Midnight Club: Los Angeles Comments by Tom Bramwell

The game is getting plenty of decent reviews... IGN AU gave it 8.9, IGN UK 8.4 and IGN US 8.5 with TeamXbox (yeah them!) giving it 8.9. General consensus seems to be that it's a very polished, very exciting, very fast game but the high difficulty level lets it down slightly.

Wouldn't have considered this as a purchase but having seen the reviews and then spotting it in Morrison's for £29 I grabbed a copy.
Haven't has chance to check it out yet though :)

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Played it for a couple of hours last night and it's superb!

The city feels real like GTA and that's what make it so much fun. It has a fantastic level of detail but appears to run at a higher resolution than GTA and I've not noticed any hint of framerate problems so far.The car physics seem highly exaggerated, but real - the cars reacts as you would expect. To me for this type of game that's spot on. They're not over the top like GTA and not ridiculously riding a rocket ala burnout.

I've gone off NFS in recent years but thankfully here the "street" element doesn't take itself seriously and the customisation aspect adds fun. The police chases remind me of the best bit of NFS from the past.

I really wasn't expecting this but initial impression are that this a real gem.

Take note publishers.....
I would not have picked this up at full price - you need to get all games to under £30 if you want people to purchase more on impulse.