Need for Speed: Rivals

1. mracof

   Nov 15, 2013

   10

   Best auto game ever! Works like a charm on PS4. I'm really impressed with the gameplay and the graphics. The multyplayer is very entertaining.Best auto game ever! Works like a charm on PS4. I'm really impressed with the gameplay and the graphics. The multyplayer is very entertaining. A small downside, but nothing to make me not to rate this at 10, are the fps lock at 30. EA execceded my expectations with this new NFS.… Expand

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2. Austin36Ween

   Feb 3, 2023

   9

   Let me start by saying this was the first PS4 game I ever bought, and for a good reason. There are a lot of people who would say this game isLet me start by saying this was the first PS4 game I ever bought, and for a good reason. There are a lot of people who would say this game is a let down, as it's the first Need for Speed game, let alone the first racing game on PS4. If you stop focusing on the little things that people constantly criticize, this game is amazing. First of all, the car list is great for what it is, the racing and driving is fun as well. A lot of players say the police are too aggressive, but I think it adds a nice sense of challenge and thrill to the gameplay experience. The weapons are so much fun to use and the map isn't half bad. Overall, I really think any racing or need for speed fan would really like this game.… Expand

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4. nfs7379

   Sep 4, 2022

   8

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5. JetsterDajet

   May 26, 2014

   7

   The Good
   NFSR brings what you've loved about previous Hot Pursuit games and adds a bit more. Being able to play as either the Cops or theThe Good
   NFSR brings what you've loved about previous Hot Pursuit games and adds a bit more. Being able to play as either the Cops or the Racers and develop each career definitely makes for many hours of fun racing. Monster car makes and models are included in the game. After each mission, you're guaranteed to level up and get a new car. This makes for very fun progression and the feeling to play "just one more" mission. The graphics are absolutely stunning, as to be expected for PS4, though so particle effects are a bit lacking.
   
   The Bad
   Playing as a Cop, you'd expect for your allies to, you know, be helpful. Apparently the developers didn't get the memo. Your Cop buddies will, all too commonly, make your mission harder than if they weren't there. When you're falling behind a suspect, don't be surprised to get rear-rammed by a pursuing Cop. If you're catching up to your suspect, you can be sure the Cops between you and your target will slow down and get in your way. It's very rare to ever see one of your cop allies actually catch up to a suspect, and when they do they usually don't do much but pace or gently sideswipe. On a few occasions, if I'm gaining on my suspect and going particularly fast (200+ MPH), I've had one of my Cop buddies literally spawn in front of me going 50 MPH. If I could make them go away I would.
   
   Events have a Gold, Silver and Bronze completion medals. Exceed all expectations and earn a Gold medal. However, I find 90% of my mission attempts either ending with a Gold medal... or the suspect "escaping." Usually the later -- there doesn't seem to be any in-between. If you get slowed down by pursuit tech, getting rammed by your cop buddies, or (oh, I'll get to it) civilian vehicles, it can be next to impossible to resume the pursuit. Firstly, the game is inconsistent in the way it sets you back on the road after a "wipe out" (hitting something so hard you have to sit through 5-6 seconds of cut scene as your vehicle thrashes about the road, all the while your suspect continues to flee at 200+ MPH). In some modes, you'll be put back on the road heading in the right direction. In other modes, after watching your "crash" cut scene, you're returned control of your vehicle wherever it came to rest (usually facing the wrong direction, or with the nose of you vehicle up against something). When this happens you can pretty much concede to the suspect escaping. Immensely frustrating.
   
   Finally, the game isn't able to single out any particular mission that you're trying to accomplish, even if you're doing an event. In a "Rapid Response" event, you need to get to the finish line as quickly as possible without hitting other vehicles or walls. Sounds easy, right? It wouldn't be so tricky -- if it weren't for that fact that the game in constantly spawning Racers and Cops everywhere -- all the time. I'm flying down the highway at 200 MPH, trying to "respond rapidly" and some racer thinks I want to pull him over, so he starts running away. "Oh, it's okay little Racer," I say, "today is not your day, I'm just going to 7-11." But no, the racer paces me, and rams me and then my Cop buddies show up and start ramming me. I'm just trying to get a Slurpee and a Gold medal, but no -- this has to happen. Once I got faster cars, I opted to start passing by these racers as quickly as I could, so as to not be interrupted by the hooplah -- but this usually results in me getting hit by pursuit tech by them. My ask is that once you start a mission, the game allows you to focus on that mission and not interrupt you with its terrible AI.
   
   The Ugly
   Two factors combined lead to a consistently aggravating game play experience. One is the lack of camera angles to choose from. You get two. In-car and fly-behind. That's it. The fly-behind angle is very low, and gives you an awful view of what's up ahead. In-car is even worse. There's a reason cops and robbers don't actually drive around at near sonic speeds -- because they'd run into something before they got too far. It's one of the main reasons you need a high and tight camera angle to play games like these and have any fun. It gives you enough time to see what's up ahead and react. Having only a single out-of-car camera angle is beyond frustrating. I think back back to Cruisin' USA for N64 and I'm pretty sure that had like 5. Give me a break over here.
   
   The second is the absolute stupidity of civilian vehicles. They're apparently driven by zombies because they make absolutely NO effort to get out of the way of speeding or siren-blaring vehicles. It's awful. And they always seem to pop up and the most inopportune time, such as at the crest of hills or blind turns you're drifting through.
   
   So, with a combination of a low camera angle, giving you poor visibly and cow-like civilian vehicles, you can pretty much expect to crash. And crash. And crash some more. And after you think you're done crashing, you'll crash again.… Expand

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6. Ginge_Unleashed

   Sep 16, 2014

   5

   I love driving games, I love the competition, the constant search for improvement, that 100th of a second by taking the corner perfectly,I love driving games, I love the competition, the constant search for improvement, that 100th of a second by taking the corner perfectly, braking as late as possible but still being able to make the bend. That's why when I got a PS4, granted, a bit late (April time) I had to pick up the only available racing game. Need for Speed Rivals.
   I found Rivals to be enjoyable to begin with, however the cheesy, and frankly terrible, story of "rivals becoming enemies" yada yada yada quickly became very off putting. The racing itself is quite good, however I feel a few features that have been in racing games for quite a while were missing, such as split times and lap races. For a games that tells you to try and beat your friends times constantly, it would be nice if we could see during races where we are losing time. Another pitfall that again felt fun to begin with but quickly became an annoyance was the weapons, most feel quite samey, it also seems that the enemies tend to seek you out more than the AI cars. The AI cars are also very quick to recover and break the concept of faster cars. You will see in races where you are on the straight going flat out in the fastest car in the game with Nitrous boosting you, other "slower" cars catching you up. This can be particularly annoying if you have spent an entire race in front, only to be overtaken by a car that is slower than you at the death. I played through the entire racer campaign, and completed every speed list on the cop campaign. The cop campaign did have a bit more enjoyment, purely because you got to wreck cars. Again though, this got old fast. The only reason I managed to complete the whole thing is because I was going to go for the platinum trophy, however, I got so bored that I gave that up as a bad job and traded the game in before getting round to completing all the racer speed lists.
   Graphically the game is great. the deserts, the forests and the snowy mountain passes all look fantastic on the PS4, the cars also look great. One thing I would like to see from a racing game in the PS4/XB1 generation is some accurate damage physics.… Expand

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7. DGDrocks7

   Mar 12, 2018

   4

   At first, I thought this was an improved version of NFS Hot Pursuit 2010. Boy, was I wrong. Now that doesn't mean it has to be in order to beAt first, I thought this was an improved version of NFS Hot Pursuit 2010. Boy, was I wrong. Now that doesn't mean it has to be in order to be good, but on it's own, both as an NFS and racing game, it's just not good.
   
   Why? It's unbalanced. Cops dominate the road. When playing as them, you get new cars for free. You only have to buy the Pursuit Tech. But it's just so similar to Hot Pursuit 2010 you may as well play that instead.
   
   Playing as a Racer is where the game shows it's ugly head. You need to buy everything as a Racer. When you finish an event and earn points, you need to go to a hideout to bank them, else if you get busted, you lose them. And the thing is, if you stay on the road for longer than 5 minutes, your chances of getting caught are greatly increased. So either you go into a hideout to bank your points after an event and endure long loading screens. Or earn more points by staying on the road longer, but get busted by superhuman cops, making all that hard work go down the drain.
   
   Speaking of the superhuman cops, I meant what I said by that. They have superhuman sense, as when you think you're escaping, suddenly they continue the pursuit, though they are nowhere to be seen. They can teleport as they can spawn in front of you. They have super strength because they can take a quarter of your health wheras you can barely take out a tenth of theirs. And they are psychic too because they'll chase you for no reason to arrest you for a crime you didn't commit (yet).
   
   Plus, the game still progresses after you complete a Speedlist, even if you get busted, but you still lose the points! Why can't I progress but not keep the points? Because of that, I am severely behind in my vehicles and upgrades and I get my rear-bumper kicked because of that. So you're saying the only way to get a chance at my Rivals is to make back the points I lost? No thanks.
   
   The 4 points I give to the game are because it looks kinda pretty. Yet I should have used that against the game because looks deceive. Thanks a lot EA.… Expand

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8. Bulbotrax

   Feb 12, 2017

   0

   This crappy piece of trash is not a game... it's a crappy piece of trash. This is a festival of bad ideas: for example: night & day cycle...This crappy piece of trash is not a game... it's a crappy piece of trash. This is a festival of bad ideas: for example: night & day cycle... when it's drak, you can't see a damn thing... the graphics of the "game" are a failure, too many lens flares, too many dirt... It's obvious the team behind this turd didn't play it.
   
   the worst game of the licence.… Expand

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