Reviewed 2008-09-18 l Last update on 2020-09-27
High Octane is Eastern Europes top producer of hardcore porn their words not mine but I am not arguing; from what I have seen of the content here you wont be either. The site is designed to fuel your fire, get your blood pumping and generally work you up into a frenzy. And it achieves that with good quality productions, totally hot guys and loads of humping hardcore. Then it adds extras like live cams and bonus sites, so you are never going to go short of something hot to view.
One thing that gets my back up is when a tour promises you live cams 24/7 and then, once you've signed up and become a member, you find out that what they actually have are links to live cam shows where you have to pay again to view them. Well, the great news here is that at High Octane you dont. You are promised live cam shows and you get them and they are included in your membership. And there is a countdown to let you know when the next show is on. And there are over 200 recorded shows that you can view while you are waiting. And that, in my book, is enough content to make the membership worth taking.
But there is more. I single out the live cams as its pretty rare to find a site that actually has its own shows exclusive to its members. There are many live cam sites of course but not many feature exclusive shows as part of your membership package. At High Octane (another excellent site from the Guns Blazing network) you have exclusive videos and galleries too plus some other extras that well come back to.
There are 39 videos featured on the Movies page and these are there to give you an idea of what you can buy from the sites own store. There is only usually one scene to view per title but dont worry, there is more movie content coming along in a moment. You can see the box covers which sport such titles as Commandos, College Cocks and Farm Boys, so you get a rough idea of the kinds of movies you can view. Click one to see what scene is available some dont have a scene yet but there are regular updates on their way. You get to see four shots taken from the movie and then a selected scene which streams in Flash or WMV.
Over on the Videos page you will find all the available scenes listed over 10 pages, and there were 37 of them when I called in. Each one runs for around 20 minutes, the quality is great and the guys are well the guys are the best thing on the site really. Hunky and hairy, smooth and hung theres a good mix of good looking, sexy and classy men here. There are good, natural performances from professional guys who luckily keep away from dodgy dialogue, concentrating instead on the action. Oral, rimming, anal, erotic its all there and in some varied locations too so you get no feeling of repetitiveness.
Technically you have a good choice of viewing options. You can stream the Flash (and WMV) versions in speeds ranging from 38k up to 768k in the embedded version and there is also a WMV version which you can download or run in your own player; in this case you get the top end of the resolution range in a screen of 640 x 480. The download speed is a little on the slow side at around 55kbps and you will have to remain a member to view the movies as they are DRM protected. You can, though, click to the shop to buy the full version and see the scenes that you have missed, the ones not yet on the site. Cynics may say that this is a swizz as you only get 37 or so sample scenes and members should be able to view everything. But, a) someones got to make some money and b) your bonus content makes up for the lack of numbers.
There are six bonus sites each with their own themes, from Twinks to barebacking, and each with the same high standards of production. Enter your access details and away you go. Hours of hardcore with similarly good looking guys giving hot performances. These sites, like High Octane, also carry images. There are screen caps with most video scenes and also separate photo galleries. In the case of High Octane there are 26 solo galleries and 17 action ones; usually with around 20 good sized images each, at 600 x 900 px.
To round off your content count you will find some feed sites in some of the bonus sites.
Navigation is not a problem, everything is there and well laid out. The top menu links you to all the major areas and, when there is too much content for one page, there are page numbers at the bottom to follow. You also get some good information about the videos with descriptions and the stars names. Open the Men page, the model index, to find the list of 83 sexy boys and then click one of the face pics to find links to any content he appears in. It would be nice to get some more information about each of the guys here (some of your bonus sites do this in their model indexes) but you are invited to make comments. Thats a feature that runs throughout the site; members are encouraged to get interactive.
You can rate things too with a one to five star rating system and results are shown in various places throughout the site. The home page lists the most popular updates. The home page also has the links to your favourites area as you can add any piece of content or guy to your personalized collection. You will find the live cam news here too with that excellent countdown to when the next show is. This countdown means you dont have to work out your time zone against their time zone, a pain for anyone not in the same place as the show studio, and is an excellent feature.
You can check out the update news when you are home too. There is a text list of news at the top, then the latest video scenes, solo and action photos are shown and discussed, as is the newest model to join the stallion stable of sex. Updates to the bonus sites are listed and you can also see whats coming soon so you know you have something to look forward to.
All these little extra touches go to making your experience of High Octane a good one. You dont really have to think about anything as this has been done for you. This leaves you free to explore the site and the network it comes from, view the movies and browse the images. Get involved in some of the forums that you will find on the other sites, and the attached blogs, and other interactive content and you will soon find that you have stopped being a member of a porn site and have become a member of a community of fans.
High Octane may be short on its own content at the moment but what there is is great quality and totally viewable. But the links you have to the other membership sites included, and the live cam shows that you dont have to pay to view, plus their 200+ recordings, make up for the lack of scenes. All in all you have some top quality exclusives here and links to as much hardcore as you could wish for with good variety, neat extra features. It's all good value and horny.
