Midnight Club Los Angeles

Written by : Wendell Gibbs Jr.

Looking for a little excitement at home? Not a problem. Midnight Club L.A is great for anyone seeking entertainment on a gaming system.

Rockstar is known for their world of Liberty City based game, Grand Theft Auto; but they are also know for the Midnight Club series. The latest and most recent of the series is the Los Angeles version. This version takes place in...yea well Los Angeles. It’s not very precise in its map, guide or look of the entire city, but come on who in the world would want a game driving with the entire city on it? Okay maybe that would be sweet, but that’s not the point right now. If you really sit down and notice that every single part of L.A isn’t on the the game, then you’re not paying enough attention to the features of the game. It would be boring to have put all of that on there. But, they do have all the important thing to ride by that you would normally see if you were visiting L.A.

One of the best new features about the game is the GPS system. You can use it to help find shortcuts through the city. It shows you race makers so you no longer have to worry about trying to find them on the road and end up missing the turn. Its also good because now you don’t have to worry about looking at your HUD, taking your eyes off the road and end up crashing or taking yourself out of first place.

In reviews, there aren’t a lot of big complaints, just a couple of small ones. Though the events on the map are color-coded as to their difficulty, the event selection screen that you can bring up while in the GPS doesn't show you where an event is located, and once you pick it, the game puts you right back in the action. Sometimes you want to head to the next closest main objective, and in that case you'd have to rely on the overhead view and ignore the event selection list. Again though, these are somewhat small complaints of an otherwise fantastic menu system.