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The Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit debate

What the community thinks of Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, ordered by reader support. Agreeing, translating and reporting a message need no account.

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  1. barton_alaina

    I think what gets me is the sense of speed, which is genuinely great, or actually maybe it's more the sound design that sells the speed, either way something about it just clicks even when the events themselves start feeling samey after a while.

  2. SaveHunter

    It nails the arcade feel really well, the pursuits especially still feel tense even now. Where it falls short for me is the sense of variety once you've done a few dozen races, the formula wears thin.

    JazlynMaster

    I showed it to my kid expecting ten minutes of interest and we ended up doing pursuits all afternoon, variety be damned.

  3. CosmoRex

    My brother and I used to argue over who got to be the cop first, every single time, without fail.

  4. TurboBard95

    Ppl underrate how tight the pursuit tech actually is, the way cops and racers get different toolkits changes how you approach every single event. It's not just paint swapped arcade racing, there's real asymmetry there that most racers from that era never bothered with. Deserves more respect tbh.

  5. Iron_Shields

    Anyone actually looked at how it's climbed duels lately? Feels off to me.

    Jaime_95

    Pero eso no cambia nada, siempre pasa lo mismo con estos duelos, ya lo vi hace años cuando lo jugaba de joven y nadie se sorprendió tanto.

  6. LootPlayer95

    Oh sure, let's rank a 2010 cop chase simulator 452nd, truly the burning debate of our generation. I still remember my controller nearly flying through the TV during a pursuit that lasted way too long.

    SilviaAce

    Yo también sentí eso, quizás simplemente lo jugué demasiado tarde.

    suzanne16

    not gonna lie, that controller nearly flying line hits close to home, mine actually did once during a pursuit against a helicopter chase.

    hamon_dominique

    TV explosée, souvenirs intacts.

  7. lubowitz_brock

    I was in my first year of uni when this dropped, and my dorm neighbor and I would trade the controller after every failed pursuit. That soundtrack still lives in my head somewhere.

    krystina_kunze

    compared to how heavy Vice City feels story wise, this is just pure momentum with none of that weight... not a bad thing exactly.

    QuestLegend2

    Replying to krystina_kunze

    Momentum over weight, sure, but that momentum runs out fast once the events start repeating, and Vice City never asks you to loop the same thing twice.

    WallaceKnight

    Replying to krystina_kunze

    Is it really tension or just the same chase script playing out with different scenery

  8. SilentMaster

    good handling model but the roster of events gets repetitive fast if you binge it in a weekend.

    Córdoba2003

    Yo también sentía eso de película barata, jugaba tarde en la noche y subía el volumen solo para la radio policial.

    FramePlayer90

    If a dozen races feels like a lot, at what point does any racing game avoid that same wall?

  9. JamilRex

    Autoshop nights with my roommate, taking turns being the cop. Pure chaos, pure fun.

    RogueDragon

    Social nights are great and all but does the game actually reward skill or just memorization of spawn points

  10. TurboPhoenix2006

    Ah oui, le grand chef d'œuvre de la simulation policière. On y croit fort.

  11. Neon_Buisson

    Est ce que quelqu'un trouve que ça vieillit bizarrement, genre super fun en courte session mais dès qu'on s'installe pour un run long ça devient répétitif ? Je me demande si c'est juste moi.

    Retro_Bashirian

    Replying to FrameFox

    So true, repeat events wear me down too, though the chases still pull me back in.

    trussel

    Same dorm energy here honestly, you get why people still bring it up.

    Max_1984

    Replying to trussel

    Dorm energy, still biased.

    FrameFox

    repeat events aside, Vice City still edges it for me when it comes to just wandering around and finding stuff to do.

  12. LootFox

    ¿Alguien más lo jugaba solo por la radio de la policía persiguiéndote? Sentía que estaba en una película de acción barata y me encantaba.

  13. Éric_25

    franchement à côté de gta vice city c'est le jour et la nuit, deux ambiances totalement différentes.

    CoopAce

    Handling holds up fine on its own, but Vice City's city design still runs circles around anything here traffic wise.

  14. GlitchOwl95

    452e franchement c'est déjà trop haut, la formule s'épuise vite selon moi.

    GhostPhoenix

    La tension des poursuites tient encore très bien manette en main (même après toutes ces années).

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