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| Need for speed: Hot pursuit 2 - Elsta (27/10/2002 6:40:05 AM) |
Well it is time for another game review. This time it’s NEED FOR SPEED HOT PURSUIT 2. I saw the demo on the net, and I can download the thing from my ISP @ 400kb/s so I figure "fuck it".
The graphics look OK, but that’s where the fun stops.
You have a choice of either a Holden or a Ford, both of which would look like they should be parked outside your local 7-11 with a few drunken hoons standing around them, swilling beer. This is supposed to be a game about strapping fast and exotic cars with the police right on your ass - why the hell do I want to do that in a bev car instead?
The physics feel sluggish, not sure if that’s because these are pretty sluggish cars or just some shonky math behind the engine driving the game. The controls are adjustable enough and the choice of manual is refreshing seeing so many of these so called "car games" only let you have automatic these days.
The Ford feels like a VW and handles much worse. The Holden feels a little quicker but drives like a small truck through corners that don’t vary a great deal in their apexes. All in all I’d give this game a big phat miss and await the release of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City where you get to race motorbikes through heavy traffic while shooting at people.
Need for speed: Hot pursuit 2 = No Bananas!
I'm not even gonna link to the demo. |
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| That wasn't even the first demo of NFS HP2 that was available - the first one was a ferrari vs (I think) a porsche (on the same track as the Aus cars). I downloaded both, played both, the Aus version WAS more sluggish, and as I've noticed with EVERY SINGLE VERSION OF NFS since they made an effort to fix it in NFS2SE, my force feedback 15 pin joystick causes the goddam game to go into a hang/ultra slow state, which only a reboot fixes if I'm not prepared to wait for the 4 minutes it takes to navigate the exit menus. Why am I whinging? Why did I buy all those NFS versions? Because it used to be fun, and I kept hoping it would get better again. More fool me.
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