NARC

 PlayStation 2
  • Publisher: Midway
  • Release Date: Mar 22, 2005
Metascore
50

Mixed or average reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 24
  3. Negative: 12 out of 24
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  1. Game Informer
    45
    Put simply, NARC is a mess. Every time it starts to show a little potential, it blindsides you with a nearly unplayable mission, amazing camera failure, or a flat-out boring sidequest. [May 2005, p.112]
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  2. netjak
    45
    Aside from hearing what decently cast voice acting sounds like and hearing Michael Madsen give an excellent performance in 6-10 hours of bad gameplay, there's absolutely no reason to touch this game, even at $20.
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  3. Games Radar
    45
    We like guns, we like city envirnments, and we like laughable drugs and violence references. AND we like arresting people. But we don't like Narc. No. Sorry. [PSM2]
  5. AceGamez
    40
    Quite simply a short and boring third person shooter that tries too hard to be edgy and just comes off as more sick and disgusting than anything else I've played.
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  6. G4 TV
    40
    Everything about the game feels clumsy. The graphics are mediocre, the gameplay is middling and repetitive, and the completely shallow glorification of drug use is either appalling or just plain stupid.
  7. Armchair Empire
    40
    It works in small doses in providing some carnage and distraction from reality.
  8. Gaming Age
    33
    The game falls not only short of expectation, but also below what this great team is capable of.
  9. GameSpy
    30
    This moral ambiguity is one of NARC's biggest selling points, but it's also one of the game's biggest flaws. No matter how far you cross the line, you're never beyond redemption.
  10. Computer Games Magazine
    30
    Offers a quick toot of dopey euphoria, followed by twitching hours of comedown and regret. [July 2005, p.90]
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  11. Detroit Free Press
    25
    The gameplay is unexciting, and the counterintuitive controls make it even worse. I had a hard time aiming because of the awful camera controls.
  12. Game Revolution
    16
    Terrible control, lame features and an overall lack of excitement make this law enforcement experience worse than an episode of "Cop Rock."
  13. Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
    10
    Crap aiming and a crap camera combine with boring, nonsensical missions to translate into horrid gameplay for the main story.

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User Score
7.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 25 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 25
  3. Negative: 7 out of 25
  1. The_D4RknesS
    Jul 17, 2022
    7
    BAD GRAPHICS More is a very underrated game should have gained more recognition
  2. JesseS.
    Jun 18, 2005
    3
    I had really high hopes for this game when I first learned the news of its development. All I could think of is all of the great things they I had really high hopes for this game when I first learned the news of its development. All I could think of is all of the great things they could do with it. There was plenty of things they could do to make this an innovative, fun game. Things that they did not do. Instead, you get a game that leaves you feeling completely cheated. The graphics are horrendous compared to other titles. This game makes Grand Theft Auto look like Doom 3. You'll have more fun counting how many recycling pedstrian designs you see walking down the street than playing the game. The controls fail miserably with a crappy aiming scheme, clunky controls, and a terrible camera. I would like to say that the gameplay would make it worth while, but I would be lying. You walk the streets, arrest criminals, confiscate drugs and/or weapons, go deposit them or use them, repeat. Either that or you do some of the most boring and overdone missions ever known to gaming. They have so many flaws its rediculous. For example, there is a mission where you are to take pictures of a gang on a basketball court. The idea is to get a picture of the face, so they can be identified. You will find yourself aiming the camera at one of the gang member's faces, directly, but the picture is useless - you have to be in the spot the game wants you to be in. There simply is NO variety in this game. If you're one of the people that had the same high hopes as I did for this game, please save yourself the time, money, and headache and avoid it all costs. Easily one of the worst PS2 titles ever devloped.… Full Review »
  3. John
    Apr 2, 2005
    9
    The gameplay is kind of random shooting, but fun. The sick part about this game is all the weapons and you get to do drugs, and sell drugs. The gameplay is kind of random shooting, but fun. The sick part about this game is all the weapons and you get to do drugs, and sell drugs. The random drug test are easy past but still blast,… Full Review »
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