Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now

by Interplay

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• ASIN: B00004SWKG
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: October 20, 2000
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #28,273 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

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Amazon.com Review

With a game manual labeled "The Max Damage Offensive Driving School," you can rest assured that Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now isn't a typical racing game. Instead of the usual scenario--where the program guides you from one point to the next--Carmageddon 2 actually encourages venturing off the intended course. The goal? To search for power-ups to collect and objects to smash, including other cars, animals, and even pedestrians. Players are awarded special scoring bonuses for knocking out other racers and as many innocent bystanders as possible. Carmageddon 2's copious amounts of blood and destruction create a game that's unsuitable for younger players and the squeamish.

Interplay's Carmageddon 2, the sequel to the equally controversial Carmageddon, offers the same mayhem as the original and adds a host of new goodies: 33 new cars, 30 expansive tracks, and 90 wacky power-ups (such as "jelly suspension" and "low gravity"). Controlling your car couldn't be easier, and Carmageddon 2 boasts one of the most realistic physics engines ever used in a racing game--in gamer terms, expect plenty of impressive crashes. With vivid 3-D graphics, explosive sound effects, and an Iron Maiden soundtrack, Carmageddon 2 ensures large doses of mindless fun, but the over-the-top violence and redundant gameplay wears thin after repeated sittings behind the wheel. --Doug Radcliffe

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Have you ever been guilty of "Road Rage?", September 15, 2000

By 

Borg9 "Borg9" (MD United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now (CD-ROM)

I know that I have been guilty, on occasion, of poor driving etiquette, haven't we all? CARMAGEDDON 2 is a primer in the fine art of road rage. Think of it as cathartic, do what you will within this fine, gory game. Your desires to do the same on the roadways of reality MUST, of neccessity, remain unfulfilled.

Similar to the original CARMAGEDDON except with better graphics, the victims are polygonal models instead of sprites, there's tons more carnage to be wrested from the CARMAGEDDON universe this time around.

Most of the cast of regular drivers are back, with a few new crazies to round out the crew. Vehicle upgrades are made whilst on the fly, instead of thru a separate menu as in the original. The cars Eagle & Hawk have returned along with a bevy of new killers. Look for the Volvo mining loader, a humongous yellow truck used to haul boulders. There's even a WWII Stuka dive bomber piloted/driven by looney Heinz Faust from the first game.

Many scenarios are included: A Disney-esque funfair, replete with clowns, circus strongmen and elephants. A modern airport; bonus points if you can manage to wreck the jumbo jet...the trick seems to be jumping your vehicle upon the wing during takeoff.

One minor beef, there's no onscreen camera shot of the driver's glee as in the first game. I really missed seeing Die Anna squeal with joy each time she squashed a victim. Her sick peals of rapture in the first CARMAGEDDON are very remniscent of Xenia Onatopp from the Bond film, Goldeneye. This aside, CARMAGEDDON 2 is a worthy sequel and a hell of a lot of fun for my [$]. I can't wait for the third installment!

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not for the faint of heart, October 23, 2001

By 

David Roy (Vancouver, BC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now (CD-ROM)

This game is full of blood, guts, and destruction. If you're squeamish, if you're really young, then this game is *not* for you. Are you somebody who would relish running over people in real life? Then it's also not for you. However, if you're somebody who, when out on the open road, just wishes that you could do something about the problem of stupid drivers/pedestrians, this game is loads of fun. You must be able to separate fiction from reality, though.

You will probably never find a safer, more cautious driver than me, but this game lets the player let loose. The game is extremely gruesome, with flying limbs everywhere as you run through crowds of people. Pieces of the other race cars fly off as you crunch into them. Every pedestrian or opponent car hit gives you credits and time added onto the game clock.

The object is to finish the race by going through all the checkpoints the appropriate number of times (yeah, right!), run over all the pedestrians (very hard to do, especially on some of the bigger levels where there are over 1400 of them), or "waste" all your opponents.

You waste your opponents by running into them, running them into other objects, etc. It's a good thing that they can't repair like you can, though, or it would never end. There's nothing funnier then watching a car that's down to 1% health, all twisted and wrecked, go around in circles because it doesn't even have all four tires on the road.

The different locales in the game really make this game a visual treat. There's the Canadian northwest (with even Mounties!), a ski resort, a carnival, nuclear power plant, and many more. The assortment of opponent cars is also very nice, though some of them can be *really* annoying to try and waste (such as the plane).

The locales are much better than the first Carmageddon. The graphics are, too. In the first game, running over "peds" would just result in a gooey mass, but in this game, limbs go flying, bodies go flying, sometimes even heads.

The other improvement is the fact that you can get wasted. In the first game, you couldn't. In this one, you have to be careful. If you hit a wall too hard, or let one of those Mac trucks run you into a wall, you *will* be wasted and have to start the race over.

One downside is the lack of cops. Except for one level, where the object is to waste 12 cop cars, there are no cops interfering in the races. I thought they added a nice touch to the first game, where they provided a random element to the race and the other drivers. They were almost tanks, and nothing was more satisfying then getting a "solid granite car" powerup and wasting one of them. You could also push them off cliffs, etc.

The other downside is the lack of vocals. We got a real kick out of the female persona's "That had to hurt" and such in the first game, but in this game, there is none of that. It takes away a bit of the fun.

But make no mistake, this is a great game, as long as you have the stomach and temperament for it. It's not for the squeamish. It's not for kids. But if you can handle it, you'll have a blast.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Road Rage Meets Pedestrians, March 9, 2009

By 

DryvBy (Knoxville, TN USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now (CD-ROM)

Carmageddon is violent, gory, crude, and over the top. That's why sickos like us like it! There's nothing better than nailing an old man on a walker crossing the road going 80! This is racing like you've never seen it before... unless you've played the first one.

Carmageddon 2 is based on the concept of car combat and racing. Instead of fancy gold goins or boxes filled with bananas (ie: Mario Kart), you run over pedestrians for score and hit boxes filled with bombs, oil slicks, drugs, and ped zappers. Even though this is a racing game, I don't think I've ever actually won a race by racing. The game is more of a what if Mortal Kombat was based with cars as characters to me. All you really need to do is ram other cars until they die in this death race.

The graphics aren't a masterpeice, and I don't even think they were really impressive when this game came out. However, what is impressive is teh fact that the maps are huge, there's a ton of pedestrians on screen at once, they cars break apart in a some-what realistic manner, and there's more exploring to do than you would think. For instance, one level pits you in a circus with a roller coaster. I had more fun trying to race on the roller coaster track and do the super jumps at the end than even playing the game. I was actually stuck on this level for days because the level is so fun. Plus, when you get board, you can break into the zoo portion of the level and run over penguins, employees, and even elephants! Yes, exploding elephants (after heavily damaging your car) is incredibad.

The sounds are meh. They're not The best in the world, however, the soundtrack features Iron Maiden, so it's pretty balanced. I'd say the worth thing about the sounds is the lack of variety in screams and tire sounds. You'll hear the same sounds for the tires and wrecks over and over. Then again, this is a CD-Rom game so they couldn't jam-pack the disc with good quality sound variety and textures.

Another thing that will keep you coming back is the huge list of people supporting the game with new vehicles (including on some sites, the Scooby-Doo van, a Porche, or even the Flintstone's car!). The lasting appeal is there with tons of secrets through the nice list of levels. Each level is unique and doesn't just repeat. Plus, killing people means you get to buy their cars, and there's a good chunk of cars in the game. There is multiplayer, but I'm sure it would be hard to find a match unless using GameSpy's servers.