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Pure – ATV Off-Road PS3 Game Review

Pure is an adrenalin-fuelled rush and great fun to play. I’ve not played an off-road Quad bike ATVs (All-Terrain Vehicles) racing game before, but the game itself lends from other racing games where the point is not only to go fastest, but to obtain points for tricks.  The better the tricks, the more points you will accumulate.  Points are based on a built-in ‘risk vs reward’ point scoring scheme.

This makes playing Pure much more exciting.  Rather than simply racing around a track, it will have you attempting to squeeze more tricks into each jump, hoping that you land right way up and not over-cooking a stunt.

There are three events to choose from:

Sprints offer less chance for completing tricks, as you race around short, tight tracks at tremendous speeds. Sprints are all about speed.

Freestyles are the antithesis of Sprints.  In Freestyles ‘points mean prizes!’ The more outrageous your tricks, the more you score. Ramps are placed around the track to invite you to score high, while ‘power-ups’ litter the course to boost your fuel tank. Freestyles are fun, but not as exciting as a stand-alone mode.

Standard Racing is by far the most exciting, as you balance the need for speed with the choice of more daring stunts for your ATV to gain boosts.  By collecting boosts you unlock better tricks throughout the race.

Once you’ve gained some control and understanding of the game you can enter the World Tour event.  The first races are easy and will give you a chance to get some more racing experience.  But as you begin to progress the World Tour will become harder, as you race against more aggressive, fearsome opponents.

As you complete each event you will unlock parts for your ATV and the races will become much harder. By unlocking new parts the game allows you to customise your ATV and even create a new ATV.

If you don’t want to compete in the endurance of a complete World Tour you can opt for single events, but by competing in the World Tour you will unlock new tracks to race.  And if that isn’t enough, you can play Pure online with up to 16 players.

Visually, Pure is amazing, perfect.  The graphics certainly help the adrenaline rush of this excitingly awesome game.  Check out the game play.

Buzzin Games Rating: 85%