Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 for PlayStation 2

Pros: Fast, arcade physics, tons of car customization, decent story
Cons: Slowdown on PS2, repetitive races, inconsistent difficulty curve

Since Need for Speed: Most Wanted is based on street racing, I thought I'd show it to a friend of mine who's a real street racer and get his opinion. The following is a mostly word-for-word transcript of his impressions, just sanitized a bit. ...

Pros: hot pursuit better than ever, soundtrack, tracks
Cons: occasional slowdown, no pedestrians to run over

Introduction: After the great success of the original Hot Pursuit (HP), Electronic Arts seemed on top of the world when it came to fast arcade action racers. Unfortunately, I was extremely disappointed at the lack of effort put into its ...

Pros: Everything...crisp graphics and sound, sweeeeeet cars, and unforgiving AI...
Cons: ...but IT'S NOT ONLINE! AAAAH!

There’s no argument here, folks. There hasn’t been a single racing game on the PS2 that could even touch the greatness that is Gran Turismo 3: A-spec. GT3 came out when the PS2 originally hit the shelves, and it has reigned as one of the...

Pros: Great car selection, graphics and sound FX
Cons: Zone cams are annoying and gimmicky, soundtrack gets repetitive quickly

I've been a Need For Speed fan for a while. The last NFS game that was worth playing, High Stakes, came out 3 years ago. Now the series is back with a vengeance, striving for forgiveness after the debacle that was Porsche Unleashed. They have given us...

Pros: Fun pick-up-and-play game.
Cons: Magnetic obstacles, slow-down, lousy music.

NFS:Hot Pursuit 2 is a great game. Gran Turismo 3 it 'aint. There's a bunch of things that set those two apart. But the major items are : NFS:HP2 doesn't have near the handling characteristics of GT3. It doesn't have the framerate, the graphical...

Pros: controls are fantastic, beautiful visuals, everything else
Cons: audio, audio, audio

Don’t worry video game fans of mine, I haven’t sold out! I admit that I haven’t wrote a game review since THPS4, but that’s going to change since I’ve been working on some reviews for Metroid Fusion and Advance Wars. I haven’t...

Pros: Awesome graphics and effects, track short cuts and jumps, variety of game play, intelligent AI
Cons: Repetitive soundtrack, extremely difficult at times

Now that Need for Speed (NFS): Hot Pursuit 2 is a greatest hit, it's available for $20 at virtually all the major retailers. With that price, I had to pick up a copy. Before I get into what I like about the game, here are the driving games (and ...

Pros: Amazing cars, beautiful locations, and more speed than you might want.
Cons: Not enough straitaways. some limited color choices.

Ok I wrote a review for this game a while back, and it stunk, so here is a better one. Have you ever wanted to drive a European exotic down the road as fast as it would take you? Or do the same with a modern day muscle car? Maybe you want to step into ...

Pros: Amazing graphics, smooth gameplay, good plot, awesome music, great cop chases, diversity of gameplay.
Cons: can get quite difficult toward the end.

Having played nearly all the NFS titles down the years I was looking forward to playing this new instalment from EA. Having played the Need for Speed Underground 2 and found this game appealing and entertaining it lacked longevity. I completed NFS:U2 ...

Pros: Great Graphics, Bounty, Lots Of Stores, Lots Of Cars And Upgrades
Cons: Glitches, Gets Hard Near End

Need For Speed: Most Wanted is a a great game, where you start off as a rookie, and begin to work your way through the blacklist. The graphics in this game are awesome, but there are also glitches in some parts, but overall its a great game. ...

Pros: ~Mind-Bendingly Fast ~Lavish Visuals ~Responsive Control
Cons: ~Insanely Angry Police

Well, let me start off by stating that I'm not much of a "racing game guy", but this literally blew my socks off. I have always found racing games either too "arcadey" (i.e. Ridge Racer) or way, way, too detailed (i.e. Gran Turismo III). This game...

Pros: Great dynamics, realistic looking, exotic cars that aren't shown in games now
Cons: Can get difficult if you don't play a lot of racing games

If you love exotic and sporty cars, then this game is for you. I played this game when I was much younger (probably 12ish, I'm 20 now) on the computer and I loved it. This game is where I developed my love for cars (I am a woman so it is unusual). So ...

Pros: Great Gameplay
Cons: music is boring

I enjoyed NFS: Hot Pursuit for the Playstation when it came out. And when I heard about a sequel I was eager to play it. And it didn't disappoint me, except for the computer's way of racing. Which really isn't too bad until you get to the last levels ...

Pros: Awesome racing with destructible objects thrown in
Cons: None

Racing Street Cars for Pink slips can be dangerous, and in this Game your ride is taken from you. In NFS:MW You must race and win races against 15 racers to get that ride back and earn you street credit. While doing so there will be Cops trying to stop ...

Pros: the controls are great
Cons: The game gets boring around midway because of it's similar races.

This is one of the best NFS games, it's controls are similar to the pervious NFS games but add in a little bit better story line. The graphics are what you expected to find and the cars are pretty up to date and detailed.