Need For Speed Undercover Review...
TurboPenguin
Orangevale, CA
Ok I thought it was needed for me to post this so that people would not be sucked into another EA pile of crap. I need to say that I am an avid PC gamer who loves racing. When previews for NFS-U were coming out I was getting excited. With the flop of their last title and hopes of redemption. Obviously with that said I think this game sucks and below are my reasons.
First - Graphics. Now if you played Prostreet, the Graphics were a step in the right direction. NFSU is like 4 steps backwards. I would compare graphics to NFS-MW at best. In fact I think MW looks better.
AI - Worst AI I have ever seen! I played for about 2 hours, and I never lost a race and the Cops are pathetic! They were crashing themselves!
Sound - Was OK, but lack of 5.1SS was a downer.
Controls - Worst ever, sluggish. It's like there is a 1/2 second delay between my keys and what happens.
Menus - Are there menus? You have to get into the game to access the menus. And they are slow.
Content - Ok the movies were Uber-Cheesy. Like i could shoot better plot movies with me and my wife in my camcorder that would have been better! Seriously how much did you spend on this game and you came up with this? Are you kidding me?
I know that reviews floating around the web have said very similiar things. If you love racing games, go BUY GRID! W/O question, best racing game to this date! If you love NFS series, best one is 2 games back and is probably NFS Carbon. Even though there is no support for widescreen, its the best to date. Save Your Money DO NOT buy NFS-U. It's not even worth a torrent. Not that I would condone torrenting, but this game is just that bad!
Scale - 20/100
This has been an official Rant by TurboPenguin, thanks for listening!
First - Graphics. Now if you played Prostreet, the Graphics were a step in the right direction. NFSU is like 4 steps backwards. I would compare graphics to NFS-MW at best. In fact I think MW looks better.
AI - Worst AI I have ever seen! I played for about 2 hours, and I never lost a race and the Cops are pathetic! They were crashing themselves!
Sound - Was OK, but lack of 5.1SS was a downer.
Controls - Worst ever, sluggish. It's like there is a 1/2 second delay between my keys and what happens.
Menus - Are there menus? You have to get into the game to access the menus. And they are slow.
Content - Ok the movies were Uber-Cheesy. Like i could shoot better plot movies with me and my wife in my camcorder that would have been better! Seriously how much did you spend on this game and you came up with this? Are you kidding me?
I know that reviews floating around the web have said very similiar things. If you love racing games, go BUY GRID! W/O question, best racing game to this date! If you love NFS series, best one is 2 games back and is probably NFS Carbon. Even though there is no support for widescreen, its the best to date. Save Your Money DO NOT buy NFS-U. It's not even worth a torrent. Not that I would condone torrenting, but this game is just that bad!
Scale - 20/100
This has been an official Rant by TurboPenguin, thanks for listening!
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Comments
I'll look into NFS Carbon and GRID.
My brother had one of the NFS games on Xbox 360 (one before Carbon I guess) but it was all about ricing your ride and I got bored after 15 mins
I enjoyed this game very much. I'm usually pretty good at racing games, and this one gives me a run for the money every time. It'll be frustrating at first, but you're going to wonder if racing anything else is worthwhile once you get the hang of it.
If you dont like Ricey games, GRID is your game. W/O question best racing game out there. Physics and Graphics are sweet! I would give it 95/100... Amazing!