Asphalt 8: Airborne

 iOS
  • Publisher: Gameloft
  • Release Date: Aug 22, 2013
  • Also On: PC
User Score
7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 172 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 113 out of 172
  2. Mixed: 31 out of 172
  3. Negative: 28 out of 172
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  1. KnightThunder2
    Jun 1, 2020
    0
    Welcome to 2020, which a new fancy "update" released and car prices whooped up again. Just a waste of your time, a garbage just like other mobile games. Graphics and variety of cars doesn't matter if there's nothing worth to play.
  2. KorNk
    Sep 8, 2013
    2
    For the first time the game looked awesome but after playing more than 2 hours, you understand that this game made only for making money. You can't buy new cars for new races, because you don't have enough money, so you should play one race for 30 times or.... USE IN APP PURCHASES that's sad
  3. eagleeyeviking
    Dec 14, 2013
    3
    Despite it's improved graphics, the game doesn't feel real and the multiplayer feature is full of errors. Nearly everything in this game is a bad mess.
  4. JDL04
    Dec 8, 2014
    3
    Gameloft has SIGNIFICANT issues with Asphalt 8 that are not being addressed. The game routinely crashes in Events mode or while collecting rewards for Events. I have had no problems in the regular play mode, only in Events where a racer as the opportunity to get a lot of "credits". Therefore, I do not believe this issue is the same as the problem in their FAQ section.

    The worst part    Gameloft has SIGNIFICANT issues with Asphalt 8 that are not being addressed. The game routinely crashes in Events mode or while collecting rewards for Events. I have had no problems in the regular play mode, only in Events where a racer as the opportunity to get a lot of "credits". Therefore, I do not believe this issue is the same as the problem in their FAQ section.

    The worst part is that Gameloft customer service, if it even exists, has not helped at all. I have asked for them to contact me, and it just does not happen.    … Expand
  5. Chrisracer8903
    Sep 29, 2014
    2
    Asphalt 8: a great game that is destroyed by the "Play-to-Win" structure.

    The good: -Amazing graphics and quality gameplay for a mobile racing game, easily one of the best I have seen to date. -Great car list to choose from (Heck, my car is in this game!). -Good course variety....but not as good as Asphalt 7. The bad: - The game's "Pay-to-Win" structure completely    Asphalt 8: a great game that is destroyed by the "Play-to-Win" structure.

    The good:

    -Amazing graphics and quality gameplay for a mobile racing game, easily one of the best I have seen to date.

    -Great car list to choose from (Heck, my car is in this game!).

    -Good course variety....but not as good as Asphalt 7.

    The bad:

    - The game's "Pay-to-Win" structure completely obliterates everything this gorgeous game has to offer.

    I am not even going to bother with what I specifically like about this game. The "Play-to-Win" structure is such a huge problem with how this game works and it's programmed on purpose against the players.

    In-game purchases such as unlocking faster cars early in the game or buying certain parts for actual money is not new in games, it has been around for a few years, but this game charges you for everything - I feel as if Gameloft will put a charge on my credit card just for booting-up the game...and they probably would if they could.

    If you choose not to purchase car packs for $100 (yes...I am not joking that there are car packs for $100) the game will make it impossible to win events until you break down and spend money to bypass them. The AI cheats and is unrealistically hard. Many of the very early events in the career are nearly impossible to finish in the top 3 and is very common to finish dead-last no matter how aggressive you drive - the rubber-band AI will constantly pull far ahead of you with no chance to catch-up. This AI structure makes it nearly impossible to win races to earn any points to upgrade cars or purchase new ones, but instead leads to racing the same races over and over and OVER again until your frustrated and just "buy" your way into winning the game. THIS IS NOT HOW A VIDEO GAME IS MEANT TO BE PLAYED!

    I never spent a penny on in-game purchases except for the money to actually buy the game. 6 months into Asphalt 8 and I was still trying to upgrade the first car your given to move onto the next series then found out my car was no longer qualified for the races and needed to purchase a car that (at the rate I'm going) will take me two years to buy or go spend $20 at the in-game store....no thank you!

    Asphalt 8 is an amazing game, but is a huge scam to players and Gameloft knows it. The fact they charged this game to players (At launch date) then started tweaking the game's difficulty to buy your way to winning should be an illegal business practice.

    Playing a video game is about beating all the events, not buying your way to unlock everything.

    Do not buy this game and do not support Gameloft and this method of business. If have to have a solid racing game for your mobile device then get Asphalt 7 - it has a lot of variety in content that you don't need to buy in order to win and the graphics still hold well to this day.

    With the same amount of money you need to win/buy cars in Asphalt 8, you could spend that same money on a console/PC game and get all your content and features up front without paying to win.

    Also, if anyone else reading this review thinks the pay-to-win model in this game is bad, the video game industry is headed towards that direction and is a complete rip-off to the consumers. This could very well kill the future of video games to many consumers such as myself.

    Score: 2

    (1 for the cars, 1 for the graphics)

    -8 for the "Play-to-Win" structure.    … Expand
  6. EUROGUEIMER
    Oct 1, 2018
    0
    Oh, my god... The worst game ever i played. In my personal traininc simulation is not the best game, is the worst.
  7. XDavidX
    Nov 23, 2015
    4
    Average game. I liked alot graphics, visuals and music but thats all. Very very very very frustrating have unbalanced AI, **** multiplayer hackers I've ever seen and frustrating cash earning.
  8. flashgty
    Jan 15, 2014
    0
    why it doesn't work on all phones? ex: i have allview x1 soul 1.5 quad 2 gb ram and video chipset same as S4, android 2.2.1..... and in app store saids it's not supported for mi phone...............................
    i can't understand why.
  9. XenonYT
    Dec 12, 2017
    3
    Asphalt 8 is the worst thing in existence. in 2013 this game was good because you had to pay for it now greedy gameloft decided to make the game free. and it only got worse first off the microtransactions now i know that this is free so i should have microtransactions but hey look you can by 6 digital i repeat DIGITAL cars for 100$ yea im not joking back then it was worse you can by 2Asphalt 8 is the worst thing in existence. in 2013 this game was good because you had to pay for it now greedy gameloft decided to make the game free. and it only got worse first off the microtransactions now i know that this is free so i should have microtransactions but hey look you can by 6 digital i repeat DIGITAL cars for 100$ yea im not joking back then it was worse you can by 2 cars for 100$ in real money so greedy gameloft thought hey lets add a 2nd currency that takes 2 years just to get one... ONE. the grind heavy progression is bad you get 5000 dollars for the last event you get 1000 dollars for doing a multiplayer match and the a.i is bad its so unfair you have to upgrade your car to a different rank which take way to long to do. they increase the prices of cars like the veneno back then it was like 60000 dollars back then. now its times 2 the price. this game has the worst lootboxes ever you get nothing you get blueprints for select cars and what about the MAX system its just confusing you get unnecessary parts that do barley anything. don't get me wrong this game is the best looking on mobile but every aspect is ruined by these problems. this is basically a burnout and need for speed ripoff it sucks stay away from it and just like EA stay away from them… Expand
  10. sebastianali
    Jul 18, 2021
    4
    I played for the moment Asphalt 1,2,3,4 and this one, and sorry guys, but i think this is the worst by far. Previous games in the series were much more simpler, better balanced and much more fun. Since they were release in Java dont have any micro sh.. or ads. Some of them break the game completely if you buy it or if you dont pay for them means that sometime would be impossible to win,I played for the moment Asphalt 1,2,3,4 and this one, and sorry guys, but i think this is the worst by far. Previous games in the series were much more simpler, better balanced and much more fun. Since they were release in Java dont have any micro sh.. or ads. Some of them break the game completely if you buy it or if you dont pay for them means that sometime would be impossible to win, although this apply to every mobile game today (thats why i consider old Java games to be much superior to mobile games today). Yes, the graphics are incredible, the game is so optimized to low end mobiles and has a lot of cars, but that isnt nothing when the game becomes frustrating, repetitive, confuse menus to the new player, boring, lack of innovation with other racing games or other games in the series, and the controls are much more stiff than other Asphalt games like 4.
    Asphalt 4 for me is still peak of the series, perfection that no other Asphalt game would even dream.    … Expand
  11. niko747474
    Mar 20, 2023
    0
    Asphalt 8 is another exaple of how a great game can be destroyed because of the greedy developer. I used to play this game somewhere in 2014-16, and I enjoyed it a lot. Back then it was the best arcade racing game on mobile devices, and now that I revisit it, all I see is multiple currencies obtainable only by paying money, extremely low rewards that make this game impossible to beat,Asphalt 8 is another exaple of how a great game can be destroyed because of the greedy developer. I used to play this game somewhere in 2014-16, and I enjoyed it a lot. Back then it was the best arcade racing game on mobile devices, and now that I revisit it, all I see is multiple currencies obtainable only by paying money, extremely low rewards that make this game impossible to beat, especially with all the cars being either extremely overpriced, or requiring another currencies. Right now this "game" is still there only for additional cash for Gameloft: the main developing team has abandoned the project and moved to Asphalt 9. So if you want a good or at least somewhat decent arcade racing game on mobile, play Asphalt 9 and avoid this at all costs. If you want to revisit Asphalt 8 properly, play Legacy Edition and avoid this at all costs.… Expand

Awards & Rankings

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#4 Best iOS Game of 2013
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#5 Most Discussed iOS Game of 2013
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#12 Most Shared iOS Game of 2013

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Metascore
91

Universal acclaim - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Games Master UK
    Oct 20, 2013
    93
    Like arcadey racers? You'll like this. Not a petrol head? You'll still like this. [Dec 2013, p.76]
  2. Hyper Magazine
    Oct 3, 2013
    60
    Fantastic value for money, but not actually a great racer. [Nov 2013, p.79]
  3. IGN
    Sep 26, 2013
    78
    Asphalt 8: Airborne is an intuitive racer with a large variety of race modes and cars to take for a spin. It provides plenty of content for its price at first, but the business model forces grinding or heavy purchases in the late-game.
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