AlexMax
04-14-2003, 10:48 PM
It is impossible to comprehend how much ass this game kicks...especially online.
In all actuallity, single player is.....pretty good, nothing too spectacular. You race street races in three sprawling cities (while not sprawling to the point where they are confusing after an initial familiarity run), and had it been the games entirety, it would simply be the next generation of Driver and the driving portion of Grand Theft Auto.
But online play.....face it people, you don't really want to see GTA Online. Being out of the car is nice, ,but it wouldn't make for good multiplayer. Midnight Club II is everything you could want in a multiplayer racing game, except for closed courses. (And if you really want those, stick to the freeways). In addition to the checkpoint races (in order, any order, first to last t first) battle modes (demolition, CTF), there is the god send that is CRUISE ONLINE! This lets you and 7 other people simply explore arouind a city, no rules, kinda like an online free skate in THPS4.
This might not seem so big, but honestly, what other racing games allow you to play online with no real objective, for you to just mess around? The fact that chat (and USB keyboard support and 4 preset messages) is woven into the actual racing game (instead of just the lobby) makes CRUISE even better.
What happens? Well, a SHITLOAD of dragraces from unspecified points, a SHITLOAD of games of chicken, a SHITLOAD of games of 'see if you can catch up with me, punk', and a SHITLOAD of demolition derbys, all happening out of some sort of racing instinct. 99% of the time, you dont have to express your wishes, you just bolt off from a crowd, and one or two cars zoom in behind you trying to catch up with you. You burnout in front of a streetlight, others line up with you waiting for the light to turn green. Chat is nice for things like "Hey, anyone want to join up with me at LAX?", but still...it never EVER gets old...
This adds up to one thing.
Fun.
Buy this game with a network adapter NOW! It's MUCH better than the 'tacked on' online racing of ATV Offroad Fury 2, and at the moment is funner than both my precious tribes and amplitude...combined. I'll see you (in the rear view mirror of my bike that is) in the streets of MC2 Los Angelos...
In all actuallity, single player is.....pretty good, nothing too spectacular. You race street races in three sprawling cities (while not sprawling to the point where they are confusing after an initial familiarity run), and had it been the games entirety, it would simply be the next generation of Driver and the driving portion of Grand Theft Auto.
But online play.....face it people, you don't really want to see GTA Online. Being out of the car is nice, ,but it wouldn't make for good multiplayer. Midnight Club II is everything you could want in a multiplayer racing game, except for closed courses. (And if you really want those, stick to the freeways). In addition to the checkpoint races (in order, any order, first to last t first) battle modes (demolition, CTF), there is the god send that is CRUISE ONLINE! This lets you and 7 other people simply explore arouind a city, no rules, kinda like an online free skate in THPS4.
This might not seem so big, but honestly, what other racing games allow you to play online with no real objective, for you to just mess around? The fact that chat (and USB keyboard support and 4 preset messages) is woven into the actual racing game (instead of just the lobby) makes CRUISE even better.
What happens? Well, a SHITLOAD of dragraces from unspecified points, a SHITLOAD of games of chicken, a SHITLOAD of games of 'see if you can catch up with me, punk', and a SHITLOAD of demolition derbys, all happening out of some sort of racing instinct. 99% of the time, you dont have to express your wishes, you just bolt off from a crowd, and one or two cars zoom in behind you trying to catch up with you. You burnout in front of a streetlight, others line up with you waiting for the light to turn green. Chat is nice for things like "Hey, anyone want to join up with me at LAX?", but still...it never EVER gets old...
This adds up to one thing.
Fun.
Buy this game with a network adapter NOW! It's MUCH better than the 'tacked on' online racing of ATV Offroad Fury 2, and at the moment is funner than both my precious tribes and amplitude...combined. I'll see you (in the rear view mirror of my bike that is) in the streets of MC2 Los Angelos...