Need speed review11/8/2022 ![]() It’s a symphony of rubber and tar, a kinetic twist of the handbrake as you leave your autograph on the road with your tires. That feel for the road is still intact in Payback and when it works, it’s sublime. There were disciplines involved of course, that focused on the titular speed and maintaining the perfect drift as you threaded the eye of a tarmac needle, arcadey-racing that wouldn’t feel out of place in games such as DriveClub or Project Gotham Racing 4. Need For Speed has always had the cheesiest of tales to tell when it focuses on giving players a reason to break the speed limit, as putting the pedal to the metal has always been a priority in these games.Ģ015’s Need For Speed felt like a successor to Burnout, a game where you could drift for days and turn a corner into a sharp boost of nitrous oxide. They’re deserving of their double-crossing doom, their cringe-worthy dialogue punctuated by characters who sound like utter wankers when you meet them and challenge them in a war against an organisation whose sole purpose is for the phrase “The House always wins” to be beaten like a dead horse having run afoul of a drunk Mike Tyson.Ī bad story could be forgiven, especially one that is on the verge of becoming The Room of video game narratives. Not only are they predictable, their cardinal sin is that they’re simply the lamest excuse for renegades to ever change gears. A world with a trio of characters who exist to serve certain tropes in the genre. Imitation may the sincerest form of flattery, but Payback plays out like bad fan fiction set in a better universe. The problems start at a fundamental level with Payback: In a world where the Fast ‘n The Furious has proven to be a bankable franchise that makes money hand over fist like a diesel-powered Disney engine, everyone wants a piece of that pie.Įveryone wants to be that lone outlaw, defying the law and living the fastlane dream. Need For Speed Payback isn’t just a bad game: It’s a waste of promising potential, of high-stakes races and heists that are brought down not by the fuzz but rather from within. It’ll reach the finish line, albeit at the pace of a pensioner on payday as it splutters and wobbles towards the end of the year. Instead, EA’s latest entry in the racing series handles more like a nail in a coffin. It would have been so easy for Need For Speed: Payback to slip through and claim the crown. ![]() An open line, ready to be driven through as the biggest names in the racing genre battled amongst themselves and chucked loot boxes at each other. The chance to grab the top spot was there. It should have been a V8 heart-stopper in a year where established franchises such as Forza Motorsport 7 and Gran Turismo Sport had failed to live up to expectations. ![]() Slipstreaming off the success of 2015’s successful reboot of the Need For Speed franchise (after a few months of patching, much to the chagrin of fans who pined endlessly for the return of a pause button), Need For Speed: Payback should have been a winner. ![]() Otherwise brilliant, wouldn't be surprised if this becomes the next F&F Franchise.It wasn’t meant to be like this. ![]() There's a great scene in the end, that anyone who has played the NFS: Hot Pursuit series will instantly go "Yep, this is really NFS!" The only reason I wont give it a 10/10 is because of some minor plot holes - But nothing to bad, and most people wouldn't even notice. NOPE! Was amazing, never a dull moment, didn't have any scene that was just utterly pointless (which almost every movie does), the acting was fantastic, the action was intense, and the soundtrack and effects were spot on! As a movie it is great, but for someone like myself who grew up on NFS and loves car's it is EPIC. So at that point I thought, OK I'll give it a shot, worse case scenario it ends up being like a bad Fast and Furious rip off. Then I came here and found at the time a rating of 8.4 from people who had viewed the NFS pre-release. But alas, having some aspiring actors isn't going to make a movie. I loved Dominic in The History Boys and like most people enjoyed Breaking Bad. Well when I saw the trailer for the NFS movie, I thought "No just no, it's going to be terrible" - Then I saw the cast of Aaron Paul (Breaking bad) and Dominic Cooper (The History Boys). ![]()
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