WRC 9 CROSSPLAY TRIAL
Time trial rallies can be tackled in single stages, multiple stages that make up a single rally or a full-blown championship that incorporates every location in the official WRC calendar. Instead, you’re left with the WRC Experience mode which follows the same pure unadulterated rallying structure as the console game, and can also be played online with up to six players.
Indeed, it’s a similar situation to Gran Turismo on PSP, which was universally slated for not including the life-stealing Gran Turismo career mode. Without a structured career mode, there are no unlocks to keep you coming back for more, for example, making the overall package feel barebones and aimless. Sadly, CrossPlay wasn’t viable for WRC3 on Vita because of its differences.įor the Vita’s hardcore audience, WRC3 lacks that crucial satisfying sense of progression. There will therefore be some owners that use it for extended periods and treat it like another console, thus raising expectations for the games – particularly when Vita games are often sold at a similar price to their console-equivalents, which is why Sony’s CrossPlay scheme was such a godsend. As misguided as it may seem on Sony’s part in a world with smartphones offering smaller games perfect for arduous train journeys that cost a few measly pennies, the Vita is heavily marketed as a ‘hardcore handheld’ capable of console-quality games on the go. After all, handheld games are traditionally meant to be digested in bite-sized chunks, so developers make the appropriate cutbacks.īut the Vita is no ordinary handheld. Milestone argue this is because they wanted to offer a quick pick-up-and-play experience that you can dip in and out of on short journeys for example, and you can certainly understand their logic. WRC3’s Road to Glory career mode is the most glaring omission, meaning that, consequently, there’s no central career whatsoever in WRC3 on Vita. Being a port of the core console game, it’s unsurprising to find some sacrifices were made in WRC3’s transition to the Vita, which is a shame as many naive consumers will be expecting a direct port.
We’ll be assessing both competitors, but for now here’s our review of Milestone’s maiden Vita project in conjunction with our extensive video play-through of the game.įirst, the compromises.
I’m talking, of course, about WRC3 and Need for Speed: Most Wanted – two very different games with vastly different budgets, yet both represent the developer’s first attempt at a Vita game. Thankfully, two recent efforts managed to redeem the situation and show what the Vita is capable of for racing games. The usually reliable Ridge Racer turned out to be a shameful cash-in completely stripped of content, Asphalt: Injection was irrefutably expensive for what was essentially an expanded port of a cheap-as-chips mobile game and the least said about the sloppy port of F1 2011 the better. Until recently, Sony’s slow-starting PlayStation Vita handheld was sorely lacking in decent driving games.
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