Blur (vs. PGR4) • Gaming • Xbox 360 • Eurogamer.net

Deleted user 11 September 2014 21:59:39

(Apologies in advance for a topic that seems about three years too late!)

Ever since I first played PGR4, I've been completely in love with it - I think it's my all-time favourite racing game and, if it weren't for the likes Super Mario Galaxy, it might perhaps be my absolute favourite game. It's just everything about it, but in particular, the handling model just seems... sublime.

I'm not sure why but, when Blur first came out, it almost completely passed me by - I never managed to try the demo version and, shamefully, I forgot all about it. But, after I'd recently picked up Split/Second in a recent Xbox Live sale, and had been thinking back to PGR4, it got me wondering - am I missing out by not having played Blur?

Ordinarily, I'd just give it a go - but I have so many great memories of playing PGR4, and given Bizarre Creations' sad fate, I almost wouldn't want to taint that, if that makes sense?! I read a few people say that they were slightly disappointed, moving from PGR4 to Blur, and that the single player wasn't quite as enjoyable as the multiplayer. I was wondering if the multiplayer servers might still be active - and well-populated? It's just that, the other night, I played PGR4 for the first time in over five years - it lived up to all my memories - but I couldn't find anyone playing multiplayer. Is it likely to be similar for Blur? And if so, would it still be worth getting just for the single player? I'd been wondering if I might just be best to wait for Sumo Digital's version of Forza Horizon 2 on 360.

Incidentally, might anyone know if any Facebook groups or forums still arrange PGR4 multiplayer sessions, please? Thanks in advance.

Deleted user 11 September 2014 22:42:30

Blur still had a fairly small but dedicated multiplayer community last time I played it about a year ago. Be warned, the people who are left are generally very good at the game.

The single player is a bit rubbish, you'd be disappointed with it coming from pgr. The multiplayer, however, is the best I've ever played for a racing game. One of my favourite games of the last console generation

Deleted user 11 September 2014 22:43:57

Although the handling in Blur isn't what makes it good. It's very much an arcade racer, with more similarities to Mario Kart than a racing sim

KD 11 Sep 2014 22:54:09 3,575 posts
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I heard somewhere the servers were turned off for Blur but only found out 2 nights ago its still playable online, spent a lot of late nights with a friend playing online and both of us had a few games the other night. PGR4 was great but the bikes spoilt it personally and was between 360's so didn't play much of it.

Deleted user 14 September 2014 18:04:38

Thanks very much for your advice - on balance, I wonder if I might perhaps be best to hang on to my very happy memories of PGR4, and to maybe wait for Forza Horizon 2. I'm just so annoyed with myself for missing out on Blur when it first came out! Although I suppose one additional purchase sadly wouldn't have changed what happened, I feel terrible knowing that poor sales perhaps contributed to Bizarre Creations' closing.

There are so many great racing games, but nothing quite feels to make up for the loss of Bizarre and PGR...

BillMurray 14 Sep 2014 18:18:57 9,736 posts
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I think I put more hours into Blur than I did any other MP game mode on the 360.

SomaticSense 15 Sep 2014 19:42:51 15,062 posts
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Easily Acti's worst crime was closing Bizarre. They only ever made stellar games, but were screwed by idiotic marketing on Acti's part.

It was the depressing proof to me that talent counts for little in the game industry. All that was asked of them was to do the best job they could and make great games, which they more than delivered on, but Acti pulled the cord and made them redundant because of; a) bad marketing campaigns and naive release dates, and b) people were too stupid to buy their games in favour of inferior competition.

Methoda 1 Nov 2014 00:15:36 14 posts
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If you are playing multiplayer i would preffer Blur. Me and my friends love to play it and its even funnier when we get high

. And if u play for the laughs and fun time id preffer Sonic ultimae race aswell

KD 19 Jun 2020 23:14:10 3,575 posts
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Online in a room on Blur right now on 360, not bad for 10yr old game.

Kernowgaz 20 Jun 2020 12:01:58 254 posts
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@KD If only it was Back compatible

TechnoHippy 20 Jun 2020 12:25:46 19,245 posts
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I'd love a PGR remake/remaster/new game.

Hiphopopotamus 27 Sep 2020 09:04:52 274 posts
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PGR was a great series
Forza Horizon - I want to love it but I just can�t. 4 for me excited with Edinburgh which got me thinking about PGR2 but wasn�t a patch on how good those layouts were.