Midnight Club: Los Angeles
Genre : Racing
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- Mild Suggestive Themes
- Mild Violence
- Strong Lyrics
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The streets of L.A. are yours for the taking in this incredible street-racing experience. Midnight Club revolutionized the street-racing genre by offering an exciting open-world format. The franchise has done it again, this time serving up a stunningly detailed re-creation of the City of Angels. The vehicles at your disposal are enough to satisfy the urges of any speed junkie. You'll pick from a huge array of licensed exotics, tuners, motorcycles, and muscle cars. Then you can customize them all with licensed aftermarket parts. So hit the road for a continuous driving experience that's high on organic race starts, low on load times, and capable of a seamless transition to online racing.
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8
Picking up where Need for Speed has fallen
Great selection of real name-brand cars and mods. Graphics are "acceptable" but nothing special. However the cars look genuine inside and out. A lot of the posted traits of the cars are true to life. Example, the RX8 handles very well in the tuner category but is a little slower on acceleration. The city contains real stores such as Best Buy, Game Stop, T-Mobile, etc. There ARE police in this game and they do chase you occasionally. Although it's not very often and they're easy to lose in the city. On the highway it's a little tougher until you get the fast exotic cars. I have never seen the police use any tactics or bust out a helicopter. <br /><br />Gameplay. First, light posts and trees may as well not exist. You NEVER wreck if you hit one. Even dead on at 150mph. The game just "pushes" you to one side or the other of the tree/post. On the note of wrecking, there is "somewhat realistic" vehicle damage. If your car gets too much damage, you're out of the race. However this NEVER happens because it's so unrealistic. I know it would suck if everytime you smashed into a car, you were forced to drop out. But it take literally 8-9 head on collisions at 150mph to damage out. Even decently hard impacts on buildings often dont move the meter at all. Weather. It does rain occasionally, however it doesn't seem to have much, if any, effect on driving. <br /><br />Bugs. Well I think the tree/post thing is kinda a bug. But one honest one I have found is when you're between races in a series and you choose to "repair your vehicle before the next race," the car still appears wrecked at the starting line even though your damage meter is now at zero.<br /><br />I have spent the majority of my review picking apart the game. Basically just to note the downfalls of what would keep this game from getting a perfect 10. I love this game. Nobody who is a Need for Speed fan will dislike this game.
(member since 2009)
reviewed on 8/5/09
10
awsome game!!!!!
Just played midnight club L.A. & i dont know why it is getting such a bad review.
<br />I think it is way better than nfs undercover.
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<br />Great game!!!!!
<br />a must see to believe game, dont listen to all the neg stuff.
<br />judge for yourself.
(member since 2008)
reviewed on 5/12/09
5
A little mind-numbing
I really enjoyed Midnight Club DUB Edition when it was released, and i thought i would enjoy this title just as much, but i was wrong, the selection of cars is great, as well as the customization, but from what i saw that was the only two good points of the game.
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<br />The race mechanics are horrible, car stability is rough, AI drivers..as others have said are almost completely immune to any traffic or crashes, making it difficult for you to catch up if you make a mistake.
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<br />Earning money is a bit difficult, i found myself running race after race only to realize i've only earned a tiny amount of $2,000, so more often than not, i would only be adding 1 or 2 parts to my car at a time, and to only find out it didnt make much of an improvement as far as performance.
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<br />The storyline to me was a joke, i honestly could do without these "thugish, im better than you, prove yourself story lines."
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<br />The sound track wasn't all that that impressive either, i actually turned the music off, not everyone listens to rap, which is what i found most of the songs to be.
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<br />This game had a potential to be great, but it fell short, with lack of cooperative AI, car physics, and graphics. I actually felt as though i was playing a PS2 game.
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<br />This game is worth a rent and maybe a day or more of play time, but i wouldn't suggest paying for this game.
(member since 2004)
reviewed on 2/27/12
9
Really Fun But Gets old!
Midnight Club LA is really fun at first but then it just gets kinda gets old when u got a lot of money and can buy what ever car u want!!
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<br />But the Online gameplay is wow super fun. u can curise around LA with a bunch of ur online friends and show off ur car !!
<br />Buy it if u love playing online!
(member since 2009)
reviewed on 7/3/09
8
Good game
I really enjoyed this game. The selection of cars is is large enough and the races are enjoyable. I really only had one problem with the game and that is the the computer cars don't seem to be affected by the traffic, they just blow right through them. But other than that i would say this game is worth playing.
(member since 2007)
reviewed on 6/24/09
9
Must use logitech wheel
This is my new favorite driving game. Force feedback works great. It's like Gran Turismo meets Grand Theft Auto IV. You can completely customize every button. If you're not a very good driver, you'll get better. Trust me about the wheel. Make sure you get a logitech with force feedback. Race in bumper view and you'll never want to leave home again.
(member since 2009)
reviewed on 4/5/09
10
I LOVE IT!
This game was totally awesome. It was intense, fast paced, and very exciting. Totally deserves a 10 on my rating.
(member since 2009)
reviewed on 2/21/09
9
Built for racing game addicts...
This game is great. It's very frustrating at first because the difficulty level is pretty high. The opponent AI is almost unfair at times, but I like a good challenge, and it takes skill and knowledge of the map to win the hard races. It's best to spend your money on performance upgrades than stuff to make your car look nice at first.
(member since 2008)
reviewed on 2/6/09
10
GREAT GAME
this is the best game i have played for RACING
(member since 2009)
reviewed on 6/9/09
1
F--- THIS GAME!!! DESIGNED TO MAKE YOU ANGRY!!!
I am a fan of Dub Edition, so i expected this game to be just as fun. WRONG!!!!! only had it for 1 day and right away i could tell something wasnt right. seems to me the creators designed this game to p1ss you off. traffic is rediculous, very f'n rtarded. wasted a week of gamefly taking its sweet old time to ship me this piece of dog s---! gamefly better hurry up and recieve and ship games quicker. im not going to be paying hard earned money for bad service. not to mention this game was a waste of time waiting for. DO NOT RENT THIS UNLESS YOU CAN HANDLE YOUR FRUSTRATIONS! i have post traumatic stress so it doesnt play well with me. graphics suck, soundtrack was kind of cool, gameplay BLOWS, and traffic seems to teleport in front of you when racing. nearly impossible to knock rivals off the road with out running into a bunch of cars and blowing the whole race. the nitro use is stupid. this is one of the worst racing games ever made. GAMEFLY, RECIEVE AND SEND GAMES FASTER.
(member since 2010)
reviewed on 7/25/10
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