Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition Remix (Xbox)

GameSpot editors' review

• CNET editors' rating: 4.0 stars Excellent
  Detailed editors' rating
  Overall score: 8.2 (4.0 stars)

• Reviewed by:
  Alex Navarro
• Reviewed on: 03/22/2006
• Updated on: 06/25/2007
• Released on: 03/13/2006
• Originally published on GameSpot: Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition Remix (Xbox) Review

The art of the video game special edition is one that's being honed more frequently these days. Recent special editions of games like Devil May Cry 3 and Metal Gear Solid 3 have created a lot of buzz among their assorted fan bases, as the developers rerelease the original games with new content--sometimes considerable amounts of new content. Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition doesn't seem like the most obvious choice to get the special edition treatment. But here we are, with Greatest Hits and Platinum Hits versions of the game on the PlayStation 2 and Xbox respectively, and this new version, dubbed Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition Remix, does add a considerable amount of new content, while simultaneously dropping the price into budget territory. If you never bothered with Midnight Club 3 when it first came out, then this is most certainly the one to get. But while Remix does pile a host of new vehicles, songs, and a new city onto the original game, it's not quite enough to entice those who already paid full price nearly a year ago.

We'll assume for the sake of brevity that you're already reasonably familiar with the basic ins and outs of Midnight Club 3; if you aren't, you should take a look at our full review of the original game before proceeding. Suffice it to say, everything that could be said about the original game applies in the Remix version. The gameplay, graphics, sound, and features set are all completely intact, and are really just as enjoyable as they were in the original. After all, with the exception perhaps of Need for Speed Most Wanted, there really hasn't been a better street racer released since Midnight Club 3's debut last April. Just bear in mind that if you had any complaints about the original game, you'll still have them about this version. Nothing's changed, including the game's relatively short list of flaws, especially the decidedly trial-and-error methodology of the game's races.

However, there is a fair amount more to do in this version of Midnight Club 3. In addition to the original game's three cities, the city of Tokyo has been added in a new mode, completely separate from the main career mode. Functionally, Tokyo operates very much the same as the other cities. You go around, competing against other racers and entering occasional tournaments so that you can build up your bankroll to buy and customize more cars. There's as much, if not more races to take on in Tokyo as there are in any of the other cities, so this mode does add considerable length to the already lengthy single-player game.

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