Smuggler's Run 2: Hostile Territory

"Lose the tail......"

***Introduction***
Okay,now let me start of by saying I LOVE this game,I really do.Its everything I want in a game.Smuggling illegal Contraband out of the country while all the time running from law enforcement trying to stop you from doing anything you want.And the cars are one of the best things I rekon,they are fast and tough and will put up a fight against anything you want them to.If you have Smugglers Run 1 and you love it,then you will definitely love this game,due to its cars,terrain and lots of other stuff too but the big improvement is the vehicles now have countermeasures.

***Gameplay:9/10***
There are many good things that help them along as one of the best criminal games around,and many of those things lie in the gameplay section.The first thing is the Controls,they are very easy to learn and you can learn them very quickly,so you can then you can play for as long as you like.The second thing is the fact that you can go anywhere and do anything you want,you have allot of freedom in the Joyriding part.And another good thing is the best thing the things that you can do in the game are amazing drive as fast as you want and jump anything you want,sore high in to the sky with any car you feel comfortable in.I think the best improvement in this game from Smugglers Run 1 is the Countermeasures,if you can use these good you will have no problem with getting away from the cops,although every car has different Countermeasure they all help you to get away from the tail some how.Have you ever tried running over a animal at 200k/h???,neither have but I got pretty close to it in this game.The last thing is the bridges,they are heaps fun jumping off them,you can even push other cars of the bridge and watch them plummet to the ground.One more thing watch out for AVALANCHES,thats right while you are snapping other cars of the bridge you might just get snapped by a rolling bolder heading your way from the mountain slide.Another good thing is that you can change the color of your car,you can even put some sirens on it to make you look like a cop,unfrotuatley the other cops still know its you.The only bad thing about the gameplay is the fact that you can't get onto the Volcano,or at least I haven't got on there and I've tried about 200 hundred times just to get to there,but none prevailed.

***Graphics:9/10***
To get down straight to the point there is nothing wrong with wrong with the Graphics at all,they are exellent.They help allot with the detail of the car,with the graphics it has it shows you everything on the car,headlights,tailights and even exhaust pipes with the smoke coming out of them.The other bits that have the Graphics exiling the game is the scenery you can see the other side of the lake,shrubs and even the other side of the marshy valleys you will have to go through at one time or another.

***Sound:8/10***
This game has awesome sound,you can listen to your car revving up,even the sirens on the polices car and yours.Or just listen to the nice soothing music as you go cause mass destruction on everything you see around you.Another good sound effect is when you crash into another cars,boulder or animal and it makes like a dinting sound in the side of your car,just like in real life!!!

***Storyline:7/10***
This is a great game and the storyline doesn't spoil it one little bit,you are a fugitive running away from the law every second of your life,even when you are sleeping you are probably being hunted down in your sleep as well,if you get into this game you will enjoy it,what I mean by that is that if you get into the destruction mode of killing and blowing things up you will really love this game,maybe as much as I do!!!

***Lifespan:6/10***
The only bad thing that I can think of to put down is the life span of this game,you keep doing the same thing over and over again it can get very boring,but every time you play it there is a different element you will have to contend with,like the cops being in this one or another gang being introduced to you,whatever the reason I find it hard you would ever stop playing the game for a while after you got it.

***Overall:9/10***
This is a great game all around,the only thing that lets this game down is its lifespan.But other than that it is great.It has everything,from Smuggling Contraband all over the countryside to getting caught by the police.Its all here!!!

***Buy Or Rent???***
I don't know,should you???.Its up to you if you spend your money on this game or something else,but I got it straight away and I haven't regretted it yet.But still TRY BEFORE YOU BUY.

Reviewer's Score: 9/10, Originally Posted: 09/22/02, Updated 09/22/02