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You'll need to be at least a little mean-spirited to truly appreciate them, but Carmageddon II's graphics look good by any standards. The three dozen-odd cars are meticulously detailed and wildly creative: You get to drive and destroy everything from a tricked-out '70s low-rider sporting front-mounted jackhammers, to a muscle car crossed with a World War II prop plane, to a dragster, to a dune buggy, and much more. They're not real cars, but they look real enough, especially when you smash them (or into them) and they crumple and crack in all the right places. Then again, the cars in Carmageddon always did look good, although the same couldn't be said for their targets, the lowly pedestrians who were mere 2D sprites in the first game and didn't look right against the 3D cars. But now the pedestrians, comprising a cornucopia of humans and wildlife, join their hunters in the third dimension, which unlocks a world of gory, new opportunities for the player. They'll come apart at the seams, go flying through the air, burst into blood and guts, and worse as you careen into them in every which way, earning money for each and every kill. Were it not for the rather plain-looking tracks and a frame rate that can falter even on high-end systems, Carmageddon II would look entirely excellent.
Of course it's tasteless. But if the country can embrace a foul-mouthed and foul-mannered prime-time cartoon show, then it's ready for Carmageddon II. Besides, it's a funny game. You'll pick up dozens of different power-ups that affect the innocent bystanders in absurdly hilarious ways: They'll explode when hit, pop and fly away, dance in place, stumble like drunks, have huge heads, turn huge altogether, turn tiny, turn fat, turn tall, turn skinny, turn completely immortal - you name it. And the carnage is set to the perfectly appropriate music of the quintessential heavy metal band Iron Maiden, as well as a few guitar-heavy instrumental pieces that, while they aren't Maiden, aren't bad. Unfortunately, the other sound effects in the game are only fair, as pedestrian screams and steel wrenching against steel all start to get repetitive fast.
In any event, you'll probably be too wrapped up in the game to be bothered. Like the first game, you don't need to follow too many rules. You can race around the track past a series of checkpoints through several laps and end a race, but you'll often find it easier (and a lot more fun) to total all the enemy cars vying to do the same. Either objective is made both challenging and enjoyable thanks to the wacky hyperrealistic physics model behind the game that has cars careening through the air and against buildings and one another at the slightest invitation. You'll find yourself in all sorts of incredible and ridiculous wrecks, often with those hapless pedestrians at the center. Thankfully, you can magically repair or recover your car at the touch of a button, and for a price. And because the collisions rarely force you into a frustrating situation, and the physics model is so open-ended, and there are so many silly power-ups, Carmageddon II ends up being entertaining for a long time.
That's not to say it never gets annoying; because of the linear race progression, you'll sometimes get stuck on a timed mission objective that you'll have to replay until you get it right. But the game isn't all that difficult, and a little perseverance should get you past any roadblocks, metaphorical or not. What you're left with, then, is a game that isn't serious at all but instead offers a fun and colorful, albeit predominantly red, environment to drive across, through, or over. Carmageddon II isn't the most ambitious game you'll ever play, but chances are it'll be one of the more enjoyable games you've tried lately.--Greg Kasavin
--Copyright ©1998 GameSpot Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of GameSpot is prohibited.
Carmageddon 2 is about one thing: smashing stuff up. You may be smashing people, cars, dogs, or buildings, but it all boils down to smashing. To provide structure to the game, the developer requires the player to attempt to complete a race circuit before time runs out. But it doesn't really matter if you do this or not, because you can pick up lots of time extensions, and the best way to win is to smash other players' cars to pieces.
You pick up cash for repairs, upgrades, and new vehicles by reaching checkpoints on the circuit and by slaughtering pedestrians. A simple hit-and-run move gives you $200, but do a little flashy driving such as a sideswipe, clipping pedestrians with a door, or pile-driving them into a building, and you can easily rack up $700 or $800 for the kill (sharpen your driving skills and you'll get more bucks per bang). The characters aren't even re-motely realistic, but the few polygons that seem real dismember quite nicely.
Although politically incorrect and mindlessly violent, Carmageddon 2 is a fun game that people will enjoy playing - remember, it's just a game. Built-in acceleration hardware suffices, but for a better visual experience, a Rage 128 or 3dfx card is mandatory. -- Rick Sanchez
Good News: Supports Rage II, Rage Pro, Rage 128, and 3dfx chip sets. Multiplayer mode supports up to eight players. There's no other game like it on the Mac.
Bad News: Poor control. Low frame rates. Multiplayer mode is limited to LANs.
©1999 MacAddict
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Best,
By Anna (Las Cruces, New Mexico United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now (CD-ROM)
This game is great if you like racing and blood and gore.In this game you can either use a controler,or the keyboard.There are 3 way of completing a level(each set is called a group)by killing all peds.,wasting all the cars,or going through all the check points(or lap)a certent amount of times.You have a lot of cars and when you get the right amount of credits you can the one you want,but only if you find it in the race your racing.You nave boxs and a type of barrel filled with either a power-up or something that happens to your car,peds.,or your oppenets.The red box has something to do with the people running around that you hit(be sure to get drunk peds. cause thats the funnest).The barrels have to do with your car.I don't know how many levels there are since I haven't completed it.You should try it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best game ever,
= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars
This review is from: Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now (CD-ROM)
More controversial than GTA could ever dream of being this game holds nothing back and you wind up with the most twisted game ever. Amazingly it still holds up and is incredibly playable today with damage modeling I have yet to see done half as well. Hilarious power ups and with three ways to win every level the replayability is outrageous! The only hard part is finding a computer to play it on.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
INSANELY FUN,
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This review is from: Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now (CD-ROM)
You gotta love this game!
This is one of the most hilariously violent games I've played! With goodies like the opponent repulsificator and the solid-granite car, delight and laughter takes me over every time sit down to play Carmageddon 2. Exploding pedestrians, pedestrian flame-throwers, the pedestrian electro-[...] ray... these are power-ups you can get in the game! Whether you turn your opponents into scrap metal or act a fool around the gigantic levels, the fun does not stop. And the game has a way of scaring you. I recall being terrified at so many moments while playing this game. Examples: Is that Hans Abba around the corner? Where is that vicious dump truck? My car is in awful shape and I can't find a repair power-up. You can pop-wheelies and in certain cases go so fast that you can commit suicide. The game has incredible value because you can purchase your trashed opponents cars. If you get into it, you will feel the need to progress. The game is about much more than destroying other cars. Some missions are wacky beyond belief. One I recall involves killing mental patients that have escaped from an asylum. That is one of the harder missions. The game is long, there are plenty of missions, and if you don't feel like killing people, you can always race. This game is off-the wall. It's like combining Grand Theft Auto, Simpsons Road Rage, and Burnout 3. And it's over 5 years old! This game is a classic. Let us not forget the kangraoo bounce power-up. Nor the low gravity mode. Nor the hand-brake... man I love the hand-brake. If you have the time, play this game until you get good enough to appreciate the madness within. Oh yeah - the sound track is by Iron Maiden. This game is awesome!
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