Blur trailer is powered up
by Justin McElroy 
{ Sep 4th 2009 at 1:19PM } 
- Blur looks like an awesome combination of the slick street racing of Fast and Furious with the unpredictability of Mario Kart-style power ups -- all bathed in gratuitous neon light.
- While really exciting, it's still only our second-favorite Blur-related video of the day.
- The sound of British people talking makes cars look faster. We have no explanation for this.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Eric @ Sep 4th 2009 1:24PM
I hate racing games and even I am interested in trying that out.
Doreo (Psn-doreo503) @ Sep 4th 2009 2:26PM
What a coincidence, I hate anything titled BLUR and even I am interested in trying this out.
robotoid @ Sep 4th 2009 6:32PM
I hate racing games but I am interested in trying out Split/Second.
ae86takumi @ Sep 4th 2009 1:27PM
For a moment I thought "The Stig" was gonna appear. lolz
So they borrowed the power up upgrades from Diddy Kong Racing too. Nice. Looks great. I respect Gran Turismo but arcade style racing like Initial D is much better. To each its own. :)
Not THAT Matt @ Sep 4th 2009 2:24PM
The Top Gear reference was exciting... until you said "lolz"
Darkwun @ Sep 4th 2009 1:27PM
Very interesting.......it'll definately be fun to have a less cartoony vibe to an arcade style power upydriving game.
elmer @ Sep 5th 2009 2:08PM
Wipeout much?
Darkwun @ Sep 5th 2009 6:43PM
yh of course but for me there's been nothing as good as wipeout since wipeout...if a proper wipeout and not a HD rehash is announced for PS3 i'd buy a PS3 just to play it as fusion was one of my favourites....
Dave @ Sep 8th 2009 3:19PM
I seriously think every racing game should have "Atom Bomb" playing somewhere in the soundtrack.
Mr. Manly ESC Mcbeefington Ferguson The Second @ Sep 4th 2009 1:29PM
Only 5 power ups :|
C'mon boost,mines? Get creative guys although I love the anti- gravity missile.
Dahk @ Sep 4th 2009 1:40PM
Lol I agree - these power ups have been the same since like Mario Kart. Maybe except the barge one, but even that one is rather simple.
They need some Ratchet & Clank weaponry guys lol.
But either way that looks pretty fun!
AoE @ Sep 4th 2009 5:01PM
Oh don't worry about it, Activision will have power-up DLC available the day of release. Only $2.50 per powerup!
Jake @ Sep 4th 2009 1:29PM
I'll be buying this. It looks fun.
Captain Planet [Planeteer | Power of Captain Planet] @ Sep 4th 2009 1:30PM
Need for Speed what?
CzAr @ Sep 4th 2009 1:37PM
Need for Creativity.
xFenixKnightx @ Sep 4th 2009 1:35PM
Hmm, Fortzuh 3 or this? I think this is gonna be more fun.
Space @ Sep 4th 2009 1:39PM
goodonya for getting that t sound in there. most people say it wrong
Avatar @ Sep 4th 2009 5:22PM
Most people don't give a shit.
Space @ Sep 4th 2009 1:37PM
cool. more games need to be like wipeout
Xeones25 @ Sep 4th 2009 2:48PM
I hope this is nothing like Wipeout.
I love Mario Kart games and the F-Zero games, but for some reason I didn't like Wipeout HD at all (it was my first, an will be my only, Wipeout game).
Until now this game hasn't interested me at all simply because the power-ups don't seem too cool (kart racers have more interesting power-ups, more varied and wackier), but this trailer has me somewhat interested.
Shimrra @ Sep 4th 2009 1:38PM
Personally the game looks boring even with the "power ups" I would have been more happier if they just made a cartoony mario kart racer instead.
Space @ Sep 4th 2009 1:40PM
wait for modnation perhaps?
Shimrra @ Sep 4th 2009 1:41PM
Modnation and 360s Avatar racer both look promising.
uncle jesse @ Sep 4th 2009 1:59PM
Boring? But, but, they're speaking with accents!
embassy @ Sep 4th 2009 1:41PM
I love how it sounds like they're calling the game "Bleh" with thier accents.
I am (was?) a PGR fanboy. So Bizarre is awesome in my book.
DeepFriedSushi @ Sep 4th 2009 4:16PM
MS owns the franchise branding. its a stupid name to begin with tho.
AoE @ Sep 4th 2009 5:03PM
Bleh looks like great foon!
mynk @ Sep 4th 2009 8:05PM
i loved the pgr franchise a lot, and i have all games from 1-4, i wonder if bizzare would carry their know how from those to this game... i dont know. first of all pgr was always meant by microsoft as more of a technical experiment than it was a real game, it was meant to push the limits and introduce new features of the console itself in a fun and powerful way, and most of the time, they delivered. but seeing as though how this game is published by activision, and other than being a kart racer, it doesnt really bring anything new to the table. (pgr 4 did bikes, an amazing career mode, lovely inside views, one of the best multiplayers ive seen and other such things)
i may be wrong, and i hope i am, because finally, i know ill be picking up this game to pay my resepcts and well, i think that all i really need to say is THEY'RE TALKING WITH ACCENTS
oOWallaceOo @ Sep 4th 2009 1:43PM
Still leaning towards Split/Second as my next arcade racer.
AoE @ Sep 4th 2009 5:04PM
Yeah, that one does look quite awesome... but when has Bizzare Creations ever done us wrong? Then again... I guess they were never owned by Activision before either...
The Commenter Formerly Known as (kbomb1upc) @ Sep 4th 2009 2:36PM
Is it just me or does anyone else think that girl is kinda cute. Maybe its the accent or maybe I got a case of jungle fever. I likey me a girl with some meat on her bones...anyway its Friday...
deadpool @ Sep 4th 2009 3:08PM
yea i know exactly how you feel. i wanna punch her teeth in too.
Bill$ @ Sep 4th 2009 3:53PM
jungle fever?..but... shes white.. but yes i agree.. now we shall await our pending ban for saying such things..
BlaqueBeird @ Sep 4th 2009 5:24PM
I want to have sex with her accent.
skyzbig @ Sep 4th 2009 2:48PM
Anyone know what the tune is?
killdash9 @ Sep 4th 2009 3:10PM
There are too many single-word racing game titles these days, I think. After Grid, Dirt, Fuel, and Blur, I was at first honestly under the impression that Wet was also a racing game.
el serpiente @ Sep 4th 2009 3:33PM
Pure
Skate
DeepFriedSushi @ Sep 4th 2009 4:15PM
its gotta be 4 letters or its not a racer.
Imadogg @ Sep 4th 2009 8:19PM
It's all about speed baby. That's why Project Gotham Racing was done away with, shit took too long to say.
Spybreak @ Sep 5th 2009 8:49PM
imadog, its PGR, thats less than 4 letters lol.
eNrique @ Sep 4th 2009 3:25PM
Wait, only twenty cars?
:thumbs down:
Faceman @ Sep 4th 2009 3:27PM
looks ok.. but all these blur trailers say the same thing.. what about career mode? What's gonna keep me playing this game for 10 or more hours? So far it's lookin like a rental or $20 used game purchase.
BlaqueBeird @ Sep 4th 2009 5:26PM
I gather that's it's not going to focus on career mode, like NFS (which has the worst multiplayer I've ever tried to use). The idea is to have friends that you'll play it with, like, socially or something.
phez @ Sep 4th 2009 3:29PM
How the mighty have fallen.
Space @ Sep 4th 2009 4:07PM
wipeout's venom class is a little weak and slow but the phantom class on skilled or elite is ridiculously fun. plus the overall presentation of that game is just spot on. especially in wipeout fury
DeepFriedSushi @ Sep 4th 2009 4:14PM
this game is gonna sell so poorly. im not saying its bad but it seems to be marketing to a niche audience.
Carl @ Sep 4th 2009 4:29PM
These developers sound far too excited about these utterly ordinary "power-ups". Have they played any other games in the past? Boost, mines, missles, proximity field, and "barge" have all been done before, many many times over in the past. I don't know about these dudes, but they are going to have to get more creative than that for a game released in 2009.
The Wipeout series had all these generic and un-inventive weapons in 1995.
They are obviously trying to combine the hip-factor of underground street racing (which if you ask me, isn't even that cool anymore) with the unpredictability of weapons integration seen in mario kart. Among the many issues I have already, the problem the weapons is it places more emphasis on weapons than actual skill. You can be the best mario Kart player on the planet, but the moment a n00b grabs a blue shell, its over. That's not racing. That's giving unexperianced players a leg up at the cost of any actual value as a game that calls for ability.
Mario Kart works because it doesn't take itself too seriously.... and because its made for kids, stoners, and people who don't play video games. This on the other hand wants to grab the market segment where those people meet the experianced players, but Its a shame because its only going to bastardize both demographic's experiences.
ghost @ Sep 4th 2009 7:39PM
I think your approaching this game the wrong way. The angle here is to have a PGR style racer, with real cars and (relatively) realistic physics with power ups. It's about combining the madness and exhiliration of games like Mario Kart and WipeOut with actual racing. Granted, there is no indication as yet that this is a winning combination, but to write the game of as a failed WipeOut clone is missing the mark a bit.
For me, PGR has been the best racing series since I've played Metropolis Street Racer on the Dreamcast, so I'm willing to give these people the benefit of doubt for now.
Carl @ Sep 4th 2009 7:54PM
Comment reply below (mistake)
Will @ Sep 4th 2009 5:04PM
How about some PC tag?