That being said, it is taking a hell of a lot of perseverance on my part to love this bastard of a game. But, like all black sheep and ugly ducklings, as time goes on you’ll learn to appreciate the worth of WRC 8 on the whole, and not on its looks. Granted, it was never going to give Gran Turismo a run for its money, but we should be doing better than this. Whilst to some I realise that that’s not the deciding factor in deciding on whether it’s worth playing, it just felt like an earlier title of this generation, rather than a showcase of the true potential in a console’s life this far along. However, as it isn’t pushing for the highest graphical fidelity, never once did the framerate or sense of speed/immersion drop for me. Not that it’s original Xbox-era ugly, far from it. I may be reviewing it on a base Xbox One, with a 4K TV, but even so it’s hardly making me feel immersed. Not that it’s terrible, just that in the days of pushing for graphical quality, WRC 8 has gone for a “that’ll do” option instead. Let’s find out why, shall we…?īefore we delve into why I’m not great at it, I will address one of first things that stuck with me: it’s not a very good looking game. Well, that is to say I want to like WRC 8, I’m just not very good at it.
So perhaps it’s both blessing and a curse that games like Dirt and this one have taken us back to a time of not necessarily hard games, but reminds of how they used to be. Or perhaps it’s that we’re so modernised now that we expect games to have checkpoints, or rewind points, easier difficulties and a degree of hand-holding. This is a rally sim, right down to the micro-management of your team”, and they are not joking around.
WRC is a game that says, “If you want arcade, go back to V Rally. Depending on your outlook, WRC 8 is going to be exactly what you want, or some new fresh hell to bang your head against.
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That being said, it’s a backhanded compliment to the Dirt series for bringing back the authentic style of rally driving back to gaming, because now that’s what every bugger aspires to. A game should stand up on its own merits, and not always be thrown into a generic template, a la GTA/Dark Souls clone comparisons. But is its harsh learning curve too steep for some? WRC 8 – The Finger Guns Review įirst and foremost, I am not going to spend the majority of this review comparing this to the Dirt series (despite the subtitle, obviously). Following the tracks of another authentic rally series, WRC 8 captures the world of high octane countryside racing perfectly.
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