From the start he’s ever present, always in your ear with advice. Something I found very bizarre about MC3 is Carlos, your Latino garage owner. The unimaginative tournaments don’t offer the level of variety seen in Burnout 3, and towards the end the repetitiveness really gets to you. The actual racing is very fast and the handling is spot on, but it’s just so bland. Unfortunately though, customization is pretty much the only thing going for MC3.

While not quite up to level offered by NfSU, it still surpasses other racers like Street Racing Syndicate. To be honest though, the amount of personalization available to you is staggering.

I want to see Burnout style progression you start off with a handful of cars then unlock new and better ones and drive them at your pleasure.Ĭustomization is just a gimmick it’s great when the performance of your vehicle is actually affected, but when it’s stuff like color or spoilers… then I’m just not interested. It just doesn’t seem fair that I win races and tournaments and unlock new cars, but then have to save up enough virtual money to actually have the privilege of driving them. Racing around a lifeless city then entering races to win money to spend on a new spoiler just sounds pointless. But it’s only when you get past all the bling bling that you realize just how boring MC3 is.Ĭall me ignorant if you will, but the whole idea behind this game just doesn’t appeal. You play as a racer taking all sorts of risks, racing at ridiculous speeds just to earn some extra cash to create your dream machine. The first game in the Midnight series did something never seen before in a racing game it did away with racetracks and let gamers openly explore a large city. But the whole ‘urban’ idea didn’t start with NfSU, it was actually the original Midnight Club. But underneath all the hip-hop décor there was usually a very shallow game. Suddenly it was all about customization, open cities to race in, urban soundtracks, night-time racing on wet roads with bright lights blinding you. The success of EA’s Need for Speed Underground series understandably spawned many clones. But nonetheless, MC3 did keep me interested for a while - that is until I turned it on. For reasons unknown I became very excited and immediately replied, “YES! Then I thought to myself, “Why?” I’m not the biggest fan of racing games I used to be before the likes of Gran Turismo and Need for Speed changed the genre. Late one evening I received an e-mail from my editor asking me if I would like a copy of Midnight Club 3 for review.

Midnight club 3 dud