Onrush, the new game from the people behind Motorstorm and DriveClub, has had a mixed reception thus far. We had a good time with it at EGX Rezzed last month, but it's not exactly the straightforward arcade racer many were expecting. Thankfully, the game's open beta test begins today, and you can now download it from the PlayStation Store.
The beta's pretty sizeable at just over 11GB, but it contains a decent amount of content. You'll have access to two of the four modes -- Countdown and Overdrive -- and four of the eight vehicle classes. Also, playing the beta earns you rewards for the full game when it launches on 5th June.
You'll be able to play from now until midnight BST on 20th May.
Will you be checking out Onrush's beta test? Rev your engines in the comments below.
Update: We've just learned that the Onrush beta test will be available to download from 11am EST.
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Is it for customers who pre-ordered the game only?
@WanderingBullet Nope - this is now open to everyone
@WebHead This was announced at Paris Games Week last year.
It was announced, like, eight months ago at most.
Looking forward to seeing what it's all about. I'm sceptical, but open to trying it.
Celebrating this afternoons demise of the Valkyrie Queen by pausing GoW to give this a bash...Driveclub (& it’s bikes expansion) were fantastic so very interested to see how this measures up!!
I'll probably give it a try just b/c now I'm curious what this means -
"it's not exactly the straightforward arcade racer many were expecting"
Oh and I like pretty graphics. Don't think I've ever paid for a non-kart racing game though.
Will give it a go with an open mind. Doubt it will change my perception thus far but stranger things have happened
@Quintumply Strange, it says here (US PSN Store) for me:
"You are not able to purchase this product for the following reason(s):
You have not purchased
ONRUSH STANDARD DIGITAL EDITION PRE-ORDER"
@WanderingBullet Ah - I recently updated the article. The beta will be available in the US from 11am EST. Apologies!
@Quintumply No worries, man. Thanks.
Will give it a go. Looks more like a $40 game tho...
Enjoyed driveclub and motorstorm at times. Downloading this right now.
Well played for about an hour. Graphics and sound wise game is top notch. Gameplay on the other hand leaves a lot to be desired. The shtick of crashing cars, building up points etc is fun at first but I can't see it being fun for more than a few hours. I do hope it sells well for these guys as they're a super talented team, just not what I'm looking for in a racing game.
@get2sammyb Sorry about that. I brainfarted. I meant for the shenmue 3 delay. my phone does weird things sometimes.
Is this in anyway similar to blur, man I loved that game
@Ssimsim It's not exactly a racing game, there's no finish line. It's like a team deathmatch game with cars, team with more points wins. When they kill you you respawn again in the middle of the stampede.
I’ve put some time in and am not a fan so far and I’ve loved many games from Evolution and Codemasters. I had hoped that this games driving would have felt like Motorstorm since it looks similar but it doesn’t.
Played for... 15 minutes. I couldn't keep longer because it was so slow and boring. I expected so much more, that's a shame. I'm playing Mad Max right now and the gameplay is 10 times better... and it's not even a racing game. :/
tried it and.. not a fan.. there's no feeling of speed or power when you wreck somebody.. they are not ready!
Annoying when you get wrecked and respawn and then have the same thing happen again because you respawned in front of another player, only beta though so that is something that could be fixed but what can't be fixed is that after playing for awhile the game just feels and looks dull everything about it seems a little outdated from the graphics to the soundtrack and the actual gameplay
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