Like all the best video game locations, Seacrest County is a
completely ridiculous place. The roads are universally pristine and
peppered with awesome shortcuts. The national parks are gloriously free
of gigantic RVs. And when people decide to break traffic laws, they do
it at 200mph in exotic supercars. If that sounds like a slice of heaven
pie to you, then you’re going to want to check out Need For Speed: Hot
Pursuit, a reboot of Electronic Arts’ cops-and-speeders driving series
from veteran developer Criterion Games.
You might recognize the Criterion name from such over-the-top virtual
driving experiences as Burnout: Paradise, the 2008 open-world racer
that placed a premium on high speed and crazy crashes. Criterion has
brought its amped-up aesthetic to the Need For Speed series, and the
result is a slick and surprisingly focused driving experience that’s
positively bathed in adrenaline.
