Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4676 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Sony
• Released on: 2006-06-02
• Platform: Sony PSP

Amazon.co.uk Review
Of all the new games set to be released for the PSP, Pursuit Force looks to be the most exciting. Older gamers may find the concept reminiscent of 80s coin-op racer Chase H.Q., which is certainly a game long overdue an update. If you haven’t heard of Chase H.Q. don’t worry – as this is a pretty easy game to understand.

Cast as a police officer in the Pursuit Force it’s your job to arrest an almost unending stream of automobile equipped bad guys. And by arrest the game actually means run off the road, blow up or, in the game’s signature move, jump onto a moving vehicle, turf out the driver and steal their ride. It’s like an even more explosive version of Burnout but with guns and a wider range of transport.

The game is simple dumb fun, but the mix of driving and violence has rarely been combined so well. No doubt aware that the whole thing cold get a bit samey, there are plenty of different vehicles and weapons -- including the chance to pilot a police helicopter at various points in the game, complete with a highly destructive mini-gun accessory.

With some really stunning graphics and a great sense of speed this may be yet another driving game for the PSP, but there’s far more to it than simply getting a better lap time, which may ultimately make it the best of the bunch. --Harrison Dent

Manufacturer's Description
Pursuit Force sees a time where rising crime and mounting gang tensions make Capital City's streets a dangerous place. Meeting the hardened criminals with force is the job of a new type of cop working for the Pursuit Force team, an elite police division where the ends justify the means. Set across five districts controlled by violent criminals, Pursuit Force features more than 30 cases to crack in a non-stop festival of speed. The action takes place across an entire fictional American state, as the law gets tough on a new breed of gangs.

As a young, cocky and street tough cop, the player is tasked with bringing to justice five of the State's most infamous gangs, including the Vixens, a foxy group of ex-stunt girls who chose a life of crime to pay for their daring Hollywood lifestyles and outfits. Trained in martial arts, weapons design and death-defying stunts, the Vixens are hell-bent on living the high-life that Hollywood denied them. Led by Whiplash and The Fox, the sexy Vixens are a deadly combination of strategy and style.

Assisted by the old-school, short-tempered Chief of the Pursuit Force who likes to play by the book, players find themselves immersed in an adrenaline fuelled, high speed chase across 400km of city streets, freeways and off-road tracks, in their battle to outsmart the bad guys and rid the state of crime.

When ground assaults are unfeasible, take to the skies and man the Pursuit Force chopper, a prototype assault vehicle. Housing the latest mini gun technology and capable of firing 600 rounds per minute, shredding targets to devastating effect, this machine is specially designed for effective urban warfare. Combining the latest carbon fibre armour technology with high speed and excellent maneuverability, the helicopter team's remit is to provide support to the cop on the ground and in the air.

Whether jumping between high speed cars and helicopters or chasing down the foxy Vixens, Killer 66 or other hardened criminals, Pursuit Force takes justice into its own hands, setting a new standard for action, gameplay and graphics on the PSP.

Customer Reviews

GREAT, BUT PRETTY CHALLENGING
I bought my PSP a while ago, and this game came with this game, but I found a more value for money package here on Amazon. I had wondered about getting this game for a time and then i had some spare money so I went and bought it. I was amazed by the graphics and number of missions u can start off doing instead of having to start on 1 level there are like four to choose from. The only bad thing I can say about this game is that it is quite hard, but once you try a level once or twice you will get the hang of it and get through. so far i have only completed less than half the game, but I am still enjoying it.

Buy this if you like a challenge, or just want some racing and shooting.

looks cool but it's SO frustrating!!!
When I first played this game, I was amazed by how cool it looks and how fun it is to jump from one speeding car and land on another whilst blasting away with a shotgun. My happiness, however, was short lived. After the first few missions, the game gets incredibly tricky. This is made all the more frustrating by the fact that some missions go on for ages, and if you fail then you go right back to the beginning. On top of this, almost every single misson ends with you having to stop the criminals from escaping,before they cross state lines etc. You will find yourself tearing at your hair when you have just jumped onto the final enemy car and you suddenly fail the mission because the bad guys have somehow 'escaped' with you sat right on top of them.
There is also little variation in the missions;you will either be escorting a convoy, pursuing theives or trying to escape with one of their recently rescued hostages. There are only a couple of missions that don't follow these scenarios, one of which is incredibly hard and is a rip off of the film 'speed', as you try and get the passengers to jump from a moving bus while avoiding oncoming traffic so that the bomb doesn't go off when you slow down.
Having said all this, the game can be very fun (although frequently it is also very tedious) and it looks and feels as if you are playing a movie. The stunts are spectacular and the overall concept of the game is good. There are also racing missions and time trials if you just want to drive really fast in a cool car, and having completed the game myself I must say the game is very rewarding when you complete a particularly tough mission.
This game is worth getting if you fancy a challenge.

Impossible
this games graphics r amazing and the gameplay is good but the mision r impossibly hard u have to do some of then atleast 10 times unill u complete them thrs cheats to unlock and time trails and stuff., if u r good at this game thats good becausethrs loads of differnt lvls. itlooks a good game it is a good game but irs really hard