Need for Speed

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  1. Botanistaken
    Sep 8, 2023
    0
    THIS GAME IS NOT WORTH YOUR TIME. Cant skip cutscenes(almost 10min boring pre recorded videos). cant change the settings without going into garage lol. literally unplayable with keyboard, cant proceed to play without the windows screen keyboard thing. crashes when alt-tabbed.
  2. xcale
    Mar 6, 2023
    4
    As a long time gamer I can easily say this is a Need For Speed you will be playing just not to say I didn't play. Again another **** arcade.
  3. Giero
    Jan 4, 2023
    4
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  4. Kreinnar
    Nov 29, 2022
    0
    One of the Classical Electronic Arts games. 0 gameplay, 0 story, 0 modify, 3 graphics.
  5. DR77
    Oct 6, 2022
    0
    Este juego tiene toooodo lo malo, que puede tener un juego de NFS. La condiccion es horrible, la historia es horrible y sin duda alguna la edicion de vehiculo deja muuucho que desear.
  6. FathersSons
    Oct 23, 2021
    2
    Difficult driving
    Small car fleet: why have 3 identical cars? Not an interesting plot
  7. Legion14169
    Jul 14, 2021
    0
    I made an account just to review this game that's how frustrating it is, not that anyone or EA in particular will care. I bought this game on PC for nostalgia and despite being advertised as fully supporting controllers, they don't work. Apparently this is a common problem since there are many discussion topics on it, unfortunately none of the 'fixes' worked for me. Not that the usersI made an account just to review this game that's how frustrating it is, not that anyone or EA in particular will care. I bought this game on PC for nostalgia and despite being advertised as fully supporting controllers, they don't work. Apparently this is a common problem since there are many discussion topics on it, unfortunately none of the 'fixes' worked for me. Not that the users should have to find workaround fixes for a game put out by such a huge company.

    I can't play the game to judge any of it's reviewed positive or negative aspects, so it's a zero from me.    … Expand
  8. FRIST_008
    Jun 14, 2021
    4
    нет, нет, нет, и ещё раз нет, никогда не пробуйте эту игру, в ней нет ничего
  9. Labitoku
    Mar 21, 2021
    4
    Absolutely gorgeous game, with a complete customization system, but there isn't anything more.
    No sense of speed, a very annoying camera, flavorless driving (with both turning and drifting laborious), cringe unskippable cutscenes...
    Need for speed, sure, but after playing it. You should play any Forza Horizon game instead, this is an arcade driving disappointment. Not for driving    Absolutely gorgeous game, with a complete customization system, but there isn't anything more.
    No sense of speed, a very annoying camera, flavorless driving (with both turning and drifting laborious), cringe unskippable cutscenes...
    Need for speed, sure, but after playing it. You should play any Forza Horizon game instead, this is an arcade driving disappointment. Not for driving enthusiasts. Perhaps photography ones.    … Expand
  10. ErickPhoenix
    Mar 7, 2021
    4
    This game deservers a remaster just as much as World War II

    If you want to play a good game, buy NFS Heat
  11. DonkDavid
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    THIS GAME SUCKS! The controls don't even work and the cutscenes are too long. The game is not even fun.
  12. KnightThunder2
    Jun 30, 2020
    0
    Why did I even buy it? Worse than Payback. Nothing is good about this game. DON'T BUY IT.
  13. crossovokelite
    Jun 23, 2020
    3
    Idk, how much was I playing this game, maybe about 5 hours. I have no words. It's 2020 and the game still has problems with texture bug. It's impossible to continue playing because of this problem. Graphics are good, tuning also, maybe soundtrack is good, but not the game. Make me change my mind?
  14. BestNoob
    May 7, 2020
    1
    Ich bin echt geschockt gewesen, als ich das die letzten Tage wieder gespielt habe.

    Auch hier weis ich gar nicht wo ich anfangen soll, bei meinem Unverständnis gegenüber EA und deren Studios, dass sie nicht in der Lage sind auch nur ein gescheites NFS raus zu bringen, oder dem Spiel selbst welches ich als Billig Trash ohne Inhalt und mit viel Bugs bezeichnen würde. Ich spare mir die    Ich bin echt geschockt gewesen, als ich das die letzten Tage wieder gespielt habe.

    Auch hier weis ich gar nicht wo ich anfangen soll, bei meinem Unverständnis gegenüber EA und deren Studios, dass sie nicht in der Lage sind auch nur ein gescheites NFS raus zu bringen, oder dem Spiel selbst welches ich als Billig Trash ohne Inhalt und mit viel Bugs bezeichnen würde.

    Ich spare mir die Mühe einen ausführlichen Test zu schreiben.

    Rate aber jedem davon ab, das Spiel für zu viel Geld zu kaufen.

    Meine Empfehlung ist NFS:UG1 & NFS:UG2 oder Most Wanted 2005 mit HD Texture Mod, Widescreen und LAN Patch Gameranger als VPN Software für den Multiplayer.

    - Haufen Bugs, die nie behoben werden

    - fehlender Spielspaß

    - fehlende Balance

    - fehlender Fahrspaß

    - Keine Herausforderungen

    - Zu viele Effekte auf dem Bildschirm    … Expand
  15. Succinate
    Sep 26, 2019
    0
    Невероятно плохая игра, в которой плохо все: начиная от графики и управления и заканчивая обычной ездой по городу. Я бы поставил отрицательную оценку, но такой нет. Очень жаль потраченных денег!
  16. Ceziy
    Jun 19, 2019
    3
    Bad game optimization. Permanent internet connection. The world of games doesn’t get overloaded, cars constantly fall under the textures. Awful management response, sometimes the car just drives like a train. I do not recommend buying.
  17. symmetriebruch
    Oct 19, 2018
    0
    wow it´s hard to believe how terrible this game actually is. imagine somebody actually thought this was a good idea? yeah lt them be always online even if they wanna play offline. yeah great idea. and how about not beeing able to pause the game even in offline mode so it feels just like beeing online what people obviously want when they choose to play single player. and how about puttingwow it´s hard to believe how terrible this game actually is. imagine somebody actually thought this was a good idea? yeah lt them be always online even if they wanna play offline. yeah great idea. and how about not beeing able to pause the game even in offline mode so it feels just like beeing online what people obviously want when they choose to play single player. and how about putting an ugly grain filter over everything people love a grainy image. and wouldn´t it be a great idea to hire the worst actors we can find and make them put on some redicoulous soap opera style overacting. on top of that let´s plaster everything with with hashtags yeah that´s so cool these days.
    everything about this game is unappealing and uninviting the world it creats is ugly and cheap and everything seems like it was cooked up in a board meeting vy executives of whom none had actually ever played a game. to be honest i played this pile of rubbish for about ten minutes in which i sat through the awful acting. i couldn´t even finish the first race i finished first and then the others parked there and nothing happened then a timer came up and the race restartet and the same happened again. i paid 5 dollars for this stinking pile of manure on ebay because i heard how terrible it was and wanted to check it for myself. but even that was way too much. just imagine paying full prive for this **** festival. this game is hust a very bad joke    … Expand
  18. Tigran
    Feb 1, 2018
    3
    The only good thing I can say about this game is its graphics.
    Very much disappointed by the rest, especially the driving experience, which is awfully disgusting.
    Downloaded 2 times, played for 2-3 hours each time, got sick of it, uninstalled, tried to forget the damage to my love for the NFS game series...
  19. alex21px
    Dec 16, 2017
    0
    ALWAYS ONLINE
    Terrible story, caracters and cutscenes in between gameplay. SKIP SKIP and SKIP. Never cared about any of the characters after the intro, they got boring after a minute
    ALWAYS ONLINE Cars handle like lorries or school buses, with very little to distinguish them. Older titles did it better ALWAYS ONLINE Rubber-band AI, in 2015... ALWAYS ONLINE Night time only. Older    ALWAYS ONLINE
    Terrible story, caracters and cutscenes in between gameplay. SKIP SKIP and SKIP. Never cared about any of the characters after the intro, they got boring after a minute
    ALWAYS ONLINE
    Cars handle like lorries or school buses, with very little to distinguish them. Older titles did it better
    ALWAYS ONLINE
    Rubber-band AI, in 2015...
    ALWAYS ONLINE
    Night time only. Older titles, aka MW2012 had night and day, but it has been a while since the NFS franchise has shown any progress from one game to another than better graphics.
    ALWAYS ONLINE
    No pause key. HAIL PROGRESS!!!
    ALWAYS ONLINE
    Loading times.
    ALWAYS ONLINE
    EA
    ALWAYS ONLINE

    Seriously now, It's hard to imagine that older and wonderfull NFS titles from 10 years ago and beyond share the same name than this... thing. If NFS Payback is half as bad as this one this franchise is dead    … Expand
  20. Hoerli
    Nov 8, 2017
    1
    Das schlimmste NFS aller Zeiten.
    Die Story ist grottig, die Schauspieler peinlich und das Handling erst ….
    Ich brauch einen Eimer! Die Story ist ein reiner Witz. So peinlich und vor lauter Fremdschämen nicht ertragbar. Daher hab ich alles übersprungen, was möglich war. Zwar sieht es ganz gut aus und der Ton ist auch toll, das war es aber auch. Das Handling ist unter aller Kanone.    Das schlimmste NFS aller Zeiten.
    Die Story ist grottig, die Schauspieler peinlich und das Handling erst ….
    Ich brauch einen Eimer!

    Die Story ist ein reiner Witz. So peinlich und vor lauter Fremdschämen nicht ertragbar.
    Daher hab ich alles übersprungen, was möglich war.
    Zwar sieht es ganz gut aus und der Ton ist auch toll, das war es aber auch.
    Das Handling ist unter aller Kanone. Die Steuerung ist so schwamming, das man in jeder Kurve richtung Wand fährt und diese auch des öfteren näher kennen lernt.
    Das Auto versucht dich immer zu unterstützen, um auf der Straße zu bleiben. Das hilft aber beim Spiele nichts.
    Zusätzlich schaltet die Steuerung automatischen zwischen Grip-Modus und Drift-Modus um. Das regt tierisch auf und kann NICHT abgestellt werden. Das umschalten geht dann auch mehrere Sekunden. Wer also von einem schönen drift in den nächsten will, landet an der Wand.

    Das Tuning ist auch ein Witz. Erst groß angekündigt und dann kann man ein Teil nur gegen 2 – 5 andere austauschen.
    Das ist definitiv KEIN Carbon-Tuning!

    Empfehlenswert?
    Definitiv NICHT!    … Expand
  21. shiverr
    Nov 8, 2017
    3
    The game is truly awful. It's quite visually appealing, sound effects are ok, but everything else is just plain bad.

    Gameplay is horrible, driving physics are the worst I've ever seen, even games from early 90's did better job and implemented more intuitive car handling. It seems that NFS's car can either be glued to the road or slide in counter-intuitive drift. Scratching road barrier    The game is truly awful. It's quite visually appealing, sound effects are ok, but everything else is just plain bad.

    Gameplay is horrible, driving physics are the worst I've ever seen, even games from early 90's did better job and implemented more intuitive car handling. It seems that NFS's car can either be glued to the road or slide in counter-intuitive drift. Scratching road barrier might do nothing or slow down you really a lot. AI is garbage, there is no fun in racing against opponents that don't follow the same game rules as player. Their cars behave differently, rubber banding is atrocious, doesn't matter how well you drive, if you go full speed, keep leading position for most of the time, it's still possible to get overtook right before finish line for no apparent reason.

    The next thing is track path indicator - it has too short draw range, which makes you too much focused on the blue arrows than the race itself, it shows the path that is nowhere close to optimal route, it wiggles time to time for no reason and leads to major confusions, it's often not visible due to ludicrous camera placement in TPP view.

    Visual aspect of the game is good, but often it's too dark to notice game breaking elements on the road, so you will crash on them a lot. Actually crashing in this game doesn't feel right, it's either because you didn't notice the obstacle (or couldn't see it because of camera placement), got unlucky and be struck by traffic member or other player or the game will randomly freez or lag. It never feels it was your mistake, even if you drove too fast, it can be blamed on retarded car behavior.

    Cutscenes are horrible as well, there is nothing interesting about your new "friends", the dialogues (monologues? your character never speaks, which might be actually a good thing since I won't despise him) are dull, shallow and just cringy. From technical point of view - the game runs quite well, but it often freezes and black out, I can't make it run on full screen on windows 8, always online makes game lag time to time (despite my connection being fine).    … Expand
  22. kkarote
    Nov 1, 2017
    4
    unfinished game, bad optimization for gamepad, long loading screen, bad multiplayer its already a year since its release and there are no changes.
    I want my money back!
  23. 44JAX44
    Jul 5, 2017
    3
    This game started on a solid 7/10 for me, lots of work was put in it clearly, great graphics, nice arcady gameplay with fine tunes and customizations, well executed story. Playing through the game was very chilly and easy although the world is really small but it's packed with races and events.
    Two annoying bugs in this game, the first one being achievements doesn't unlock if you had    This game started on a solid 7/10 for me, lots of work was put in it clearly, great graphics, nice arcady gameplay with fine tunes and customizations, well executed story. Playing through the game was very chilly and easy although the world is really small but it's packed with races and events.
    Two annoying bugs in this game, the first one being achievements doesn't unlock if you had connxn issues on the time of unlock and second the world sometimes takes lots of time to load although my system is good for the game, this bug isn't a big issue throughout the game since it is easy.
    The big problem of the game is the prestige mode, you replay all the story races on an extremely hard difficulty just to get 2 achievements and that combined with the two bugs I mentioned above remove the entertainment factor of the game and makes it a rage fest and a very cheap way to make you play the game if you're an achievement hunter plus support seems to have abandoned it and they are not fixing bugs anymore and that is an issue I had in shift2, most wanted, and rivals had an issue in each of these games that wasn't fixed because the games were abandoned. For me there is no way in hell I would reconsider buying a new NFS.    … Expand
  24. ScrewEA
    Jun 5, 2017
    4
    I have never reviewed anything on metacritic before but **** dude. this game pisses me the **** off, every time iam racing and i have the lead, the textures in the game will despawn, i tried to see if ther was anyway to fix it but all i got was either your connection or just get a ****ing better pc, iam running on a GTX 960, i7, 18GB of RAM and the despawning **** is still there. I triedI have never reviewed anything on metacritic before but **** dude. this game pisses me the **** off, every time iam racing and i have the lead, the textures in the game will despawn, i tried to see if ther was anyway to fix it but all i got was either your connection or just get a ****ing better pc, iam running on a GTX 960, i7, 18GB of RAM and the despawning **** is still there. I tried to overlook this problem by slowing down when i have the lead and letting the texture load but by the time its done, the other ****ers behind my ass already passed me miles away. This game has been out for a solid 2 years and still faces the same problem. but other then that one downflaw that breaks the ****ing game, it's a pretty good game. regardless, Go **** yourself EA.… Expand
  25. ZedClampet
    Apr 23, 2017
    0
    Abysmal. Tried getting it to run on Dualshock. First of all, having a controller connected disconnects mouse and keyboard controls so you have to struggle through menus. Second of all, if you add your controller after starting the game, it won't recognize it, causing you to have to start over. I shut down and started over 4 times trying to get it to work. There are unskippable logos, andAbysmal. Tried getting it to run on Dualshock. First of all, having a controller connected disconnects mouse and keyboard controls so you have to struggle through menus. Second of all, if you add your controller after starting the game, it won't recognize it, causing you to have to start over. I shut down and started over 4 times trying to get it to work. There are unskippable logos, and a painfully idiotic unskippable cutscene at the beginning that I've sat through 4 times and will have to sit through it again if I decide to try one more time. My co-op partner, who was playing with an Xbox controller, didn't have any problems getting set up, but then fell through the map on the first race. Beautiful… Expand
  26. LaszloR1
    Apr 16, 2017
    3
    The concept wouldn't be that bad, since everyone wanted this type of game for a long time, but the game lacks cars and customization so much, a better wrap editor with better tools, eg: lining up two lines. The cars aren't that bad, but mediocre. I would love to see a more of a Gran Turismo approach where they license more cars, I don't want 9 types of Nissan Silvias, but at least haveThe concept wouldn't be that bad, since everyone wanted this type of game for a long time, but the game lacks cars and customization so much, a better wrap editor with better tools, eg: lining up two lines. The cars aren't that bad, but mediocre. I would love to see a more of a Gran Turismo approach where they license more cars, I don't want 9 types of Nissan Silvias, but at least have most of them. I would rather see 1000 cars where I don't use most of them, than not having any of my favourite cars. The best option would be somewhere in the middle, with S13, S14, 15 and skyline R32, R33, R34 and FC and FD RX7s. What we have now is not enough and sadly GT Sport is going with the less car route too, but that's a story for another day. They should put on at least 5 body kits on every car and 5 options for everything at least, even if it is not official, but make some generic ones. The map is way too small for a game like this, the next should have a bigger map, with not just the city and a bit of a mountain pass, but with deserts, rural areas, mountain roads, etc, just like in the Crew. For me the main thing that ruined the game was the handling, what were they thinking? This is the worst handling I've ever encountered in years, they should make a new one that is more realistic than this. The best would be an arcade-sim crossing in my opinion, because it gives the players a bit more realistic feel to the game, while not making it too hard for casuals to play without any racing experience. The rubber banding is just the frosting on the cake, I can't believe that this piece of junk game mechanic still exists, also make a better Ai, because this one is horrible, this game is like a worse version of the Crew, which had nearly as bad handling as this, but far more serious rubber banding. I didn't pay the full price for this game thankfully, I bought it on a sale last week, but the game just isn't worth a 60 euro price, but not even 30. The story is really bad, it is like it doesn't exist, they should try something like the NFSMW-Carbon story, or the U and U2 one if they really want one. The game has zero replay value and for the starter cars. What were they thinking? The only reasonable choice is the foxbody mustang which i can see as a starter car, but come one a BRZ? That is a 30000$ car! And the almighty Civic TypeR, a great car and all, but they are rare and usually go for 10000$, they should go back and look at the old starter cars from MW and Underground 1 and 2. In U2 you could choose a Corolla AE86, a Miata, a 240sx, Peugeot 206, Ford Focus and a regular (Not TypeR!) civic. In MW you could choose an IS300, a Golf or a Punto. These cars are supposed to be cheap, a TypeR civic and a BRZ is not.

    TL;DR: The game doesn't worth your money.    … Expand
  27. EasternUNO
    Apr 11, 2017
    4
    I don't like this game so much, I can mostly agree with people here and when I bought this game, there were couple of things I really hate.

    1) Probably the most annoying thing in this game are those fu#*ing and annoying mobile phones and after every race you have to answer it and pay attention to it. 2) After tuning (many parts locked) when I wanted to see this car on the street, I    I don't like this game so much, I can mostly agree with people here and when I bought this game, there were couple of things I really hate.

    1) Probably the most annoying thing in this game are those fu#*ing and annoying mobile phones and after every race you have to answer it and pay attention to it.

    2) After tuning (many parts locked) when I wanted to see this car on the street, I could see s#it, because this game is permanently in dark, so if you won't put some light colors like white or yellow, you won't see nothing...

    Then I don't like cops, because AI is really very stupid, they never catch you and globally this game is not worth buying it. It might be fun for very short time, but NFSMW is still the best episode ))    … Expand
  28. sereniel21
    Jan 21, 2017
    2
    A clear and resounding no. Not worth time, money. Not worth trying via Origin Access.

    The graphics look like everything you've seen already and bring nothing special. There are older games out there that make cars and the environment look better. The story could be bearable if the cars were driveable. Considering the overuse of slang and cheap jokes and fist bumping the targeted    A clear and resounding no. Not worth time, money. Not worth trying via Origin Access.

    The graphics look like everything you've seen already and bring nothing special. There are older games out there that make cars and the environment look better.

    The story could be bearable if the cars were driveable. Considering the overuse of slang and cheap jokes and fist bumping the targeted audience must be people below 10 years old.

    Cars are undriveable. Even if cars become better with progression (not sure thats the case) driving is such a painfull and annoying experience because the cars seem to be having a mind of their own. Tuning helps a little, but not in any significant way.

    I wanted to play the game even so. But what made make this MC account were the little things that really pushed the button. Firstly its the controls. Its become intuitive to press ESC to reach a menu. Not in NFS 2016. To reach the menu you have to press Backspace. Sure... you can change that right? Nope. Cant change it... Sure there are a bunch of annoying tips jumping in your face but they never explain how to reach the phone menu which even tough you went through all your messages seems to constantly show that you have new messages.

    Let me also mention the developers endeavour to cause epileptic attacks. Each time you encounter police you will be stunned with bright flashes of light which will make you look away after experiencing searing pain in your eyes. The game is dark, flashes are bright white, red and blue.

    After all this wrestling with my car, my keyboard and the visuals I've managed to get to the starting point of a race. I drive up, want to start the race, press several keys I now know to be related to executing actions in this witty installment and all I get is a message all over the screen in bright red: "Turn your car to start the race". Turn your car around? Seriuosly??? Even though starting a race is followed by a loading screen and you dont really start at the same spot you've entered the event? So why would I need to turn my car around? Why?

    Sigh... I'm glad I've tried it through Access at least I didn't pay the full price...    … Expand
  29. Yoghurt4C
    Dec 6, 2016
    4
    I'm sick and tired of this game. I've clocked 26 hours into it and MAN does it take a dive (not even a dive, more like a straight down fall) in quality around 10 hours in.
    Don' even try to play it on an HDD. You're going to fall under the terrain every other race. The loading times are just atrocious. Thanks denuvo!
    Driving physics are retarded and the controls are floaty and    I'm sick and tired of this game. I've clocked 26 hours into it and MAN does it take a dive (not even a dive, more like a straight down fall) in quality around 10 hours in.
    Don' even try to play it on an HDD. You're going to fall under the terrain every other race. The loading times are just atrocious. Thanks denuvo!
    Driving physics are retarded and the controls are floaty and unresponsive - this feels like "what if mario kart had a 1,5 second selay on every input". The crash """"feature"""" doesn't help, because on higher speeds every bump has a 75% chance to send you into 4 seconds - 2 MINUTES of waiting for the game to put you back on the road. Disgusting.
    This game is insultingly bad, and if you ignore the flaws it's actually great! ...Too bad you can't ignore them because you're reminded how bad the game is every second of playing it!    … Expand
  30. corcodicius
    Oct 2, 2016
    1
    nice graphic and thats the single good things in this so called game. no story at all, crap AI, crap gameplay, crap control, crap comunity that almost all the time ruin your race. somehow i accepted all those craping things remembered here hopeing i can at least finish this **** if i alkready buy it. no chance, drag and drift race are in best case scenario a stupid joke. crying for mynice graphic and thats the single good things in this so called game. no story at all, crap AI, crap gameplay, crap control, crap comunity that almost all the time ruin your race. somehow i accepted all those craping things remembered here hopeing i can at least finish this **** if i alkready buy it. no chance, drag and drift race are in best case scenario a stupid joke. crying for my money wasted on this ****… Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 23 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. CD-Action
    May 30, 2016
    60
    The PC version of NfS is the prettiest of them all, but it is the same game with all its flaws, including horrible AI that sucks all satisfaction out of races (even if you stop completely, your rivals will wait for you) and scarce content that leaves you with nothing to do after around 12 hours. [05/2016, p.53]
  2. PC Gamer
    May 21, 2016
    50
    The series leaves its garage looking even worse than when it went in. Decent handling doesnt save it.
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  3. PC PowerPlay
    May 9, 2016
    50
    Yeah it looks amazing but [*FISTBUMPS*] do not a good racing game make. [Issue#250, p.69]
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