Pure (video game)

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

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 14 February 2008, and was released in North America on 16 September 2008, [1] in Europe on 26 September 2008, and in Japan on 25 June 2009. The game incorporates a trick system that rewards the player with speed boosts for successfully pulling off tricks.

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Gameplay

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

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 the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions would 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 4 September 2008. [3] The demo features one level of play. The PC demo was made available on 2 October 2008. [4]

During the 2009 holiday season, Pure and Lego Batman were bundled with select Xbox 360 packages as a bonus.

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% [5] for the PC game, 82.6% [6] for the PlayStation 3 game, and 85.4% [7] for the Xbox 360 game. Metacritic has an average score of 83 out of 100 for both the PC [8] and PlayStation 3 [9] games, and 85 out of 100 [10] for the Xbox 360 game. Ryan Geddes from IGN gave the game an 8.4 out of a possible 10 points, [11] 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.

During the 12th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences nominated Pure for "Racing Game of the Year". [12]

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