World's Scariest Police Chases

 PlayStation
Metascore
54

Mixed or average reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 16
  3. Negative: 3 out of 16
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  1. GameZone
    80
    This game is fun, addictive and fast-paced. It may not be entirely original, but it does hold its own in the world of PS driving sims.
  2. Maxim Online
    80
    If you do a good job, you might even get a free donut or two.
  3. Happy Puppy
    70
    An entertaining, mission-based driver with hilarious commentary and fairly engrossing gameplay. This is definitely a sleeper hit for the aging PlayStation.
  5. PSX Nation
    63
    It's unoriginal-original and very frustrating playing tedious mission after mission with little reward.
  6. Gaming Maxx
    62
    I had high hopes for this game, and it's been pretty much exactly what I was expecting.
  7. Gamezilla!
    62
    The thing that makes this game so bad is that it could have been so good. Improve the graphics, touch-up the controls and fix the multiplayer mode and you'd have a decent game.
  8. IGN
    60
    Despite my instinct to reel from anything that has a TV or movie-license attached to it, World's Scariest Police Chases is not a bad game.
  9. Games Domain
    60
    Within the respective missions, computer cars often take the same route every time you chase them. Secondly, once you've completed the 20 missions, there's little else offered.
  10. Electric Playground
    58
    WSPC’s physics make for distractingly wobbly, touchy handling, where oversteering due to jouncing shocks after the smallest of bumps is the norm.
  11. GameShark
    58
    If you like that fast chasing styled racing type game, pick it up too. I like it!
  12. Electronic Gaming Monthly
    55
    This game isn’t anything more than a drab "Destruction Derby" with added sirens and donuts. [Aug 2001, p.112]
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  13. Hot Games
    50
    Nothing but a knock-off of every other mission-based car game out there, and a dull and frustrating one at that.
  14. Core Magazine
    50
    The graphics are really chunky and the sound effects are, at best, unobtrusive. Still, you don't necessarily play a game like this for the graphics. You play it for the hyper-cheezy commentary from Retired Sheriff John Bunnell and the modest thrill of keeping the peace.
  15. Gaming Age
    42
    The gameplay borrows heavily from Driver – so heavily that it winds up destroying the cop-like feel it tries to pull off.
  16. GameSpot
    36
    An ugly, boring game.
  17. Game Revolution
    25
    may not be the World's Worst Game, but it's still a waste of time on Thursday night. Man, why couldn't they have made "When Animals Attack" instead?

Awards & Rankings

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#40 Best PS1 Game of 2001
31
#31 Most Discussed PS1 Game of 2001

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User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 16 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 16
  3. Negative: 2 out of 16
  1. Duke_Nukem
    Oct 5, 2015
    8
    World's Scariest Police Chases, I liked the tv show (1997–2002) and I liked the game!

    The game lets you drive your car and shooting at    World's Scariest Police Chases, I liked the tv show (1997–2002) and I liked the game!

    The game lets you drive your car and shooting at criminals at the same time, it's a hard thing to pull of but once you succeed it's very satisfying.

    The narrating in WSPC is done by sheriff John Bunnell, just like in the tv show, which is a really nice touch.

    There's also a two player co-op mode where one player drives the car while the second player shoots at the bad guys. This game isn't easy, because slamming your police car into the criminal's car could end up in your car catching fire and it's end of the mission.

    World's Scariest Police Chases should definitely be remade for the PS3 or PS4, with better graphics but with the same true to the tv show gameplay.

    I rate this game 8 out of 10.    … Full Review »
  2. The_D4RknesS
    Apr 1, 2023
    9
    good game even on PlayStation it has several cool visual effects and good gameplay. It's hard to see a PS1 game with such good physics
  3. Alvelian
    Dec 15, 2022
    8
    Одна из немногих игр где нам дают поиграть за копов. Довольно забавная в свое время, не понимаю почему такой низкий рейтингОдна из немногих игр где нам дают поиграть за копов. Довольно забавная в свое время, не понимаю почему такой низкий рейтинг
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