Need for Speed Payback

 PlayStation 4
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4.3

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 1372 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 426 out of 1372
  2. Mixed: 202 out of 1372
  3. Negative: 744 out of 1372
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  1. Jimmy23
    Jun 21, 2023
    0
    Just one single word - OFF-ROAD! Why dis game so hard, even if you play on easy level!
  2. miguelreyes_12
    May 8, 2023
    4
    Decent Game-play and Driving. Ugly graphics and campaign. Also, Micro-transaction system from a free-to-play title implemented into a AAA? NFS Payback is just not a good experience
  3. jaidynkracke09
    Mar 25, 2023
    0
    2 words, loot boxes. because of these horrid things ea ruins a game. only this is no battle game, no its a driving game. buy a amazon fire rather then this crap
    4 words too ea get rid of loot boxes
  4. jaidynkracke
    Feb 27, 2023
    0
    Never play this bougous it's not worth it, arrest my case zero enjoyment in all aspects zero!
  5. watchoutch02
    Nov 29, 2022
    0
    This game is utter poop. I finally had a chance to get it for free with ps plus. It's plain bad. So repetitive, physics are bad, tuning is stupid... I just don't know what to say. This game p**ssed me off on so many levels, starting with the damn rocks and poles on the side of the roads, cars and bad handling.
    A bad mix that just makes me want to give this game a ZERO.
    I'm glad I stopped    This game is utter poop. I finally had a chance to get it for free with ps plus. It's plain bad. So repetitive, physics are bad, tuning is stupid... I just don't know what to say. This game p**ssed me off on so many levels, starting with the damn rocks and poles on the side of the roads, cars and bad handling.
    A bad mix that just makes me want to give this game a ZERO.
    I'm glad I stopped buying nfs products right after Shift.    … Expand
  6. Razorxide
    Nov 19, 2022
    4
    Nfs serisi gerçekten vakit kaybı ve beğenmedim başarısız bir oyun olmuş
  7. skckv
    Nov 6, 2022
    1
    Привет, менеджеры по продвижению и прочие гады в галстуках, считающие деньги. Вы дети больной собаки, наверно ни*yя в этой жизни кроме денег и не видете. Все жизни важны. Не только жизни нигеров. И за каким хером мне, заплатившиму за эту игру, видеть как вы на это надрачиваете? Отсюда и еденица.Привет, менеджеры по продвижению и прочие гады в галстуках, считающие деньги. Вы дети больной собаки, наверно ни*yя в этой жизни кроме денег и не видете. Все жизни важны. Не только жизни нигеров. И за каким хером мне, заплатившиму за эту игру, видеть как вы на это надрачиваете? Отсюда и еденица.
  8. Galang94
    Oct 24, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Game kontol anjing, pakai mustang udah hampir lvl 300 bisa kalah. Harus grinding lagi game kampang… Expand
  9. Kampfbiest0072
    Jul 5, 2022
    0
    This game was ruined by EA's greed like so many others. While the game is nothing special anyway and the "biggest map of any NFS" is just like that because it's set in a desert with very few streets in such a way that you know the entire map before you are half through with the bad campaign, the slot machine reward system for the special items and the literal Las Vegas slot machine upgradeThis game was ruined by EA's greed like so many others. While the game is nothing special anyway and the "biggest map of any NFS" is just like that because it's set in a desert with very few streets in such a way that you know the entire map before you are half through with the bad campaign, the slot machine reward system for the special items and the literal Las Vegas slot machine upgrade system should be illegal as they are promoting child gambling by selling this game to children. The gameplay is nothing much to speak of and the upgrade system has you either grind for ages to hopefully get lucky on the slot machine so your cars get faster or, guess what, buy micro transactions. I'll say it again, this game should be illegal. I got this game on ps plus and I'm glad for it because EA doesn't deserve a single penny for this game and will not get a single penny from me.… Expand
  10. dorukthenoob
    Feb 1, 2022
    2
    Car handling sucks, you feel like driving a f***ing butter . Go and play old need for speed games, or any racing game. They are better than this game in every way.
  11. Allex212
    Dec 15, 2021
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Not good. Very frustrating.................................................… Expand
  12. Aoimina
    Nov 28, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Господи, дали это полное b убогое не игра бесплатно в ps store. Я пожалел в 100 раз, что играл в неё. Ну тут просто Г! Потратил время в пустую...… Expand
  13. Juanoldead
    Nov 17, 2021
    3
    Perdón, pero la jugabilidad es horrible. Una hora de juego me bastó para saberlo. Que vuelvan las mecanicas de los Need for Speed anteriores.
  14. KeyserSoze94
    Oct 16, 2021
    1
    This game just don't have any sense of exist, worse racing game ever seen by years.
  15. Acrylic_polka
    Oct 4, 2021
    0
    Полная хуйня я даже не знаю что сказать могу ещё добавить что эти дауны добавили для Драг машин дрифт сука трассу
  16. stasweb
    Aug 19, 2021
    3
    I like the world of this game, it's pretty. Nice cars, nice tuning. Aside from upgrade cards this game has just ugly handling for offroad racing. Some races are just annoying, who the f* though that sprint race on a drag car is cool? You exit the corner and car loosing grip on the font tires because of wheelie.
  17. Maurer
    Jul 12, 2021
    1
    Piece of crap. Steering model is bullsh*t, story is boring, characters are even more boring. Only the graphics are okay. The world is kinda poor by making it justa desert with a city. Desert can be nice and enteraining but not here.
  18. vinnamaral
    Jun 18, 2021
    4
    The game has a lot of bugs, like crashes and the floating car before a run. All the challenges are almost all the same. The game forces you to run and run again in order to progress (or you can use real money to buy lootboxes). The game physics is stupid. Furthermore, the difficult of the game are always the same: hard. It doesn't matter if you chose easy, normal or hard.
  19. PiXiL
    May 14, 2021
    1
    Enjoyed the cars and racing, but the game falls short of everything else. Pro's: • Car selection (though locked out of 1/4 of them as they're paid DLC).
    • Racing can be enjoyable when alone. • Nice to see different terrain now; road and off-road.
    Cons: • A feeble attempt at story telling that makes no sense at all. It's be better if it wasn't even in, it's unfinished. • Cheating AI    Enjoyed the cars and racing, but the game falls short of everything else. Pro's: • Car selection (though locked out of 1/4 of them as they're paid DLC).
    • Racing can be enjoyable when alone. • Nice to see different terrain now; road and off-road.

    Cons:
    • A feeble attempt at story telling that makes no sense at all. It's be better if it wasn't even in, it's unfinished.
    • Cheating AI because they're too dimly coded; half crash into the environment and get stuff. The other time you'll be encouraging them to crash. • Loot boxes and DLC built in. The whole game was built on this mechanic. • Frustrating bugs. The worst offender was the skybox/lighting flashing through the terrain blinding me every few seconds. If you don't like flashes it has them for every checkpoint and race ending too; awful. • The main menu music starts off good and just when you think there might be a drop it starts playing it's own funeral with an organ... A personal opinion, but it's bad.
    • Most of the song are trash. There's fake gamer girl music that I skip every time it plays as it's ridiculously annoying. There's also a song about killing white men, like wtf? I don't want to get political, but the game advertises BLM on the splash screen which I'm all for, but diversity and equality goes both ways or none at all.
    • Repetition to gain part cards and money. A real grind. • The car they tease you with isn't even part of an end mission or given to you. It's unlocked at the shop, which just makes the game feel rushed and unfinished. The female driver of the trio of characters doesn't even star in the end mission?    … Expand
  20. nathanbrinker
    Apr 14, 2021
    3
    Ok game but the tradition is so horrable that sandpaper makes your car spin out and EA doesn't care.
  21. LesandroBonucci
    Mar 29, 2021
    4
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  22. venom1ru
    Mar 26, 2021
    1
    The most boring game in the whole world. Car physics deserves a special place in hell.
  23. Christian-
    Mar 14, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Muy estupido el modo todo terreno se pierde toda la magia inclusive poniendo en modo fácil es un buen juego pero con esos detalles tan pésimos lo arruinan… Expand
  24. rmcf13
    Mar 12, 2021
    0
    Terrible offroad races, where car handling is as good as Bambi on ice! Infuriating AI that loves to ram you all the time
  25. Billferd
    Feb 17, 2021
    0
    Absolute garbage. I've never seen such wasted potential in a game be ruined by such simple things like NOT aiming your car at a wall when you spawn. Completed storyline, did speedlists(worse than the actual game) and specifically started this account just to write this review. Maybe I'll save the next poor soul dumb enough to download this washed up racing game.
  26. alank8704
    Feb 7, 2021
    3
    The game is trash it's so focused on micro transactions. I couldn't even finish the game because I cant keep up with other people even on easy. Im not the best driver but still a decent one I have been playing the crew 2 for 2 years and Im great over there and not imagine a new player playing nfs payback. They could never complete it without spending real money but I wasn't going to doThe game is trash it's so focused on micro transactions. I couldn't even finish the game because I cant keep up with other people even on easy. Im not the best driver but still a decent one I have been playing the crew 2 for 2 years and Im great over there and not imagine a new player playing nfs payback. They could never complete it without spending real money but I wasn't going to do that so I just left. Its so sad the executives at Ea like they got all the money but it doesn't change how sad those people are.… Expand
  27. sharpIIIS2
    Jan 10, 2021
    0
    The game has been released for years.
    But still got trophies issues.
    Genius developers decided to make tons of challenges for player to do but forgot that there are NPC all over a road.
    The story is boring AF. Please don't buy the game,or event playing it.
  28. serges17
    Dec 21, 2020
    4
    This game shouldn´t even be free to play, I got it from from PS Plus as one of the monthly free games and I have to say is terrible, has a lot of issues and some of them in my opinion are unforgivable for a racing game:

    - No cockpit view - No rearview available in first person mode - Runs at 30 fps, any racing game should run at 60 fps - Cluttered menus, they are just a mess that    This game shouldn´t even be free to play, I got it from from PS Plus as one of the monthly free games and I have to say is terrible, has a lot of issues and some of them in my opinion are unforgivable for a racing game:

    - No cockpit view
    - No rearview available in first person mode
    - Runs at 30 fps, any racing game should run at 60 fps
    - Cluttered menus, they are just a mess that invites me to stop playing the game
    - The meters are terrble, and you can´t change the way they look
    - The cards feature to improve the card is just a mess, it´s unnecesary and a poor excuse to
    - ¡The game doesn´t let you remap the buttons! You only have like 3 predefined setups to choose from, and all of them are counterintuitive if you play with manual transmision.

    I like arcade racing games, and that kind of games in order to be good they need to keeps things simple, the controls setup, the way you can improve your car and the way you progress, not cluttering the screen with menus and adding stupid gameplay mechanics that complicates car tuning.    … Expand
  29. Anuj3w
    Dec 18, 2020
    0
    AI is pathetic, can't finish off road missions.
    Don't buy this game. On easy difficulty some missions are very hard that u will get struck and have to quit the game.
    Made a mistake buying this game, have to quit in the middle because of difficulty. Never buying any EA game again
  30. 1337ess
    Dec 11, 2020
    0
    Give my money back!! Unplayable piece of **** with a cringy fast&furious style story.
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#19 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2017
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#24 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2017

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61

Mixed or average reviews - based on 59 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 59
  2. Mixed: 36 out of 59
  3. Negative: 9 out of 59
  1. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Feb 6, 2018
    70
    Ticks all the boxes and delivers a decent, playable experience, but it's hugely derivative and feels far too familiar, especially if you've played The Crew. [Jan 2017, p.92]
  2. games(TM)
    Dec 31, 2017
    40
    An infuriating slog hurt by its own structure. [Issue#195, p.80]
  3. The Digital Fix
    Dec 15, 2017
    60
    If you stick with it you'll find a decent racer here but getting past the inane narrative, broken progression systems and longing for racers past takes some doing.
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