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The Need for Speed series opts for a more arcade feel to the realism and more ‘simulation’ approach that the likes of Forza and Gran Turismo go for. No fancy tweaks to vehicle components to get the right specification to your driving style, just get in, buckle up and put your foot to the floor.
The aim of hot pursuit is simple, as a racer you need to beat your opponents and not get caught by the cops. Play as a cop and you need to stop as many racers as you can. To assist you avoid the cops of bust some racers there are a range of weapons available such as Spike Strips, EMP’s, Road blocks, Turbo boosts and even a spike strip dropping helicopter for those extreme pursuits. This adds a little more to your average arcade racer, no longer is it just get from A to B as fast as possible, throw in some tactics and use weapons at the right opportunities to take out your opponents and make it easier for yourself to take the checked flag.
Hot pursuit features a whole range of cars for you to get behind the wheel off. The likes of BMW, Aston Martin, Porsche, Lamborghini and Pagani all feature and each car is split into a specific category based on its performance. As you progress through the game you’ll unlock the super quick cars such as the Bugatti Veyron, with most cars available as both racer and as cop
Graphically the game looks good and both the vehicle and landscapes look realistic enough as you pass them at 100+ mph. The area of the created town of ‘Seacrest’ features a selection of small country roads, main routes and motorways as well as a few hidden shortcuts along the way. After a few races though the routes get a bit repetitive and the levels for each race seem quite small when compared with other driving games.
In terms of the driving the vehicles lack any real realistic properties, you can pretty much floor it from start to finish only having to ease off a little on turns then drift your way around. Severe crashes cost you a few seconds and damage has little or no effect on your vehicles abilities. Only crashing too much will total your car and force you to try again. But then it is an arcade racer so its not much different to similar games of this genre.
There is quite an impressive soundtrack included, plenty of high paced tracks that fit in perfect with the high octane driving.
Online features are pretty average, similar to the offline game but with other online players playing as racers or cops. It offers a bit more gameplay to the game and can be a good laugh with friends trying to smash them off the road but it gets very repetitive and soon becomes rather boring. The included autolog feature which records all of your offline and online times and compares them to your friends is a nice touch and recommends you times to beat based on your friends times – you can even challenge friends to beat your times and make more of a challenge to the single player
Overall its an enjoyable game and can provide some light entertainment whilst you wait for the next big release. Fans of the burnout series are likely to find this enjoyable on the same levels. Its well worth a pick up and play but you’ll slowly find it to repetitive and boredom will soon follow.
7/10 from Me.
The Need for Speed series opts for a more arcade feel to the realism and more ‘simulation’ approach that the likes of Forza and Gran Turismo go for. No fancy tweaks to vehicle components to get the right specification to your driving style, just get in, buckle up and put your foot to the floor.
The aim of hot pursuit is simple, as a racer you need to beat your opponents and not get caught by the cops. Play as a cop and you need to stop as many racers as you can. To assist you avoid the cops of bust some racers there are a range of weapons available such as Spike Strips, EMP’s, Road blocks, Turbo boosts and even a spike strip dropping helicopter for those extreme pursuits. This adds a little more to your average arcade racer, no longer is it just get from A to B as fast as possible, throw in some tactics and use weapons at the right opportunities to take out your opponents and make it easier for yourself to take the checked flag.
Hot pursuit features a whole range of cars for you to get behind the wheel off. The likes of BMW, Aston Martin, Porsche, Lamborghini and Pagani all feature and each car is split into a specific category based on its performance. As you progress through the game you’ll unlock the super quick cars such as the Bugatti Veyron, with most cars available as both racer and as cop
Graphically the game looks good and both the vehicle and landscapes look realistic enough as you pass them at 100+ mph. The area of the created town of ‘Seacrest’ features a selection of small country roads, main routes and motorways as well as a few hidden shortcuts along the way. After a few races though the routes get a bit repetitive and the levels for each race seem quite small when compared with other driving games.
In terms of the driving the vehicles lack any real realistic properties, you can pretty much floor it from start to finish only having to ease off a little on turns then drift your way around. Severe crashes cost you a few seconds and damage has little or no effect on your vehicles abilities. Only crashing too much will total your car and force you to try again. But then it is an arcade racer so its not much different to similar games of this genre.
There is quite an impressive soundtrack included, plenty of high paced tracks that fit in perfect with the high octane driving.
Online features are pretty average, similar to the offline game but with other online players playing as racers or cops. It offers a bit more gameplay to the game and can be a good laugh with friends trying to smash them off the road but it gets very repetitive and soon becomes rather boring. The included autolog feature which records all of your offline and online times and compares them to your friends is a nice touch and recommends you times to beat based on your friends times – you can even challenge friends to beat your times and make more of a challenge to the single player
Overall its an enjoyable game and can provide some light entertainment whilst you wait for the next big release. Fans of the burnout series are likely to find this enjoyable on the same levels. Its well worth a pick up and play but you’ll slowly find it to repetitive and boredom will soon follow.
7/10 from Me.