IGN: Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit Review

Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit is pure over-the-top driving entertainment. The cars and environments are gorgeous, the crashes are spectacular, and the new Autolog feature breathes new life into the time-honored tradition of video game competition among friends. The single-player races can become somewhat repetitive and there are some presentation issues, but overall, Hot Pursuit is a blast. If you’re looking for a high-octane racer that grabs on tight but doesn’t take itself too seriously, give this one a shot.

Presentation - 8.5
Graphics - 9.0
Sound - 9.0
Gameplay - 9.0
Lasting Appeal - 8.5

[TrevorPhillips]

Holy spaghettiooo 3 websites gave this game a 9 including IGN :D

Now I want this game so bad!

Only 1 week to go

[shikamaroooo]

defs getting it but no Cockpit Veiw ....?

[TrevorPhillips]

Doesn't matter bro, it's Hot Pursuit baby woooo!!!!

JJohan - That other racer is GT5 right....I know how you feel buddy.

But look on the bright side. 2 best racers and FPS which is Black Ops :D

[jjohan35]

I am incredibly surprised about the glowing reviews so far about this game. I'm definitely interested but there's another racer around the corner that's twisting my panties...

[KozmoOchez]

I was kinda disapointed with lack of cockpit view also, then i realized that a game like this is best played where you can see where cars are coming from and slam them...I'll live w/o it. Plus I won this from N4G's October Forum contest thing, can't complain about freeness

[nordberg]

i don t like driving car without cockpit with my g25 wheel. For sample, i prefer driving Burnout with the ps3 controller and midnight club with my g25. With F1 2010 and gt5 both with cockpit view, i will wait for this one...:(

[tacosRcool]

This is an arcade racer. I remember playing Hot Pursuit on my PS2 and it was so fun playing in the over the top view!

[nix]

YOU PHAAAIIIILLLL!!!

mind you, i had high expectation for this game!!!

[nix]

"If the single-player campaign feels a little bit too easy, the roads a little bit empty and the events a bit repetitive you'll still find yourself going back for more...."

i, most of the time, play SP campaign. and no offline MP either!

[DeadlyFire]

EA has successfully reboxed Hot Pursuit 2 into this generation. I hope its little stronger title than Hot Pursuit 2.

[AAACE5]

I usually don't buy 2 games in 1 month, but I might end up getting this next week! That demo had me hooked. I keep trying to get my time down in the cop chase part. So far I am at 2 minutes 4 seconds!

It's kinda corny, but everytime I start a chase, I hear Rod Farva(Super Troopers) say, "Let's go 91!"

... Kinda sad I guess, but the game is fun!

[UltraNova]

I dont know but for an arcade racer the controls are pretty stiff, nothing like burnout paradise which for me had the best arcade driving mechanics ever created.

[JLeVRT]

HOLY CRAP! This is gettin better reviews than i thought!
9's across the freakin board

[antz1104]

Whats the word? Oh yeah....BADASS!!

[ELite_Ghost]

ahh thats good news, need for speed is back and hot as ever! :D

[MGRogue2017]

Can't go wrong with 9.0 from 3 different review sites so far..

It's a f**king Must-Buy people. :)

[Pandemic]

Awesome, didn't expect this great score.

[Incipio]

Give me a freaking cockpit view, this is 2010 we have consoles with enough power to render the inside of a freaking car.

No-buy for me.

[UnSelf]

quit yer bitchin

[Incipio]

The ONLY game I prefer Hood view is Dirt 2. Although I still enjoyed the cockpit view.

And UnSelf, thank you for your uncivilized reply, you tool.

jjohan handled himself with much more aplomb.

[jjohan35]

For some reason I always preferred hood view over cockpit view. I always felt that the cockpit view crowded too much visual space for the TV, which isn't exactly realistic. But have more options for everyone is always nice, but I guess I am personally unaffected by the lack of cockpit view. At least NFS Hot Pursuit has hood view (shown in the IGN video review).

[karl]

WOW . im shock.. NFS hasnt been good in ages

great to see its getting many high score reviews

i need to buy GT5 .. im gonna have to choose between this and black ops.. hmmmmmmm

[LastDance]

Hasn't been good since Hot Pursuit 2....see the trend?

[electricshadow]

One week to go! Already got it paid off and everything. So excited for this game!

[Ares84PS3]

8.5+9+9+9+8.5=44:5=8.8

Not that it matters....just saying.

Looks like Criterion knows how to make quality games.

But I didn't need IGN to tell me that. I already knew from the demo that this will be an amazing game.

[UnSelf]

the final scores arent averaged out

[Ares84PS3]

I could give 8's to all there and than decide to give a 9.5.....it makes no sence.

It should be avaraged out. But that isn't such a big deal. I was just "saying"

[Digitaldude]

Averaging would be dumb, a terrible game with good graphics would show a biased score.

[Chuk5]

The breakdown is not the basis of the full score, in terms of sheer numbers. IGN has been saying that for over half a decade.

[ECM0NEY]

Criterion is hands down the best racing developer. Burnout Paradise is a masterpiece.

[despair]

looked good, demo played well and its Criterion so yea probably deserved this score :)

[Blaster_Master]

Im getting the more polished racer out for before Christmas first. Need for Speed with its non existent cock pit view will have to wait. Dont get me wrong, I love Criterion, but when games like Forza, GT, and Midnight club have been giving me it for so long I just cant get used to driving it any other way. Only game I can tolerate without CP view is Motorstorm, and thats only cause its not as fast as a game, and you dont need to take corners as fast as you do a game like this.

[jjohan35]

At least it has hood view.

[Eu]

thinking about going PC for this one...my PS3 is pretty much in for the next few months with GT5.

[xino]

"
Presentation - 8.5
Graphics - 9.0
Sound - 9.0
Gameplay - 9.0
Lasting Appeal - 8.5"

That doesn't even farking make sense!

The overall is based on Presentation!? it should be 9/10 or 9.5/10

lol...but at least they gave it a good score:/

[Redempteur]

the need for speed hot pursuit fans were waiting for

[dirthurts]

I would think constant cop chases would get pretty old...but that's just me.
I'm skeptical. Reviews are good but I played the demo and didn't get that much enjoyment out of it.

[Next_Up]

PS3 lead platform anyone?

If not i'm gonna have to pass.

[saint_john_paul_ii]

the game is PS3 lead platform. nothing to worry about. NFS IS BACK!!!!

[- Ghost of Sparta -]

It's Criterion, so yeah.

[John Kratos]

Played the demo and I didn't care too much for it. It felt a little too much like Burnout for me which isn't surprising seeing as how Criterion is the dev but I thought maybe there would be a clear distinction between this game and Burnout but I didn't see it maybe other people did I don't know. Probably rent this later or something. Hopefully I'll have GT5 to curb my racing craving right now.

[Supman]

Can't Wait!
Amazing ownage.

[MoreRPG]

looks like need for speed is back!!

[GigaGaia]

Just one week, one more week. Damn, the wait is killing me. It seems the closer we get to the release, time actually start going slower.

[artsaber]

I don't consider myself a huge racing fan, but it looks as if I am gonna have to purchase two racing games in the near future. GT5 first, but I LOVED Hot Pursuit from back in the day. I'm just glad is is back and is reviewing well. Thanks to the devs for caring enough not to screw this game up.