Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
Publisher:
Electronic Arts
Date of publication: October, 2002
Platforms:
PC and
Playstation 2.
Update:Sasha Gabba Hey and PyramidHead both inform me that it has also been released on the XBOX, so kudos to them. Ian_Bailey informs me that it also appears on the Gamecube. PyramidHead also tells writes "Did you know that the PC & XBOX versions of NFS:HP2 were written by a different team to the (much better) ps2 version?".
Game description: Arcade racing game where you compete against computer, trying to avoid being caught by the police, and yet still be faster than computer opponents. Has multiplayer functionality
The Cars
Aston Martin Vanquish
BMW M5
BMW Z8
Chevrolet Corvette Z06
Dodge Viper GTS
Ferrari 360 Modena
Ferrari Barchetta
Ferrari F50
Ford Crown Victoria
Ford Falcon TS50
Ford Mustang Cobra R
Holden HSV Coupe GTS
Jaguar XKR
Lamborghini Diablo VT 6.0
Lamborghini Murcielago
Lotus Elise
Mercedes CL55 AMG
Mercedes CLK-GTR
McLaren F1
McLaren F1 LM
Opel Speedster
Porsche 911 Turbo
Porsche Carrera GT
Vauxhall VX220
The Tracks
Coastal Parklands
National Forest
Scenic Drive
Island Outskirts
Palm City Island
Fall Winds
Alpine Trail
Autumn Crossing
Wine Country
Calypso Coast
Mediterranean Paradise
The Good
- A decent selection of cars unlike NFS V (yes yes I know the point of NFS V was to have only Porsches, but still...)
- Unbelievably sweet graphics (well sort of...the cars look hot)
- Music is nice and grungy / full of guitar
The Bad
- The game likes to crash. A lot. In addition, it seems to take ages (30-40 sec) between loading each race.
- There doesn't appear to be much gameplay involved. It takes about 4 hours to basically win this game if you get stuck into it. The tracks are also repetitive since they seem to have basically copied and pasted some of the maps together.
I wouldn't
pay for this game. I guess it's a good thing I didn't. Don't get me wrong. This game is probably good for a few buddies to race against each other. And I'm not going to start a
flame war about how
Electronic Arts should have made this game. I
liked NFS V: Porsche Unleashed because of the realistic physics, whereas NVS:HP2 seems to have made this game into "hold
accelerator; bump off walls; smash into opponents" type game. I still play this game but the
piss poor tracks and poor
programming can really
piss you off.