Blur
About the Game
Blur is an action-oriented racing game very similar to the Mario Kart series . But instead of driving on go-carts through colorful environments shooting bananas and turtle shells, the game features dozens of licensed sports-cars from several different manufacturers including the Audi Quattro, the Nissan 350Z and the Shelby GT-500 racing around fantasy and real-world tracks. Scattered around these tracks are three different types of power-ups including a repair kit and a shield as well as five different weapons, like the target-seeking Shunt, which of course are used to get rid of the competition.
Gameplay & Core Systems
The events include normal races with and without power-ups as well as pure destruction focused ones either taking place in specially build arenas or on normal race tracks. The core of the game is the single-player campaign. Divided into nine groups and taking place at over 14 different real-world locations, players has to make his way to the top. If players wins the latter, he earns their cars including the unique mods and finishing. To unlock new events and groups, players has to earn lights - up to seven for each event.
Standout Features
- To that end, each car is very unique in its statistics like strength, acceleration and such, making it a very tactical decision which one to use for the different types of races and tracks.
- Each group includes several different events including a boss fight.
- While he gets five lights for taking first place, the final two can only be obtained by pleasing the fans.
- Fan Target: Each event features a Fan Target and a Fan Run.
- While offline multiplayer only allows the players to choose from all the available cars, online multiplayer offers unlockable car upgrades and mods.
- Once he reaches level 50, he can choose to enter Legendary mode.
- This reset can be done up to ten times.
- Fan Runs are mini-challenges which are activated during a race and require players to drive through a series of glowing arcs - while the normal race still continues.
Modes & Ways to Play
The game also offers a multiplayer mode for up to four players on one machine or up to 20 online. Similar to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 , players then loses all his accomplishments and is reset to rank 1 but earns an exclusive Legendary car for doing so.
Player support includes Same/Split-Screen.
Presentation & Atmosphere
Display support includes HDTV 720p and HDTV 1080p. Audio support includes Dolby Digital and Dolby Digital 5.1.
