The Dukes of Hazzard: Return of the General Lee
- August 16, 2004 00:00 AM PST
With both solid story and multiplayer modes, Dukes of Hazzard: Return of the General Lee may be enough to send redneck racing fans straight to hillbilly heaven.
With 18 missions in the single-player story mode and an unlockable (albeit limited) multiplayer mode, Return of the General Lee toes the line between being a true racing title and a mixed driving game in the vein of the original Driver. The preview build we played featured all the kitschy coolness of the television show with excellent voice acting and narration by the original cast. Abundant use of the catchy theme song is interspersed with assorted banjo tunes. At present, the Head-to-Head and Hot Pursuit multiplayer modes weren�t yet playable, but the Demolition Derby between Enos and Rosco felt promising and served to balance out the banality of most of the single-player missions (collecting packages, racing from point A to B, stealthy trailing, etc.). While originality may not be this game�s strong point, the clever and stylish exploitation of 1980�s pop culture makes firing off your Dixie horn with a rebel yell an oddly entertaining and nostalgic experience.
