Smuggler's Run 2: Hostile Territory

GameSpy

Smuggler's Run 2 makes Smuggler's Run look like a tech demo. It's Angel Studios' best game so far.

Official U.S. Playstation Magazine

It is really freaking hard. Holy hell. [Jan 2002, p.136]

Hot Games

A great action game – much better than the original.

Gamezilla!

They did a great job of setting the timer on some missions to the point where you will either succeed by a few seconds or lose by a few seconds.

IGN

It's a fun, wild romp-style action-racing game that's better than last year's version, it's just the concept itself is a little shallow.

Electric Playground

For those who’ve got time and money to burn, running contraband across the imaginary border is a lot more entertaining--and much safer--than trying to sneak a pair of scissors through airport security.

GameSpot

A faster, sexier, more engaging, and more enjoyable game...essentially a better-looking and more fun version of the original.

Cinescape

I guess the biggest problem is that SMUGGLER’S RUN 2 is point-to-point racing.

GamerWeb Sony

The game still continues to have a great sense of speed and the thrill for being chased.

Next Generation Magazine

A safe, but extremely fun sequel. [Jan 2002, p.82]

PSX Nation

It’s a looker that has enough length and new additions to justify a purchase but it misses out from being a top tier game since it’s gameplay is somewhat repetitive.

Play Magazine

The game's engine, which seemed a marvel when the PS2 launched, still comes off as exceptional. [Feb 2002, p.61]

Maxim Online

Smuggling drugs isn’t much fun when it involves swallowing condoms to sneak cocaine across the border, but it’s a blast when you drive all-terrain vehicles full of contraband right through police barricades.

GameShark

A fun, solid game that's worth picking up...My one complaint is that the game only has two environments to drive through. As I said, they're huge, but the original had three, and the absence of one is noticeable.

Electronic Gaming Monthly

Music aside, SR2 made all the right tweaks to the original formula. [Jan 2002, p.220]

Game Informer

It's still a blast to recklessly hurtle over the countryside, avoiding psychotic police and enemy factions. However, after a few hours you'll grow tired of the simple gameplay dynamic. [Dec 2001, p.94]

Core Magazine

Fans of the original will enjoy the game, but there is the danger that this Hostile Territory will seem more like Familiar Territory.

Games Radar UK (Pre-2006)

The trouble is, the learning curve's more of a spike, so with no real variation in the gameplay, and an extremely rigid mission-structure, every few missions you'll get hopelessly, tooth-gnashingly stuck.

All Game Guide

Like its predecessor, won't go down in history as any kind of a classic, but it does offer enough thrills and spills to keep most players interested through to the end.

Yahoo! Games

Some of the time limits are so tight, and one tiny mistake is all it may take to send you back to the beginning, gnashing your teeth in frustration.

Total Video Games

The game does offer much more than the previous game did however there is nothing especially new, which we would expect.

GamePro

Essentially, it’s the original Smuggler’s Run, but with video clips included.

TotalGames.net

Although it makes some effort to disguise the fact that it's just a textured mesh over which you constantly travel from A to B for no good reason, the game never truly manages to convince.

Gaming Age

When taken into consideration against Rockstar Games’ other major holiday release, "Grand Theft Auto 3," though, the repetitive nature of Smuggler’s Run 2 almost makes it not worth mentioning.

GamePen

The game seems to have no structure to it whatsoever, and that’s before you begin to question why the hell you’re delivering unknown packages in the first place.

Gamer's Pulse

It’s a shame when a good-looking game gets ruined by the fact that it’s not any fun to play.