Okay, first of all, if you're looking for the dark, underground Need For Speed games, don't bother looking at this game (and possibly the next too). It's now much more of a happy-go-lucky series than before. Also, it's become a bit like Burnout, or Sideswiped for that matter. To me, it changed for the better, but that might be just cause I like games like these.
Menus: Simple, yet effective. You won't have any trouble finding what you're looking for. 9.5/10
Story: Non-existent. But it isn't necessary at all. 5/10
Graphics: Cars look great, racing tracks look good, objects look weird, but cool. There's also a bunch of nice lighting effects. 9/10
Music: Some songs are decent, the rest are shit. I played the E version, there's supposed to be different songs in the U one though. 3/10
Gameplay: You won't find a lot of racers that are more fun than this one. Seriously. You 'tag' the environment you drive in by driving through rings (you can make the tags yourself, or choose from a bunch of premade ones). You can do stunt moves, smash police cars, use your turbo (nitro?) to boost if you're a bit behind, you can smash lots of objects on the way, you can collect collectables and you can jump over other cars, which is pwn. The controls are smooth, there's no slowdown, the textures are correct. There aren't a lot of tracks, but all of them are well made. And you can completely customize your car. 9/10
Multiplayer: Kewl. No slowdown at all. 8.5/10
Replay value: Not really, unless you want to collect all trophies and collectables. 4/10
Overall: Really nice game, with some flaws. I say go this way from now on, EA. 8/10
And if you want to know the coolest track in the game:
Images (Credit to Gamespot):
Smashing police cars
Smashing objects
Just driving
Menus: Simple, yet effective. You won't have any trouble finding what you're looking for. 9.5/10
Story: Non-existent. But it isn't necessary at all. 5/10
Graphics: Cars look great, racing tracks look good, objects look weird, but cool. There's also a bunch of nice lighting effects. 9/10
Music: Some songs are decent, the rest are shit. I played the E version, there's supposed to be different songs in the U one though. 3/10
Gameplay: You won't find a lot of racers that are more fun than this one. Seriously. You 'tag' the environment you drive in by driving through rings (you can make the tags yourself, or choose from a bunch of premade ones). You can do stunt moves, smash police cars, use your turbo (nitro?) to boost if you're a bit behind, you can smash lots of objects on the way, you can collect collectables and you can jump over other cars, which is pwn. The controls are smooth, there's no slowdown, the textures are correct. There aren't a lot of tracks, but all of them are well made. And you can completely customize your car. 9/10
Multiplayer: Kewl. No slowdown at all. 8.5/10
Replay value: Not really, unless you want to collect all trophies and collectables. 4/10
Overall: Really nice game, with some flaws. I say go this way from now on, EA. 8/10
And if you want to know the coolest track in the game:
The moon.
Images (Credit to Gamespot):
Smashing police cars
Smashing objects
Just driving
