It's fine. Relatively lacklustre tbh. I was alternating between this and Forza Horizon 3 before realising there's nothing to do in Unbound after about five ours or one week cycle. I've seen everything. The whole map, all the track, and events. It's just so recycled and boring. I couldn't stand the police chases or the fact that for some inexplicable reason the game resets you after each race and plants a cop car directly on your ass. There's no racers to see in the open world, only events. There are pedestrians and the concept of a busy city at work I'm this game but there's absolutely nothing going on. It's dead. It doesn't jive with the bustling street art and street car scene the game implies exists between cutscenes and the world design. I want to like this game, I want to fool around with body mods and cool liveries on normal cars like I'm 11 years old playing Underground 2 again. But, man, the game makes it hard. The progression is slow and the content and map are baren. The driving is nice, and living up to its name, there can be a decent sense of speed, but it makes it so hard to incentivise you to finish. Even the story is some boring nonsense. Feels too caught between "let's make a Spiderverse inspired racing game" and "remember we're Need for Speed, an EA franchise so no risks". I hate this term but such a cocktease of a game. I didn't hate playing it but I don't want to finish it.

Reviewed on Feb 15, 2024


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