Pure is the latest offering from Disney Interactive and Black Rock Studio, the game’s previews were released in February and it was clear to be a different take on the severely worn out ATV genre. Pure has lots of fun off the road features, but the game looks stunning even when the tires are ripping through the dirt. The updated looks of the game featured three tracks, Wyoming, Italy and New Mexico. The visual improvements in the game are immediately obvious especially the particle effects. The bikes kick up a lot of dust around the corners and the designers have incorporated a much better sense of swiftness such as trails from the bike when boosted. The New Mexico track is quite unlike the flat and featureless expanse one would expect, it’s built into the mountains and is blend of straights and deadly switchbacks set amidst a landscape of scrub grass and rocky outlets. Far from straight, the New Mexico track features some of the most extreme jumps in the game, the leap instigates way up and as the cliff ends you are thrown hundreds of feet in the air between the cables of the Gondolas. You finally plummet onto a gorge below to continue the race.
To give you an idea of the height, the developers playing the game have managed to do four full flips in midair before landing back on ground. The most interesting feature of the game has to be the ability to craft your own custom ATV quad bikes using the tons of parts you’ll earn as you make you play the game. You’ll be able to assemble A-arms, shockers, handlebars, frame, swinger and many more, these are all real parts licensed by the manufactures. The way these parts will affect the performance of your bike will be constantly updated, mostly they will enhance the top speed, acceleration, trick ability and handling. Those of you who are not into bike building can simply order the game to make one for you, just mention whether you want the bike to be optimized for racing or stunts. You’ll be given two garage slots to save your assembled bike and as you play on you’ll receive as much as 10 slots.
The World Tour mode is the highlight of the game, it’s basically a series of tournament held in seven locations around the world. Each if the tournament is comprised of up to seven different events including sprints, traditional races and freestyle races. Sprint events emphasize on raw speed featuring shorter laps and lesser number of jumps where as traditional races are your average multilap races. Disney was tightlipped about the freestyle races; however it is expected to concentrate on tricks. The developers have revealed that there is lot of work to be done on the game, including a new HUD, signature trick moves for each of the pre0built eight characters. Gamers are eagerly anticipating how the 16-plyeyer online mode will play out, especially regarding to frame rates, which feels pretty sold in the single player mode.
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