Be warned that opting for adventure will leave you exposed to a torrent of audio commentary - the Parisian adventure had me reaching for the freedom ear plugs.īoth cities are laid out with a nice degree of accuracy. Both involve performing a variety of race-related tasks while serving as some sort of undercover detective. City streets and buildings look scrubbed clean.Īfter choosing between Paris or Washington D.C., players participate in one of two silly adventures. The overall atmosphere of this city racing game is bright, bubbly and just a tad corny. If “Midnight Club II” appears similar to the street racing flick “2 Fast 2 Furious,” then “Midtown Madness 3” is the “Herbie the Love Bug” of the driving genre. The way the game catches the light quality of a hazy Los Angeles at sunset is amazing. Among the nice touches: Rain-slicked cobblestone streets in Paris neon-lit signs in Tokyo’s Ginzu district and day-glo graffiti tags in Los Angeles.
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And avoiding cops: police cruisers and helicopters will be hell-bent on getting you off the streets.ĭeveloper Rockstar Games applies the same mastery of stylized (and massive) cityscapes from their “Grand Theft Auto” series to “Midnight Club II,” which features some of the sharpest graphics I’ve seen on a console racing game.
“Midnight Club II” is a street racing game and winning depends on the ability to transition from speeding down the Champs Elysee to taking a hard right onto a cobble-stoned alley. Cars can fishtail, perform 180-degree turns and burn a shot of Nitro/SST for those bursts of speed.Īccumulating tricks is essential. Accomplished players can coax “nosies” out of motorcycles where the bike balances on its front wheel. In “Midnight Club II,” you test your mettle on the streets of Los Angeles, Paris and Tokyo against a series of street toughs ported, it appears, from “Grand Theft Auto.” Winning races earns better vehicles and a growing library of driving tricks.
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