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One of the best games available for XBox Live play! |
| CheatersFriend from Lowestoft, England says (1/Mar/2004): |
Midtown Madness 3 was one of the earlier released driving games on the XBox, but remains one of the best in my opinion.
It's fast, fun and funky with its single player modes giving you countless hours of gameplay because of the huge number of 'missions' you're given by the strange in-game characters that you work for. You are put in the shoes of everyone from Taxi Drivers to Police Officers, and from Salesmen to Government Official!
You can unlock new paint-jobs for most cars, so that adds hours and hours more gameplay to MM3 as you have fo find them first, and be in the right car to get them! For most cars there are two paint jobs. You can usually find one in WAshinton DC and one in Paris.
When you've completed all single player missions, blitz and checkpoint racers you are able to unlock new cars and features that were previously completely unavailable. The good thing is you can use your new cars and all the paint-jobs you find on XBox Live.
There are a number of great game modes to play on XBox Live. You can just cruise around with upto 7 other players, or if you're feeling competitive, the other games will be better! My personal favourites are Hunter and Tag!
Final Thoughts - Midtown Madness 3 is a well-rounded game, it has a bit of everything and a lot that similar games don't offer. Well worth buying, especially now it's very inexpensive to get hold of! Go get it!
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Only Car Racing Game I have ever liked |
| Belinda from Perth, WA, Australia says (26/Jan/2004): |
I am not a car racing fan so when I give this a 10 out of 10 you know its gotta be good. I think one thing about reviewing a game is not to compare it to others unless its the previous 2 MM games. (and even then why would you want it to be the same!!) Its Midtown Madness not grand theft auto, it not crazy taxi, its not grand prix. Midtown Madness means Midtown Madness it means you do crash into things it means you do race around 2 major cities and cars do get in the way!! And thats the best thing. Its basically what teenagers do for real anyway but they don't loose their lives and others. The plus's also are ramps, and paint jobs and the other goodies you can find. Yes some of the levels are challenging but thats what a game is. If you don't like challenges and all you want to do is to cheat then you won't get much of a kick out of it. I now what to see Washington and Paris to see if they were exactly the way they showed it. Also I have to say I did find the people talking in the under cover jobs extremely annoying so I discovered I could control the level of noise for each individual thing such as voices, SFX, music etc (so I shut them up pretty quick). Also you can add your own mix of music which is great. I love being able to go for a cruise with no peak hour traffic its relaxing. I like being in control of everything, the amount of traffic, pedestrations, weather, police, and even seasons like seeing it snow.
I haven't gotten XBox live yet but am extremely looking forward to it. Because of the downloads and racing and tag games with other people in the world. One more thing that did annoy me was being able to see things but they were fenced off and you could not smash through them so I could not drive in there but in other places you could smash through the fences. And last but not least the undercover jobs, blitz races and checkpoints are excellent!! Can't wait for the 4th, it better be on XBOX or pc I can't afford another console!!
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| Tim from Barnstaple, N.Devon,United Kingdom says (10/Jan/2004): |
This game lacks structure design and style. Quite frankly i am glad i got this game free with my xbox as i would not buy it seperately. There are only 2 levels the missions can be anoying and pathetic. There is a lady with a french accent it the first undercover missions which allmost made me throw my xbox out of the top floor window. This game has to be the worst out of the MM trillogy!! My recomendations to any person even thinking about buying this game is think again go for a better game such as GTA3. The xbox has out standing capabilitys and i must admit the MM3 game does use them to its advantage but it still lacks realisum.
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BEST GAME EVER (if you have live) |
| A gamer from London says (17/Nov/2003): |
MIDTOWN MADNESS 3 Absolutely Awesome........... Just another average driving game if you dont have a Live conection, but hook up to the net & WOW........ Extra races to download, extra cars & the online racing is fantastic! The cities are riddled with glitches which makes the game even better - your Lotus on a building top with 7 cop cars trying to smash their way up to you (if only real life was like that eh?).
I would highly recommend anybody with Live to buy this game, if you havent got Live - get it just so you CAN play this game!
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Almost was going to buy it! |
| Jonathan Smith from 103 Brentview Dr. Charlestown IN 47111 says (12/Nov/2003): |
What this game lacks is some common structure. In mm3 you cant steal other cars like vice city. The game designers should really work that into the game play, second of all theres only two levels. Their should be about 5 levels instead of just 2. And this about looking for the paint cans is so ridiculous they should at least make a code for the paint cans.
Finally getting to my conclusion dont buy this dumbass game go out and rent it fot $6 bucks its not worth to pay $50 bucks for this game.
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BEST CAR GAME!! |
| A Canadian from Canada (My name is Zaeem) from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada says (11/Nov/2003): |
This game is the best car driving/racing game i have EVA' played and it will be the best game i will ever play. Paris, D.C. What more could you ask for???? 32 cars, realistic environment, but the thing is that you can run over Pedestrians; it would probably be M for Mature or T fot teen of you could do that but anyway its an awesome game. My fave car is the 1967 Mustang 2+2 Fastback, the p-jobs on dat ting are so coool! Well anyway that is my review!
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Good fun , but there's not enough CHEATS!!!! |
| Light_DeStiny from Birmingham , UK says (3/Nov/2003): |
Its quite fun and me my dad and bro have been non-stop on the game since . we bought it . SOme of the graphics are a bit dodgy , sometimes you can go through tree's sometimes you can't . Its cruel to keep ' the beast from sweden' until the end . Can'r find a cheat to unlock it though :( . Thinking about it , I can hardly find any cheats!!! I am finding the 2nd Paris Blitz race really hard :( . i can do the 3rd though!!!
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this is a great game so realistic citys& cars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| ben from shelbyville usa says (30/Oct/2003): |
well i will start with the citys.ilove the reality of both citys.neat chooses of citys i dont any other game with washington d.c. in it.Now for the cars veryfast and cool cars [including the two hidden cars].one thing i dont like is how it screws you when you are racing.
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It can't get any better, can it? |
| Cody Paulson from Nevada, USA says (22/Oct/2003): |
I think this was one of the best games I have ever played on Xbox! Getting new paintjobs is the best thing about this game, plus unlocking new cars. I also like crashing around the two cities and making chaos!!! My favoirite cars are ALL! My favoirite city would have to be both cities because I like the scenery and the grafics.
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This Game is... Disappointing |
| A gamer from Sacramento(CA) says (19/Sep/2003): |
Ok, i can say that this isn't the worst game i have ever played, but it just does not compare to mm1 or 2. The Dice company completely changed the style of the game, and frankly, i liked it the way it was before, and since it is not on the computer, i can't download extra cars or new cities. That was a very big thing i LOVED about MM2. This game just makes me feel bad for buying it.
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foshizzo my nizzo |
| Soldier from USA says (13/Sep/2003): |
this game is off the hizzle foshizzle my nizzle your wheels are gonna sizzle.(hero)buy this youll love it what ever they said,if they said this game is not worth the buy it is its off the hizzy lizzy dont get 2 bussy.if you have live dont get to bussy with your wife cause she'l cutt you with her nife dont let her take your life cause when you get this game no one to blame no need for shame just make a name<---(gamertag)
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THE BEST YET FOR LIVE AND REALISTIC RACING ACTION |
| A gamer from Edmonton, AB, Canada says (30/Aug/2003): |
I only rented this game for 3 days. And what happend, I had just found the besst game I've played on X Box. This game is great for having a cruise in Paris, or Washington. Just drive and create havic. Have friends on Live. Well its the best thing to come to Live. Games to play and have a conversation about what ever you wnat to talk about. Theres no limits to what you can do on there. Glitches. There are many glitches in the game wich shows that the game wasnt desinged very well. The way I think of the game being like that is that glitching is fun.
You could have a fire truck push you into the corner of all the buildings in the city. You might end up on a free fall (where theres no solid ground in the glitch). Or it could be the best place to hid from cops when playing Hunter on Live. On Live you can play Hunter, Cruise, Stayaway, Tag, and Checpoint races against your friends. I dont see what is not to like in this game. Its got everything. Busses, Semi's, Taxi's, Hummer's, Lotus', Serpents, Vipers, Crossfires, even Mini Coopers. Well I honestly cant figure out what else to say, I think ive said enough. If you were smart you would buy this game.
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There just isn't any score low enough for this piece of... |
| Disappointed from California, USA says (19/Aug/2003): |
This game blows in almost every way. I haven't tried the Multi so I won't comment on that, but...
- The humour is rarely funny (in fact it gets down right irritating, and most of the attempts to be funny are just stupid). The stereotypes stop being funny after 10 minutes and the DC boss you work for is so poorly done it's painful to deal with.
- The physics are so bad (and *random*) that doing the same thing results in different outcomes often enough to make you realize that you just can't rely on a maneuver working for you - it might, it might not.
- If you're expecting a racing game you'll hate this (this is *not* a racing game - Live for Speed is a racing game). If you're expecting an arcade game you're much less likely to be disappointed. Think "trying to be NFS, but turning out like a mix between the Test Drive series and Monster Truck Madness series" (no insult meant to MTM, MTM was superior to this joke) and you're in the neighborhood.
- The first Paris missions are way too easy, the later ones are way too hard. The DC missions are the same way (but they ramp up in difficulty much faster which sucks).
- The "go anywhere, do it your way" concept is totally nonexistent in the single player missions (the first couple are barely an exception) - either you drive the exact path MS expects (and hope no traffic messes you up very much) or there is no way you'll finish the later missions - there is no room for "error" (aka - not doing it exactly the way MS wants it done) and there is no room for creativity.
- It seems that the developers and testers couldn't grasp the idea that they would be the only people on the planet playing this game for hundreds of hours (if they even tested it that long) - expecting the average gamer to reach the level of rote memorization and brain death necessary to acheive what must have become habit to them is rediculous. A challenge is fun, this is a joke.
- There aren't any police in the missions (except for one mission in Paris - haven't finished DC yet and probably won't). WTF?!?!?!?
- In one mission you're supposed to follow a guy who's supposed to just be driving (it's really the only easy upper level mission in Paris) - yet he still drives on sidewalks and through lightposts and other cars - lame.
- In another Paris mission you're supposed to catch an Escalade by ramming it until it's wrecked - the thing is on rails and there is no way to make it miss a turn. Even spinning it out is pretty much impossible. How hard you hit it doesn't matter either, it seems to be fixed damage per contact. In the end, you'll probably have to play this over and over until you have the route memorized as well as the AI.
- Driver 1 on PlayStation 1 blows this steaming pile of dung away in every way except graphics (I'm still not convinced that the sound in this game is better than Driver, but it's been awhile so I won't make a judgement).
- For single player, this game is barely worth a rental (and that's only if all the episodes of Hello Kitty are already rented). MS should have stopped after MM1 - they just keep getting worse.
- How could it be better? Instead of making the missions rediculously difficult (with specific, required routes and just enough time to finish them if no traffic gets in the way) they could have increased the time allowed to complete a mission and added police that chase you (Driver anyone?). Better phyisics and AI that isn't on rails would be nice, too.
- The game deserves an F- but that would be an insult to any game that actually *earned* an F-. There just isn't any score low enough for this piece of...
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The Best Game Ever |
| Josef J. from London, UK says (15/Aug/2003): |
I've been a great fan of Midtown Madness One and Two, but when I get the XBOX a few months ago and now finally this. YOU GO Microsoft. It's making me want to move to Paris :) (I went to London after 2, that were I live now, LOL) But this is the best version, so much detail. Awesome cars, great game path :)
Great Game, very big fan of both Midtown 1 and 2, got the XBOX when it came out. I love MM3. It rocks, makes me wanto move to Paris. (In London, so not 2 far away) I like the different undercover feature :) Great Job Microsoft.
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Boredom |
| A gamer from London, UK says (6/Aug/2003): |
Midtown Madness 3.... Ok People without 1 & 2 may think this is a great game but you you could download new cars even with NOS for mm2 You could gather loads of speed
and fall through the scenery the races and cities were 20 times funner you 3d model your own car and edit current cars you could hack the data to unlock everything
So i am extremely glad the shop that i bought it from can give ten day refunds if you don't like it
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this game is brill!!!!! |
| A gamer from united kingdom says (4/Aug/2003): |
ok where shall i start, ok when i first got the game i disliked it for a bit because i simply didnt know what to to, so i read the booklet that came with the game and it simply told me everything, so now i am loveing it, i have all the cars unlocked and i have all the paint jobs. And when you play it on live it just gets 10times better i think. I finished the game within a week and loved every bit of it, but i am not getting fid of because i can play it on live and a lot of fun on that. I think this is the best game microsoft have brought out. So thanks a millon microsoft.
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Great game |
| dustin gordon from Murrells Inlet SC USA says (31/Jul/2003): |
midtown madness is awesome i just got an xbox and it is the coolest game ever!!!! I have only had for one week and i have almost beat it all but i like getting the paintjobs more than anything. i also like to work undercover in the stuntman job. I love this game!!!!!!!!!!!
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Superb |
| RoboMonkey from Gaithersburg, MD, USA says (30/Jul/2003): |
Splendid game. Fun to cruise, fun to drive, fun to race. A must have. Whoever says this game is not fun is wrong. They dont know what they are talking about. Microsoft did an awesome job. DC is more fun for me than paris, because i live right next to DC. I just wish I could get out, walk around, and steal other cars. I guess if I could do that it would be called Midtown Theft Auto :).
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TERRIBLE |
| Austin from Orlando, Florida says (27/Jul/2003): |
I own Midtown Madness 1 and 2 this game is not like microsoft, it was terrible! I have never played a worse laid out game, what really gets me unlike 1 & 2 you can srive through certain buildings, in 3 they would rather die, they expect me to have fun with just dirving around and hiting things, i have unlocked all of the cars, but the dashboards are not in any car, and all around the game is just bad. Microsoft should have spent longer on it and released a computer verison i seriously want my money back for that game and my xbox system, i dislike microsoft now because of this.
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I have all cars even the 2 secret cars |
| Dylan from Bedford Texas USA says (18/Jul/2003): |
I think midtown madness is a good game because of the extreme detail in the city's and in there choice in cars. Well there are two secret cars the asp and the mlk spyder, in seperate city,s except the mlk spyder is easier to get than the asp and its better than the asp.
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