drakesfortune

User Score
7.0

Presentation - 7.5
Gameplay - 7.0
Value - 7.5

When I first popped this game in, I thought it was going to be stale, dull, and not a whole lot of fun.  Then I realized that this game is really a racing game more than anything.  Once I accepted it for what it was I really started enjoying the game.  To be fair, I have not finished this game.  Why?  Hard Balls.  Balls...very hard.  I simply cannot beat him.  He's the third main boss, and from what I've read, he's the toughest boss in the game.  So tough, that I give up. 

That's the main problem with this game.  At times it just gets insanely difficult.  I just want to complete the game, but I can't because it's too hard.  It's VERY rare for me to give up on a game.  I complete almost every game I play, and this is the only game in recent memory that I was enjoying that I didn't finish. 

This was a pretty early PSP game, and it's pretty amazing how good it looks.  It's not up to par with some of the newer PSP games that take advantage of the now unlocked higher processor speeds, but it's a nice looking PSP game.

Some people may not enjoy the fact that the game is ULTRA cheesy.  I mean, incredibly cheesy.  The police chief that does most of the talking to you says the dumbest things, constantly.  For instance, "Don't die or you're fired" when you die.  Or when you get the highest ranking, he says, "You know kid, you remind me of me".  All of it is said in a very bad New York/Jersey Shore accent like some Midwestern wannabe mobster. 

This game can be picked up for peanuts, so for under $10 this is worth it.  I probably put around 8 to 10 hours into the game, and if I could have beat Hard Balls, it would have been longer.