The real stars of the game are the two cities, which are huge arenas ripe for careening around in.
It's too kind-hearted and camp to be offensive, and is typically worth a chuckle or two. Both sides of the coin have the same gameplay and the same sort of mediocrely-presented, just this side of too corny story starring a host of amusing, if stereotyped, characters. In both Washington, DC and Paris you're placed in the shoes of an undercover cop trying to dig up dirt by posing in a variety of different driving-oriented jobs - pizza delivery boy, taxi driver, chauffer - which will allow you to investigate a kidnapping plot against a famous German racer or the seedy machinations of famed movie directors. It's also got a spiffy Xbox sheen, and has proven to be great fun. Consequently the game's flavor has changed, somewhat, gathering some campy Eurohumor. Angel Studios, the originators of the series, have since been subsumed into the gaping maw of Rockstar based on their success with the Midnight Club games, and Microsoft has handed the franchise to DICE, a well-known European developer.
If as much thought had been put into the single-player game as the multiplayer, then MM3 would have been a potential hardware shifter, rather than the solid city racing game it is.The Midtown Madness series was close to becoming an institution with PC gamers - but since Microsoft shifted focus to the Xbox, it's now a console franchise, and it makes a good one. The cars and cities have a crisp look, although the pedestrians are less impressive. Graphically, this is an above average Xbox game. So if you ever wanted to take a wrong turn around the Champs Elysées or do a handbreak turn outside the White House, then MM3 is for you. While nowhere near the scale of The Getaway's London, both Paris and DC are full of authentically recognisable locations. A simple interface makes it easy to find fellow players, and the unsophisticated nature of the racing is well suited to battling human opponents.īy focusing on only two cities - Paris and Washington DC - Midtown Madness 3 has gone down the realism route. There are plenty of choices that make this a great party game, although it is when going online with Xbox Live that the real fun is to be had. But the multiplayer mode drags Midtown Madness 3 into three-star territory. Unfortunately, a lack of variety makes the single-player option redundant too quickly. And while these missions are relatively simplistic, the handling of the cars makes the game fun enough to play for a while. These normally involve basic delivery tasks or catching up with the criminal fraternity. Getting behind the wheel of one of the 30 cars on offer, your aim is to race around, doing chores as an undercover policeman. Although it lacks the style of the Grand Theft Auto series, Midtown Madness 3 is a solid urban driving game.
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