The offices of Rockstar in London is always a certain enthusiasm.It must be said that the studio, now regarded as one best in the world, has recently spawned Grand Theft Auto IV likely to be 2008's biggest selling game.A guarantee of quality and excellence that translates into a real excitement at discovering the new Midnight Club.Direction City of Angels for a trip drunk!
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With more than 12 million copies sold around the world, the Midnight Club series is one of the most carriers franchises for the publisher of Take-Two. For the record, remember that the first episode was available in 2000 on Playstation 2.Rather oriented speed, arcade and racing at night, Midnight Club has never really managed to stand out from Need For Speed After three episodes mixed, the studio Rockstar San Diego will try to redo a place under the sun new generation of consoles And to do this, the developer has chosen the city of Los Angeles (CA) as a giant playground.And then, why have selected the capital of cinema? Rockstar justifies this choice by the variety of city, very spread, which contains effectively places the diverse as the beaches of Santa Monica or the luxury of Beverly Hills avenues.Based on RAGE, a brand new graphics engine already used for GTA IV, Rockstar San Diego will be needed more than two years to model a large part of the hottest corners of Los Angeles.
Freeways get pretty clogged during rush hour.
Sea, sex and sun
Rendering overall the city is in any case striking.Textures radiant, dazzling lighting effects and no clipping on the horizon, just the shadow of the sun licking the buildings of Los Angeles. If visually speaking, Midnight Club: Los Angeles ensures, it is the sense of detail that is striking hereRockstar has transcribed a very specific buildings, avenues, the device ...to the point where we recognized several hotels where we have already stayedThe Santa Monica pier is also surprisingly detailed.The great class!Thanks to many licenses, known as shops and dozens of giant advertisements put up all the hot spots of the city, Midnight Club: Los Angeles offers a total immersion in City of AngelsAnd what better way to walk at full speed through the streets of Los Angeles aboard a car over-equipped?Because as you will understand, Midnight Club: LA offers a free and open environment (entry Thursday) the way that Test Drive Unlimited of Eden Studios However, the game Rockstar, for its part, contains a scenario, a fabric background.You're a character who finds himself propelled to Los Angeles where he will simply climb the ladder to gain notoriety within the community of pilots and refloat her account and tickets green.The aim therefore is to evolve to win more money and access to other courses.The mechanical gameplay, not really original, are characterized by a GPS which offers players different challenges represented by dots of color.The program, face-to-face, classic races or timed routes where the goal is to rally point A to point B as quickly as possible.Often, a call for flagship enough to provoke an opponent.At this point, the race begins and the player must demonstrate dexterity to slalom between the many cars on the device.By the way, the damage has been incorporated, even if they have no real impact on the game This is a gameplay survitaminé and always as "arcade"; guidance clearly borne by developers.
Race at breakneck speeds through the streets of modern-day L.A
The skies of California
If the grip is quite difficult to fault braking rather difficult to manage in the event of slippage, driving east with nerve sensations close to what can be found in the latest Need For Speed and Burnout Nervous, opponents have benefited from a so-called advanced artificial intelligence enabling them to constantly take your aspiration. As well as managing the nitro, taking aspiration is an important aspect not to be overlooked during races. For the first time, Rockstar San Diego has included a cockpit view, offering sensations even greater speed. And for the story, know that the player has the opportunity to make a few capers, jumping on trampolines "hidden" or pressing a button at the end of a race Dispersees to the four corners of the city, gas stations are used to recharge the batteries (nitro), but also to repair (fully or partially) your vehicle.The police, another element already known, is this time represented fairly discreetWe just have to look at the GPS to avoid being taken into speeding at control points. Otherwise, the race-prosecution may end on an arrest.
The title contains a quarantine of cars (Mercedes, Aston Martin, Lamborghini, etc.), All licensed and exclusively wholesale models.Unfortunately, it will have to wait to see the two-wheeler, yet indeed present in the new Midnight Club.Direction now the garage where the player is allowed to fully customize his carRudimentaire, the interface of the garage offers the possibility of acquiring a new car and customize certain aspects of the equipment.The motorsport fans will feel right at home with the parameters proposed.If the changes are simplistic, the use of the system is meant to be just very accessible.You can also push the technical performance through three levels of upgrade The stickers under license finally offer a little imagination so that everyone can have a unique creationAt a time when we write these lines, we do not know yet if it will be possible to exchange vehicles online, Rockstar is still very discreet about this. It can nevertheless imagine extra content for download.
I always liked Two vs four wheel action!
Conclusion
Without reinventing the genre, Midnight Club: Los Angeles should provide a real journey, hair in the wind, in sunny California.If the mechanics of gameplay do nothing very original in substance, driving under the magnificent coupled with sensations décoiffantes should appeal to all lovers of fine mechanical. Add to this a soundtrack composed mainly of dazzling pieces electronica (which we can not cite for the moment) but also music typical of California in order to strengthen the maximum immersion!Start of the race scheduled for October 7, 2008 in North America and October 10, 2008 in Europe for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, playstation 2 and PSP.
Money is an important component of MC:LA as well in real life
Specifications
- Platform : Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PSP.
- Publisher: Rockstar Games
- Developer : Rockstar San Diego
- Genre: Sport & Simulation / Auto-Moto & Rally
- Genre: Suitable Solo
- Official Website: Midnight Club: Los Angeles
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