Tue, May 18, 2010 | 23:25 BST
Split/Second gets review blow-out, EG lands it with 8
Split/Second’s balls-to-the-walls, mentally insane. At least that’s the impression from the reviews going out on the Black Rock/Disney racer. Get rounded-up after the break, and find out if this one’s for you.
Eurogamer’s gone live with an eight, with everyone else also following with pretty similar scores.
Full list is below.
- Eurogamer – 8
- Kotaku – N/A
- 1UP – A
- Gamesmaster – 8.6
- Gamespot – 7.5
- Joystiq – N/A
- GamesRadar – 8
- Gamepro – 4.5/5
- Eurogamer Germany – 7
- GameReactor Finland – 7
- IGN – 8.5
- Eurogamer Sweden – 8
If you have any links to add, do so below.
Split/Second releases today in the US, and on Friday in the UK for 360, PC and PS3 – with a 3Gb HDD install, not 7Gb .
A demo’s now available on Xbox Live Marketplace and PlayStation Network.
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Posted in: Action, Disney, Hot, Journalism, PC, PS3, Racing, Xbox 360
Tags: black rock studios, split/second
30 comments
#1
Erthazus
18/05/10, 5:41 pm
Good. Worth it.
#2
f1r3storm
18/05/10, 5:42 pm
http://www.eurogamer.de/articles/split-second-velocity-test
7/10
#3
Fin
18/05/10, 5:43 pm
Edge gave it an 8 in the latest issue, review’s not online though.
#4
Hakkiz
18/05/10, 5:53 pm
For those two Finns out there: http://www.gamereactor.fi/arviot/76665/Split%2FSecond%3A+Velocity/
#5
daytripper
18/05/10, 5:58 pm
mines been posted by shopto.net
#6
daytripper
18/05/10, 6:04 pm
IGN 8.5
http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/108/1089982p1.html
#7
The Hindle
18/05/10, 6:07 pm
VG staff the Prince of Persia scores have gone live, doesnt sound to good so far.
#8
Johnny Cullen
18/05/10, 6:17 pm
Steph’s writing the round-up for PoP right now.
#9
The Hindle
18/05/10, 6:24 pm
cool, its getting pretty low scores so far.
#10
Toby Lee - Eurogamer.se
18/05/10, 6:32 pm
Eurogamer Sweden – 8/10
http://www.eurogamer.se/articles/split-second-velocity-recension
#11
El_MUERkO
18/05/10, 6:48 pm
#5
me too
#12
daytripper
18/05/10, 6:54 pm
#13
Johnny Cullen
18/05/10, 7:00 pm
My 360 copy’s on the way from Game.
#14
Tallon 4
18/05/10, 7:09 pm
Can’t wait for the Digital Foundry face-off.
Wasn’t sure about this game, but the speed seems to be much faster than in the demo and that was my major concern
EDGE 8/10 by the way…
#15
loki
18/05/10, 7:14 pm
EuroGamer Germany and Gamespot absolutely right: another mediocre racing game nothing more
#16
Erthazus
18/05/10, 7:15 pm
@15 7 is mediocre? How 7/10 is mediocre? Mediocre is 5.
#17
daytripper
18/05/10, 7:15 pm
in your opinion loki. if you dont like it, dont bother with it. s
#18
JonasAronsson
18/05/10, 8:37 pm
Nmd, didn’t see Tobys post.
#19
theevilaires
18/05/10, 8:39 pm
I like it, Cort doesn’t
#20
Johnny Cullen
18/05/10, 11:24 pm
Added the batch from above.
#21
Boris Fett
18/05/10, 11:28 pm
@Erthazus, Agreed. I’m consistently amazed when people consider 8 a “low score”.
Really looking forward to this game.
#22
darrenyap80
19/05/10, 2:33 am
I’ve play the game yesterday. Definately not that nice. I’ll rate it the most 7/10 and it is expensive
#23
Blerk
19/05/10, 8:35 am
Good to see it doing well, it seems pretty solid. Not sure whether I’ll buy it, though – racing games generally aren’t my thing unless they’re Burnout.
#24
tenthousandgothsonacid
19/05/10, 8:49 am
@Blerk – I agree, but having played the ps3 demo constantly for the last week (at the expense of all the other games I was supposed to be finishing before this came out) I’d say it’s Burnout good. It reminds me of Burnout/Burnout 2 a lot…
#25
Blerk
19/05/10, 8:52 am
My main concern is that they’re saying it’s quite short. Burnout games tend to keep me going for months, dipping in and out whenever I fancy a quick blast. Only having 12 tracks and a couple of extra modes doesn’t sound like it warrants full price.
#26
tenthousandgothsonacid
19/05/10, 8:55 am
I love this from the kotaku review :
“A copy of the game was given to us by the publisher for reviewing purposes. Played through nine episodes and multiple multiplayer matches on Xbox 360.”
And no score
*All* reviews should do this.
#27
tenthousandgothsonacid
19/05/10, 8:56 am
@Blerk wait til it’s 20 quid for you then I guess…
#28
Blerk
19/05/10, 9:09 am
Yeah, I could well be tempted into a bargain bin purchase – especially seeing as there’s no new Burnout on the horizon.
#29
tenthousandgothsonacid
19/05/10, 9:14 am
@28 I guess it depends what Criterion’s NFS turns out like. I see one of their registered domain names was NFS – Takedown (as previously discussed).
We’ll find out at E3…
#30
Isaaclarke37
20/05/10, 1:33 am
I just watched GT review and the game looks sweet.