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Nice Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 26
Date: June 04, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I saw some videos and screenshots of this game and itnlooked pretty interesting. i would love to crash into everything. which this game allows u to do. so far i can't wait for this game to come out.

Amazing online playability.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 16
Date: June 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Midtown Madness 3 is brought to you by DICE, the chaps who amongst other things, brought Battlefield 1942 to life on the PC. That being said, you'll find no Private Ryans or Gomer Pyles running around with Thompson machine guns.

What you will find instead is a bunch of lunatic Xbox Liver players (myself included) driving Cadilac's, Mustangs, Lotus's and a bunch of other fully licensed cars around the streets of Paris, Washington etc. To begin with, the singler player mode allows you to get familiar with the controls, the details and the street maps of said cities, here in this mode, you can choose to become a paramedic, car-sales man or my fave, Pizza delivery boy.

The controls are simple and easy to get used to, normal stuff including hand-brake controls take about 10 seconds to master so jumping head into an Xbox Live game shouldn't be too difficult for the most part.

One of the major differences between MC2 and MM3 has to be the menus. Dice and Microsoft like to KISS (thats Keep it Simple Stupid) when it comes to making sure Xfans can navigate through the options.

The graphics are outstanding. We're talking smootho supreme graphics with detailed maps, cars, scenery, pedestrians and other cityscapes.

The sound effects and soundtrack are pretty cool. On my 104" projector screen with Dolby Digital sound, I was blown away with the level of sound and fun comments as I merrily mowed down all and sundry through the sunny streets of gay Paris.

Best Midtown Madness Game Ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 17
Date: June 08, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is to be the best yet of all the Midtown Madness Games. With around 30 vehicles to choose from and two imensely detailed citys(Washington D.C and Paris) this game is pretty much guaranteed to be exciting. Unlike traditional raceing games which are on fixed tracks like NFS series, MM3 is in an open city enviroment with realistic traffic and pedestrians not to mention you can destroy pretty much anything that gets in your path. This game is worth the money because its a copletely unique driving experience which makes all of your driving fantacys come true. Having played and owned the first two installments of the Midtown Madness series this one will be three times as good and the other games were pretty dang good. So preorder now while you still can. Trust me its worth the wait and money! Ill write another review as soon as i buy it tell you once again how good it is!

MTM3

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: June 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I think this is going to be the best game yet because i still play MTM1 all the time and it is cool. I think everybody who wants this game should defenantly get it. TALLY HO!

FUN at First!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: June 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

this game is okay, but i think that is a clone of the Crazi Taxi series and Need for Speed. when i first played it yesterday, i was syked about it, but then today i got a chance to play a little more of it, and frankly i was getting bored with it. the initial missions are lackluster and they are all about beating the clock like in Crazi Taxi; except delivering people to places you deliver pizza and packages(BORING). also they have slow vehicle in the beginning: you can drive antiques, foreign models and industial trucks(SLOW). don't get me wrong this game is okay, but i don't think that it is worth [item price]at all, maybe ...just rent it. the other part of the game that is similar to Need for Speed is the cruise mode, you pick a vehicle (a slow one) and you cruise the city either Paris or D.C. and you start out cruising just getting familiar with the city and then you begin to run into things while driving fast and then the Police get dispatched to chase you. again!, cool at first and then you get chased and the cops are easy to get by and they only ram you vehicle(they do nothing else), plus you choose between 1 and 4 cars to chase you (what a rush, NOT!) at least in Need for Speed you get cool fast cars and a rush.

overall: this games has nice graphics and neat ideas but all in all it is just a cheap immatation of Crazi Taxi and Need for Speed. if you are itchin' to play like i was, just rent it. luckily i got mine from gamestop so i will be taking it back this weekend.
overall score 6/10

now THIS is a very fun game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: June 23, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Usually in a driving game, it's just you going against some un named AI drivers, no real plot, and no sense of humor whatsoever. Not to mention some make believe tracks and stuff...

Not in this game my friend! In addition to the "normal" checkpoint racing, the real fun is when you take an undercover job as a pizza delievery driver, limo driver, taxi driver, a police man...and the cars you fet to unlock, like a DC Metro Bus (!) the humor in this game is outstanding--you can deal with the French, a pair of Norweigan race fans, an italian mobster, sme famous European race car driver, etc. Even in crusie mode, you can simply hop in and drive down to the White House, Capitol ill, and give your least favorite windbags a virtual piece of your mind.

During the Limo race in Paris, I found myselft yelling back at my 2 passengers to shut the bleep up--really! And the live play is just too good for words, you have to see and kay it to understand. I rate this higher than MC II, because MM3 doesn't deform your hands and fingers with some stupid control layout. Just guess which one I'm buying?

A Highly Addictive Racing Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

When I first got this game I couldn't get away from it. The different undercover jobs are great and there are so many cars to choose from. The cruise mode lets you just fool around which I like to do sometimes. Even though there are only two cities{Washington and Paris} none of the city is blocked off so you are free to roam and take shortcuts wherever you want. The people are on the sidewalks are very realistic and so are the cars and the city. So if you are looking to buy an X-box game this is the game for you.

Race? What Race?

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: June 26, 2003
Author: Amazon User

There's one problem with MM3, and that is you cannot get outside of your car, walk and look around. The driving play is so immersive and the environments so recognizeable that you can't help just driving around saying "Hey, I know that place!".

MM3 is silly driving and smash 'em up fun. I've been online a couple times and people are just happy to play in 'cruise' mode, with absolutely no objective to the game but to talk to each other while driving around Paris (or DC) wrecking into people, objects or each other.

The arcade style of the game is very much like Midnight Club but the controls are an order of magnitude better. I'll just say it: Midnight Club sucks as compared to Midtown Madness 3. It's fairly challenging and I'll probably get back to it, but the free roam driving is so much fun, I may not. Actually, 'free roam' is a good way to think of MM3. Think of the free roam mode of Project Gotham without the cones, add pedestrians and wreckable stuff, voila!

In MM3, if you are in the mood to go on a rampage of destruction, there are hundreds of lampposts, park benches, barriers, traffic signs, cafe umbrellas and tables and other objects to knock around. And if you're in a real Hulk mood, you can drive a garbage truck and take out some statues and kiosks.

The detail is fabulous. There's even an underground parking garage at what I believe is the Kennedy Center in DC complete with gates to crash through. There are also ramps placed at various places, like the Capitol Building so you can jump your vehicle over fountains, creeks and the like.

Now it must be said that the graphics are good, but nowhere near as good as Project Gotham. Control of your vehicle is comparable though and the layout of the controls are the same.

There's plenty more to explore in this one but it is, behind Gotham, the most laugh out loud driving game for the XBOX yet. Yes I like it better than Midnight Club 2, Crazy Taxi, Yakuza Mission, Rallisport, Sega GT 2002 but not as much as MotoGP2.

On the other hand, three cities would have been better, and people haven't really been racing with it online...

Good but could have been better

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: June 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I'm a huge fan of racing games. So when I heard that a new xbox live racing game was coming out I had to get it. I've never played the previous midtown games so I really didn't know what to expect. The first thing I did when I started the game was to go immediately to multiplayer and see what I could do. For the first couple of hours I was over joyed. The game played great. There was a good collection of vehicles and game modes. The graphics are pretty good. Pretty much what I've come to expect out of the xbox. Then while playing a game of "hunter" I noticed a major problem. For some reason occasionally one of the people that you are playing against doesn't move. At first I just thought that they were probably taking a break and just not playing at the moment but later I found out that they were playing, its just that on my screen it didn't appear that they were moving. So I moved my cop car up and crashed into their car turning them into a hunter also. Well on their screen there was no cops nearby. They were hiding in a good spot. The more I played the more this happened. I would be driving around avoiding the cops and then wholla I'm a cop. I cannot express in words how aggrivating it is to be avoiding 5 cops and having fun and then all of a sudden get "tagged" and its not because they actually caught you. Its because the game screwed up and you're not moving on one person's screen. There are other issues also. For some reason your car has the ability to drive through about 99% of all trees. Which is unrealistic but thats not what bothers me. Its the 1% that you can't drive through. You'll be driving along and try to take a short cut. You'll make it through 6 trees and then BAM!! You're stuck on a tree. Occasionally the tree will get stuck in the middle of your car and you have to reset your car in order to keep driving. There are lots of other issues too. Such as spots where you can drive out of the map and then no one can get you. its really pretty cheap. Over all you'll have a decent time playing online but it can be pretty frustrating. As far as single player goes its a mix of good and bad. The blitz and checkpoint modes are entertaining for your average arcade racer but the undercover missions are repetitive and boring. They involve a lot of crazy taxi missions and horrible, EAR PIERCING voice overs. I have never told my xbox to shut up more in my life. Plus there are two secret cars that are only available if you beat the entire game. So to use these beauties online you have to put up with all of the missions. It felt more like work and less like fun as I work my way through mission after mission. I'm still only like 65% done with all of the missions but so far every one has been a irritation. If you like arcade racing and you can handle all the bugs then get this game. But I would really recommend renting it first before you throw down the cash.

wow..............

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 7
Date: June 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is the greatest driving game ive ever played. I love doing the missions, u can be a chuafer, pizza man, paramedic, etc. gotta go play now.

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