187 Ride or Die
Category: PlayStation 2 Game
Console: PlayStation 2 (Download Emulator)
Developer: Ubisoft Paris
Publisher: Ubisoft
Genre: Racing / Simulation
Mode: Single-player / Multiplayer
Region: NA
Views: 1,329,537
Downloads: 794,797
Released: 23 August 2005
File Size: 1.1 GB
Rating: 4/5 (183 votes)
187 Ride or Die is a 2005 urban street racing vehicular combat video game developed and published by Ubisoft. It was released for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in late August 2005 in North America and Europe.
187 Ride or Die is set in Los Angeles' infamous South Central region, where players must race and defeat opponents through a variety of stages to become the "top dog".
The game also features a co-op mechanic, in which one player can be the driver and the second player rides along as the shooter, whether playing through the story or online.
187 Ride or Die received mixed reviews on both platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Though some praise was given to the game's graphics and voice acting, reviewers criticised its gameplay, writing and presentation, particularly its stereotyped depiction of gangsta rap and hip-hop culture as well as its gratuitous use of street slang.
Jeff Gerstmann of GameSpot gave the game a 6.2/10, noting the game's repetitive gameplay and forced use of its "gangsta" theme, stating "187 Ride or Die is a fairly standard car combat game with extremely repetitive gameplay and a hip-hop theme that feels about as fake and forced as it possibly could".
Martin Coxall of Eurogamer also gave the game a similarly negative review, comparing it unfavourably with Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas in terms of presentation: "It feels like a parody of Gangsta-speak, or perhaps more accurately, a script written by some preppy WASP kid using an English-to-Gangsta translator page they found on the web one morning.
