Even if I am a fan of the Black Box games, I absolutely love playing as a cop anyway!
I completely agree, I'd love to have that choice more as well. Even just letting us unlock and drive a Police Cruiser with functioning lightbar etc is enough for me; a full cop career would be ideal though.
I've actually imagined a game where you'd play as the RPD (maybe even Cross!) working your way up through the ranks as a traffic cop in a Civic Cruiser, right the way to a Federal Undercover unit whilst taking down the blacklist racers one by one... Sadly it'll never happen, but if done right I think it could be truly great!
I understand what you mean about HP's history, and I quite like the subtle customization of custom colours in the remaster. Not too much, and not too little. Have a good one!
Yeah, I'd never heard of MW 5-1-0 prior to properly browsing NFS Fandom Wikia, largely due to it being exclusively on the PSP etc. Certainly seems unique, admittedly a little different from the main game, but more of a "Most Wanted" than certain others if you catch my drift!
Pursuit Knockout and Pursuit Tag are definitely great fun too, even if only limited to online. Best alternative to "Be the Cop" for the mainstream Most Wanted 2005 I can offer is the various Challenge Series events where you can use a range of RPD vehicles. Outside of that and/or mods, not much is possible unfortunately. Which is why I do enjoy a bit of HP as well, though the weapons can be a bit excessive sometimes...
As much as I'm against the whole "megamix" idea after Heat, I'd love elements of the Hot Pursuit style to be incorporated in a Rockport based-Most Wanted game. That'll never happen though, obviously.
I do concede that HP has a special charm to it though, even if I'm not the most excited for the remaster. Long story short, I reckon we could do with more "Be the Cop" mode inclusions in the future!
