Apocalypse Soon

The first MotorStorm was a launch title for the PlayStation 3, featuring incredible driving physics, numerous vehicle classes, destructive crashes, and dynamic environments that deformed with each lap. MotorStorm Pacific Rift expanded upon the original’s formula with new vehicles to race and elements to interact with like water and sand. MotorStorm Apocalypse, the next installment in the MotorStorm franchise set to race on the PlayStation 3 this March, flips the series on its head with Armageddon-scale destruction that easily overshadows Split / Second as the most action-packed and explosive racing game to date.



- Death from above is one of the many new elements for the series -

Unlike its predecessors, which focused on natural environments, Apocalypse takes it to the city streets. Not only a city, but also a city struck by unparalleled natural disasters, morphing the once-thriving cityscape into a ground zero site still in the process of being completely annihilated. Cue the racers, who, like brave surfers riding on hurricane waves, race through earthquakes, floods, fires, and riots in an attempt to catch the biggest air off collapsing bridges, nitro boost through crumbling tunnels, and evade falling towers, all in an effort to defeat their fellow adrenaline junkie racers and earn some much deserved street cred.

Disaster survivors and military officials alike will stop at nothing to destroy you and the other racers, stealing cars to ram drivers off the road, building hazardous obstacles, and even launching missiles from helicopters. The present-apocalyptic story will unfold between three participants, each with different perspectives on the catastrophe and each representing a different difficulty level of gameplay in MotorStorm Apocalypse.

The drastic change in setting and gameplay may be off-putting to series vets, but every vehicle class from previous installments will return, including five new types covering supercar, superbike, muscle car, chopper, and hot hatch classes, adding even more variety to the driving styles. Alternate routes will return in new ways, as the environment transforms in real time, and a new cooling mechanic allows players to cool their nitro boost meter by releasing the accelerator in midair.



- Big air and destruction punctuate Apocalypse -

MotorStorm Apocalypse will continue the multiplayer trend with four-player split-screen action and sixteen-player online. Apocalypse even allows four buddies to take their split-screen co-op session online, a first for the series. The game creation mode adds a great amount of multiplayer replayability as players can customize race types to an insane degree. Ever wanted to make a mode where everyone is an attack helicopter except one motorcycle racer who must survive their missile attacks and finish the race alive? You can do that. Created game modes can be uploaded, downloaded, and rated in a cohesive online community, meaning that new forms of play can always be made available beyond the downloadable content of the developer.

Racing fans will be able to survive the apocalypse on the PlayStation 3 when MotorStorm Apocalypse hits store shelves this March.

? COMMENTS Posted on 01/14/2011 |

Scott Vanderheyden

He's always enjoyed the artistic craft of video games and received a Bachelor in Fine Arts for Animation. He also creates his own games!

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