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Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 for PlayStation 2 Videos >>
Summary Need for Speed has always made great racing games. This newest Need For Speed took that high bar of expectations and raised it even higher. This game was much better than what I had expected it to be. I bought the game when it first came out 3 or 4 months ago and I still like to play it just as much as when I first popped it in.Sound The sound in this game is just awesome as well. There is a really great soundtrack on the game which is really nice to listen to while racing. Each car has it's own distinct sound which is a really nice touch to the game especially if you're a motorhead like I am. Everything sounds right in place from the tires screeching, to the police sirens and when you wreck into other cars, trees, or guard rails.Gameplay Control in this game is just simply awesome. The cars act just as they would in real life. The controls are very simple to learn and are basically the same that you'd find in any racing game. There are plenty of cars to keep you playing for hours on end. Each car handles differently and certain cars are better on certain tracks.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By Michael PizzaFrom Orlando,FL Review Date 12/10/2002 Overall Rating  5 of 5 Rate this review? Summary For nearly a decade the "Need for Speed" series has been about one thing: velocity. The second installment was laden with concept cars, while the third installment, "Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit," brought players the joy of using supercars to evade law enforcement. Although the fourth and fifth games in the series High Stakes and Porsche Unleashed were excellent titles, neither received the public adoration heaped on their unlawful siblings. Now, with its sixth title, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2, EA has given gamers what they have been asking for.This is a game for all car enthsiast. NFSHP2 is Basically the same as the other games out running cops racing for the win and going through winding and open road tracks. Sound Sound effects and music are delivered in five-channel surround sound courtesy of Dolby Pro-Logic II, letting players with suitably equipped gaming rigs know just where that siren is coming from. The title boasts an impressive soundtrack from artists such as Rush, Uncle Cracker, and Bush, with instrumental versions of most tracks available for use in the Hot Pursuit. Shutting off the music lets you hear the soundscape of each track: a gentle mix of singing birds, babbling brooks, barking dogs, and the crash of twisting metal and shattering glass as you hit the center divider because you were listening to nature instead of watching the road.The "Need for Speed" series is arguably the best racing game series available, and the sixth installment holds up to its predecessors. Without being too arcadelike, the game becomes all about the joy and rush of speed, and of pushing the limits of control. Probably no other racing game this year will deliver as much heart-pounding fun as "Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2." Gameplay The game is divided into two primary modes: the World Championship, where drivers can test their skills on open roads with the goal of crossing the finish line first; and Hot Pursuit, in which podium hopefuls must deal with the law. Both modes have the same subcategories: Challenge (set up parameters, hit the tarmac, and battle it out in a single race), "You're the Cop" (drive as recklessly as those you're chasing, only you can be righteous), and Championship (the meat of the game, a branching tree of objective-oriented races).EA has ensured that your efforts won't go unrewarded. Most of the game's 50 cars and 30 tracks (15 tracks and their reverse) are initially unavailable in the Challenge mode and must be unlocked through hours of play. In addition, "Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2" uses a point system. Points are awarded to the player for everything from getting all four wheels airborne to running road blocks. A cumulative total of these points goes toward unlocking even more cars and tracks. There are also cars that are unlocked by completing specific tasks (lead every lap of an eight-lap race, get a car; complete a race without so much as a dented fender, get a car). In short, EA knows gamers like rewards and has filled NFS:HP2 with them. The Hot Pursuit mode, sure to be a player favorite, is as frantic as possible. Police are extremely aggressive, and instead of blindly slamming into your vehicle they'll attempt to strategically guide you into stoppers. (Some stoppers look a lot like trees, some like spike strips, others like cement pillars; all hurt when you hit them at 180 mph.) If you prove to be more than a match for a single patrolman, others will join the chase followed by the setting up of roadblocks and laying of spike strips. Out-drive these and you'll have to contend with a police force bent on your destruction and assisted by its flaming barrel drops and missile-firing assault helicopter. "To Protect and Serve" indeed. Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2 is a very good game. With awesome cars to drive and a very fun type of gameplay.Sound The sound of the cops sirens and messages to set road blocks are good. So is the roaring of the Farrah or the MClaren engines.Gameplay The the gameplay is great! But, you will get bored of it after a while. There are also many different features to play on the game. Including "Be The Cop" mode or "Challenge" mode. The one bad part I saw in the gameplay was how all the tracks were kind of the same. Not all were the exactly the same thing but nothing like a completly different track.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Rating Reviewed By BroxiFrom Hamburg, Germany Review Date 11/06/2002 Overall Rating  3 of 5 Rate this review? Summary Well, this game is simply rated to high. Only the first review was critical, so I have to go this was again.Okay this game looks nice and it is fun to play, but it is not one of the best racing games on the PS2. Sound Sound is good, you can here the police voices very good, also after the game is over and you reached a record or a new track, the voices are very nice made.Of course also the cars yell perfect, but for a racing game I think sound is not the most important. Gameplay The game is called: Need for Speed, yes this game needs speed, sorry, but you feel no speed at all. But what I expect of a racing game is speed, it must be fun when I stear perfectly through the course, but in this game this is much too booring.Also the behaviour of the cars is not realistic. If you push to hard to the left or right you directly leave the street. Also there are not much crashes if you get off the road. Someone who ever played Burnout2 will laugh over Need for Speed, because if you compare this two games need for speed runs in slow motion. Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Summary Awsome game. Great sequal to NFSHP. I would recommend this game to anybodySound good sound quality. I dont really know what to say about the sound except that it sounds good to me and I havent heard nething lame or unrealistic about itGameplay Gameplay is great. Doesnt run at all choppy. I also liked this game because each car has its individual stats and strong points. Just have to get a feel for the best car for you. THe only thing i would have changed about the game is to make hot pursuit available when you have opponents and not only when you are doing one player.Would you like to Comment? Join VideoGameReview for a free account, or Login if you are already a member.
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