

Hot Pursuit‘s headlining mode is its Career, where events are laid out on a map and more are unlocked as you complete them. It’s nice to know some of the original game’s soundtrack has been restored after reports that a handful of songs would be cut from the game due to licensing problems. The same can be said of the game’s sound design it’s all decent enough stuff but you won’t be blown away by anything the game offers.

Newcomers will likely gravitate to it however, because the joyous carnage, chasing down and annihilating the competition with an assortment of weaponry is exciting and thrilling, feelings that refuse to let up as long as you play it.Īs a remaster, Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered does do a serviceable job, with cars sporting a nice glint of sparkle as the sunlight shines down on them, and generally the game looks like a pleasant enhancement of a ten year-old game, though trees and other such environmental fodder look unimpressively static and (ahem) wooden. Off the bat it should be stated that Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered carries with it the same likes and gripes of the original game that is to say the cops vs criminals action is highly entertaining and frenetic, but the handling is a bit too stiff at times, and making contact with the scenery or other vehicles can be cause for temporary annoyances as well as becoming a bit too frequent of a necessity. Now a remaster of the reboot of Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit is here – the question is, should you care about double dipping and, if this is your first time out, should you pay attention to this remaster?

Ten years ago EA rebooted Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit to great acclaim and success, thanks to the infectious and irresistible cops vs criminals theme that the franchise would go on to expand upon with Need For Speed: Rivals a few years later.
