Need for Speed (2015) | Video Game Review
Note: I used EA Access via the Xbox One to play this game.
To be honest here, Need for Speed (2015) was a let down. I thought based on the trailer that it would redefine the Need for Speed series and bring that OG Need for Speed Underground gameplay style back, but with modern graphics. But as always, EA pretty much disappoints us.
The gameplay aesthetic is just horrible. Any car you drive, the car just drifts. Why? I just want to race! Literally, every turn you make the car just slides. Any car you drive also mostly feels like you are driving a cement truck, it’s that horrible and slow (kinda like in Watch Dogs 1). Whoever in the studio designed the AI in this game was retarded. If you are driving in the fastest Lamborghini in the game, then you race the AI in a 240sx, that car you are racing should NOT be able to catch up with you. Who designed the AI? Back to gameplay aesthetic, if you trying to customize your car, some cars are not granted that ability to customize. You just have to leave them bare-bone stock. Why didn’t the designer of aspect put more time into this? When it comes to gameplay, yet again, there is another flaw. You can’t play Offline, the only thing to do it free drive where 7+ other players in a lobby take part in the session and races (if you invite them to the single player missions). Last but not least, the movie like cutscenes with the cliche voice acting. This was pretty horrible as well, the main character you play as doesn't even talk so these other actors in these cutscenes. They literally are just talking to themselves, fist bumping and shaking hands with some invisible actor.
The map overall is decently throughout, detailed and the graphics are on par with other popular racing titles. But why is it, when you play Need for Speed (2015) it’s always dark out? The only time it is light out is when a sunset is happening. Why? Who the hell in the studio came up with this bright idea? What the fuck. Could the game not handle the sun?
Cons:
- Cars drift every turn
- Cars feel heavy and slow
- AI is almost unbeatable
- Not a lot of customization
- No Offline mode
- Horrible actors/cast
- It’s always dark out, no sunlight.
This is just a bare minimum of ‘some’ of the problems in this actual game after me playing the game for some amount of hours. The game does get ‘some’ points where how detailed everything is and the social aspect of the game. But overall, it could have been a great game, but someone in the studio dragged this game into the ground.
My Review Score: 5/10
