Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 (PS2)

That's right kids. 2 comes before 1 just in case you were unaware. This game came before the very popular Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit on PS3/360/PC. This is Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit "2" on the Playstation 2. It seems to be very uncool these days to number anything after the second installment. Anyway let's get to this incredible game.

Back before The Fast and the Furious came out, it was cool for racing games to feature cars that are for the most part not affordable to the masses. After all the Need For Speed franchise was founded on exotic cars. Also after that movie, racing games had to have some sort of reality TV story. Not this game. This game here is balls to the wall speed and mayhem.

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 is easily the best NFS ever to be made. It's fast, fun, the graphics look great and the sound is fantastic. The music selection the best of the entire franchise. Take note that this is in fact the PS2 version of this game which is the best version by far. The other versions including the PC are vastly inferior to the PS2 version. Reason being is that Black Box of EA made the PS2 version and the other versions for Gamecube, XBOX, and PC were all outsourced to EA Seattle. What we got were two almost totally different games. EA Seattle's version was slow with framerate hiccups while Black Box's version was smooth and fast. Most notably however the "Be the cop" mode was very very different between the new versions. I show two examples of me being the cop in this video. You'll see that have to physically stop the racers by cutting them off and bringing them to a complete stop. In EA Seattle's version it is much like the latest installment of Hot Pursuit as where you ram the other vehicle so many times which drains a......life meter? Then that car is considered busted. Seriously? That's just lame. There are some who like that better since it's easier, but not nearly as fun. The other difference is that you can outrun the cops in the other versions as where in the PS2 version they are on you mercilessly until you get pulled over or the end of the race.

The gameplay speaks for itself. This game is amazing. It features two single player campaigns consisting of over 30 levels each. One is hot pursuit mode and the other is straight up racing. As you go through each campaign you unlock new tracks and cars. Two player is awesome as you can just race or play cops and robbers. This game is so much fun it's retarded. If you're a racing game fan and don't own this game, you're retarded.

The new latest Hot Pursuit may look better, but this game is just still better. If not for anything else Hot Pursuit 2 lets you have a MANUAL TRANSMISSION! After spending quite some time with the newest Hot Pursuit on my brother's PS3 I must say that Hot Pursuit 2 on the PS2 is not only better game than the newest installment, but it makes the the new one look like a HD mediocre turd of a game. Graphics don't make games. Hot Pursuit 2 has everything the new one is missing.

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[JApple157]

no need for speed 3 hot pursuit for ps1 was the first this is the 2nd and then the new one would be 3rd if it was called that

[OldsXCool]

@JApple157 Don't try to be smart. It's not working out for you.

[ArcadeGamez]

EA should release an HD remake on PSN and XBLA with online play

[OldsXCool]

@ArcadeGamez Nah. EA would just F it up just like they did with the "new" Hot Pursuit. EA is no longer capable of making a good NFS, even if it is just a remake. They'd find some way to screw it up.

[OldsXCool]

@JReel17 The most important and/or the best selling don't make them the best games. NFS 3 broke the mold and sold extremely well, but Hot Pursuit 2 improved on NFS 3's formula in every respect, much like Gran Turismo 3 did vs. GT2. There is no reason to play GT2 because GT3 completely overshadowed it. NFS 3 was important, but Hot Pursuit 2 is a way better game. I don't grade games on nostalgic value, I grade them on how well they still hold up today. So far HP2 has not been outdone.

[JApple157]

@OldsXCool im just trying to fix ur mistake in the description sorry if it offended you im just trying to let you know dont be so damn hostile to people trying to give u a heads up

[zandium24]

i remember the days...

[meeboot]

@OldsXCool

im with you on that. i still play HP2 to this day. HP2 is the root of NFS i love EXOTIC cars in the game. i was playing it tonite matter of fact out of all 14 NFS I have HP2 is my favorite. hardly play UG2,MOSTWANTED,CARBON,PROSTREE­TS,UNDERCOVER,SHIFT1 AND 2,MOST DEFFINATELY DONT PLAY "THE RUN" most of my time i play HP2 or highstakes or porshe unleashed. on my ps3

[OldsXCool]

@meeboot I'm not a young gamer either. I've been playing NFS ever since it debuted on the 3DO, but I did eventually take a liking to Most Wanted. The story is stupid but very minimal and still has alot of great racing packed into it. However HP2 is pure NFS roots. Cars that behave like they should so you can drive them like they shouldn't be driven. Exotics. Awesomeness. Fun.

[meeboot]

@OldsXCool

guess so with the crap they been puting out since most wanted. I personally dont like mostwanted but hey!! im not a young generation NFS gamer.  i would rather have EA re-do ps1 NFS instead of continue with craptastic NFS games.

[OldsXCool]

@meeboot Unfortunately not even the Blackbox division of EA is any good anymore. They just made Need For Speed: The Run. The NFS franchise has gone the way of COD by becoming nothing but an annual mediocre cash-in franchise. You'll never see great games like HP2, Underground 2, or Most Wanted ever again.