$600 Crashes look just like $300 Crashes

Motorstorm, like most PS3 games shown at E3, was looking decidedly more real time and a whole lot less exciting than the year prior. I was excited about the game based on the CG footage and it still looks promising with lots of debris and ragdoll physics but is this really worth the $600 PS3 price tag?

These latest screens are looking much improved (are we back to CG again?) but look like replay footage rather than in-game glimpses. And when you’re tearing ass around the desert who has time to notice specular bump mapped mud or how your rider gets filthier when you slide through a puddle?

Unless they pull off some dazzling slow-mo effect or visualize your rider’s bones breaking then this really doesn’t look much better than Burnout, Flatout, or Full Auto.