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a truly terrible game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: July 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

you know those missions in GTA3 where you have to race to grab the most checkpoints? thats all there is to this game. Only you can't get out of the cars to blow stuff up. There is absolutely no reason to purchase this game, especially if you own GTA3.

I got it for free and it was overpriced.

If I could of gave it no stars.....I would off....read pleas

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: October 05, 2001
Author: Amazon User

DO NOT BUY THIS GAME, I REPEAT DO NOT BUY THIS GAME...
because I did the stupid thing and bought it. Sure for the first day I was like whoa, cool look at this this is cool!! And then after I figured out how to beat the first three people I came to the boss. The top driver in New York. I couldn't catch him. I tried but I couldn't. I tried everything excepting using codes which I didn't want to do but I mean, that boss guy was so fast I couldn't catch him. I tried everything. Who else had that problem??? Who???? I want to know just so I am not the only one. Anyway, it was fun for about a day or two and then I just put it back in the case and never ever ever ever ever put that game back into my PS2 again...

Umm, I don't know what some of the reviewers are smoking but

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 8
Date: December 25, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game really just ...

The graphics are terrible for a PS2 game. Oh, ok, up close the street looks pretty decent. The buildings look like lovely blocks up until you get close enough to ram them. More than once I've found myself driving over nebulous gray something that may have been concrete. It's a sad waste of what the PS2 is capable of. Oh, but the wet streets right under your car look ok, as the building textures suddenly pop into view as you zoom past.

It's somewhat ok as a multiplayer game, but even then it's only so so. These guys tried to make a game to compete with carmageddon in the original midtown madness. That was mediocre too. It's pretty obvious they're trying too hard to make something for the masses that is a toned down version of just that -- carmageddon.

Save yourself the cash, don't buy this one. It's pathetic.

Zero stars if it was possible!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

What are all these positive reviewers smoking? I rented this game, and was severely disappointed to say the least. The box made this game look like a playable "Fast and the Furious" type game. Boy, was I disappointed. I rented it, and brought it back the next day. My friend is big into racing games, and he said "I need to buy this" after watching the opening cinema. However, the gameplay is [terrible], as we both soon found out. Seeing that this was made by Rockstar, we expected something in the area of Grand Theft Auto 3, but with more emphasis on racing. What we got was Playstation One graphics, no cars to start off with except for a stupid taxi and truck, and no incentive to unlock the other cars. I felt like I was playing Sega 32X!!!!!!!! Avoid this game like the plague, rent or buy Grand Turismo 3 instead!!!!!!!!! Please, it's for your own good.

No idea why this called a "Greatest Hit"

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: September 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I lost a whole lot of faith in the whole video game world when this game was added to the list of greatest hits. This game totally blows. I think it's fantastic that they mapped out the streets so well. They should have spent a whole lot more time making the game interesting. I was very excited about purchasing this game, really like the idea of racing cars through city streets, sounds way cool. Reality: Get in car, chase other car, get insulted by other drivers, rerace, find the shortcut, rerace again, use the shortcut, win race. By the time I raced and reraced the same thing a few times, I had lost complete interest in this game. Total waste of time and money. Game is way too limited, very linear, you have to finish one thing, then you have to finish the next. Just stealing a car and causing havoc in GTA3 is much better than this whole game. And... I'll end with... Playstation.Com as of 9/14/2002 listed this game as number 6 of the top 10 game sales. Did that many other people make the same mistake buying this game? I let a friend borrow it (hoped he would forget to give it back). He gave it back to me the next day and said "Worst game ever."

Worst Midnight Club Game Ever Made

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: July 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Good:
NONE

Bad:
Poor Graphics
No Customization of the cars that you can do
no ponding of rain on the roads like on versions 2 and 3:DUB
Poor weather condition graphics, good in Midnight Club 2 and 3

If you plan on buying this game, it really sucks, so do not buy it, even if you like it. I rather you purchase DUB EDITION: 3rd MC game.

My overall ratings of the game are:
Fun=100% (for a month in 2004)
Fun Rating Now: 0% (for the remainder of 2004 and some of 2005)

The last time I played this game was over 9 months ago, it got so boring because of graphics and the poorly made cars.

LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THIS GAME: It really sucks, so do not buy it.

You can actually win races in other racing games

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 06, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Please keep in mind that your rating of my review is on how HELPFUL it is, not how much it coincides with your opinion of this game.

I own a few racing games - most of them are simple, as in, step on the pedal, don't hit the walls, and you win. This game is certainly not as simple as that, in fact, it may be a bit too difficult.

Midnight Club mostly involves you following another car around a city you select. The city graphics and true-to-life city maps are pretty nifty. However, I found it difficult to determine where the race begins and ends, and thus usually impossible to win a race.

In the beginning of the game you are crippled with the worst car possible, in comparison to every perfect-driving computer opponent with a car two classes more powerful and manueverable than yours.

I don't consider myself a novice at driving games, having played out Crazy Taxi and Gran Turismo, but it was only through sheer persistence that I managed to win only two races during the week I had the game before I returned it. It wasn't fun struggling through the many many races before I won, and I certainly did not feel rewarded for my efforts.

My advice - Skip this title and try Crazy Taxi or GT3.

Nice, but boring...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: January 28, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Of the 3 PS2 games I own and the 10+ I have rented so far (this was a rental), Midnight Club is definately the worst.

One word summary: BORING.

Unless you are a 16 year old kid who dumps all of his money into suping up a lowered Honda Civic (trying to create the fastest street car in his high school), you will probably not appreciate this game.

The game: Race other computer drivers to try and move up in the game...win pink slips...get better cars (you start with a taxi cab!?)...blah, blah, blah. Wow, what an exciting concept (yeah right). The game earns its one star because the graphics are good - as they should be, this is PS2.

My recommendation: Save your money for some of the other titles that are coming out soon, many of which look to be pretty cool. (Unless again you are 16, grounded from you lowered Honda, and just NEED your fix of racing that neighborhood punk.)

Dull

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: February 06, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This one got dull pretty fast. 2 cities and 4 cars to choose from. This one appeared to be rushed in order to make the launch of PS2. Another good rental.

Horrible game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: May 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game disapointed me quite a lot. It has bad graphics, but the worst part is the control nothign like any other racing game except maybe pole position for Atari. Bad physics int he sense of hitting others and aceloration and everything. With the bad control I find it quite hard to get anywhere int he game as well as the sight of the game screen just mkes me want to shut it off. Sorry I don't mean to be so rude to the game but I really am disapointed and would not recommend it if you like racing games at all.

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