Need for Speed, was the staple of awesome racing games 10 years ago. It had it's problem years, and the developer was switched to Criterion, the creator's of Burnout.
Let's take a look at the 2010 title.
GAMEPLAY
HP keeps the fast paced, drift based racing established by earlier games in the series. Police chases return for the to the old, action packed, intense Hot Pursuits. The races are all time trial's and sprints, so no circuits are here. The cars are unlocked by gaining bounty, instead of purchasing them with XP's, and there's a nice collection of them, from Dodge, Mazda, Ford, Chevy, Porche, Voltswagen and many other makes. Where this one ranks different is that you can play as a cop, on top of being a awesome street racer. Police mode consists of chasing the racers, and bumping into their cars until you "bust" them. This is the first NFS to let you play as the police since NFS: Hot Pursuit 2, which came out in 2002. Freeroam is present, but there isn't much to do, races are not accessible from this mode, and there are no dealerships, shops, safehouses, gas stations to blow up and police vehicles to watch for, like in Most Wanted.
GRAPHICS
Very good graphics, detailed surroundings blurring as you whiz by, almost better than Gran Turismo 5. Cars are realistic models, and look like the real thing, but still don't look as good as Gran Turismo. The Framerate keep's where it's supposed to be at all times.
AGE
Street Racing can have a negative affect on younger children, so 6+.
CONCLUSION
Hot Pursuit is a good racing game, but lack of freeroam race access, no offline multiplayer and no xp's present, it jacks down it's value to me, all game's like this need to have split screen. All together Graphics, don't make up for the losses on gameplay.
7.9 out of 10.
DETAILS
Developed by Criterion
Published by EA
Released in 2010
Rated E10 for Mild Violence
For Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, iOS, Android and PC
