HIGH Exceptional driving paired with a unique aesthetic.
LOW Tough AI.
WTF Okay, now can we get a new Burnout, EA?
Tag: Need for Speed
Need For Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered Review
Please Pursue Making Games Like This Again
HIGH Gettin’ dat Bugatti
LOW The soundtrack didn’t get any better with age
WTF Lamborghini cop cars = Defund The Police.
Need For Speed: Heat Review
In Pursuit Of Relevance
HIGH The Day/Night split is both interesting and well implemented.
LOW: The stories in this series continue to be insufferable…
WTF: …which would’ve been more bearable with a healthy dose of FMV, which ain’t here.
Need For Speed: Payback Review
Not Wanted
HIGH I didn’t pay for it.
LOW Every time anyone opens their yap.
WTF Couldn’t spring for live action cutscenes anymore? Really, EA?
F1 2016 Review
Roaring Out Of The Pit
HIGH Unlike last year, this is a deeeeeeep, full-featured racing sim.
LOW Tires seem to be held together by bubble gum and prayer.
WTF Frame tearing, stuttering and jaggy lines made me wonder which console I booted up
Need for Speed Review
Midnight Run
HIGH A great sense of speed and lovely visuals.
LOW The braindead, cheating, rubber-banding opponent AI.
WTF They sure do like phoning up this dude who never, ever talks.
Need for Speed Rivals Review
Like Dogs Chasing Cars
HIGH Narrowly escaping a pursuing squad of police cars and power drifting into the safety of my hideout with hundreds of sounds of speed points under my belt.
LOW For an open world driving game, there are not nearly enough alternative paths and emergent gameplay moments that use the geography.
WTF The non-ironic gritty and serious tone of the "story."
Need for Speed: Most Wanted Review
Identity Crisis
HIGH Blistering down a sunset highway at almost 200mph.
LOW Hurtling straight into a divider at almost 200mph.
WTF Where is the start menu?!
Payola!
I was listening to a podcast recently (and I've heard this same thing multiple times from other people over the last week or so) and I was shaking my head at the way the speakers were discussing recent Events Which Shall Not Be Named. Over and over, they were so insistent that reviewers are "getting paid off" for good scores.
Need for Speed: The Run Review
Can Plots Run on Fumes?
HIGH Race that avalanche!
LOW What, you again?
WTF Man, I'm killing way too many people in this racing game.
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