In a State Where Five Gangs Vie For Control (Pursuit Force (PSP))

Member Name: Goldensummit

Product:	Pursuit Force (PSP)
Date:	12/06/08 (185 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Unique gameplay | Variety of unlockables and side-games

Disadvantages: Not much depth | Soundtrack gets repetitive

Difficulty: Medium
Learning Curve: 20 or so minutes

A new different spin to police based crime games, where you get to drive, jump from car to car, car to boat, car to helicopter, as well as land missions.

Play as a police officer, en-route to destroy all crime gangs that desecrate the state. Hunt down fearsome suspects, with aggression. With the variety of cases you will be given, it will include running down suspects, leaping onto their vehicles in mid-drive, and do anything in your power to stop them at all costs.

The game also offers something different from the career part, which allows you to do races. You unlock race maps through career, and you can play this to earn medals. There is nothing really rewarding from doing this though except for some fun. Career cases also offer medals to be earned, depending how well you do in the case, how quickly you caught your suspect, and all that takes into count for what medal you receive. You could get bronze, silver, gold or nothing at all. These medals then unlock items in the gallery, which offers videos, wallpapers, artworks and what-not.

Gameplay - 7/10
It's a new style of gameplay that adds some fun for the PSP system and works very well. Shooting, driving, and racing are a nice mix which Big Big Studios have pulled off very well.

Design - 7/10
There is a lot of variety from each crime gang, varying from ex-commando's to speed-craving women; you won't find everything bland here. The case designs and environments are pretty decent also.

Sound - 6/10
The sound effects and soundtrack is pretty decent, however it gets rather repetitive after a while.

Value - 7/10
There are a lot of cases for you to play through, a lot of items in the gallery for you to pursuit, and all the races as a side-game for you to play through, there is more then enough to keep the casual gamer going for a while.

Overall - 6.9/10
With it's new spin on gameplay, variety of things to do, this game will be good for the casual gamer, however there is nothing really that challenging, nor much depth to the story of the game. Perhaps it's not the best game for the hardcore gamer, but defiantly worth it for the casual gamer to look in to.

Summary: With it's new spin on gameplay, variety of things to do, this game will be good for the casual gamer