Alarm für Cobra 11: Highway Nights (also known as Crash Time III) is a racing video game developed by Synetic Games and published by RTL Playtainment. It is the third game adapted from the Alarm für Cobra 11 – Die Autobahnpolizei television series. The game was launched on 27 November 2009 for Xbox 360 and PC.
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| Developer(s) | Synetic |
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| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 |
| Release | 27 November 2009 |
| Genre(s) | Racing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Plot
editSemir Gerkhan and Ben Jäger are assigned to infiltrate terrorist activity in the city and the Autobahn.
Gameplay
editIn Crash Time III, the players not only have to complete tasks, but they have to do them as successfully as possible. All missions are rated up to five stars depending on whether the players are staying within certain limits, such as elapsed time or car damage.[1] Not only do the stars affect gameplay, but they also affect the player's overall rating; completing the missions without receiving any stars or with a low amount of stars, the rating will be affected negatively.
There are a few things the player can do with suspects when they drive up to them on patrol, but in the missions, the player has to do a specific task with the suspect. The suspect vehicles use the pathfinder system as well, so the path they use is not the same.
The missions come in different types:
- Pursuit: The goal is to chase down the suspect. The player arrests him by either shooting his car, totalling it, or using the PIT manoeuvre (hitting the back-end at the side to put the suspect into a spin.) and stopping in front of him. For some specific missions, the player can use the drone to destroy the suspect vehicle.
- Shadowing: The players must follow a suspect without making too much noise and by keeping a distance by not getting too close or too far. A suspicion meter on the top left corner decreases in the level when the player waits a while.
- Race; If this happens during a patrol, the player has to drive to a specific place and stop there before the suspect does.
The vehicles are fictitious but resemble some cars from the German manufacturers.[2] Usually, the cars come in 3 types, and the third type of the vehicle is usually a tuned-up version. Crash Time III consists of more than 50 missions, an area of 32 square kilometres (based on Berlin) and Autobahn and 47 vehicles to choose from.[3]
References
edit- ^ Klinge, Heiko (17 November 2009). "Alarm für Cobra 11: Highway Nights im Test - Rasantes Rennspiel zur RTL-Actionserie". GameStar (in German). Archived from the original on 29 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ Krosta, Michael (10 December 2009). "Test: Alarm für Cobra 11: Highway Nights". 4Players (in German). Archived from the original on 29 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ Weber, Sebastian (27 November 2009). "Alarm für Cobra 11: Highway Nights-Test: Rasante Action für Zwischendurch". PC Games (in German). Archived from the original on 29 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.