After almost a year’s wait since the launch of the previous need for speed title, EA games is back with their latest instalment of the need for speed series.
The latest is an addition to the cult 90’s hot pursuit series, the latest title Hot Pursuit 3 set pulses racing since the promotional videos were launched. Since then the videos have taken the web by storm and after the release of the game on the 16th of November , it has zoomed its way straight into the heart of the gamers.
What makes this edition of standout is that EA games has reverted back to making a hard core racing game without getting too much into a story line. Personally I feel that the story lines and excessive attention on customizing the cars killed the adrenaline rush that you got out of racing your car. This is a welcomed change and along with the line up of cars, fantabulous graphics coupled with a Need for Speed first: the option to make a career as a super-fast police or a petrol head racer in a dizzying chase; makes the game even hotter than the previous hot pursuit titles..
The game play features, the option to play a cop or a racer which as I have already mentioned is a NFS first. The cars too are loaded and packed with an arsenal or weapons and equipments which allow you to either to shut the anti social suspect down or evade a pesky cop depending on your career option. Another charming attribute of the game is the location of the races, Sea Crest County; where the game is based, provides a plathora of race environments which challenge the player's skills. The car line up is one of dreams, every boy would love to get his hands on one if not all of the supercars featured in this game. It delighted me, just as it will delight every other boy out there to own and to be able to race one of these supercharged beauties at breakneck speeds.
Form the day of its release it has been a pursuit to get your hands on the game...most shops were out of stock within hours of the game hitting the market or the stock hadn’t arrived yet. It was a week before I got the game and since then I have been so hooked to it that i have finished it twice. But the wait was worth it because the gaming experience is really amazing... to put it in the words of my buddy the gameplay is “imba”!
The graphics and attention to detail are amazing and the game gets as close to a car simulator as it can without losing the essence of a racing game. Hats off to Criterion and EA games! The only thing that disappoints is that there is no Ferrari in the line up of cars and that it takes forever to connect to the autolog server if the net connection is not good.
The Game is total “Paisa Vasool”, value for money. It is nostalgic in a way and brings back memories of those days in the 90’s when we all used to play Hot Pursuit and Hot Pursuit 2 and go Gaga about it all day in school and college and among our friend circles.
The game is a really engrossing experiences and I feel the game is a must play and worth a buy for all race game aficionados , its sure to set your pulses racing...vroom vroom!
PS: do keep an eye out for the dynamic spoilers of the Bugatti Grand Sport, which rises and falls with the change in speed, that is my favourite part of the game
*The Rights to the Pictures used in the above blog post do not belong to me and are used here only for purpose of depecting parts of the game and not for any other monetary purposes. All rights related to NEED FOR SPEED HOT PURSUIT 3 belong to EA GAMES.
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