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Latest Split/Second trailer blows up buildings, gigantic boats

by David Hinkle on Nov 5th 2009 6:30PM

Split/Second isn't like most racing games -- this much you already know. Like most racers, it has the super-fast cars, tight turns and limited slip differentials, but you can't take down whole buildings mid-race in most games in the genre. In fact, you can't blow up huge boats, either. Basically, it's like Burnout, except the world around you is the thing that gets smashed into bits.

All of that (and more) happens in the very brief glimpse of gameplay above. Enjoy!

Tags: black-rock, black-rock-studios, disney, Microsoft, racing, split-second, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (31)

Does this game have a story or something? Like what's going on that's making all this shit explode?

I believe it's all part of some crazy TV show in the game.

don't question it, just accept it.

God and/or Chuck Norris.

The ring under the car fills up and then you can activate different "world destructions" depending on how much power up juice you have.

I don't think there is a developing story. I would probably compare this to stage rollcage meets Need for Speed.

Awesome is making it explode... pure awesome.

So it's like Burnout Paradise with the world destruction of Bad Company/Crysis?

I want...

PRE-ORDER NOW

Yesssss masters...

Sooper sorry didn't see Toop's comment 2 below...

Just punching? Or Falcon Punching?

PREORDER NOW.

I've never felt the need to preorder a game, and some developers are pushing preorders way too hard these days.

Other than committing you to buying the game before you find out how (potentially) crappy it really is, is there any advantage to the publisher for you to pre-order?

made up cars = i don't care about this game

That's a very dumb reason to not like a game.

for someone who prefers driving real cars from real manufacturers in video games, it is not a very dumb reason.

a smarter reason to not get this is that the re playability of seeing the same plane explode everytime you play "that plane level" is probably pretty low....

here's to hoping it's not!!

yeah.. because this is clearly the real driving simulator..
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if instead of cars they decided to put boats in this game he wouldn't be saying that..

I would normally take Daniel's position here but I'd be really happy playing Split/Second instead of that Blur crap, even though that one has licensed cars.

Didn't touch any of the Burnout titles though.

If you want a real driving experience..buy a real car.

hahaha .. that was great..

As long as the handling is on point this should be a big one, i'll take the guys advice and PREORDER NOW!!!

Looks mighty impressive.

Big booms make me happys.

I played this at E3 and it was a blast. Obviously arcadey but you can activate environmental interactions to benefit you or to the detriment of your opponents. They escalate as well, so if you build up your meter to the minimum, you can only do small things like make a helicopter drop a box onto an enemy. Build it up more and you can drop a bridge or open a door for a shortcut. Build it all the way and you can bring a whole traffic control tower down onto the track or even crash land a jumbo jet. That last one is pretty badass. You see it coming straight at you and you start to sweat a little.

All this is commone knowledge and there are gameplay vids out there but just wanted to re-iterate the awesome funtacular-ness of this game.

sounds like a blast :D

More footage... Yeah, this was awesome at e3... I think it'd be better if it also included burnout-style boost, so you'd have to decide between explosions or just straight boosting.

I am not a racing game fan but ever since I saw the first trailer of it I just can't wait to get my hands on it

You can only Falcon Punch your groin once ...

Rollcage did it better.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollcage_(video_game)

oh I'd forgotten about this game, I'll wait till the reviews to see if I'll buy it though

Is it me or have I seen the same footage of this game nearly a dozen times, just remixed with different claims? Burnout FTW.

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