Need for Speed Unbound

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5.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 278 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 37 out of 278
  3. Negative: 129 out of 278

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  1. ricvillett
    Sep 4, 2023
    0
    Pvta m@dre es una b@zofia de juego, se supone que debería de ser un juego para divertirse no para que te de un ictus de los nervios
  2. MARCUSRacing99
    Sep 3, 2023
    0
    please don't buy this trash waste your money .
    dont waste your money
    i wish someone had told me that before buying
  3. infraRecon
    Sep 2, 2023
    6
    It's a 6/10 EA, Don't worry, eventually some random dude with all the answers will fix this franchise, Who that person is well we will see.

    Hopefully, you give them a chance because my g*d the way NFS is going is weird, The answers are literally in front of you and no one has made use of them, it's astounding. Yes, this is my review, I don't bother with a game that's a 6 and below,    It's a 6/10 EA, Don't worry, eventually some random dude with all the answers will fix this franchise, Who that person is well we will see.

    Hopefully, you give them a chance because my g*d the way NFS is going is weird, The answers are literally in front of you and no one has made use of them, it's astounding.

    Yes, this is my review, I don't bother with a game that's a 6 and below, so yeah.

    Anyway, if you Need for Help then just ask me, or Maybe I'll come to you, who knows.

    And thank you Steam for that free weekend, now I know to wait until this game is $2, you nearly got me with that other deal, I was tempted a little, but I know better.

    I feel like going on a little rant, but I know it will be pointless maybe next.

    Oh, EA and Criterion if you plan to Remake Most Wanted, then you better do Carbon, I want in on that project.
    Remakes are for Improvement, not just slapping Fancy Graphics and Changing Details, and I won't let you Remake Carbon as bare as it was in the old days, it deserves more love than that.

    Ok enough of me, I'll be waiting...    … Expand
  4. Der_Crispy
    Aug 23, 2023
    9
    Game in "Vol4" really nice finally. Added races with cops in online-mode what can be hard at some times, but its a nice challenge. Best trackperformance is reachable with shifting. Multiple cars for best "Metabuilds". Finally good usable car like "Mercedes 2.5 l A$AP Rocky Hero Car" for B, A, A+. Good youtube content for best builds if you search. Highlightet events and Races forGame in "Vol4" really nice finally. Added races with cops in online-mode what can be hard at some times, but its a nice challenge. Best trackperformance is reachable with shifting. Multiple cars for best "Metabuilds". Finally good usable car like "Mercedes 2.5 l A$AP Rocky Hero Car" for B, A, A+. Good youtube content for best builds if you search. Highlightet events and Races for extra-money and XP. Porsche-Event for 75year annivisary are a bit boring. Sure the cartoon-like theme is nothing for everyone, but if you enjoy arcade racing games this is actually a nice game. There are a lot of optical and technical tuning options for your favourite playstyle.… Expand
  5. forzakiller137
    Aug 18, 2023
    6
    Subsequent updates are terrible,only one new car for each updates,and economy system is terrible,but all in all,this is a NFS get a passing grade.Hope next NFS will be better.
  6. piec
    Aug 15, 2023
    9
    This game is fun as hell, driving mechanic is insanly good when you give it a try and learn it. I just wish there was less police and endgame give us custom race mode.
  7. bazuka536
    Aug 11, 2023
    7
    Gra nie taka zła. Wystarczy olać ten styl, wyłączyć muzykę i włączyć coś normalnego w tle np: Heavy Gamers na Spotify i można się dobrze bawić.
    Jazda jak w poprzednich nfs począwszy od tego z 2015 ale za to policja jest wymagająca, nie bardzo, nie słabo, w sam raz ale dopiero wtedy kiedy możemy jeździć autem klasy S.
    W sumie to polecam. Wystarczy tylko olać te animacje, wyłączyć muzykę i    Gra nie taka zła. Wystarczy olać ten styl, wyłączyć muzykę i włączyć coś normalnego w tle np: Heavy Gamers na Spotify i można się dobrze bawić.
    Jazda jak w poprzednich nfs począwszy od tego z 2015 ale za to policja jest wymagająca, nie bardzo, nie słabo, w sam raz ale dopiero wtedy kiedy możemy jeździć autem klasy S.
    W sumie to polecam. Wystarczy tylko olać te animacje, wyłączyć muzykę i dobrze się bawić    … Expand
  8. Smilelife
    Jul 23, 2023
    8
    Чесно говоря уже надоело хейтить нфс.
    Если не смотреть через призму ностальгии по старым играм серии, то это вполне годный продукт. Убирем шильдик с надписью нфс и это как минимум 7/10
    Ненависть, которую испытывают к некоторым эффектам, на самом деле не сильно мешает во время гонок и не отвлекает от вождения. Относительно персонажей, они стали более мультяшными, что мне, кажется,    Чесно говоря уже надоело хейтить нфс.
    Если не смотреть через призму ностальгии по старым играм серии, то это вполне годный продукт. Убирем шильдик с надписью нфс и это как минимум 7/10
    Ненависть, которую испытывают к некоторым эффектам, на самом деле не сильно мешает во время гонок и не отвлекает от вождения. Относительно персонажей, они стали более мультяшными, что мне, кажется, несущественно, так как они появляются только в катсценах, и не должны сильно влиять на впечатление игрока. Возможно, это не понравится ярым фанатам, но я не считаю это особо важным.. Ну а физика... да она отстойная, да к ней можно привикнуть но это не отменяет того что она ужасная, её нужно срочно менять, эта срань находится с 15 года у самой популярной гоночной франшизи. И графика очень достойная принципе в нфс не было проблем с ней. Сюжет принципе прикольный, не бесячий даже интригующий.
    Если оставить в названии игры только unbound то на неё небыло би столько хейта, нужно уже отпустить когда-то культовые игры серии и принять ту которая она есть сейчас.    … Expand
  9. Thorulf96
    Jul 20, 2023
    2
    Game look good, love to play with my best friend but steering wheels are not support... you know what? shame on you EA to do a car game without steering wheel support in 2023...
  10. CheshireST
    Jul 15, 2023
    2
    I played the game for about 10 hours and was close to completing the first week, and I think it was the first game was able to actually frustrate and annoy me, the story was meh up to that point, but the difficulty was what got me.

    I usually play on hard even at first playthrough, but the Intense difficult was a complete joke of the worst kind, the AI does perfect corners, seems to have    I played the game for about 10 hours and was close to completing the first week, and I think it was the first game was able to actually frustrate and annoy me, the story was meh up to that point, but the difficulty was what got me.

    I usually play on hard even at first playthrough, but the Intense difficult was a complete joke of the worst kind, the AI does perfect corners, seems to have catch up setting enabled and is inherently much much faster than you, even if it's the lowest rated car on the grid, I lowered the difficulty to challenging and it seemed like it changed absolutely nothing, the AI racers were still obnoxious, though the Ai cops were balanced even on the Intense difficulty.

    You can't make a single mistake in any difficulty apparently, and the AI just wheezes past you, and you probably can't recover even if you have the best NOS installed, not to mention the handling which was strange, if not totally unbalanced, you can't drift correctly, the racing lines are a joke

    I didn't think this game was as bad as people said, but now I completely understand what do they meant.

    Just uninstalled and immediately booted up NFS Heat to cleanse my brain    … Expand
  11. k1erx
    Jul 14, 2023
    6
    игра прикольная графика красивая но не нравиться аниме стиль и игра очень похожа на нфс хит но спасибо за Украинскую музыку и за Асапа в игре
  12. zolondz
    Jul 8, 2023
    0
    how could you spoil an already tragic driving model even higher. the graphics are a joke. The plot is horribly weak. the game is probably aimed at kids aged 8-10 raised on tik tok
  13. fajnalowiec
    Jul 7, 2023
    1
    mlodziezowo i luzno czyli chujowo ^ 5. Gramy w jakims Bronxie czy innym Bostonie. Wszyscy wygladaja jak dzieci, ktore wlasnie uciekly z poprawczaka w losowych ubraniach z lumpexu i dorabiaja dilerka u Omara z the Wire.
    Wybralem sobie na start jakas czike, chcialem ja ubrac zeby wygladala jak czika, ale nie bylo takiej opcji. Na Bronx jeszcze kiecki nie doszly, moglem za to przebierac w    mlodziezowo i luzno czyli chujowo ^ 5. Gramy w jakims Bronxie czy innym Bostonie. Wszyscy wygladaja jak dzieci, ktore wlasnie uciekly z poprawczaka w losowych ubraniach z lumpexu i dorabiaja dilerka u Omara z the Wire.
    Wybralem sobie na start jakas czike, chcialem ja ubrac zeby wygladala jak czika, ale nie bylo takiej opcji. Na Bronx jeszcze kiecki nie doszly, moglem za to przebierac w roznokolorowych dresach i cichobiegach o klasycznej formie do przerzucania gnoju.
    Dzieci lubia sluchac ziomalskiej muzyki kiedy woza sie swoimi obklejonymi struclami po dzielni, od ktorej krwawia uszy. To daloby jeszcze rade przetrwac wylaczajac ta watpliwa przyjemnosc, ale kiedy moja czika zaczela ploteczki z psiaplolka mechaniczka ;) to bylo to juz zdecydowanie za duzo.
    Ok, no dobra pech chcial, ze jestescie obie pierdolniete. Moze to sie jakos wyprostuje pozniej w fabule? Zagryzam zeby, bo przeciez wiem, ze te scigalki to taki eksperymentalny sandbox dla przyszlych oskarowych scenarzystow i probuja z calych sil znalezc ten scigalkowy, fabularny Zloty Graal. Wuj, ze to wyglada jakby wciaz byli na etapie zbierania druzyny, ale licza sie checi.
    Zreszta nie to jest najwazniejsze, liczy sie jazda. No i tu na pelnej pipi wjezdza klasycznie cale na bialo "a kto to panu tak spierdolil?". Polaczenie taczek z kartonem. Nowatorskie, ale nie do konca tego oczekiwalem.
    W czasie wyscigu okazalo sie, ze nie tylko moja czika i jej psiapsiola sa nieteges. Bronx przytlacza i dzieci, z ktorymi przyjdzie sie scigac nie biora jencow i w ramach zagajenia lubia cie dojechac, moj ulubiony tekst: "jak ze mna wygrasz to cie zabije".
    ...dalem mu wygrac i ic pan fchuj    … Expand
  14. Digul
    Jul 6, 2023
    1
    Disgusting. Because of the cartoonish effects, you don't even want to finish the first race.
  15. svonton
    Jul 6, 2023
    6
    Experimental results can be good or bad. And this is a good sentence to describe the entire NFS series. Remember some of the previous parts without tuning or even street racing? yeah, that's what I'm talking about - experimentation is one of the main parts in the development of the NFS series (cuz all this games literally about car that make "Wroom Wroom" at night street what you expect toExperimental results can be good or bad. And this is a good sentence to describe the entire NFS series. Remember some of the previous parts without tuning or even street racing? yeah, that's what I'm talking about - experimentation is one of the main parts in the development of the NFS series (cuz all this games literally about car that make "Wroom Wroom" at night street what you expect to new? the ability to drive "abrams m1" or what?). I'm saying this because I've seen a lot of negative reviews about this game due to the anime-like character designs and all that sketchy effect during burnout or drifting (you have the option to disable these effects so it doesn't really matter) but this game has its pros and cons compared to the previous game or as a standalone product.. First, the graphics part and the art style, like I said, this part has a mix of real graphics combined with some cartoony effects and characters that I like. The sound part, as usual, keeps up with modern trends, so here we have rap, pop and so on. And now the main part is the gameplay, in this game we have the same day and night systems, so you have the opportunity to play on the same track in different lighting conditions. - this can be seen as a plus, but only if you're not trying to beat the campaign mode. There are 4 weeks in this game, during which you need to farm money to buy in for the tournament, as well as level up your car. So here we got some resource management where you need to think where take your money what type of race take participate and some of them simply skip. And here's the question: if you have the opportunity to sell a car, but why can't you sell some part that you don't use (as example you change your engine why not sell old one). Also, to earn money, you will probably race the same track about 10 times with the same characters. (yes, they try to give each character their own personality and their own voice actor) but as result same boring faces with the same boring cars. The final part is a story in a nutshell about the power of friendship and misunderstanding - that's all. The conclusion or to whom i will recommend this game ? i guess for some one who missed few parts of NFS and want to check it out (current state of the series) and probably for someone who just wanna chill out listening some rap music while driving muscle car.… Expand
  16. bigsh1thead
    Jul 4, 2023
    8
    This is arguably the best game of the series I've played since NFS Most Wanted. Music, clothes, car customizations, thoughtful references, a normal story and a perfect game with the logic of making money and protecting it, which keeps you awake in the game. If you are not familiar with hip-hop culture, it may be an extra, but for once in your life, there is music about the hip-hop spiritThis is arguably the best game of the series I've played since NFS Most Wanted. Music, clothes, car customizations, thoughtful references, a normal story and a perfect game with the logic of making money and protecting it, which keeps you awake in the game. If you are not familiar with hip-hop culture, it may be an extra, but for once in your life, there is music about the hip-hop spirit even if you consume dance, film, writing, it will surely find something to catch you.… Expand
  17. nusoul
    Jul 1, 2023
    0
    In short, I decided to still try this **** Deleted after the first race.
    0 physicists. Cringe and stupid conversations that you want to skip. Garbage soundtrack. And visual...
    Garbage, not a game. Not worth taking even on sale or by subscription
  18. Waifushu
    Jun 30, 2023
    0
    Graphics are good. Gameplay seems fun but why cant you add a controller mapping. Im literally accelerating with the touch button on the dualshock 4. A button on xbox is R2 for dualshock.

    There is a bug and its annoying too. Your camera is literally stuck backwards.

    Maybe after a year more of hotfix, it might be better idk
  19. DoomCriticGm
    Jun 26, 2023
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. To begin with, I will write the pluses of the game (there are few of them):
    1) Good graphics, obviously better than heat
    2) Interesting trails
    3) You can decorate the car without having the skills of an artist . Just paint the car with ready - made graffiti and it will be gorgeous .
    The pros are over .

    Now the minuses
    1) The difficulty of the game. I choose the relax difficulty and still have to sweat on the tracks to win . probably if I choose the lowest difficulty , then I want to complete the game without difficulties ? Right? AI beats you , whether it 's cops or racers , there are scum from city cars everywhere . Once you crash and they can already catch up with you . At the end of the track crashed - restart . there are only 10 restarts . If the car is initially slow , then just get ready to arrive at the finish line 3rd last .
    2) Cartoon animations , cartoon characters - is it designed for children ? It would be better if they didn 't exist .
    3) Gameplay where there is no special freedom. I 'll explain with an example . the game is divided into several weeks . every day you are given certain routes , you pass them and get to the next day . At the end of the week , the championship , for which you need to save enough money for a bet or investment for the main race . Now my example . I bought a car that turned out to be slow , and it 's been half a week . that is , I will not have time to save enough money to improve the new one so that it is competitive . It is IMPOSSIBLE to start the week anew , but if you do not have money for the championship bet , you are thrown on the previous day , that is , on Friday . It always happens . And on Friday , the tracks do not change , there are 2 or 3 pieces that fit your car . Imagine how much you need to drive on Friday on the same tracks . It 's easier to delete the saves and start over .
    4) Catastrophically few body kits for some iconic cars. For example, I won the lancer evo IX, so it has only 4 front bumpers and 1 rear))) Yes , this happens not only with bumpers . But a whole bunch of uninteresting wheels ... A disgrace . Is it developer laziness ?
    5) Soundtrack. Just garbage . Youth rap and hip hop , pop , electronic music is almost all terrible . 0 tracks of the rock , metal genre . NFS pro street was the last game where this genre of music occupied some place .
    6) I am absolutely not interested in the fact that some racer has such a nationality , skin color , and some racer has another . They also pointed out the religion of some of the characters . This is useless information in a racing game ! It would be better if they didn 't exist at all . Just let the plot remain .
    7) Presentation of the plot. constantly this **** and my character talk and distract from the race . It 's very annoying . Yes , that 's how the plot happens in this game . I advise you to disable voice acting , subtitles .
    8) ...
    9)...    … Expand
  20. IvanTS
    Jun 26, 2023
    0
    Malísimo, está muy mal hecho, la IA te adelanta sin sentido aunque tengan coches mucho peores que el tuyo. Cuando vas primero te spawnean coches de policía que se estrellan contra ti y te hacen perder la carrera. El peor juego de carreras que he jugado en toda mi vida. Repetitivo hasta la saciedad. Tienes que huir de la policía después de cada carrera, es horrible. La historia no tieneMalísimo, está muy mal hecho, la IA te adelanta sin sentido aunque tengan coches mucho peores que el tuyo. Cuando vas primero te spawnean coches de policía que se estrellan contra ti y te hacen perder la carrera. El peor juego de carreras que he jugado en toda mi vida. Repetitivo hasta la saciedad. Tienes que huir de la policía después de cada carrera, es horrible. La historia no tiene interes ninguno y el progreso en la campaña es tedioso, estresante y aburrido. Ahorraros el dinero e invertirlo en otro juego que merezca la pena, esto es basura.… Expand
  21. desto910
    Jun 24, 2023
    0
    this is the one of the worse NFS games I ever seen or played. like okay race game some race some drift but NFS series and drift is not good even game physics are not fully supporting drift mechanic. Game like do you want drift okay press S and turn, upsy you pressed "a" button too long for 0.01 ms you will overturn just lose all of your speed and place in no time
  22. RedRody
    Jun 23, 2023
    0
    Sad times for NFS. Terrible handling. It's almost impossible to make a turn without skidding. Anything activates drift. Dumb cops and NPCs, making the game very easy. It is literally the WOKE version of NFS. I played for 5 hours on Gamepass. Had I been bought, I would have been very pissed.
  23. Comodore01
    Jun 23, 2023
    0
    Handling in this game is soooooooo BAD, i literally slammed to my desk and i made this brand new metacritic account to **** to the game. Also AI is another problem as last ones has a **** two brain cells but the first is litteraly sweating like a **** MOBA player in ranked. Not the **** mention to soundtrack. My fart probably sounding better. As a old NFS fan this game is disgusting andHandling in this game is soooooooo BAD, i literally slammed to my desk and i made this brand new metacritic account to **** to the game. Also AI is another problem as last ones has a **** two brain cells but the first is litteraly sweating like a **** MOBA player in ranked. Not the **** mention to soundtrack. My fart probably sounding better. As a old NFS fan this game is disgusting and made me **** furious. Also give us a real hair style options rather than that ****s.(Sorry for spelling mistakes btw, i didn't check everything as i wrote this fast.)… Expand
  24. ArturioPech
    Jun 20, 2023
    10
    Good Game! 10/10, better than the previous part. I like it. but got it at a discount.
  25. darkfluid
    Jun 19, 2023
    3
    ---Intro---
    I was excited for this game and it seemed like an awesome reboot of the nfs series with a fresh new look.
    Sadly I was disappointed although I really wanted to like it. ---The Good--- The story is ok and somehow interesting, but not very involving. ---The Bad--- Style over matter: The game tries very hard to look and feel stylish and hip, but it seems so over-the-top    ---Intro---
    I was excited for this game and it seemed like an awesome reboot of the nfs series with a fresh new look.
    Sadly I was disappointed although I really wanted to like it.

    ---The Good---
    The story is ok and somehow interesting, but not very involving.

    ---The Bad---
    Style over matter: The game tries very hard to look and feel stylish and hip, but it seems so over-the-top with it, it seems more like a laughable persiflage.
    Character creation: Just creating a simple male protagonist seems way more complicated than it needs to be - and afterwards he still looks weird.
    PC-port: The game is primarily created for the console and the PC adoption is done as cheaply as possible. Driving with a keyboard is possible, but so bad you switch to a controller very fast. And if you finally have enough of this game and just want to quit it, good luck finding the key, which shows the menu. It's not ESC as in every other game, NO! It's the TAB key. That's just one simple example of many issues the game throw at the normal PC player to be annoyed with.
    Car driving experience: The core discipline is simply bad. Driving happens to be extreme jumpy. Sometimes it feels sluggish and the input-respond-time take too long (although having great hardware) - sometimes the handling is so hypersensitive you can't stop crashing into things. In general, the car handling is very unsatisfying at best, but sometimes it gets so worse, you just wanna throw your controller across the room.
    Enemy AI drivers: Scripted! You placed a bet with someone to finish before him? He overtakes you, then crashes into something so you win your bet. You somehow managed to get into first place? The AI overtakes you right before the finish line, beating you be 4 milliseconds. Good times! It has nothing to do with your skill, but only how the scripted enemy behavior plays out.

    ---Conclusion---
    This game is NOT recommended - even if you liked NFS games before. The PC-port is especially bad and needs much work to meet common quality standards, but since the release was more than half a year ago, it doesn't seem very likely. I wish I could refund NFS Unbound - instead of owning a game I don't want to play.    … Expand
  26. idontknowwhoiam
    Jun 15, 2023
    4
    worst soundtrack ever, there's no option to turn off the driving effects which cause FPS drop, drifting physics is even worse than heat.
  27. megaD
    Jun 9, 2023
    8
    I like the Cartoon-style Graffiti overlay visuals. The controls are a bit stiff and feel awkward at the beginning but it's something I got used to. Other than that it's what I would expect from a Need for Speed game. Cops chasing you and racing. Solid game with nice graphics, sounds, and music (that one is a matter of taste though).
  28. Takuminightcore
    May 25, 2023
    10
    Need for speed unbound is a really great game for the PC. There was of course some optimization issues and bug issues but during the time when they released volume to those problems happen solved and it seems like they’re going to continue to make the game better, but as for the game itself, I think the story is pretty hilarious and the physics are definitely OK. I actually do like but INeed for speed unbound is a really great game for the PC. There was of course some optimization issues and bug issues but during the time when they released volume to those problems happen solved and it seems like they’re going to continue to make the game better, but as for the game itself, I think the story is pretty hilarious and the physics are definitely OK. I actually do like but I have to grip my car and follow the lines instead of the need for speed heat tradition break to drift that ghost games has been using sense need for speed hot pursuit 2010. There are definitely lots of improvements compared to heat but that’s for the game sense right now it’s definitely better than heat if you kind of put it as a overall so yeah it’s a good game. You should check it out. If you have EA play pro or use it with a discount key website.… Expand
  29. jarvitom
    May 22, 2023
    7
    Multiplayer part: dead, 16 player map lobbies, races with 2 people max, only grinding no real updates or motivation to play
    Singleplayer: solid gameplay, car handling, new effects are great, races are exciting. The racing maps are repetitive and the structure of the game is a bit boring, cops are OK sometimes annoying that you get max heat after 2 races, also 0 story. Graphics look good,    Multiplayer part: dead, 16 player map lobbies, races with 2 people max, only grinding no real updates or motivation to play
    Singleplayer: solid gameplay, car handling, new effects are great, races are exciting. The racing maps are repetitive and the structure of the game is a bit boring, cops are OK sometimes annoying that you get max heat after 2 races, also 0 story. Graphics look good, lot of cars. Overall enjoyed it but this could have been far greater with a little more thinking and design.    … Expand
  30. VanDerGame
    May 19, 2023
    1
    If you like Forza Horizon series you will probably hate this game, because driving is unrealistic and no fun. E-brake turns kill all the joy. I just can't stand it. The progress in the game is way too slow. Scoring cash is a chore. I got my Windows infected while trying to get a trainer to work, so that I wouldn't have to go through this sluggish cash earning, although I had never used aIf you like Forza Horizon series you will probably hate this game, because driving is unrealistic and no fun. E-brake turns kill all the joy. I just can't stand it. The progress in the game is way too slow. Scoring cash is a chore. I got my Windows infected while trying to get a trainer to work, so that I wouldn't have to go through this sluggish cash earning, although I had never used a cheat in NFS games. This is how bad it is.

    Thank you EA for letting me play this for 10 hours with Game Pass. I only needed 5 hours to get bored. Bring us NFS Underground 3 with realistic driving experience.    … Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 21
  3. Negative: 1 out of 21
  1. PCMag
    Jan 11, 2023
    60
    Need for Speed Unbound is a beautiful street racing game that features a cool soundtrack and welcome cross-platform play, but frustrating car physics and CPU drivers sully the experience.
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  2. Worth Playing
    Jan 3, 2023
    80
    Need for Speed Unbound is a solid comeback for the series, provided you can deal with some potential annoyances. The risk/reward system functions well in creating tension during all parts of a race, but the grind is an annoyance until you get better cars or parts for your initial ride. The presence of elements borrowed from other racing titles is done well enough, but the story can be a chore to sit through if you aren't already using this slang every day. Overall, Unbound is a solid racing title that should hopefully start bringing the series back to prominence.
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  3. Edge Magazine
    Dec 29, 2022
    70
    Unbound is ultimately and encouraging statement of intent, demonstrating that Criterion is not afraid to tinker with established formula. [Issue#380, p.114]
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