The Crew

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5.4

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  1. edutra1976
    Dec 3, 2014
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Horrível. Uma jogo de corrida arcade tosco. O carro parece deslizar na estrada como se fosse de gelo, e quando faz a curva ele gruda no chão como se fosse cola. Gráficos de PS3. Se sair da estrada o carro atravessa o matagal como se o matagal fosse transparente. O mapa é grande, isso é verdade. Mas o game é decepcionante.… Expand
  2. Dog4life
    Dec 2, 2014
    4
    A mediocre arcade racing game that suffers from bad graphics, low texture detail and also cars looks almost better in NFS underground 2.
    Too few cars to choose from. The story is a joke told by cheesy cutscenes.
  3. DarwinTheCat
    Dec 3, 2014
    3
    How is that people continue buying Ubisoft games?. The Crew has a terrible story (not that you buy a racing game for its plot), outdated graphics (almost PS2 quality) and a plethora of glitches that will keep you raging for hours.

    Please vote with your wallet and stop supporting Ubisoft.
  4. themiso
    Dec 2, 2014
    4
    It doesn't look too bad, but not great either. Undercover cop story ? Really ? Another below average game from Ubisoft. The world is big whch is plus, but it takes little bit more than just a size to satisfy :)
  5. Satus
    Dec 2, 2014
    0
    Arcadre Racing game with PS2 graphics and bad car handling. Some MMO elements and Ubi Soft typical Map und collectibles. Only some cars to choose from. Don't buy this crap
  6. Malooga
    Dec 23, 2014
    3
    "Dude! Did you see my new car?"

    "What, the Subaru concept car that's not actually available at ANY retailers worldwide?!" "Yeah man, fricken' sweet huh? I won it in a pink-slip race in The Crew! You can't really make out the details that well, and I can't really say if it handles realistically but I DO own it...virtually." "That's pretty cool man." Insert different car model,    "Dude! Did you see my new car?"

    "What, the Subaru concept car that's not actually available at ANY retailers worldwide?!"

    "Yeah man, fricken' sweet huh? I won it in a pink-slip race in The Crew! You can't really make out the details that well, and I can't really say if it handles realistically but I DO own it...virtually."

    "That's pretty cool man."

    Insert different car model, repeat conversation. 3/10    … Expand
  7. ravenheart42
    Jan 6, 2015
    0
    I really have tried to have fun with The Crew, but it ends in anger, frustration , and wanting to kill the game !!, when you pay this much money for a game, you want it to be fun, life has frustration enough, when I sit down to play my PS4, I want to enjoy a game, with The Crew, the controls are terrible, and I've moved them around trying to have control of my car, but it still slidesI really have tried to have fun with The Crew, but it ends in anger, frustration , and wanting to kill the game !!, when you pay this much money for a game, you want it to be fun, life has frustration enough, when I sit down to play my PS4, I want to enjoy a game, with The Crew, the controls are terrible, and I've moved them around trying to have control of my car, but it still slides around like it's on ice, bottom line this game is awful, and I wish they would stop putting out such awful racing games that only leave you angry and pissed off, like Need For Speed The Run, which had potential, but did the same thing made you feel like you got ripped off, please stop it with these awful games wasting our money and time !!!… Expand
  8. FrontierGames
    Dec 13, 2014
    1
    This game sucks and this junk need to be the worst racing game ever,the graphics are terrible,the bugs are horrible and the worst of all.Not released for PS3 or Wii u because of this silliness of Ubisoft and Ivory Tower
    explaining that Xbox 360 has better hardware.Competitor for be the Worst Racing Game of the Next Generation.
  9. Xylog
    Dec 31, 2014
    3
    Too many random, uncontrollable events (obstacles/crashes/loss of control/rubber bands) makes progress very slow, difficult, repetitive and frustrating. Graphics are ordinary but gameplay and especially control are worse. Progression and achievement pretty much a spin of the roulette wheel. Tedious, frustrating, not much fun.
  10. WhyteWlf1
    Apr 12, 2015
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The fact that the driving is vague and could be overlooked. The boring start up mods and bad facial art could be ignored. Unfortunately the absurdly long install AFTER you've completed the useful pro log that is so poorly written it makes Drstiny's storyline stand talk. And heaven forbid should your system end up going idle, this insanely long install stops. If you pause the app, or close it, the download stops. So, if you can accept this sort of stupidity, set aside 8 hrs to stair at the car that didn't want to spend your entire start up budget on to begin with. I'm NOT waiting for the rest of the install. I'm deleting this tragedy.… Expand
  11. Cpal4554
    Jul 7, 2018
    3
    Very disappointing game. The graphics have improved after some updates, but the environments are still boring. Driving is unbelievably frustrating, you pretty much crash into stuff, turn the wheel, crash into stuff on the opposite side. It's arcady like Need For Speed, but without the fun. Also, it contains monster trucks which is awesome, except they're nothing like monstertrucks. YouVery disappointing game. The graphics have improved after some updates, but the environments are still boring. Driving is unbelievably frustrating, you pretty much crash into stuff, turn the wheel, crash into stuff on the opposite side. It's arcady like Need For Speed, but without the fun. Also, it contains monster trucks which is awesome, except they're nothing like monstertrucks. You can't drive over anything, you can't crush anything, it's just a bigger car crashing into stuff. Frankly, GTA V is a better racing game, with much better monster trucks. I wanted The Crew to be good, but the reviews are true, this game is really, really bad considering what it could and should have been.… Expand
  12. hansdelacroix
    Jun 4, 2020
    2
    What can I even say? The game is just one of those games where you just lose focus. The games physics are awful. It's like driving on the moon. The game lacks a personality as well. The story is very forgetful, I don't even know what's happening most of the time with the story. The game lacks cars as well as most of them are generic same 'seen already in a dozen games' I would avoid this racer.
  13. zahid634
    Jan 22, 2015
    0
    you cant change the controls, not enough details what to do, you keep on driving for nothing. All the cars have same handling and very loose, too much of the movie very very time wasting. Ubisoft has failed its attempt to copy NFS RUN. There are only a few challenges which keep on repeating. Waste of money.
    NOT RECOMMENDED.
  14. Captiosus
    Dec 8, 2014
    4
    Let's critically examine what Ubisoft themselves have called "The Crew". They have referred to it as a MMO, open world, competitive racing game. Unfortunately, about the only part of their own assessment that is correct is the "open world" part.

    The Crew is not a very good racing game. Car and world physics are atrocious and even after upgrading cars with performance parts players will    Let's critically examine what Ubisoft themselves have called "The Crew". They have referred to it as a MMO, open world, competitive racing game. Unfortunately, about the only part of their own assessment that is correct is the "open world" part.

    The Crew is not a very good racing game. Car and world physics are atrocious and even after upgrading cars with performance parts players will find their cars sliding all over the road. A slight tap on the wheel or stick will result in either minimal movement or spinning off course, all in the same car with the same parts. AI is frequently "boosted" to foster competitiveness against the player in the campaign so the player's upgrades often feel for naught when an AI left in the dust several miles back suddenly passes the player at Warp Factor 5 to take the win within the last 100 yards.

    The Crew is not a good MMO. Let's start with the obvious in that it's not "massively multiplayer" in the slightest. Each part of the world you inhabit has a cap to the number of people that can also be in it. I believe the cap is 8, total, as I never saw more than that in any given area. That's hardly massive and more akin to a large lobby system. Beyond this point, The Crew's "end game" revolves entirely around multiplayer racing. Once the player finishes the story, that's IT from a PVE standpoint. Cap at level 50 and the entire goal of the game is PVP/Faction Wars. Since Ubisoft themselves have referred to the game as an MMO, this comparison is warranted: Imagine World of Warcraft where you play a story mode to get to max level only to find out all end game progression is 100% pvp battlegrounds, rated battlegrounds, and rated arena. The Crew's end game is merely PVP grind hidden behind racing and grindy gameplay alone does not make something a MMO.

    The Crew is a not a good competitive racer. Multiplayer is plagued by lag, rubber-banding, and other persistent server issues and it favors players with more money than sense. Perk Points that fundamentally enhance and/or alter player abilities can be bought with real money over and above the finite amount players can earn in-game. Cars in varying tuner classes can also be purchased with real money. Combined with the inherent imbalance the so-called "MMO" elements bring to the table, there's very little competitiveness in the multiplayer racing.. which effectively devalues their ENTIRE "end game" design.

    The Crew is not a good looking game. Graphically, it's dated out-of-the-box. Defenders claim this is merely due to the open world nature of the game, to which I cry "BS". They could have done much, much better in this department with the current crop of consoles. Even the PC, while it gets better framerate, suffers these lackluster, cartoonish textures and models.

    The only real solid point to The Crew is the open world venue. Driving around in the micro-United States is a fun endeavor in and of itself, but it's one that can be fully accomplished within an hour of two of starting the game. Once you've driven around all the backroads and dirt roads and had your moments of "wow, they put that in?", you're stuck with a game whose core - racing, competitive multiplayer, and MMO or RPG elements - is rotten.    … Expand
  15. Enforcer122
    Dec 9, 2014
    2
    Another poor, unfinished, lifeless game created and released for profit by Ubisoft. The first problem I have with this game are the inclusion of micro-transactions. If I pay decent money for a game, the LAST thing I expect is micro-transactions, it's unacceptable. I drive around in cars which don't feel good, the best racing games make the car feel alive, like you're actually driving in aAnother poor, unfinished, lifeless game created and released for profit by Ubisoft. The first problem I have with this game are the inclusion of micro-transactions. If I pay decent money for a game, the LAST thing I expect is micro-transactions, it's unacceptable. I drive around in cars which don't feel good, the best racing games make the car feel alive, like you're actually driving in a Lamborghini or a Ferrari. On this, it feels like an empty box with two wheels. Not to mention you drive around a lifeless terrain, filled with nothingness. I just don't get it, such a poor game, could of been so much better. I'm not buying another Ubisoft game again after this and Watch dogs.… Expand
  16. Fodan10
    Dec 11, 2014
    0
    So so bad there is nothing fun, it's just same as Need for Speed Most Wanted. I wasted my money. I don't recommend. I expected for a lot of fun and giant map, yes it is a giant map but it's dull and full of boring things. Do not buy this bad game.
  17. ImSoto
    Dec 9, 2014
    1
    Here's a fast list of everything you expect for a game and it fails on.
    - AI... Is complete garbage, they don't actually race or even follow the rules they will rubber band up to 260mph to catch up along with the fact if you wipe out, you lose and if they wipe out they're back in the race in 2 seconds. [1/10]
    - Graphics... I really love the fact that they copied most of the U.S and    Here's a fast list of everything you expect for a game and it fails on.
    - AI... Is complete garbage, they don't actually race or even follow the rules they will rubber band up to 260mph to catch up along with the fact if you wipe out, you lose and if they wipe out they're back in the race in 2 seconds. [1/10]

    - Graphics... I really love the fact that they copied most of the U.S and made it realistic however since this is a racing game and there's only around 4 type of NPC cars and 23 drivable cars by the player its a joke. Even JC2 had more car models and it wasn't a racing game and had better foliage. [5/10]

    - Multiplayer... It doesn't exist unless you manually port forward, and lets say you do manually port forward for a "mmo". You'll be stuck with maximum number of 7 other random people which you will never play with due to everyone being on a different mission or the fact PvP lobbys take over 10 minutes to join most of the time for only 4 people. [1/10 is this 2002?]

    - Plot... It's a racing game which they felt the need to add a plot which is one you've seen play out hundreds of times its boring and repetitive and nothing new. [4/10]

    - Physics and handling... Yeah this is the worst game I've ever seen within the last 4 years of physics of games that simple even a brand new indie gamer could import a physX engine and call there game a masterpiece compared to this. Hit a car at 200mph? Dead stop no crash or anything. Hit the ground from 60ft in the air? Do a single bounce. Do a ramming mission and ram the other guy over? His car just flips back over at the end of the cut-scene. Ram full speed into a curved protector? Keep the speed and instantly change directions. [1/10 they at-least added basic collision detection for models... right?]

    Overall I wouldn't buy this game unless you want to say to your friends as a story "this one time I bought a game from Ubisoft/Ivory Tower for racing for $60 biggest joke of my life that's why I don't buy from them anymore".    … Expand
  18. Volitile88
    Dec 7, 2014
    4
    Honestly, I seen the trailer for The Crew and loved it. It looked fun, something i could get on with my friends and just play for hours then I got the game the other day and just a sub standard racing game which you have to be always online which doesn't annoy me to much but Ubisofts' servers are pretty terrible for me, keep being disconnected from these error codes etc. etc.

    The    Honestly, I seen the trailer for The Crew and loved it. It looked fun, something i could get on with my friends and just play for hours then I got the game the other day and just a sub standard racing game which you have to be always online which doesn't annoy me to much but Ubisofts' servers are pretty terrible for me, keep being disconnected from these error codes etc. etc.

    The driving in The Crew is derpy the car bounces around off random bumps in the road or offroad causing me and other players just to spin out crashing into each other resulting in lost time on most Co op missions then restarting it, many times. It tries to blend a sort of realistic racer with arcade type driving and it's does not work that well.

    Graphics don't really affect my buying of games as long as it has great story, characters and gameplay but this has none of the above.

    Story did surprise me as I did not think the crew had one, but it is nothing special or unique.

    There are micro transactions. You can buy your way to have the best cars pretty much from the get go, but most of the games car classes are restricted by level so you are going to have to actual play through to get them all, if you can manage it without becoming bored.

    The map is pretty huge with is my only positive point.

    To conclude, if you want an open world racer where you can play with friends Forza Horizon 2 is probably the best thing out right now for XB1 and there is Drive club for PS4 there is also Need for Speed Rivals if you want the cop vs racer game, all are leagues better than The Crew.    … Expand
  19. baleemic
    Dec 3, 2014
    4
    It has that 90's Ford feel- that it's not a quality product. It feels unfinished, scripted, and buggy. Traffic sometimes comes to a standstill, you win or lose challenges for reasons you don't know and the story is awful. It can at times be entertaining
  20. Rumbles
    Dec 4, 2014
    3
    I had the opportunity to play the closed beta of The Crew. And I was really excited about it. The problem is, this game is terrible. Terrible characters, terrible story and boring gameplay. I was looking forward to some in depth car customisation, but unfortunately it's just straight forward upgrades. No playing around to find a balance, just higher level, better car.
  21. luki4no
    Dec 9, 2014
    0
    Don't trust the 10 score you see around. It's an outdated product. Poor graphics. Amateur game play/physics. Overwhelming/redundant information on screen. Didn't catch the story as I played only a fraction but I'm sure it's a cliche. It takes way too much time to enter and exit the map (loading). I'm so sorry I got it as a gift, planning to give it away asap.
  22. captain9fingers
    Jan 1, 2015
    0
    Way to difficult. You can't progress until you complete specific missions which are really really hard. This game is not fun it's a frustrating mess. If you like doing the same thing over and over again then this might be for you but my second hand copy is about to become third hand.
  23. Rush--21
    Dec 27, 2014
    3
    The giant scope of this game is the reason for its downfall. They spent way too much time creating a massive world, forcing the core functionality to take a backseat. A few of the issues:

    The ai adapts to your driving. Your comp slows down and speeds up depending on how you drive. You aren't rewarded for driving well (ie putting your comp in your dust). The better you drive, the    The giant scope of this game is the reason for its downfall. They spent way too much time creating a massive world, forcing the core functionality to take a backseat. A few of the issues:

    The ai adapts to your driving. Your comp slows down and speeds up depending on how you drive. You aren't rewarded for driving well (ie putting your comp in your dust). The better you drive, the better they drive. Your driving skill is absolutely meaningless.

    Graphically, this is not next gen game. The Crew is on par with last gen driving games.

    Handling is atrocious compared to other AAA driving games. If you're looking for a great racing game, look into NFS. While its open world is smaller, the gameplay is on point.    … Expand
  24. IGNsus
    Dec 5, 2014
    0
    Hmmm this seems like another flop by Ubisoft. After the colossal disappointments in Unity, Rogue, Watch Dogs, and more, I think they should probably refocus on making games better and dial back on the marketing (looking at you Dan's gaming). Or maybe stick to churning out 5 Tom Clancy games per year. Whatever works I guess.

    As for me, I'll just stick to GT and Forza, thanks.
  25. jonnygg
    Dec 3, 2014
    0
    Quite enjoyed the open Beta and liked the original TDU many years ago, so couldn't resist buying this, choosing to ignore the 39 negative scored points, 40 with mine now.

    WARNING! The game is broken at present. I've played or rather not played it for 120 minutes now, either it never stops loading or it tells me the services are unavailable. Very poor.............. Once its    Quite enjoyed the open Beta and liked the original TDU many years ago, so couldn't resist buying this, choosing to ignore the 39 negative scored points, 40 with mine now.

    WARNING! The game is broken at present. I've played or rather not played it for 120 minutes now, either it never stops loading or it tells me the services are unavailable.

    Very poor..............

    Once its working I might re evaluate my score.    … Expand
  26. Noremac258
    Dec 8, 2014
    0
    Just plain awful. From bugs to glitches this game has it all! The graphics are straight out of a game from 2011, Driver: San Francisco. The driving mechanics are just awful compared to even TDU2, another open world racing game.

    If I could get my money back I would. I will never purchase another Ubisoft game ever. Please don't purchase this game until it's under 15 dollars. My actual    Just plain awful. From bugs to glitches this game has it all! The graphics are straight out of a game from 2011, Driver: San Francisco. The driving mechanics are just awful compared to even TDU2, another open world racing game.

    If I could get my money back I would. I will never purchase another Ubisoft game ever. Please don't purchase this game until it's under 15 dollars.

    My actual rating would be about a 4 because the map is nice and I hope someone will port it to another game.    … Expand
  27. Youssow
    Dec 4, 2014
    0
    Once again, Ubisoft LIED to its fans. Some of their own employees put a 10 on the website so you can't see how bad this game is. Ubisoft is the cancer of video games and if the government of Quebec didn't give them 235 millions, they would have been dead by now
  28. system11
    Dec 10, 2014
    1
    Car costs and money earning in this game are designed to push you towards grossly expensive currency micro-transactions. Hard to recommend a full price game trying that approach. Typical Ubisoft.
  29. umirez
    Dec 6, 2014
    0
    this game like need for speed underground2 and near need for speed most wanted
    and i think ubi did not see need for speed col
    ubi pls tell you time zoom on division
  30. Dafenix
    Dec 6, 2014
    1
    The Crew could have been a really great open world driving game...

    Until someone decided to just wing it and not actually learn how vehicles handle in real life at all. Or when someone decided to implement a false sense of challenge by having every single AI vehicle drive around the same level as yours if not better. This also includes the police. "Car levels" should be renamed    The Crew could have been a really great open world driving game...

    Until someone decided to just wing it and not actually learn how vehicles handle in real life at all.

    Or when someone decided to implement a false sense of challenge by having every single AI vehicle drive around the same level as yours if not better. This also includes the police.

    "Car levels" should be renamed "e-peen" levels since your car level and its stats don't actually make a marginal difference in any way. You could be 100 car levels over the recommendation for a race and be 100 levels over the cars in it... And you'll always get that one car that's somehow faster than yours. It gets to the point where there is no point to the "back on track" function since if you make a single mistake in a race you aren't going to win since the guy in second place is almost always right behind you. The only exception to this is if you drive dirty and try to put him into a wall to slow him down long enough to get a big enough lead to give yourself an advantage. If you've taken the time to get better parts for your car and are a good driver that should make a difference. Someone at the developer decided it shouldn't.

    Takedowns are the worst. YOU have to hit THEM to do any kind of damage to their "health bar". If they hit you they don't take any damage to their health. If you hit them and put them into a wall they take damage from you but not from hitting the wall.

    It's as if no one play tested this game. Or if anyone did and though it was a good game they have a twisted idea of what "fun" is. This game is less fun than Dark Souls due to the unfair nature of it's difficulty. Even Dark Souls gives you a fighting chance if you have the right level of skill. Not to mention the core gameplay in Dark Souls won't see you magnetized directly into every vehicle and object you can hit or literally spawn traffic right in front of you to run into and destroy your chances of winning the race.

    The graphics also look like middle era PS3 graphics. Even on PS4.

    This game could have been good if they'd had a different group of people making decisions about what would make the game "fun".

    I give it a score of 1 because I did have SOME fun with it. But not enough to avoid getting rid of it less than a week after purchase. Shame is Ubisoft finally fixed an error that was causing a lot of people not to get their preorder DLC.    … Expand
  31. LucasFla1
    Dec 8, 2014
    0
    A mediocre arcade racing game. Always online , No offline. Bad looking. Big downgrade. Fake E3 trailer.

    UBI trailers ever.

    Bugsoft new EA. Ever drive alone The Crew.
  32. LuisGongra
    Dec 10, 2014
    0
    It's impossible to control the car, the map's the good point of the game, but just that, worst racing game ever
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  33. applglass
    Dec 4, 2014
    0
    this game is absolutely trash , always online , No offline play by any means . do not waste your money on this , wait for crack or private server . trust me
  34. MetalGuitargod
    Dec 6, 2014
    4
    What a let down. The formula for a huge, open world racing is nice but poorly executed. There is no sense of thrill, or speed in this game and a pure lack of urgency when trying to escape the police. The car models are a shame, especially when playing on pc (970 gtx max settings), lets not mention the amount of crashes experienced while playing. Never have I had such a poor experienceWhat a let down. The formula for a huge, open world racing is nice but poorly executed. There is no sense of thrill, or speed in this game and a pure lack of urgency when trying to escape the police. The car models are a shame, especially when playing on pc (970 gtx max settings), lets not mention the amount of crashes experienced while playing. Never have I had such a poor experience with any racer. People keep comparing it with need for speed (I personally have enjoyed many a need for speed) and I say nay. This game has poor car models, poor environments, poorly executed online (consistent disconnects) and a lack of fun. I would love to get my money back, so be warned. Keep yours.… Expand
  35. GOODFELLA87
    Dec 3, 2014
    0
    Still waiting on a good next gen racer neither this or driveclub fills that gaping hole, the wait is on again to see if project cars is any good, even with the delay it still sucks glad i played a friends copy and didn't waste my money
  36. chelino
    Dec 4, 2014
    1
    Its awful. Looks like a game for PS2, you can't tell the difference between the 4 cars that you have to choose from, camaro, nissan 350z, mustang and challenger. You can upgrade these cars, yes, but it doesn't make any difference.Don't waste your money on this crap.
  37. czaq74
    Dec 4, 2014
    1
    Don't be fooled by UBI trailers! This game sucks! First Driver got better driving physics and graphics looks awful (like ps2 games). It's really hard to say anything positive about this game.
    Do not buy!
  38. joao1198pedro
    May 23, 2015
    0
    Perhaps this is the worst videogame that i have played in this generation of consoles, the graphics are bad, the storyline so so, the races are nonsense, the bugs are unbelievable and the connection falls of every hour, what a terrible waste of money.
  39. milbarkib
    Dec 8, 2014
    1
    F*CKING HATE PAY TO WIN! i mean i spend my time playing the game just to have some little kid with his mums card win because he got the best car for 69p
  40. HonestReviewBoy
    Dec 8, 2014
    4
    I can honestly say that I’ve never played a game that’s as simultaneously frustrating and joyous as The Crew, Ubisoft’s new open-world racing game. In this gargantuan rendition of America – in all its glory I might add – you’ll be marvelling at the often beautiful backdrops you’re thundering through as you race towards your destination or next objective in one moment while scornfullyI can honestly say that I’ve never played a game that’s as simultaneously frustrating and joyous as The Crew, Ubisoft’s new open-world racing game. In this gargantuan rendition of America – in all its glory I might add – you’ll be marvelling at the often beautiful backdrops you’re thundering through as you race towards your destination or next objective in one moment while scornfully chastising yourself for throwing away an hour of your life after getting screwed over by the game’s questionable racing mechanics in another. As a purely technical feat The Crew is an incredible success but as an enjoyable video game it is far less accomplished.

    As I alluded to above, one of the greatest things about The Crew is the ability to spend your time travelling across an exceptionally well-translated version of the real-life United States of America. At the start of the game you’ll be racing through the streets of Detroit and as you work your way towards level fifty you’ll start exploring more and more of the world. The Crew’s interpretation of America is understandably a more condensed one than the actual thing, divided into five regions: the West Coast, East Coast, Mountain States, The South, and The Midwest. You’ll race your way across each of these five unique regions across the surprisingly long main campaign, seeing a large chunk of what The Crew’s world has to offer. Even so, though, you’ll still have a large portion of the map shaded in once you finally reach the final story mission; players who love exploring will have no shortage of locales to visit here. What is someone disappointing however is the lack of detail which persists across the entire world. For one thing The Crew’s America isn’t exactly a pretty one, certainly not to the standards of recent video games such as Grand Theft Auto V’s San Andreas and, more notably, Forza Horizon 2’s Southern Europe. Sure, there are shop names and pedestrians, famous city monuments such as the Space Needle in Seattle and the Willis Tower in Chicago, and other nice little touches like litter blowing around the place in cities and tumbleweeds doing their thing in the game’s rural locales. What’s missing however is the kind of pain-staking attention-to-detail seen in other recent releases like those mentioned earlier. In other words, there’s an unfortunate similarity between the streets of San Francisco and Miami. Along similar lines, The Crew’s world often feels desolate with few cars and pedestrians in sight. This makes sense in some places – like the Bonneville Salt Flats or the desert surrounding Las Vegas – but seems substantially less fitting in Downtown Los Angeles at five o’clock in the afternoon. The Crew’s world is one that looks like something from three years ago but is the size of one that exists in the future; it is a testimony to the sophisticated technology the game industry has at its disposal right now.

    The Crew’s world is perhaps the only substantial thing I can find to praise about this troubled game. One of its many failings is its poorly crafted story. This is not to say that it’s a bad story, it’s just a really generic one and one that isn’t particularly engaging. I’d be willing to bet that The Crew’s developers are probably aware of this very fact; in fact, I think I remember seeing an interview in which the game director acknowledged the lack of creative flare in the narrative. The Crew sees the protagonist, Alex, set off on a cross-country journey to bring justice to Coburn and Shiv, the game’s two antagonists who killed Alex’s brother Dayton. To do this Alex must rise through the ranks of his brother’s organisation – the 5-10’s – by competing in a ridiculous number of races and challenges. As you can probably tell, this is the same kind of brother-out-for-revenge type of story we’ve seen many times before in the racing genre. The story doesn’t progress terribly well either; a brief piece of exposition is delivered to the player as he or she begins each mission. Usually this exposition is significantly lacking in detail or abhorrently ludicrous. Cut-scenes too are fairly stock-standard affairs like the type we saw in Just Cause 2; Alex drives up in some kind of car and either does some cool stuff in front of the camera as he makes his way to the starting line or hops out and walks to the car he needs to use for the mission. It’s not exactly this most gripping of pre-mission cinematics. The Crew’s story certainly isn’t the game’s strong suit but at least a weak narrative is something we’ve come to expect from the genre.
    The Crew’s greatest failing is that it doesn’t deliver on the promise of a great racing experience. For starters the game’s handling model is absolutely ridiculous; full-lock feels nothing close to what it should be and it is near impossible to make cars drift. As such, cars in The Crew seems to have a mind of their own and will appear to disobey your commands in crucial moments. It’s the kind of system where if you can feel    … Expand
  41. flatline1218
    Dec 10, 2014
    4
    Great Map. Drive was fun. But, very Poor Level Design. Above all, story mission was boring. That was monotonous driver work. The Crew was a letdown. That's a bummer.
  42. pychopath
    Feb 4, 2015
    1
    if you like RAGING this game is 100% for you very poor story line every single race feels like you have done it before every side mission are way to hard if you're aiming for gold.
    and trafic is a joke more cars on turns then on the straight aways
  43. kwstas
    Jan 4, 2016
    3
    please if anyone see this comment take few second to read this , firstly i didn't Believe the bad comments because of the cool cars and all the staff , i spend hours and hours to finish the game , the story have no point at all but i say okay but then when the pvp part take place then when i realise that all my hours gone wasted . for god believe me . TONS off lag . cars flying in the airplease if anyone see this comment take few second to read this , firstly i didn't Believe the bad comments because of the cool cars and all the staff , i spend hours and hours to finish the game , the story have no point at all but i say okay but then when the pvp part take place then when i realise that all my hours gone wasted . for god believe me . TONS off lag . cars flying in the air car below magically get ahead of you . driving and magically find your self in the air . game-play is awful no communication everything is a big mess . so unprofessional work .… Expand
  44. jrobert2
    Jan 26, 2016
    0
    I want a refund because it wont let me do anything on it. also when I race I cant get passed any races or missions because the other cars are to fast and I can't see anything because everything is too dark.
  45. bob21
    Oct 12, 2017
    0
    This game is called The Crew, this game is a good game, because you can play and drive a lot of real life cars like a Ferrari, and the best thing is that you can change the look of the cars and how they drive, like on the dirt or mud, or the road but to get the cars you have to finish races to get money to buy the cars, the game is only an online game where you can drive around and do whatThis game is called The Crew, this game is a good game, because you can play and drive a lot of real life cars like a Ferrari, and the best thing is that you can change the look of the cars and how they drive, like on the dirt or mud, or the road but to get the cars you have to finish races to get money to buy the cars, the game is only an online game where you can drive around and do what you want, the map of the game is America (USA), it is almost like real life with how long it takes to move from one place of the map to the other, you can even be chased by the police when you do bad things. You can also be in races with other people but they don’t have to be your friend, you can get special cars and motorbikes but you will have to pay for them with real money. You can add weapons to your cars like an EMP to stop the police from arresting you, the cars and motorbikes can have boost on them which will make the car or motorbike go faster for a small amount of time. I think the best car in the game is the Lamborghini Huracan, I think the best place to drive my cars is the motorways because I can go as fast as I want without having to stop or slow down because of traffic.… Expand
  46. RJ_Crooks
    Nov 2, 2017
    1
    If you are looking for a fun racing game. This is NOT for you. Some of the beginning races are all but impossible to do solo. The AI rubber banding is worse than any other driving game I have played. A simple google search for select missions in this game and it isn’t hard to see why the scores are so low. Very disappointed in this game and as a result I will not be purchasing The Crew 2.
  47. Hengist
    Jan 6, 2015
    2
    The force feedback on the PS4 for the T300RS is terrible. It's so bad that turning it off is really the only viable solution at present. It feels like they've just copied and pasted the algorithm from TDU1 (which also had dire FF implementation). They need to re-write this code from the bottom up. However, as they did nothing to improve this in the TDU series, I expect them to doThe force feedback on the PS4 for the T300RS is terrible. It's so bad that turning it off is really the only viable solution at present. It feels like they've just copied and pasted the algorithm from TDU1 (which also had dire FF implementation). They need to re-write this code from the bottom up. However, as they did nothing to improve this in the TDU series, I expect them to do absolutely nothing with this title also. How can they continue to think that their FF code is acceptabe?… Expand
  48. MrJohnson
    Feb 3, 2015
    2
    Going into this game I was expecting a lot. The trailers and intros had me fooled into thinking I was buying a next gen game, I was not! In the open world I found myself scratching my eyeballs out, asking why? Why? did I pay $70 for this game, why? Why all the why's you may ask? Well the graphics in this game were s**t! Believe me when saying the graphics in Need for Speed UndergroundGoing into this game I was expecting a lot. The trailers and intros had me fooled into thinking I was buying a next gen game, I was not! In the open world I found myself scratching my eyeballs out, asking why? Why? did I pay $70 for this game, why? Why all the why's you may ask? Well the graphics in this game were s**t! Believe me when saying the graphics in Need for Speed Underground which I use to play on my PlayStaion 2 were better. I could only push myself to play 20 minutes of this game so cant say anymore than don't buy it.

    Signed an honest gamer    … Expand
  49. zandru
    Jan 12, 2016
    1
    positive point :
    - big map
    negative points :
    - a very bad driving simulator, no precision on controls
    - not a MMO
    - and after wild run DLC, the original game become a advertising game, full of "buy wild run" every time !
  50. JesseCase
    Jul 10, 2015
    1
    Words that summarize this game: awful, boring, bland, horrible, etc.

    This game gets boring pretty much right when you start the game. This game is completely boring and looks slightly better than a PS3 game on the PS4. This game was very over hyped, if you like mediocre, boring stuff you'll probably love this game. This game was marketed with amazing car customization and from the    Words that summarize this game: awful, boring, bland, horrible, etc.

    This game gets boring pretty much right when you start the game. This game is completely boring and looks slightly better than a PS3 game on the PS4. This game was very over hyped, if you like mediocre, boring stuff you'll probably love this game.
    This game was marketed with amazing car customization and from the marketing they you could choose the spec for your car (dirt, raid, circuit, street, performance) and it seemed like you could pretty much have an off-road Lamborghini but in actuality a lot of the cars that you would want to have a certain spec don't.
    The storyline in this game is absolutely bland and horrible with nothing interesting about it.
    Ok so a racing game is all about the racing so the driving has to be good right? Well this games isn't, the cars feel off and it doesn't feel good to drive the cars in game.

    Overall this game sucks you might want to buy it if you see it for about $5, spend any more than that on this boring piece of crap and you're insane.
    (Plus at some point they will probably stop supporting this game's servers and this game will be literally un playable since its online only)    … Expand
  51. iCSiMarcelinmBR
    Dec 27, 2015
    2
    How is that people continue buying Ubisoft games?. The Crew has a terrible story (not that you buy a racing game for its plot), outdated graphics (almost PS2 quality) and a plethora of glitches that will keep you raging for hours.

    Please vote with your wallet and stop supporting Ubisoft.
  52. fun_and_games
    Aug 25, 2018
    0
    Graphics look great. The physics are impossible. The game has impossible challenges and a weird sense of humor. You also have to get 1st place in every event in order to advance, which takes a lot of the joy out of the game. You can't just race and enjoy it, you have to win every time.
  53. eva3si0n
    Jan 10, 2023
    4
    The Crew is a completely passing game. It's a mediocre racing video game. A typical game from Ubisoft is a huge empty open world with nothing to do. And in general, the idea is excellent, the implementation is terrible. The Crew doesn't have the most important thing in the game of this genre - it's terribly boring to drive. Terrible physics, cars are irons on wheels. I'm not even sureThe Crew is a completely passing game. It's a mediocre racing video game. A typical game from Ubisoft is a huge empty open world with nothing to do. And in general, the idea is excellent, the implementation is terrible. The Crew doesn't have the most important thing in the game of this genre - it's terribly boring to drive. Terrible physics, cars are irons on wheels. I'm not even sure where she's worse at The Crew or Need for Speed. Also, with optimization, the game has obvious problems, I understand that the game was released only at the beginning of the PS4 life path, but such long downloads are not forgivable. Also graphically, the game is disappointing, smoothing and shadows in the game seem to be absent. A passing game that is not worth wasting time on… Expand
  54. Keksa
    May 27, 2017
    1
    Warning, the Crew is a shoddy but nonetheless expensive game. It is awful, horrible crap. There's only one thing done right: it looks somewhat good. Everything else is bad. Bad game design. Slow and crappy sign in process and loading. Extremely bad driving feel and "physics" ( it actually does not have anything like physics in it, in the meaning this word is normally used ). Avoid this oldWarning, the Crew is a shoddy but nonetheless expensive game. It is awful, horrible crap. There's only one thing done right: it looks somewhat good. Everything else is bad. Bad game design. Slow and crappy sign in process and loading. Extremely bad driving feel and "physics" ( it actually does not have anything like physics in it, in the meaning this word is normally used ). Avoid this old caricature of a driving game, it was over hyped back then, and it sure has not become any better during these years. I give it 1-. Ew...… Expand
  55. BarrettR
    Jul 26, 2017
    0
    Aweful, absolutely aweful.
    I tried to have a fun time with the giant map, but because I can beat Zoe in the first mission, it teleports me back to it when I try to have fun.
    So, why is this annoying? Surely all you have to do is beat Zoe, right? Yes, but without traction control on my car, it is pretty much an impossible task. She finds it fine, but after 5 hours retrying the same stupid    Aweful, absolutely aweful.
    I tried to have a fun time with the giant map, but because I can beat Zoe in the first mission, it teleports me back to it when I try to have fun.
    So, why is this annoying? Surely all you have to do is beat Zoe, right? Yes, but without traction control on my car, it is pretty much an impossible task. She finds it fine, but after 5 hours retrying the same stupid mission, I cannot beat Zoe and thus cannot do anything fun.
    The loading times takes ages, you always have to be online and the music is irritating. Got the game for Christmas 2015, the whole servers crashed. Played it for 2 hours trying to do the bloody mission, left it alone, then played another 3 today because I saw a road trip video and I was inspired.
    Never going to play it again. Ever.    … Expand
  56. Shmuppet
    Aug 2, 2017
    3
    The driving feels slowed down and weak. The story line makes little to no sense and is also painfully boring (along with the voice acting sounding painfully bad). The graphics look worse than a 2010 xbox 360 game. The soundtrack is subpar and makes it more frustrating when you're wrestling with the menu for 5 minutes. Also I quit the game after a player with all of the police and "extreme"The driving feels slowed down and weak. The story line makes little to no sense and is also painfully boring (along with the voice acting sounding painfully bad). The graphics look worse than a 2010 xbox 360 game. The soundtrack is subpar and makes it more frustrating when you're wrestling with the menu for 5 minutes. Also I quit the game after a player with all of the police and "extreme" cars DLC **** me over when I was just trying to complete a mission. I don't mind seeing other players in the world and racing them, but when they can just randomly invade your world and disrupt your experience it is just frustrating. This game lacks composer and identity that combined with the lackluster watered down driving and other mentioned issues make this game worse than any other racer on the market. If you want a game with a fun massive open world play Fuel. If you want a racing game with great driving, good cars with good sound play Forza. This feels like those two combined and INCREDIBLY watered down.… Expand
  57. Br_AgSs
    Jul 9, 2019
    0
    This game is a mess. The races are boring and repetitive, the online is useless, the graphics are fine. Everytime I tried to play I had to close the game and open again because the server was SUPER laged. The map is huge but extremely boring .
  58. Detwyler
    Aug 27, 2020
    1
    The map design is a great idea, however a racing game will suck if the driving physics are terrible. In addition, the ai cars are either blind and hit anything in front of them and crash countlessly, or they are absolute pros that drive 50 miles faster than your car can possibly go. The amount off glitches I encounter like getting stuck is absolutely crazy, and caused countless losses forThe map design is a great idea, however a racing game will suck if the driving physics are terrible. In addition, the ai cars are either blind and hit anything in front of them and crash countlessly, or they are absolute pros that drive 50 miles faster than your car can possibly go. The amount off glitches I encounter like getting stuck is absolutely crazy, and caused countless losses for me. In addition, when you crash there is a loading screen in which you have to wait and stare at a blank black screen, while the other racers are zooming past you. The game is not enjoyable, and is yet another cash grab from ubisoft.… Expand
  59. m162000a
    Jul 29, 2022
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Not as I expected The graphic is very bad
    Control system also bad Nothing is good in this game except the photos in gallery    … Expand

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 60 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 60
  2. Mixed: 44 out of 60
  3. Negative: 6 out of 60
  1. GameTrailers
    Feb 18, 2015
    62
    The Crew can be enjoyable for some casual cross-country joy rides, especially if you have some friends to drive along. However, it comes up entirely short of most of its goals, and makes a wreck of car handling and competition for the sake of lackluster MMO mechanics.
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  2. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Feb 7, 2015
    60
    An ambitious hybrid of racing and role-playing that fails to deliver a meaningful story or make the most of its extraordinary setting. [Feb 2015, p.85]
  3. Edge Magazine
    Feb 7, 2015
    50
    While moments of genuine beauty exist, they occur in the context of a game that otherwise simply cannot compete with its contemporaries when it comes to visual presentation - a symptom, perhaps, of the seven-year development cycle. [Feb 2015, p.104]
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