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Split/Second
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Split/Second is an arcade racing game by developer Black Rock Studio. The game takes place in a made-for-TV city designed for destruction.
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"Split/Second's high-gloss mayhem is best-in-class, though it peaks early, and the chaos can overwhelm the actual racing."
5 ★ (5)
4 ★ (16)
3 ★ (5)
2 ★ (1)
1 ★ (0)

An explosive racing experience.

I guess I'm making this review a little late, though I guess if you're like me, you love to (nowadays) buy some really awesome PS3 games at a GameStop for a really cheap price. Specially arcade racers… Read more

Forever Second

For the first game ever fronted by Disney that I have ever played, I’m presently surprised. It’s not what I anticipated at all. If I am perfectly honest I was expecting a breeze of a game with some co… Read more

Exactly worth the two-day rental price I paid

Split/Second got old fast. I wasn't even done with the tutorial before I felt done with the game. Here's why: I just want to watch the game, not play it. The developers must have felt the need to add… Read more

Good ol Fashioned Fun

So I really don't play too many racing games. I tend towards large over-serious single player epics (often to my own dismay). Split/Second is just fun, and I have to admit, reminded me what the hell a… Read more

It takes more than that!

There are racing games that you can’t put down and then there are racing games that you want to put down right away. Split Second lands somewhere in between the two. If I weren’t writing a review for… Read more

Split/Second Review

By - Craig H. Triggering commercial airline crashes, blowing up train bridges and toppling buildings are not typically events that are used to describe a racing game but Split/Second aims to add a new… Read more

Don't panic!

There are very few games that genuinely make you feel panicked or tense, but Split/Second is certainly one of them. Essentially a kart-racer, Split/Second's unique gameplay has the actual track and en… Read more

Explosions a plenty but Split/Second just misses the finish line

Lets just cut to the chase. Split/ Second looks good on paper with the idea of having cars blowing shit up constantly destroying the track and the cars on it is great. BUT the sensation of ACTUAL SPEE… Read more

Explosive and exhilirating

Like a Michael Bay production with added vehicular destruction, or a pyrotechnics wet dream, Split/Second:Velocity pulls no punches in following the crowd with simple arcade racing fare. Instead, the… Read more

Great game, tiny issues.

Split?Second is a very original racer indead. Pros: The cars look good and handle well for the most part and come in a variety of "flavors". At first I thought that the power plays were a gimmick. Soo… Read more

Game Review: Split/Second

Racing games come explicitly in two forms, simulation racers and arcade racers. I myself enjoy both styles but my play type tends to make me more successful at arcade racers and thus I was anticipatin… Read more

A little disappointing

Out in close proximity to Blur, Split Second was the OTHER hot racing game released in the 2nd quarter of the year. The gimmick in Split Second is that you are on a TV show where you have to race thro… Read more

Explosions minus replayability

Split/Second, with the added subtitle of "Velocity" for the EU regions for whatever reason, is the latest racing game from Black Rock Studios who bought us the fantastic Pure a couple of years ago. It… Read more

Amazing!

It Is Basiclally The Opposite Of The Burnout Franchise! Instead Of Bashing your Opponents Into The Environment... Let The Environment Do It For You! It Is Easily Worth The Money (Just For The Sleek Ga… Read more

Give me fuel, give me fire

Expect to see plenty of this When you think of a Jerry Bruckheimer or Michael Bay production, you think of big-budget, high gloss, action sequences with fast cars, multiple explosions and plenty of ha… Read more

A brilliant arcade racer that gives Burnout a run for it's money.

I went into Split/Second after playing the demo many, many times, and I was very impressed. The graphics, sense of speed, sound, all top notch. Split/Second was developed by Black Rock Studio based in… Read more

Good Not Great

My first reaction to Split Second was how nicely everything exploded and fell apart, until I realized that the power plays were actually quite annoying. Now that could be the very point of the game's… Read more

Incredible But Unbalanced: A Split Personality

Split/Second advertises itself as racing amped up with insane explosions. That's quite accurate, as the game is full of incredible driver-activated destruction wrapped up in a brilliant reality TV-ins… Read more

OH MY GOD IS THAT A 747?

I'm not a huge racing game guy. The last game that revolved around racing cars that I enjoyed was Burnout: Paradise, and that game kind of whispered to me, "You like arcade racing games." And though a… Read more

Split/Second Review (Xbox 360)- Warpzone Review

I’m never one to get too excited for a racing game. To me, all of them are the same. You start with a below average car, win some races, and make the car better. For a racer to grab my attention, it h… Read more

The Power to Move Earth and Steel

When you play Spit/Second you will feel like God himself, reaching down and affecting the race in epic and memorable ways. Causing helicopters to crash or triggering natural disasters to rain down on… Read more

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