Pursuit Force returns

By Tom Bramwell Published 18 January, 2007

On PS2 and PSP.

BigBig's Pursuit Force is making a comeback this summer. After enjoying relative success as a PSP exclusive first time out, the sequel - "Extreme Justice" - will be released on the handheld as well as PS2.

Once again players will drive after crims in Capital City and then leap onto their cars to sort them out, except this time there'll be a much greater range of gangs and vehicles to worry about, and even a rival "heavy-handed" arm of the police called Viper division.

Leaping between tanks, trains and even aeroplanes in addition to the usual cars, Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice will also put you up against the Raiders (ambushers) and Syndicate (bank robber) gangs, as you continue to tussle with the Convicts and Warlords. We're also promised "epic boss battles".

Fortunately to regain strength and prolong a mission there's a new Justice Bar (drinking: for heroes), and three new difficulty levels to make things a bit more approachable. You also have some new recruits to offer support: Sarah (air support), Ash (special operations), Peach (heavy assault) and Gage (high speed pursuit, slightly disturbing pornography).

(That's the last time I type things into Google Image Search without thinking.)

Once you've mastered the basics, you can even play against friends in four-player Wi-Fi on PSP, or two-player split-screen on the PS2. And if all this sounds like it might be up your street, why not have a flick through our review of the first one and see what you missed?

More on Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice soon enough.

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About Tom Bramwell

Tom is Operations director of Eurogamer Network and Editor-at-Large of Eurogamer.net. He joined the company in February 2000.

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Comments (10) Latest comment 5 years ago

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  • repairmanjack #1 5 years ago

    Make it a bit easier, chaps, ok? People might buy this one if it's actually fun to play.

  • SBfistfun #2 5 years ago

    Pursuit Force - Extremely shit, more like

  • ZuluHero #3 5 years ago

    really? I thought it was pretty good. I used to feed it through my surround sound.. Admitadly defeats the handheld point, but the music and effects from the psp is really good through a proper audio centre.

    The game was actiony, fast-pased and fun.. A lot of other games can't claim that...

  • pointBlank #4 5 years ago

    I really enjoyed it too, looking forward to this sequel a lot.

  • jonsaan #5 5 years ago

    It was silly hard though. To the point of being a real chore. Still, if they can tweak the difficulty level it'll be great.

  • Steroyd #6 5 years ago

    Pursuit Force was good but the spike in difficulty along with not much variety between each mission and what seemed impossible time limits ultimately made me sell the game without completing it.

    If they included a GTA sandbox with random perks ala True Crime i'd definately purchase the next one.

  • andromeda #7 5 years ago

    boring

  • Nobuo #8 5 years ago

    "(That's the last time I type things into Google Image Search without thinking.)"

    Why can I not see this porn?

  • bushwod #9 5 years ago

    agree with repairmanjack, it was way too hard.

  • grandmaster Verified Director, Digital Foundry #10 5 years ago

    One of the only PSP games I played to completion. It was a man's game that I thought was brimming with variety - so many different missions, and some really intriguing ones too. The homage to the movie Speed was particularly amusing. I also enjoyed the graphical style - arcadey and cartoony, kind of like Chase HQ and games of that era. I thought the Eurogamer review was rather harsh and would consider it a minor classic for the PSP.

    I believe the US version was made easier for the gaming pussies out there ;) Might be worth picking that up cheap on eBay if the core gameplay appeals (and it should).

    With regards the news piece, the original Pursuit Force had the Justice Meter too - it's nothing new. Using it at just the right time was the key to topping up your energy bar and thus remaining alive - essential on some of the rock hard "on foot" missions and also for those stages where you had to escape from pursuing criminals. A fully topped-up Justice Meter was also required for those mega-cool mid-air bullet time attacks as you leapt from one car to another :)

    Looking forward to this sequel then, definitely.
    Edited by 1 at 18/01/07 @ 18:33