seems sound. Soundtrack is fine, although Ive spent most of my game-time with my own music on.
So really it seems like Pure has everything going for it. So why 4-stars and not the full 5? Well, Pure may not have a laundry list of small or medium sized flaws, unlike Fable 2 and Fallout 3, Pure still lags behind the two aforementioned RPGs in my top games of 2008. Dont get me wrong, Pure is fantastic, and I greatly recommend that if you like fast simple fun racers this is a must buy, and I think its definitely worth a look for anyone. But Pure is a game that is content to be what it is and nothing more. Pure is an excellent ATV racer, and really doesnt do much wrong, but aside from looking oustanding, very little about the game is truly remarkable. Its incredibly solid, and youll have a lot of fun playing it, but it falls short of 5-star glory due not to any inherant flaw in the games mechanics or presentation, but rather due to the fact that it isnt exactly the most original or exciting game to come along in a good while.
Racing fans with 360s or PS3s have no excuse for not at least giving Pure a fair try - the demo on Xbox Live is what convinced me to buy the game almost immediately, its so good - but dont expect to play it non-stop all weekend, and dont expect it to bring about a revolution. Pure does a lot of things very well, and its combined mechanics form a very entertaining game that is definitely worth playing for just about everyone. Big thumbs up.
Reviewed by: Amazon Reviewer Rating: Date Reviewed: 08Dec2008 | | |
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