14 DAY TRIAL // The PlayStation 3 didn't really start off on the right foot in the console war as it didn't have that many triple A-quality titles at launch. But fortunately for the Japanese company, both Resistance: Fall of Man and MotorStorm provided a very solid experience and sold quite a lot of consoles when they were first launched.
Now, as some time has passed, it seems that the team at Evolution Studios didn't really slack off and already launched, before the holidays, the sequel to the first game, entitled MotorStorm: Pacific Rift. The title, which aimed at offering a much better experience in terms of visuals, by replacing the desolate desert environment in the first game with some very lush tropical forests through which players could violently race with cars, bikes and even monster trucks.
The game did very well and managed to sell over 1 million units in just a few months, but it seems that it didn't really offer the same great experience as it was marketed. Some users found quite a lot of flaws and reported them to Evolution in hopes that they would be fixed. Now it seems that things will finally be resolved, as Jamie Brayshaw, the community manager for the game on the PlayStation Blog has just announced that an update is nearing completion and will be released soon onto the PlayStation Network.
Here are the major problems that this future update will resolve:
"-Restrictions to the copying of Saved Data have been removed. This will make it possible for Saved Data to be backed up and then restored to the User Account it was created under (whether that’s on the same PLAYSTATION 3 or not). -Changes to the way the game handles data. These changes will help to prevent Saved Data corruption. -Visual notification of critical save progress has been added. A ‘MotorStorm Helmet’ icon will be displayed on-screen to warn users that critical data is being saved. This is in addition to the HDD -Access light which currently flashes while the game makes a critical save. -The glitch which enables a player to exploit the Boost system has been removed. The development team are working to identify which times have been achieved using this glitch; Action will be taken to ensure that the Leaderboards become genuinely competitive again. -Time Attack times and Rank information will update correctly for all players. Any pending Time -Attack times will begin to filter through systematically and the online Ranks should display correctly once the update is released. -Additional fixes and improvements to gameplay. Many thanks for your feedback on these and other issues so far; we are still investigating the other issues that have been brought to our attention."
It seems that things will certainly take a turn for the better for MotorStorm: Pacific Rift owners and they will finally be able to start racing with no problems on the tracks. Until it will be unveiled, we're still left with the high octane fun that the game already has.