Courier Crisis

Courier Crisis has that magical - just one more go - ingredient that keeps you coming back again and again. You must get to grips with the acrobatic moves otherwise the game will go from being painfully easy to excruciatingly hard in a relatively short period of time. The gameplay remains similar throughout although there is enough variation in each level to keep you mildly amused and fully occupied for quite some time.

For the first few levels, Courier Crisis is a gas. After that, it runs out of steam. I think this is a great idea and could have been much more than it was. I wish the graphics were more polished, at least for the pedestrians so you could get a better view of who you are running over. I wish they had put something in to break up the levels and add some excitement. All in all, it is worthy of a rental just to run over the old lady. But once that novelty wears thin (it never completely wears off), you will start longing for more than what Courier Crisis offers.

Courier Crisis seems to offer a lot from the outset, but a combination of elements makes the game a disappointment. Sure, you can hop on car hoods and bike around the game's 3D-rendered streets. Sure, you can you beat up police officers, run over helpless grandmas, and kick doggies. Sure, you can collect assets and purchase improved bikes after each mission. But your bicycle's sloth-like response to the controller will soon supplant the previous novelties with mere feelings of frustration. Compound this with boring levels and humor that tries way too hard, and this frustration is replaced with the act of pressing the "off" button on your PlayStation.