This game is very solid with beatiful graphics and awesome dynamic weather system. The game arrived in very good condition. The only downside is that the game is a little tough, and oponet racers seem always way faster than you. This does not bring down game experience thoug. I ll be hooked up with this video game for big while.
I bought this game for my nephew for Christmas, and he really loves it. He is always telling me how great the races are, and about the "garage" he has created. Thanks Amazon.
Well, it had to happen sooner or later. After all, today's high end technology had to, at some time, spark the idea to drive virtual cars in a excellent recreation of Los Angeles where racing by the Saddle Club, a rip-off of UCLA, and the Beverly Hills Hotel is only a click away via a green button, where weaving through traffic via bullet time and nitrous boost can be done in striking detail, and where you can customize your rear bumper with a golden touch to accent the Blue body. Oh yes, next generation street racing games are here, and MIdnight Club Los Angeles is leading the way for even more beautiful, action packed racing in the rainy, urban streets (with dynamic weather and time of day!).
Alright, truth, to be told, I don't exactly see the street racing trend in video games to ever be that strong again, but that doesn't mean MIdnight club cannot be as healthy as ever. In the wake of a Grand Theft Auto inspired racing trend-where there are no rules on the road and you have an open area to explore, MIdnight Club Los Angeles is doing an excellent job . And the next generation Midnight Club doesn't disappoint, adding the benefit of next generation with the trademarks the series has always boasted. The insane customization, the presentation, the graphics, and the sheer fun that many cheap knock offs lack. This is 100 percent Midnight Club, and nothing else.
This game just looks great. Los Angeles, being such a large, landmark-laden city, is certainly a hard city to replicate. But this game does a damn good job doing that, adding the feel and the familiar landmarks that just make the city it's own unique one. It definitely is the most impressive representation of the landmark city, beating out the LA Rush version (sadly underrated) and the laughable Tony Hawks' American Wasteland (which, by the way, was pathetic and didnt feel like it at all).
About that difficulty level. This game is very challenging, albeit sometimes cheap, but I think that the extremely unforgiving AI is somewhat a virtue. It kind of represents a more realistic aspect. It forces you to think and pay the hard price if you crash just once, adding a more thrilling aspect to it. And of course, if you wreck, there is no second chances. And personally, coming from someone who logged 70+ hours in Burnout Paradise, I welcome the harder difficulty level. That game was way too forgiving and the AI wasn't as challenging as It could have been. If you are still concerned if you don't have the time to perfect your skills if you have tons of stuff to do in the real world (in other words, Have a life), you can change the difficulty of a race, and there is even a downloadable you can get to balance out the difficulty level.
The other potential weaknesses is the crappy soundtrack, stupid "street" characters, and deduction of cars (not as many in this one as there is in the previous one), but that;s a minor problem. Besides, cars are already coming through downloads.
Online is going to be great. Being able to race anybody anywhere is a factor, and you won't just race, as the game will include many different games, including classics like capture the flag and a unordered race. Downloadable content is shaping up to be really promising (albeit it takes money!) Heck, there is already plans to expand the city limits with a free download of South Central (complete with U$C!!!!!!) adding the one thing that is lacking with the current city, no ghetto (yeah, the ghetto isn't a good place, but what's Los Angeles without one?)
This game is shpaing up to be a top contender in the racing genre. Buy this game to be immersed yet again.
"My husband plays this game a lot and now all his friends want to borrow it,"
"I happen to like this game. The graphics are sickk & the cars are beyond amazing!"
