Motorstorm screens

[dcforest]

One thing I have noticed about various impressions you read on the Internet about XBOX 360 & PS3 games: it really matters what type equipment you use to watch & listen to HD games.

Small screen sizes, poorly calibrated colors/contrast/black levels, poor quality scalers in the TV, etc. can all conspire to make your first impression of a game less than stellar. For example, I own both a 26" 720p TV set and a 46" 1080p TV set. If I play Gears of War on the 26" set and listen to the sound in stereo through the built-in speakers, GoW feels like a good, but not great game. When I play GoW on the 46" 1080p set with 5.1 surround sound, it is a whole different experience and lives up the high ratings it has received in reviews.

Similarly, Motorstorm on the demo kiosk looks no where near as good as it does on my PS3/46" 1080p/5.1 sound setup. Part of that is the demo kiosk uses an older build; the other is that the TV's in the kiosks aren't usually properly calibrated. Colors and lighting are two things mostly commonly off.

 

[Nesh]

Nesh, One thing I noticed from the target display is that it has you pick your vehicle while on the starting line. The PS Store demo loads your car atop the canyon before the race. Other than that and the framerate issues I havent noticed anything else but then again I wasnt looking too hard in the store demo.

Theres two classes you can pick. Motorcycles or Trucks. They each have two sepearte vehicles, with 3 skins for each. The skins actually do change parts on the model in the bikes case, with a female rider who loves to shake her behind while going over jumps XD

The sense of speed is really there when you boost. As you can see from the pics the motion blurry is exceptionally well done

Indeed
The motion blurr is what impressed me most in the pics you posted. Very well done.
Oh and thanks for sharing info

 

[patsu]

Dot50Cal, I know there are reports of framerate issues in the store demo, but I am not sure where it's occuring. Do you know ? The people over here use boost and gas all the way (just below the "Blow Up" mark). So the screen actually moves pretty fast, especially playing as a dirt bike.

If the downloadable demo and the real game fixed the framerate issues, does it mean that only the normal play (i.e., unboosted and early acceleration) gains speed ? Or will the fully accelerated + boosted speed increase further ? (That's crazy if true).

Having played the instore demo, it doesn't look all that great. I played it on a 720p HD monitor. the lighting on most of the tracks in the demo was off and it looked very unimpressive. However, there was one track (one of the ones you could use the buggy on), which looked very close to the trailer and looked very good. It controlled and handled well. They need to fixed the lighting. My wife wasn't even impressed by the graphics.

Correct me if I am wrong:
I only found 2 tracks... they are the same place, just different time ? One has more saturated color and lens glare (Sunset, I think). The other is more dull. Both have buggies and bikes, but I think the dull one has trucks. The lighting seems fine to me too. But it's not all about looks here. The overall environment is dynamic and impressive.

The few things I dislike are: The static crowd... My bike exploded and I landed beside one of them and he was 2-D. The slow-mo crash scenes get old after sometime.

 

[Dot50Cal]

patsu, I noticed it heavily at the starting line. When all the cars get going the framerate really drags on the store demo. Dont get any of that in the download demo.

As for the store demo it may have a different map? I havent been to a store to look but the download one has one map, set at two different times of day.

 

[mckmas8808]

patsu, I noticed it heavily at the starting line. When all the cars get going the framerate really drags on the store demo. Dont get any of that in the download demo.

As for the store demo it may have a different map? I havent been to a store to look but the download one has one map, set at two different times of day.

No it's the same map. And you are right the PSN demo is waaaay better. Graphics and framerate are great.

 

[Angelcurio]

The slow-mo crash scenes get old after sometime.

I really hope for the final game to include the option to deactivate it. At first its nice but after a while it gets old, specially when you fall from a cliff that slo-mo scene seems to last for longer.

 

[patsu]

patsu, I noticed it heavily at the starting line. When all the cars get going the framerate really drags on the store demo. Dont get any of that in the download demo.

I see ! Silly me, I thought it was just part of the game design for everyone to ramp up slowly (coz the rest of the accelerated race is fast). It probably lasts for less than 10 seconds (?) in the entire 5-6+ minute race.

I really hope for the final game to include the option to deactivate it. At first its nice but after a while it gets old, specially when you fall from a cliff that slo-mo scene seems to last for longer.

Tell me about it. I kept pressing the buttons to skip it after the 5th or 6th one. It's fun to watch other vehicles fall apart or land on me though.

 

[btdvox]

The instore demos are said to have much worse framerate sthan the demo released- the only problem i see on the demo are some glitches altering the softshadows- i saw this in FEAR also on PC when i played it last year. im sure there fixing it! Ill get some pics up tonight of some games.

 

[Bad_Boy]

If the final game looks anything like the trailer 2 on the PSStore, I can't wait till this comes out.

 

[Dot50Cal]

One of the things that struck me viewing the Trailer on my computer is how compressed it is. You lose so much of the colors and the texture definition. I'd say you going to be quite happy if the PSN demo is anything to go by It looks fantastic!

 

[blakjedi]

Having played the instore demo, it doesn't look all that great. I played it on a 720p HD monitor. the lighting on most of the tracks in the demo was off and it looked very unimpressive.

Agreed I was at the Sony Style store at pentagon city mall and played the demo... I was excited to see the game at first then... alot of aliasing and jaggies, and i noticed just how slow the game seemed... it was really weird. Even with "boost" it just made the near objects go by more quickly but the environment still seemed slow. The pace of the game was slow even at supposedly high speeds... Maybe it was the monitor but the colors were abit washed out and PC-ish... I really wanted to be impressed by this game and impressed playing the PS3 for the first time. I'll try it again sometime soon when i can put more time into it.

 

[Arwin]

I really hope for the final game to include the option to deactivate it. At first its nice but after a while it gets old, specially when you fall from a cliff that slo-mo scene seems to last for longer.

Normally you would get a penalty for crashing. Now, when you crash, you get this penalty but instead of a count-down, you get a nice crash ... I know what I'd prefer!*


*And no, it's not being able to continue driving immediately after a crash.

 

[mckmas8808]

Agreed I was at the Sony Style store at pentagon city mall and played the demo... I was excited to see the game at first then... alot of aliasing and jaggies, and i noticed just how slow the game seemed... it was really weird. Even with "boost" it just made the near objects go by more quickly but the environment still seemed slow. The pace of the game was slow even at supposedly high speeds... Maybe it was the monitor but the colors were abit washed out and PC-ish... I really wanted to be impressed by this game and impressed playing the PS3 for the first time. I'll try it again sometime soon when i can put more time into it.

Everybody knows now that the in store demo was an earlier build. The demo in the Playstation store is way better.

 

[patsu]

Agreed I was at the Sony Style store at pentagon city mall and played the demo... I was excited to see the game at first then... alot of aliasing and jaggies, and i noticed just how slow the game seemed... it was really weird. Even with "boost" it just made the near objects go by more quickly but the environment still seemed slow. The pace of the game was slow even at supposedly high speeds... Maybe it was the monitor but the colors were abit washed out and PC-ish... I really wanted to be impressed by this game and impressed playing the PS3 for the first time. I'll try it again sometime soon when i can put more time into it.

Hm... were you driving a bike or a truck ? Not sure how the environment seems slow if the ride is bumpy and objects go by (much) quicker during boost (X) and gas'ed (R2). Did you also try the first person view ? You're probably playing the more dull-colored track too (Did you see any lens flare while you raced ?). This is making me curious about the downloadable demo version. How good can it get ?

As for aliasing and jaggies... Sorry, didn't notice those at all except for during vehicle selection and may be start of race.

 

[mckmas8808]

Hm... were you driving a bike or a truck ? Not sure how the environment seems slow if the ride is bumpy and objects go by (much) quicker during boost. This is making me curious about the online demo version. How good can it get ?

As for aliasing and jaggies... Sorry, didn't notice those at all except for during vehicle selection and may be start of race.

The online demo version doesn't have either of those problems.

 

[blakjedi]

Hm... were you driving a bike or a truck ? Not sure how the environment seems slow if the ride is bumpy and objects go by (much) quicker during boost (X) and gas'ed (R2). Did you also try the first person view ? You're probably playing the more dull-colored track too (Did you see any lens flare while you raced ?). This is making me curious about the online demo version. How good can it get ?

As for aliasing and jaggies... Sorry, didn't notice those at all except for during vehicle selection and may be start of race.

I was driving the truck but changed cars at the finish line to a dark grey hot rod looking whip. I didnt notice any lens flares (they still make those? ) yes aliasing is very present in 720P. It wasnt very fast at all...:?? What is the Playstation store? I went to the SONY store so i figured they would have a better setup than most other places... What is the Playstation store?

 

[Dot50Cal]

I noticed in the store display demo you can change your car to any one of them on the track. Theres a whole lot of cars you can select. Pretty cool!

A possible reason for the lag is that with this many different high poly vehicles on the screen at the starting line things might lag a bit?

 

[mckmas8808]

What is the Playstation store?

That's cute. It's the samething as Xbox Arcade. You can download orginal titles like Blast Factor, PS3 demos like Motorstorm, and Blu-ray trailers like Black Hawk Down.

A possible reason for the lag is that with this many different high poly vehicles on the screen at the starting line things might lag a bit?

Hey Dot50 you didn't play the online demo version?

 

[Dot50Cal]

Online demo of motorstorm?! Where!?

 

[mckmas8808]

Online demo of motorstorm?! Where!?

HOLY CRAP MAN!!!!!!!!!! You don't know?

You can download the Motorstorm demo now. It's about 450 MB and it's waaaaay better than the instore demo.