Pure (video game)

Pure is an off-road, quad-bike trick-racing video game for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Microsoft Windows published by Disney Interactive Studios and developed by Black Rock Studio (formerly Climax Racing, the developers of the MotoGP and ATV Offroad Fury series). The game was announced on February 14, 2008 and was released in North America on September 16, 2008[1] on Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, in Europe on September 26, 2008 and in Japan on June 25, 2009. The game incorporates a trick system that rewards the player with speed boosts for successfully pulling off tricks.

Pure
European cover art
Developer(s)Black Rock Studio
Publisher(s)Disney Interactive Studios
Platform(s)PlayStation 3
Microsoft Windows
Xbox 360
OnLive
Release
  • NA: September 16, 2008[1]
  • EU: September 26, 2008
  • AU: October 30, 2008
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay

Players race with quad bikes in locations across the world, pulling off incredible stunts at extreme heights. There are three different race types:

  • Race: Standard races over 3 laps. The tracks have plenty of turns and vertigo-inducing jumps. The player has to stay on top of the chart and keep pulling "fresh" tricks to win.
  • Freestyle: Perform and combo as many tricks as possible before running out of gas. In the end, the player with the highest score wins.
  • Sprint: Short races over 5 laps. Sprint tracks have only one or two small jumps and many hard turns, placing increased importance on turns as opposed to stunts.

The game has a trick system that monitors what kind of tricks the player has been showing off. If the player repeats the same trick, it becomes "stale", earning less points, but new tricks are "fresh" and score more points. Tricks add to a player's "thrill bar", with higher-level tricks becoming available as the bar is filled. If the bar is full, the player may perform a "special trick" given a high enough jump. The bar may deplete if boost is used or if the player crashes after an unsuccessful trick.

Development

Pure director Jason Avent assured gamers that both Xbox 360 versions and PlayStation 3 versions will run identically.[2]

At E3 2008, Pure was awarded Best Racing Game of E3 2008 by the Game Critics Awards, Editors’ Choice Award from Official Xbox Magazine (U.S.), Best Driving Game from GameTrailers.com and Best Racing Game on Xbox 360 from IGN.

A demo was released on the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Marketplace on September 4, 2008.[3] The demo features one level of play. The PC demo was made available on October 2.[4]

Soundtrack

Pure's soundtrack features a wide variety of artists in genres ranging from house and electronic to hip-hop and rock, but with the menus exclusively playing rock music.[5]

Reception

Pure was well received by critics. Official Xbox Magazine gave it a 9 out of 10. GameRankings gave the game an average score of 84.0%[6] for the PC game, 82.6%[7] for the PlayStation 3 game, and 85.4%[8] for the Xbox 360 game. Metacritic has an average score of 83 out of 100 for both the PC[9] and PlayStation 3[10] games, and 85 out of 100[11] for the Xbox 360 game. Ryan Geddes from IGN gave the game an 8.4 out of a possible 10 points,[12] praising that "The controls are intuitive, the tracks are pure eye candy and the tricks are so crazy", but noting that the game lacked depth.

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-09-20. Retrieved 2008-09-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "PRESS RELEASE: Pure To Deliver New Level Of Extreme Off-Road Racing". 2008-02-14. Archived from the original on February 20, 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
  3. "Forum Post: PURE Demo To Be Available on Xbox Live Marketplace and PlayStation Network on Thursday 9/4". 2008-09-03. Archived from the original on 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
  4. http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/55030
  5. "PRESS RELEASE: Disney Interactive Studios Announces Eclectic Soundtrack for PURE". 2008-08-28. Archived from the original on 2010-02-11.
  6. "Pure Reviews (PC) Game Rankings". Retrieved 2008-11-04.
  7. "Pure Reviews (PS3) Game Rankings". Retrieved 2008-11-04.
  8. "Pure Reviews (Xbox360) Game Rankings". Retrieved 2008-11-04.
  9. "Pure Reviews (PC) Metacritic". Retrieved 2008-11-04.
  10. "Pure Reviews (PS3) Metacritic". Retrieved 2008-11-04.
  11. "Pure Reviews (Xbox360) Metacritic". Retrieved 2008-11-04.
  12. Geddes, Ryan (2008-11-04). "Pure Review". IGN. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
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