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THE BEST GAME EVER!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I got soo adicted to this game It scared me! Its really that good. The cities and the jumps are a great plus to a fun racing game.

The most lacking game in 2003

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: November 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I had high anticipations for this game. The commercials showed a very polished product of great desire, but it looks and plays like a game you used to see in the 1990's. Even with a top of the line gaming setup the graphics are very pixelly: there aren't any options to change your graphic settings. When you're driving around the controls on the car offer no realistic experience. When you tap the key to go right, you pretty much take a 90° turn. Compare that to the new Need For Speed Underground, and Midnight Club II looks like something your grandpa should play.

the best racing game ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: October 20, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Although you can't edit cars in this game, it still is the best in illegal street racing game history. Awesome graphics, awesome gameplay, an adrenalin rush... The game is so intense that when you win you just want to scream and it will keep you playing for a long time (in my case it's 4 hrs on average per day). For those of you people complaining about the controls, all you have to do is use any kind of gamepad or a wheel; and controls become much better. The music in a game is perfect for racing (in my opinion) techno/trance and some rap. The best combination ever. I recommend you get this game.

Illegal Car Racin'

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: September 12, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is so good it gives me the goose bumps all over my body. The cars are hot and so are the characters, especially the chubby one, Moses. The cars zoom by everything and it feels so peachy keen. I cannot stop playing this game, well I would stop if someone handed me a super fabulous car to race in downtown Toronto when the sun goes down, but until then this is the real deal "Evander Holyfield." The best part about this game is that it keeps my hand to eye coordination up to par, and my life partner tells me that is good because I spill, drop, and break anything in my hands all over the house. If anyone out there knows how to get grape juice stain out of a Persian rug, you must share this most valuable information with me. But seriously this game will blow your mind away, your pants off, and I guarantee you will have an organic experience like the ladies in the Herbal Essences commercials. In conclusion, I leave you with these final words...GO BUY "Midnight Club II" or your soul will be forever mine...BUY IT NOW~!

Worth the money! A game that wouldn't make you bored

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

If you want get sweating while playing a racing game, get this one! But don't use a keyboard or mouse to play! It'll just waste the game. Use a wheel such as logitech formula GP in oredr to enjoy the feeling of illegal racing.

Only downside is that there are only actificial cars to be chosen in the game. I would prefer to see real cars.
But anyway, I rate it 5 stars!

Addictive, fun, even with a few flaws

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 9 / 9
Date: July 29, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Gameplay:

The game genuinely is addictive and a lot of fun to play. Midnight Club 2 features open-ended tracks through three cities. The cars respond well to control inputs and do not feel "mushy" as in other games, notably Need For Speed, Hot Pursuit 2. The races tend to be well balanced-challenging, but without being frustrating (even though some are a touch easy.) The open-ended tracks allow multiple options during one race: the only goal is to hit all the checkpoints and make it to the finish line. Any way that can be accomplished-driving on the streets, the wrong way down the expressway, making a jump off the top of a parking garage, or taking shortcuts through the plate glass of a store front-is encouraged. Over-the-top arcade controls-handbrakes, special moves, and a nitrous oxide boost that launches your car like a rocket-contribute to the overall fun atmosphere of the game.

Using a steering wheel with the game increases the gameplay further. For under fifty bucks you can get a USB wheel (force feeback for less than 100) and pedals. This game reacts very well with the wheel and the cars steer as they should.

One downside is that the speedometer seems to be miscalibrated to one's apparent speed. When the speedometer says 65 the scenery crawls by as if you're doing 25. Since you're rarely doing less than 100, it's not a problem, but it gives you an odd feeling none the less.

Graphics:

This is possibly the weakest area of the game. Since the racing takes place at night, the textures are primarily shades of grey. The cars look serviceable, but unremarkable. A nice aspect of the graphics is that there is very little, if any, pop-up. The scenery is always fluid and visible. You won't run into any traffic or buildings that come out of nowhere, as sometimes would happen in GTA3. All things being equal, I prefer this environment, where the graphics are a notch lower in quality, but very fluid and instantaneously rendered.

However, the smoothness doesn't carry over to the cutscenes, which play choppy. Thankfully, these can be skipped.

Sound:

Well done. The engine sounds blend nicely with the environment, and the ability to play your own MP3s within the game while driving is a big plus.

Value:

In a world where every new game is $50, this one comes in at $40, so it is reasonable. It is much more fun than a lot of the other driving games out there. If you are lucky enough to have a wheel, this will stay on your hard drive for quite a while.

Reviewer's Tilt:

The bad:

Some stability issues. The game occasionally crashes to the desktop (originally, every time I cranked the resolution up above 640x480, but a new Geforce driver from nVidia cleared that up). The control scheme set up to navigate the menus feels ported directly off of a console, making it counter-intuitive to navigate on the PC. The ability to change to a manual transmission is buried in the menus and can take some time to find. Remapping controls likewise is counter-intuitive. The sound, even when turned up to 10 plays at a low level. The installation crashed twice at the very end; savvy users can create their own menu items and/or desktop shortcuts; otherwise, this could be frustrating.

The good:

Just plain fun to play. The cities aren't that detailed, but I'm driving, not sightseeing. The textures don't seem to repeat (unlike in Midtown Madness, where every block seemed to be a copy of the previous). The races are varied enough to be fun without being repetitive. The controls, either the keyboard or the wheel, are crisp and respond as they should (unlike NFS:HP2). The cops, when present, offer a challenge but aren't ridiculously overwhelming (also unlike NFS:HP2).

A fun game. Not an instant classic (it won't make you sit up and say wow), and not the most polished gem on the shelves (choppy FMV; install, stability issues), but a heckuva lot of fun for forty bucks!

This game kicks butt ( Don't listen to the other guys)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: July 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is really cool it has great graphics and the buildings look really neat. The control is not that hard once u learn how to use a handbrake and the brake itself. These guys did not know how to use a brake so they gave it a bad rating. Maybe there just dumb. The cars are sweat and are completly maxed out to the fullest. I had no problem using the arrow keys on my keyboard again you have to master the art of BRAKING your car to complete the races. Aslo, you can adjust the resolution. Try looking at everything in the game. ( To the guy who said you can't adjust the resolution. )

unrealistic fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is very similar to another game in the past called Road Rash. It is extremely fast and wild, and a lot of fun. The courses are very challenging, and it typically takes several attempts to beat a particular map. The only penalty for crashing is that you lose time. If you like extreme speed, this is a great game.

PC version is really lacking...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: July 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

The game itself is a lot of fun - it is extremely fast and wild. It is certainly not realistic - you can crash over and over again at high speeds without getting damaged, but it is an arcarde game and not a simulation. The main complaints I have are with the graphics and the controls. I have a very good graphics card (GeForce 5900), but there are no video options for this game! I'm stuck at a low resolution, and it looks terrible by todays standards. Also, there is no way to adjust brightness or contrast, and in a game that takes place primarily in the dark it is often impossible for me to see where I'm going. I don't appreciate having to adjust the displays on my monitor just for this one game. For the controls, I have a force feedback steering wheel, but for some reason I can't configure the use of the gas or brake pedal! Overall, a very disappointing game.

Here's an idea -- get a cheap gamepad!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 18, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I thought these controls were awful too until I dug out my old Gravis Gamepad Pro and voila -- perfectly easy to control. This game is a blast. The enemy characters are annoying so you really want to beat them, and when you do, you feel a huge sense of accomplishment. As for the physics, it's an arcade game, so they feel perfect to me. You're doing 90-degree turns at 120 mph, so it better be a little forgiving. The music is pretty good too, though the same songs get old after a while. I thought from the commercial that the soundtrack would be mostly trance, but there's quite a bit of hip-hop. It fits, though. Great game!

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