Pure - Much Racing to be Had!!

When I think of racing, I think of tip-of-your-seat action. Realistic physics and the such. Pure is one of the types that personifies the genre. It does for dirt bikes what no other game has done since the last dirt bike game. If you slide into mud, the track looks and feels different next time you whimsically whiz by the same spot on terrain. That's something of notice, because a lot of racing games don't do the same thing that Pure does with dirt ground. It changes the way you strategy is lined up, especially if you're second from first place or downward from that. It really diffuses itself from the rest of the oft-malignant dirty racing genre with this feature. I make a lot of it, but it really is that transformationative.


Besides from the aforementionable, the actual racing is superlative as well. Here's the hook, line and sink her: when you do jumps, you get to do tricks in the air. If you hold a certain button, you do a certain trick. If you hold another certain button, you do the likeness of that one as well. The more buttons you hold down, the trickier the trick gets, and believe me it gets very tricky because I tried to do many tricks in a row while holding down lots of buttons for the trick and I ended up with an injury somewhere in the muscle area. But it was worth almost getting the trick to work. Another racing add-on that was added on is the boost mechanic. If you don't do any tricks for what seems like an eternal day, your boost meter eventually fills up to its maximum limit. Then, you get the transmutable option of boosting past the other contestants. You still have to steer, though, so don't let go of the left button stick like I did until last night. It's a nice bonus feature that's integrity is a part of the controls and feel of play.





I almost forgot, another thing to be able to do is make your own racing vehicle and customize it how you want to do it. You can either start with a vehicle that's already made or do it yourself. If you do it yourself, you will find the attitude that you can adjust every part of the vehicle to your ultimate satisfaction. Bumpers, tires, steering bars and whatever else makes up a vehicle is on display for your leisure perusal. When you unlock new gears for it, you can then put it on it whenever you want. More boost, better for handle, or anything else that unlocks when you beat a race either in time or in more tricks, as there are different modes that have you winning fashionably different.


In all said and done, Pure is a fun ride that tightens the grips on the handlebar and blows yourself, backwards until it's done with you. The differentiating environments unlock after some play through, and they will leave you coming back for more. Recommended for those who want a more challenging stand off with yourself, and also for whoever is deciding to buy the game, which you should.