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It's a good game for off road racing but it lacks in the street race category. Even though you have to play a bit to unlock the customizations, it's fairly easy to do so. The derelicts are an easy way to get free cars.
- Adam Ismail
- NFS: Hot Pursuit 2 (2002) At its core, Need for Speed should be about two things: running from the law and trying to finish first. Hot Pursuit 2 perfected both.
- NFS: Most Wanted (2005) Blending the aesthetic and environments of the classic era installments with the open world and street racing culture of the Underground era, Black Box’s 2005 entry has become the modern benchmark against which every new Need for Speed is compared.
- NFS: Underground 2 (2004) The deep, dark secret about the tuning fad of the early aughts is that it resulted in some pretty poor racing games, as a consequence of every major publisher’s eagerness to cash in.
- NFS III: Hot Pursuit (1998) The first Hot Pursuit does everything right. From a technical standpoint, it’s a showcase for the PlayStation. The physics rank among the most intuitive and satisfying ever to grace the series.
Nov 7, 2017 · Pros. +. Brilliant Fast and Furious-esque storyline. +. Stunning open world. +. Great selection of races and side content. Cons. - Drag questline hits a difficulty curve. - Overcomplicated AI. -...
- Global Editor-In-Chief, Gamesradar+
- sam.loveridge@futurenet.com
- One step forwards and two steps back for the series.
- Verdict
By Luke Reilly
Updated: Nov 9, 2017 5:26 pm
Posted: Nov 7, 2017 7:46 am
Need for Speed Payback is one step forwards and two steps back for EA’s 23-year-old racing series. While Payback does fix a host of the 2015 Need for Speed reboot’s missteps, it also brushes away a lot of the stuff developer Ghost Games got right at that time.
You see, Need for Speed 2015 brought with it a resurrection of the spirit of 2003 and 2004’s successful Underground games and saw the return of meaningful performance and visual customisation. Between all the hokey live-action, first-person fist-bumping it also revolved around encounters with real-world automotive icons. That’s an idea I still genuinely like. Of course, it was very short, the world was largely empty, there initially wasn’t any drag racing, and you couldn’t even pause the game in single-player. It was flawed, no doubt.
Payback remedies all that latter stuff. There’s a much longer experience here – it took me around 17 hours to complete the story alone. Plus, the world is filled with extra activities and events, drag racing is included from the get-go, and yes, you can pause it. Truly a novelty.
Need for Speed Payback is a big, competent, and confident arcade racer but it’s really let down by its linear cop chases, its overwrought and insidious upgrade system, its dreadful dialogue, and its superficial action sequences. It feels fine and it looks flashy, but Payback really went all-in on its direct-to-DVD revenge tale and it was a bust for...
Nov 8, 2017 · Need for Speed Payback is the kind of arcade racer that never requires you to lift your foot off the accelerator. Its brazen drifting is effortlessly achieved with aggressive cornering and...
- Richard Wakeling
- Playstation 4, Xbox One, PC
Nov 8, 2017 · Need for Speed Payback does all that you'd expect of a modern day open world racer, though rarely does it do any more. And more often it marks a significant step back from its predecessors.
Nov 16, 2017 · Need For Speed Payback takes a narrative gamble, loses. Reviews. By Phil Iwaniuk. published 16 November 2017. Comments. Our Verdict. Enjoyable arcade handling packaged within a game that gets...
