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13.2.2014

A combination made in heaven. This was like when I watched the movie SNAKES ON A PLANE, my reaction was: of course, why did no one ever think of this before?!There is a great number of driving and racing games, some better than others. There is even a number of shooting&driving games. However, SPLIT/SECOND is a breed on its own.When was the last time you had to race a collapsing overpass, dodge the load of an out-of-control crane or a wrecking ball, drive under a crash-landing cargo plane, survive a missile-firing helicopter attack, drift in an exploding airport hangar, or survive a Terminator-2 canal race?Drifting (no wall-slamming penalty!), drafting, sling-shooting,close-calling crashes and General-Leeing your car will fill your Power Bar. Once it is full you can unleash PowerPlay attacks onto your AI opponents. And, trust me, you will hate them! From start to finish they will be scrapping your tailpipe - and you only need to slip for a split second to total your car. You can leave paint all over the walls but the moment your grill touches that central pillar or dumpster you are totaled. The good news is that respawning only takes a second - no time for the adrenaline to subside.Choose the best car for the track and handling it will be no problem. Nevertheless, this is not an easy game - and, frankly, I missed those. Nowadays everything seems designed to be breezed through and quickly move on to the next game. Not this baby. Random events (not to mention unexplored shortcuts) make racing the same track feel like a new experience so memorizing the tracks will not be of much help. You will have to really hone your skills in order to advance. Quick advice: remap the PowerPlay buttons to something convenient as timing your attacks is essential.Fallen behind and only half a lap to go? Well, drive your A-game - and make sure to... drop a burning bus on the opponents you could not overtake.Careful though: this knife cuts both ways. First, you must learn to avoid the attacks you triggered yourself and then you must be ready to speed around the ones your opponents spring on you. Split-second decisions are required throughout.You are not a passenger so stop gawking at the scenery. Strap in and drive for your life!The visuals will keep you at the edge of your seat and the screeching and explosion sounds will make the hairs at the back of your neck stand up every time. This is like actually being in a Hollywood summer action-blockbuster. My only gripe is that there are no licensed cars (what we drive is always sleek and gorgeous but, sorry, no Gallardos, no DB9s, no R8s, no Shelbies...) whereas customizing our rides is kept to a minimum. That would have taken the experience to a whole new level!SPLIT/SECOND, obviously, is more of a well-made arcade than a simulation game. And it is great FUN!I had initially awarded the game 4 stars but any game that brings you home early to experience it again deserves full marks.HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

21.1.2014

Split Second is an interesting mix of racing, explosions, destructible environments, action set pieces, upgrades and power plays; it’s also an excellent racing game, not dissimilar to the game Burnout; however, with a lot more surprises. This feels like an action movie with set pieces that you can set off yourself by earning power plays, or by selecting one of several modes of play; How do you achieve this? By drafting (driving behind other vehicles using their slipstream), or by drifting (basically going around corners by intentionally over steering, causing loss of traction in the tires, while maintaining control around the corner (see this video if you don't know what drifting is,ignore the first 40 seconds [...] ). You can also gain power plays by jumping or dodging other vehicles.When you've earned enough power play, you can trigger set explosions, or other action sequences such as a large Boeing jet coming in to land, collapsing bridges, towers collapsing or helicopters dropping suspicious looking payloads that engulf the race track in flames. If you string three power plays together you'll get even more spectacular action sequences that can be used to destroy your opponents ahead of you. These include jumping from a sinking aircraft carrier, dodging the smoke and falling rubble from a mountain side that has just exploded or avoiding the burning remnants of several train carriages that just happened to roll onto the race track.The game also has a several modes of play to counter the eventual predictability of the game (after playing it for several hours, you'll become accustomed to where the danger spots are for the action sequences, so there’s different race styles, such as Detonator, Air Strike and Survival; for example the Detonator mode is basically a time trial race where power-plays are out of your control and triggered automatically.The downside to the game is there are only 8 cars to race against. I think being able to select the number of cars to race against makes for more variability, for example more cars means more mayhem, fewer cars makes it easier on the novice racer. As you progress through the game you earn new vehicles and unlock new tracks. You have to achieve one of the top three spots in most races to progress further, though you can earn those faster and stronger vehicles as you earn points for each race no matter what position you finish in.Overall split Second is a decent racer, which by now you can pick up for as little as £3 for the PS3 edition or just over £4 for the Xbox and PC editions (second hand). (The cheapest I've seen it via Amazon US is $8). Pity this isn't available on Steam as I prefer digital based games these days. You can get it as a digital download from Gamefly, but it'll cost you a lot more (around £20 unless they have sales).You tube videos of Split Second game play:[...][...][...][...]