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Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
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Criterion's reboot of one of the most popular games in the Need for Speed series. The game features Racer versus Cop gameplay and can be played from either perspective at any time.
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"Hot Pursuit has some of the best online play that the Need For Speed series has ever seen."
5 ★ (10)
4 ★ (15)
3 ★ (4)
2 ★ (3)
1 ★ (2)

It's a hot, hot, hot pursuit indeed!

The sixteenth Need for Speed title and a revival of the Hot Pursuit name first used in 1998's Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit , this game returns to the real roots of the franchise: grand touring in s… Read more

Play the 1998 original.

The cars all feel exactly the same to control, unsatisfying with stiff cornering being a constant issue. The game feels shallow and has almost no sense of progression. You technically "work your way u… Read more

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Review

It’s been a long year for fans of the racing-style games. With very few games launching within the genre, its become a bit of a challenge for those who enjoy those racing-esque styled games, or enjoy… Read more

Best Need for speed Game ever made

Game play the game I was waiting for years need for speed hot pursuit with free roam that you can choose to drive cop cars or racer cars. The career has changed to you can choose to be a cop and stop… Read more

Racing boring

Quickplay review Never played a lot of racing games, and this one looks like one in a dozen. You race, you have your afterburner, hot cars and nice road and.. nothing more. It constantly wants me to g… Read more

Five Word Review

Full-length reviews present an off-putting challenge for me. I labor over word, sentence, and grammatical choices to the point of exhaustion. These five-word reviews are my solace; I hope you apprecia… Read more

Possibly the closest thing to a perfect arcade racer.

It sounds like typical reviewer hyperbole, but honestly I believe that Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit is possibly the closest thing to a perfect arcade racer. It's hard to believe that this game actually… Read more

A chase worth experiencing

It says a lot about Criterion as a developer when I find myself thoroughly pleased with Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit despite not wanting a Need For Speed game since... ever. Hot Pursuit embodies many o… Read more

Awesome

Since with my english is poor I will use Google translator. The game, in some way, struck me as what-if and beauty. Big mountains, wide deserts, forests and other natural beauty. All this looks just f… Read more

Great but at a price.

After that silly attempt to be a simuation, Shift, instead of what the series has always been about, its great to see that the series can still be fun. Even better is that they left out the cheesy fla… Read more

Not That Good

I think this is a step in the wrong direction for this series, it actually feels like a step backwards. The series has had some awful games recently, no question about that. And this is an improvement… Read more

Criterion can do Better

It's never a good sign when I find myself trying hard to like a game. Such is the case with NFS Hot Pursuit, a game that dared to update the beloved PC classic and rekindle my passion in arcade racers… Read more

Infuriatingly Fun

Any game that gets one thing right can be a great game. And NFS: Hot Pursuit gets one thing right. White knuckle racing. Hot Pursuit is a pretty simple game and does not even bother with things like s… Read more

Not my speed.

I honestly don't know why I keep doing it. Other than a few cart racing games, I'm really not a fan of the racing genre as a whole. Yet, whenever a new racer comes out, I find myself at least somewhat… Read more

A Single Player Travesty

Personal Gaming Note: I'm rank 5 as racer and cop, NFS:MW was my favorite racer and I never played Burnout until Paradise (which I've bought for both PS3 and 360 and have beat near 3 times). I'm not a… Read more

Fun, fun, fun

I have played just about every single Need4Speed titles since back in the day and let me say it is extremely nice to play an original. Granted it is a lot like Burnout with the NFS moniker but in the… Read more

need for awesomenes!

If u like racing games arcade style fun racing games to be exact then i believe this game will not disappoint u at all. its Fast its Fun its Challenging, to say the least it should fit the $ and reall… Read more

An addictive revival of a long-dormant series and genre

It’s not often that I wipe out a review and start from scratch, but a good amount of time with Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit has essentially forced me to do so, thanks to its overwhelming first impressi… Read more

The game that revitalizes the series

The Need for Speed franchise over the past few years has seen many iterations and many new ways to play. However, those new titles, while well received by critics, were underwhelming for fans of the s… Read more

Cheap PC port.

The Graphics are awful. Grass sprites and decals become visible just ahead of you making the landscape look rather dull and empty. Not much lighting going on either.. everything is evenly lit. There a… Read more

Single Player Career Review

Need for Speed is back and better than ever with the help from Criterion Games, the people that have brought you the amazing Burnout series. Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit is EA's return to put some life… Read more

NFS is exciting again.

The last time I purchased a Need for Speed title new was Most Wanted. If felt like Hot Pursuit, but was missing something. That something is what Hot Pursuit brings to the table. Much like the origina… Read more

NFS IS BACK: and this time its packing heat

I had been quitely trying not to get excited for this title because of the slow decline of NFS, in my eyes, over the years BUT with the excellent Criterion Games on board this proves to be the series… Read more

The New Hot Pursuit

If you're a fan of the Need for Speed racing franchise, you would probably agree that it's been a roller-coaster of a ride featuring mostly low points. It seems like with every game it was either hit… Read more

Scratches that Nostalgic Itch Quite Well!

Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit came out for the original Playstation back in 1998. I remember seeing the initial commercials for the game and thinking how awesome it was to have a game where you run… Read more

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