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Ridge Racer 6
Dead or Alive 4 delayed in Japan Another setback today for the ever-looming Xbox 360 launch in Japan on December 10th, with the news that Dead or Alive 4, one of the system's key home grown launch titles, has been delayed by a week and will no longer be available on day one. Hardly a major blow, a week is only a week, but nonetheless an irritation for Redmond who have already witnessed several key delays in this region so crucial to the console's success. Around the December 17th mark it is, then, with IGN revealing that the title is now 95% ready to go and is being polished by Tecmo. Whilst the Xbox 360 launches in Europe on Friday (with severe stock shortages already forecast), Dead or Alive 4 won't be ready for the continent until January. The Japanese day one line-up now consists of: Ridge Racer 6, Every Party, Perfect Dark Zero, FIFA 06, Tetris Grandmaster and Need for Speed Most Wanted. Another PlayStation launch, another Ridge Racer. Or, should we say, RIDGE RACER! The PS3's installment offers up some interesting new gameplay options but, for the most part, there's not a lot that's different about Ridge Racer 7. That's good for some, not so much for others. Since its inception, Ridge Racer has been all about arcade racing. This is most certainly not a sim, so all you Gran Turismo fans can look somewhere else for inspiration. The name of the game here is drifting and boosting, zooming across a variety of cityscapes and countrysides with a first place finish in mind. This mechanic returns in Ridge Racer 7. In fact, other than one notable addition on the control side of things, the gameplay is almost identical to last year's Ridge Racer 6. So, if you played through that one and didn't really enjoy the ride, you're gonna wanna skip this one.
'Tony Hawk's Project 8' tops latest games for new PlayStation 3 Over the years, readers have said their favorite video-game reviews are the ones in which I compare games to pop culture or ex-girlfriends (which ones are high-maintenance, etc.). But it's the holidays, so I need to stay in news-you-can-use mode. Hang in there, fans of dating parallels. Anyway, here's a straight-up look at more releases for the brand-spanking-new PlayStation 3. "Ridge Racer 7": Once again, you drive super-sleek race cars at 200 mph and beyond, through concrete jungles of cities, under dark tunnels and around mountain curves. As usual, you make hairpin turns by briefly letting off the gas, then stomping on the accelerator while sliding around corners. The courses are pretty, though many seem like leftovers from "Ridge Racer 6." The real value may be in racing up to 14 players online. |
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