| 93 |
GameSpy
Smuggler's Run 2 makes Smuggler's Run look like a tech demo. It's Angel Studios' best game so far.
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| 90 |
Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
It is really freaking hard. Holy hell. [Jan 2002, p.136]
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| 90 |
Hot Games
A great action game – much better than the original.
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| 88 |
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.
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| 87 |
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.
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| 84 |
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.
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| 83 |
GameSpot
A faster, sexier, more engaging, and more enjoyable game...essentially a better-looking and more fun version of the original.
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| 83 |
Cinescape
I guess the biggest problem is that SMUGGLER’S RUN 2 is point-to-point racing.
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| 80 |
GamerWeb Sony
The game still continues to have a great sense of speed and the thrill for being chased.
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| 80 |
Next Generation Magazine
A safe, but extremely fun sequel. [Jan 2002, p.82]
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| 80 |
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.
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| 80 |
Play Magazine
The game's engine, which seemed a marvel when the PS2 launched, still comes off as exceptional. [Feb 2002, p.61]
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| 80 |
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.
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| 77 |
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.
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| 75 |
Electronic Gaming Monthly
Music aside, SR2 made all the right tweaks to the original formula. [Jan 2002, p.220]
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| 75 |
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]
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| 75 |
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.
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| 75 |
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.
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| 70 |
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.
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| 70 |
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.
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| 70 |
Total Video Games
The game does offer much more than the previous game did however there is nothing especially new, which we would expect.
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| 70 |
GamePro
Essentially, it’s the original Smuggler’s Run, but with video clips included.
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| 66 |
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.
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| 50 |
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.
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| 40 |
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.
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| 24 |
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.
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