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Bizarre Creations |
Racing |
4 |
Everyone |
Project Gotham Racing
Reviewed by: Joel
Project Gotham Racing is a game that left me in disbelief. I would have never imagined that you could make the cars look so real, but Microsoft has made it happen in Project Gotham an excellent racing title only for the XBOX.
Gameplay: PGR is jam packed with over twenty five of the hottest cars ever built including my all time favorite the Ferrari F50 and much more. PGR includes more then 200 circuits located in New York, London, Tokyo, and San Francisco
PGR is split up into three main category's Quick Race, Arcade, and Kudos. Kudos is pretty much just another word for career mode, where you rack up points or Kudos so that you can unlock to cars and circuits. PGR took a different approach then all racing games. You would think you place 1st you win the race right? Well no actually that is not the case, you have to gain enough Kudos points in order to complete that race. I personally thought this was an awesome idea. If you are the type of person who wants to win all the cars real fast then you won't enjoy PGR, although if you are the kind of person who likes to work at something for a while then PGR is perfect.
The courses in PGR are just down right difficult. In PGR do not expect to blow by your opponents. You will find that your rear view mirror is going to become your best friend, to block opponents from passing.
Graphics: I was extremely impressed with how amazingly realistic the cars looked. Although it seems that Microsoft spent a little to much time on the cars and not the circuits. The circuits look a little square to me and not to detailed. This isn't a huge deal but it's a shame, I really think that they could have done a better job.
PGR has a few little extras that I really wouldn't have thought of. You can actually customize what your license plate says. You can also select your own helmet. These little things don't make the game but they add to the fun!
Controls: I don't think Microsoft could have mapped out there controls much better. Most of PGR you will be braking and making sharp turns, and the way Microsoft has laid out the controls makes it feel very realistic.
Replay: Currently no rating.
Sound: Bizarre Creation has put a lot of work into the music of PGR, and I must say all there work has paid off. They have put real radio stations and dj's that play a total of sixty tracks. I must say these tracks are not bad at all. Bizarre did an awesome job with the sound, they included some good stuff.
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Gameplay:  9
Graphics:  8
Controls:  10
Replay: 8
Sound: 9
Total Score: 9
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