I'm...conflicted.
On one hand, I should hate this game, on the other I kinda like it but I did give up a 2nd time on playing through this game so I can't say I love it or anything.
First of all, one of those games you need to mod to enjoy, the UNITE mod is required to be able to enjoy the game cuz the handling is terrible without it.
The story is ass but I did find myself laughing at it...so that's a bonus, look it's a story in a racing game if you expect anything good you are clearly new to the genre.
The graphics are prb what redeem it and I know there's a debate on whether graphics do matter or not, I think they do but it depends on the game, usually they don't matter but great graphics can enhance a game and terrible ones can ruin it. An example of both can be found in this very franchise, with NFS Undercover having graphics so bad the game is just terrible by default cause of it (the other million issues don't help) and this game looking so good that it almost tricks you into forgetting about all of it's flaws.
Honestly my main issue with this game really is the drift events, I hate them, I seriously hate every single one of them, and there's SO MANY. I swear to god there's more drift events than races in this racing game, if there aren't though then it def feels like there are. For every race you have to do there's 2 drift events, there's so many different types too it's fucking bizarre I mean jesus.
Normal one where you need to hit a target, both alone and with someone else. Then there's the one's where you're competing against others, which themselves have: ones with multipliers, ones without, theres ones where you have to stay close to the others for your points to count, its...a bit much.
And the drifting sucks in this game, not as much as grip (which is genuinely a joke and not a funny one) but not too far either, legit this shit just made me quit the game. I want to like it and part of me does like it, when I'm doing a race and things start getting close as the end approaches it reaches a level of enjoyment I haven't felt with a nfs game since idk carbon, not that that says much, most nfs games after carbon are bad or terrible or just kind-of okay in the case of Hot Pursuit.
Still given that the priorities seem to be anywhere but where they should be, with awful handling and having it's worst event type be the main one... amazing graphics and atmosphere can only do so much to redeem it.
The fact it's also always online and thus doesn't let you pause the fucking game and also sometimes lags is only the final nail in the coffin for what could have been one of the best NFS games but instead is the most disappointing one
On one hand, I should hate this game, on the other I kinda like it but I did give up a 2nd time on playing through this game so I can't say I love it or anything.
First of all, one of those games you need to mod to enjoy, the UNITE mod is required to be able to enjoy the game cuz the handling is terrible without it.
The story is ass but I did find myself laughing at it...so that's a bonus, look it's a story in a racing game if you expect anything good you are clearly new to the genre.
The graphics are prb what redeem it and I know there's a debate on whether graphics do matter or not, I think they do but it depends on the game, usually they don't matter but great graphics can enhance a game and terrible ones can ruin it. An example of both can be found in this very franchise, with NFS Undercover having graphics so bad the game is just terrible by default cause of it (the other million issues don't help) and this game looking so good that it almost tricks you into forgetting about all of it's flaws.
Honestly my main issue with this game really is the drift events, I hate them, I seriously hate every single one of them, and there's SO MANY. I swear to god there's more drift events than races in this racing game, if there aren't though then it def feels like there are. For every race you have to do there's 2 drift events, there's so many different types too it's fucking bizarre I mean jesus.
Normal one where you need to hit a target, both alone and with someone else. Then there's the one's where you're competing against others, which themselves have: ones with multipliers, ones without, theres ones where you have to stay close to the others for your points to count, its...a bit much.
And the drifting sucks in this game, not as much as grip (which is genuinely a joke and not a funny one) but not too far either, legit this shit just made me quit the game. I want to like it and part of me does like it, when I'm doing a race and things start getting close as the end approaches it reaches a level of enjoyment I haven't felt with a nfs game since idk carbon, not that that says much, most nfs games after carbon are bad or terrible or just kind-of okay in the case of Hot Pursuit.
Still given that the priorities seem to be anywhere but where they should be, with awful handling and having it's worst event type be the main one... amazing graphics and atmosphere can only do so much to redeem it.
The fact it's also always online and thus doesn't let you pause the fucking game and also sometimes lags is only the final nail in the coffin for what could have been one of the best NFS games but instead is the most disappointing one