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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Pure fun..., December 11, 2002
After downloading and playing the demo for this game, I just had to have more. The demo is great but limited in many ways, but it really gives you a good idea of what the game is all about, so go find the demo if you're thinking about buying, download it, and give it a try. I'm sure you'll be back here soon, throwing this immediately into your cart.With a half decent computer and a 3d card, the graphics in this will amaze you. Though not quite up to "Need For Speed III: Hot Pursuit," my other main driving pleasure PC game, the ones in Midtown Madness are nothing to sneeze at. Like NFS, you can toggle all sorts of effects here, and change the time of day, the weather, the possibilities seem endless. Also like NFS, one can simply use this as a fun driving simulation, especially in the "cruise" aspect of the game. With a good pair of headphones and a gamepad, one can literally just "drive around" like in NFS and enjoy the scenery. But the real fun here, is in something NFS lacks to a great extent, though in both games one can have "fun" evading the fuzz. The real fun of Midtown Madness is, well, in the MADNESS of driving like a MADMAN (or woman), crashing into everything and anything that moves, from other vehicles to telephone poles, to garbage cans, to whatever else happens to be onscreen, including wary pedestrians. This is a great stress-relieving game but I wouldn't get behind the wheels of a real car after playing it. Give yourself an hour or two for the "effect" to wear off, ha. Throughout it all, the "violence" here is toned way down. Your car and others will show damage, but you can't really "harm" anyone and there is no blood and gore here at all. Pedestrians will run, they will hide, but they will not bleed or die, and that's cool. If you're in any way looking for THAT type of crazy driving experience, look elsewhere. But if you're looking for an arcade type racer/simulation with great graphics where one can cruise around Chicago or speed around causing utter (but harmless) chaos, this is the game for you. I have found much fun in both driving like a wacko on speed and just cruising around in more mellow moods, admiring the scenery. You can also try my favorite "mode" in this, which is to toggle off ALL other cars, switch to night-time, and drive around a huge ghost town! The best thing about the game is that one can make it into whatever they're in the "mood" for, whether it's just taking a drive, or wrecking everything in sight at breathtaking speed. I would love to see this same concept applied to Los Angeles! But Chicago's big enough, and there's plenty of terrority to explore (and crash into) here to please anyone. If your computer can't quite handle Midtown Madness II or some of the other state-of-the-art driving titles for the PC out there, give this one a try. You won't be disappointed. Fun is the name of the game here, and this game delivers and then some.
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