Midnight Club: Los Angeles Complete Edition (Platinum Hits) Xbox 360
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Take2 Games Midnight Club: Los Angeles Complete Edition 39717 299
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Complete Edition offers Midnight Club: Los Angeles plus all South Central Downloadable Content, including the South Central District which expands the original map by 1/3rd, adding off-road areas, stunt jumps and the South Central rail yards.
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Midnight Club: Los Angeles and the South Central Map Expansion blend seamlessly, featuring new Career Races, Red-light Races and Delivery Missions for a total of over 300 races across the entire city.
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South Centrals 12 new Battle Maps keep the online competition hotter than ever.
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An incredible selection of licensed, fully customizable muscle cars, tuners, exotics and motorcycles gets even bigger with South Centrals classic Lowriders, Police cruisers and the Range Rover SUV offering 60+ race-ready vehicles.
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Studded Soundtrack Eagles of Death Metal, MGMT, Kid Cudi, Santigold, Busta Rhymes, The Cool Kids, Linkin Park, Snoop Dogg and Young Jeezy feat. Kanye West keep the vibe while you race
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9 of 10 found the following review helpful:
Quick to 'beat'Feb 05, 2011
By Jonathan This game is your average racer, although nowadays it is a bit dated. It should also be noted this this game COMES ALL IN ONE DISC. Meaning you get the original game + all the DLC on the same disc.
Pretty standard, race through checkpoints that span LA. Vehicle customization is actually pretty in depth in this game. The 'vinyls' that you place on your car isn't limited and I've spent hours fixing up my car. As for vehicle classes, you have motorcycles, tuners, muscle cars, SUVs, lowriders and luxury vehicles.
I would have some complaints about the AI in this game though. More than likely you will never remember all the roads and streets in this game. The computer on the other hand is some sort of mad genius when it comes to finding shortcuts. The game only displays 1-2 checkpoints ahead of your current checkpoint. So you could easily pass one and go from first to last due to a single mistake.
Also, you actually reach the max level extremely fast. I don't think they realized that the time it takes to afford the car you want and to max out its stats is enough to max your rank. Which in this case unlocks almost every single car in the game. I have yet to actually touch on the story but the game is so repetitive at this point that I really don't see the point.
Despite all this there is tons of gameplay to be had with this one.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Rockstar, please make another one of these!Dec 01, 2011
By Jaron I tend to find linear driving/racing games extremely boring. It's just the way I am. But I LOVE open world games and open world driving games are no exception. The thought of being able to go wherever you want-left, right, North, South-in a video game simulation is just such a thrilling idea. MCLA is all that and soo much more. I originally bought this game because I just wanted to cruise around in fancy cars like in GTAIV. I, however, HATED the way the cars in GTAIV handled. Luckily with MCLA you get the great handling that GTA lacked and a fantastic variety of cars and bikes. Not only is there millions of ways to customize vehicles but the racing is superb. Granted the racing can tend to be on the harder side, but THAT'S THE WAY I LIKE IT!! Who wants to race with AI's that are way too easy or dumb! With the patch the AI's are not impossible to beat and they give a real sense of competitiveness like in the real world. They drive hard enough to satisfy my competitive edge, but also aren't lacking in the ability to fail like crashing into other cars. People that reviewed this game tend to say that the AI's are too hard even with the patch, but for me it's just fine because I really do not get bored re-racing. By re-racing your opponent, you will get much better at driving and beating the AI's gets easier. Trust me, the driving experience itself is just plain fun!
Some features I love in the game:
Weight Distribution-This is one of my favorite things about this game. This allows you to tilt your car to one side and drive on two wheels. For motorcycles you will drift. This allows for much tighter turns without losing much speed. Very fun to play with!
Car Customization: This can be a con for me because I am an indecisive person. There are just so many ways to customize your cars that I have a hard time deciding exactly what I like and takes up a lot of my time. For example, the rim of your wheels can have 3 or 4 different areas to modify your color!
Cruising on Xbox live-this allows you to really practice driving or race with friends without the hinderances of traffic. There are no cars on the road and you can pretty much do most if not all your achievments (like 15 miles of wheelies with your bike).
Graphics-although the graphics are not as good as Driver SF, it's still pretty fantastic. Nights and days are just beautiful to play in.
Controller setup-Yes, there is the ability to choose manual or auto. Unlike a lot of xbox games I've played, you can setup each button on your controller to whatever function you want. This is great especially because I tend to have a feel for buttons at certain areas only. I like to have my shifters on the bumper buttons but you can even set your right analog stick to shift up and down kind of like a real manual shifter in a car.
Features that I wish they added:
Map GPS:
Finding the best route is hard especially during a race. It's hard enough to keep track of the road but you also really have to keep an eye on the map. If Rockstar implemented a customizable highlighted route, this game would be perfect. Before starting a race we should be able to highlight the routes (shortcuts included) because it can be annoying to have to frequently look at the map.
Better car selection:
I really like a lot of the cars on MCLA. But this game can do without cars like Chevy Impalas. Does anyone really dream about racing with one of these?? Ford, BMWs, Toyotas, and Hondas would have been nice.
After reading reviews I bought three of what I thought were the top open world driving games for the Xbox 360. Burnout Paradise, then Midnight Club Los Angeles, then finally I bought Driver SF over the black Friday sale. MCLA is definitely my favorite. To keep things short, I like MCLA because it really provides a realistic open world driving experience (aside from being able to tilt your car) for the competitive driving we all are pretty much not able to do in the real world. Cruising is also really fun. Burnout Paradise provides more of a toon style of game play since its mostly about crashes and jumps. You also don't get the cockpit view which I don't like. Driver SF is beautiful to play in, however, I don't really like the driving mechanics as much as MCLA. You tend to burnout a little too easily in the game. Also the car diversity is pretty bad in that game.
In my opinion MCLA is the best open world driving game for realistic game play and superb car dynamics. I gave it 4 out of 5 stars because I really wish they would add the GPS highlighting system. Get this game!!
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Great detail of LA but game can be difficultAug 17, 2011
By BillofGoods I absolutely love the graphics in this game and it is a load of fun to modify your vehicles and customize them. Beware though because you will find a an unforgiving AI programmed into the game. I had read other reviews before buying this game that stated Rockstar released a patch to make the game a little easier early on but I must say I still found some difficulty in it. Once you begin buidling up your rep and earning more money you can buy better cars that handle much better. I have been finding the game more forgiving as I have ranked up but it still tends to punish you harshly for 1 mistake Throw in the fact the computer controlled competition rarely makes a mistake and seems to drive flawlessly ...... when they do mess up they miraculously recover !! I do like a challenge and hate when games are too easy but Midnigh Club:LA tends to push you to play to near perfection. Overall it's a fun game and modifying cars in the shop is one of the "side things" to do that I love. I recommend buying it since it is one of the best racing games out there, just don't expect an easy time. If you can get through that aspect of the game you won't be disappointed. One final note, the Cops in this game are among the toughest to outrun in any game I've played so be advised: Learning your way around the streets is mandatory !!
Great, but you advance to easilyJan 29, 2012
By Javin Jahangir I love this game, but you advance to quickly. There are a lot of hard races, but it's just too easy to get your hands on a Lambo, like they just give it to you. They give you too much money for a race, it takes the fun out of it. I like working for it and doing the races and then finally being able to get a really nice car, but I have too many expensive cars and it's just boring now.
AwesomeDec 23, 2011
By Terrance This game is everything I wanted and more. I've always loved driving/racing games. The visuals are great. The missions are adventurous. Great game!
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