It's rare for a film to be made into a game and for it to be great, or even good. And this doesn't stop the trend. Here we have a mission-based 'open world' driving game ala Driver but it falls short in many areas. First to what it does well though. The driving is fairly fast and handling the minis and other vehicles with their arcade like handling can be satisfying. There are various modes including mission, stunt, race, time trial and free roam. That's about it though.
The mission mode consists of driving to a red dot on a radar screen (Was this in the film?). That's right, there is no actual map. This makes it frustrating to know how to get there and just means retry after retry. This is the only reason the game is challenging. The missions also get you driving across the same location too often. The recreated LA isn't big or varied enough, the other motorists on the road drive like maniacs and the story itself is shallow.
The other modes: Race mode doesn't offer difficulty levels and is far too easy. The fact the environment isn't very exciting or big and that you can't switch cars makes free roam mode less appealing than what it could be.
I'd say this was a quickly thrown together game to tie-in with the film and while it's fun for a little while there are many better choices in this genre.
Gameplay 2.5/5
Graphics 3.5/5
Sound 2/5
Difficulty 3/5
Originality 2/5
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