Flatout 3: Chaos & Destruction

[CeeKay]

just saw this pop up on Steam for pre-order:  http://store.steampowered.com/app/201510/

    Physics Engine capable of delivering over 20,000 fully destructible objects on every track
    47 vehicles with everything from muscle cars, monster trucks, tanks, bulldozers and more
    9 game modes plus challenge mode that incorporates all game modes into one 62 track race
    10 racing environments with 62 different race tracks
    3 stunt mode environments with 12 stunt tracks
    9 Destruction Derby Battle environments
    All new Monster Truck, Nightshift, Off Road, and Speed modes
    8 multiplayer modes with support for up to 16 players
    Force Feedback support for racing wheels
    Larger Destruction Derbies with 24 players
    Complete Chaos in Off-Road Mode
    Complete Destruction in All new Monster Truck Mode
    Head to Head in nightmarish, thunderous, rainy, fog weather in Night Shift Mode

probably not in on day one in hopes of it being discounted in the Holiday Sale, but it's definitely got my eye.

[EngineNo9]

Normally I'd be in day 1 for a new Flatout game, but since this isn't being developed by Bugbear I'll have to take a wait and see approach. 

The trailers make it actually look worse than the last Bugbear-developed game, though if it didn't have the Flatout name I might have given it a try.  They seem to have forgotten to put all the destructible crap around the track that helped make the Flatout games unique.

[naednek]

imagine my confusion when I read flatout 3 as fallout 3...

[kronovan]

Normally I'd be in day 1 for a new Flatout game, but since this isn't being developed by Bugbear I'll have to take a wait and see approach.

Oh damn to that, that definitely makes it a wait-&-see game for me too. I've really enjoyed a number of the racers Bugbear has developed - are they a thing of the past or are they working on another game?

[CeeKay]

didn't catch that it was a different dev, so yeah, put me on the wait & see list.  of course Team 6 game Studios has been quite busy since 2001:

PC

    Shanghai Street Racing
    Thunderbolt II
    Manhattan Chase
    Elite Heli Squad
    ATV Mudracer
    Amsterdam Taxi Madness
    Berlin Taxi Raser
    Taxi3: Extreme Rush
    Glacier
    Taxi Rally Gold
    Pizzadude
    Scooter War3z
    Super Taxi Driver 2006
    Downtown Challenge / Amsterdam Racer
    Paris Chase
    Alpha Zylon
    Ultimate Monstertrucks
    (Jakarta) Motorbike Challenge
    Ultimate Motorcross
    German Street Racing
    Pacific Liberation Force
    Fiat500
    Europe Street Racing
    X-1 Superboost
    French Street Racing
    Sinterklaas
    Mercedes CLC Dream Test Drive
    Street Racer Europe
    Sunshine Beachvolleyball
    Battle Metal
    The Heavy

[edit] Wii

    Glacier2
    Pacific Liberator
    Monster Trucks Mayhem
    Speed
    Calvin Tucker's Farm Animal Racing
    Glacier3
    Untitled FlatOut game

 

[EngineNo9]

Normally I'd be in day 1 for a new Flatout game, but since this isn't being developed by Bugbear I'll have to take a wait and see approach.

Oh damn to that, that definitely makes it a wait-&-see game for me too. I've really enjoyed a number of the racers Bugbear has developed - are they a thing of the past or are they working on another game?

They're working on the next Ridge Racer Unbounded game that looks like it could be pretty cool.  It is basically like an all city/street-based Flatout with drifting taking the place of destruction for boost generation, and it also has some sort of user made city-building feature that they haven't revealed a whole lot of details about.

[kronovan]

Normally I'd be in day 1 for a new Flatout game, but since this isn't being developed by Bugbear I'll have to take a wait and see approach.

Oh damn to that, that definitely makes it a wait-&-see game for me too. I've really enjoyed a number of the racers Bugbear has developed - are they a thing of the past or are they working on another game?

They're working on the next Ridge Racer Unbounded game that looks like it could be pretty cool.  It is basically like an all city/street-based Flatout with drifting taking the place of destruction for boost generation, and it also has some sort of user made city-building feature that they haven't revealed a whole lot of details about.

OK cool. Well I guess that's a bit of a step up for Bugbear, as the Ridge Racer name is well known. I've personally never been much of a fan of that series, but with Bugbear as the dev I'll have to keep an open mind about this new entry.

[hitbyambulance]

my anticipation has now shifted from Flatout 3 to the new Ridge Racer... but it looks like the new Flatout has some inspiration from the Burnout series, so i think it'll be worth looking into at some point.