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"Smugglers Run"

Here's the topic where you post your reviews of the PS2 game, Smugglers Run. Here is my review.

Before I got this game I'd heard mixed opinions about it. Some said it was very poor, others said it was average, others said it was good and a rare few said it was excellent.

I got the game a couple of weeks ago, and it's one of the most fun games I've ever played!!

There are 3 modes. In single player mode, you go through a series of smuggling missions with 5 different gangs. Your first gang is 'The Forgotten'.

In most missions all you have to do is pick up and deliver contraband, while making sure you do it within the time limit, and making sure you don't get arrested by the chasing police.
In a couple of missions you might have to race members of another gang to keep your place, or you team up with other members of your gang, and go against another gang to see who can pick up the most contraband and deliver it home first.
Once you've completed around 10 missions with 1 gang, you go onto the next.

You get to choose from around 35 different vehicles, including buggies, SUVs, Pick-ups, Rally cars and many more, all in the colours of whichever gang you are in.
You can smuggler your goods in the Forest, Desert or the Snow.
In the Forest there are rivers, hills, moutains and trees, along with a few animals and people to run over, and some small towns.
In the desert there's not much apart from...sand, but there are large cliffs and mountains.
In the snow there are a few small villages, lots of hills and lots of snow.
These places are 15 miles long and 15 miles wide, and look brilliant.

As I said above, the graphics are superb. The vehicles and backgrounds are highly detailed, and look very realistic.

The game plays excellently, the controls are easy, and it's fast, furious and fun.

There's also the Joyriding mode, where you can go anywhere and do anything, and the multiplayer mode, where you can choose from different games, and play it in multiplayer as well as single player. You can choose Capture The Flag, as well as the missions I mentioned in Single player.

I would definitely recommend this game to anyone, as it's a lot of fun, and will keep you playing for a long, long time.

Thanks for reading, Ant.

yep or you could just wait for smugglers run 2 next month

Smugglers Run - Only £17.99 from SR - Is it worth it??
Im seriously considering it!!

Hello Ant,
remember me Arty? I see you got a Ps2, hope your enjoying it.I've just launched my own website on the internet, it's got a forum on it come on over and sign in.It's not quite ready yet, but your welcome to join the forum.Also I'll be writeing a competition for smugglers run so keep hold of it.

Also how would you like to become one of my reviers on the site, with your own pages?

Send me an E-mail to [email protected] or visit the site

cheers Arty

Ps did you see me in the August edition of Psm2? I was leading the MGS2 table, but I got knock off the top spot.I've beaten the new time, but I'm holding out for the signed copy of MGS1 (It'll be worth more)

Its funny how some of the very early levels are, really quite hard.

The multiplayer though is very good, i hope number 2 has 4 player in it.

I am stuck on Level 7 or 8 but I only borrowed it for couple of days

I completed too when i played on it. I still do now but more on Multiplayer. It was quite hard towards the end but i enjoyed the game.

I was a little miffed though that you got nothing really for finishing it.

morgan1339 wrote:
> As I've said before - Smugglers Run is a truly great game.
The physics are a
> joy and even just joyriding is lot of fun.

Anyone who is into driving games
> should give this a go.

However... I am stuck.

I am on Level 33 and I just
> cannot get past it.
Has anyone managed it and if so how ?
What vehicle are you
> using ? Anything I try just gets battered to death by these rally-car cops
> before I even achive half the objectives.

ive completed it once and that was with luck(it was skill really) and i proberbly wont do it again level 33 is the last level!!!!!!!!!

morgan1339 wrote:
> ummmm. Don't think so.
I will go and look at level 13 though in case it jogs my
> memory...

let you know...

It's the one where you have to grab the think from the other truck by going along the rail lines, and then driving for miles to drop it off up the top of a mountain.

I keep running out of time.

Played it but can't say I thought it was all that good, its fun for a while but in the long run im not so sure

ummmm. Don't think so.
I will go and look at level 13 though in case it jogs my memory...

let you know...