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. LucaS7
    May 12, 2014
    6
    Good game for the free time;
    Graphics: 8/10 Realism:? Sound: 6 Gameplay: 7/10 Price 10/10 Multiplayer: 7/10 In-Game Purchases: 6/10 sense:0
  2. TCJT11-10-1996
    Jan 20, 2014
    5
    What I like about Asphalt 8: Airborne are the cars and graphics. I have really complained about the use of multiplayer activity, high prices of cars and upgrades, and I disliked the problems about beating the game.
    Gameloft you treat some of us like **** for these things, that is a waste of money.
  3. Monstercjr
    Oct 11, 2013
    6
    Graphics: 8.5/10
    Realism: 3/10
    Appropriate for All Ages: 10/10 Gameplay: 5.5/10 Price 9/10 Multiplayer: 2/10 In-Game Purchases: 8/10 Overall: 6.6/10 The graphics are some of the best of any iOS game I've ever played along with CSR Racing, Real Racing 3, and pretty much any Sky Gamblers games. However, I hate the fact that you have to race the same race several times in order to    Graphics: 8.5/10
    Realism: 3/10
    Appropriate for All Ages: 10/10
    Gameplay: 5.5/10
    Price 9/10
    Multiplayer: 2/10
    In-Game Purchases: 8/10
    Overall: 6.6/10

    The graphics are some of the best of any iOS game I've ever played along with CSR Racing, Real Racing 3, and pretty much any Sky Gamblers games. However, I hate the fact that you have to race the same race several times in order to get anywhere in the game. However, for those of you complaining about vehicle prices, I think its great considering how you only earn about 500 credits per race. Multiplayer is terrible. Confusing how to set it up and it isn't even live. It is very light on in-game purchases.    … Expand
  4. Uzumakitony
    Oct 8, 2013
    6
    I never liked racing games so I'm gonna be as generous as I can. Although Asphalt isn't on the sane level as Need For Speed, it's still a pretty good game. The graphics are sound. The handling of cars is more entertaining, and the cars themselves are pretty slick.
  5. ReviewBot
    Dec 26, 2013
    7
    This game is a game with stunning graphics and controls. There are new cars and tracks. But Asphalt 8: Airborne have fewer maps than its predecessors.
  6. JohnKristofer
    May 27, 2015
    7
    This is a fun game but sometimes it gets boring fast.I still play with it but it is still addicting and very great but sometimes I get bored while playing it.The graphics are fine.
  7. NullMinus
    Mar 24, 2018
    7
    Very impressive. Good graphics and insane gameplay. Unfortunately, it's a free game with most of the content locked behind grind and microtransactions.
  8. VarVarJeg
    Jun 3, 2023
    7
    impossible to play the game on newer versions as a f2p but older versions are always an option unless ur on ios
  9. DharcSlayer
    Jun 9, 2023
    7
    Used to be great, before. Got a decent amount of cars, a quarter of which came from really obscure brands, which is good in a way cause you'll get to drive a diversity of real world exotic cars that you never heard of, and for a mobile game, it definitely captures it's arcady structure most mobile racing games does. Your car here pretty much works like a skateboard here. Barrel rolls,Used to be great, before. Got a decent amount of cars, a quarter of which came from really obscure brands, which is good in a way cause you'll get to drive a diversity of real world exotic cars that you never heard of, and for a mobile game, it definitely captures it's arcady structure most mobile racing games does. Your car here pretty much works like a skateboard here. Barrel rolls, flatspinning in the air as if you're kickflipping a car, nitrous that definitely captures the arcady sense of the game, career mode was kind of a stretch now since some specific yet unobtainable cars were meeded for such events, and so on.

    It's quite suprising that this game from 2013 still is playable and still has a working multiplayer server till this day, but the really invasive ads it has nowadays, coupled with the cash grabby offers it has in 2023, coupled that with the ginormous upgrade costs, and a bad credit/hr to upgrade cost ratio, and some cars that were just impossible to even obtain now, just kills the game entirely and making it unplayable.    … Expand

Awards & Rankings

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