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Pursuit Force
Pursuit Force is the latest action racing
game to hit the PSP that has the gamer playing as a street tough copy
who has been tasked with bringing justice to five of the Capital City's
most infamous gangs. Assisted by the old-school, short-tempered Chief of
the Pursuit Force who likes to play by the book, gamers find themselves
immersed in an adrenaline fuelled, high speed chase across 400km of city
streets, freeways and off-road tracks, in their battle to outsmart the
bad guys and rid the state of crime.
In its essence, Pursuit Force is basically a driving game which sees the
player in the role of a cop. In some respects it is reminiscent of the
old classic arcade game Chase HQ. Pursuit Force adds a few more
dimensions to that classic which basically involves catching cars and
ramming them off the road. This is also possible in Pursuit Force but
you can also choose to shoot the enemy while driving you vehicle or you
can choose to use the Pursuit Force signature move and leap out of your
vehicle onto another vehicle and get more upfront and personal before
throwing the driver out of his vehicle.
The gameplay of Pursuit Force is relatively straightforward and the
first mission in the game is actually a tutorial that shows you the
ropes of this entertaining title. However with that said, the gameplay
of Pursuit Force is rather strange as it tries to be a car game with
guns that unfortunately doesn't get pulled off as well as I hoped. With
that said, the targeting system of the game just doesn't feel right and
you waste a fair bit of ammo before you either drive your enemy off the
road or blow up their car. However, there are enough elements in the
game to keep it fresh and entertaining and besides driving on a variety
of different locations, the player must also jump from car to car to
dispatch the enemies.
Graphically Pursuit Force is an extremely impressive looking game on the
PSP and everything looks very sharp from the cars to the people in the
cars. Its not just graphical talents that are on show, the animation of
your character as he jumps from one car to another is super smooth and
very cool looking. When people fall from cars they also look very
convincing as their bodies tumble and turn along the road.
I must also admit that the sound effects for Pursuit Force are also top
class, even though they are mainly made up of police sirens, gun shots,
car engines and screeching tyres all of which are convincing. During the
game you will hear quite a few voiceovers from the games characters
including your boss back at the police headquarters. All the voice work
is good and some of the language used by the Capelli's is very
entertaining.
In conclusion, Pursuit Force is an
interesting car racing game with a twist that I would recommend that you
at least check it out before passing this game up as another
post-nuclear mad max game. With great graphics, awesome sound and an
amusing storyline, Pursuit Force will easily cater for old school
gamers.
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