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So i just sank about 4 1/2 hours into this. Completed the prologue, and 2 main missions. The rest was spent driving around the Midwest region, finding the wrecks (20 in each region) and ended up with a lovely Hotrod, which i immediately sprayed black, put on massive fenders, flame stickers, yellow interior and red skull wheels. And now i need to sleep.
As for the game, i absolutely love it. It's the next game in the NFS: Underground series as far as i'm concerned. I can see myself sinking a crazy amount of hours into it, when it's finally released that it.
Pros:
- MAHOOOOSIVE map. No exaggeration. It takes 40 minutes to drive across the map, with loading!!!
- Lots to do - As in, a stupid amount. Each region has satellites which you drive to in order to display the skill challenges, landmarks and general locations of the hidden car in that region. But it doesn't automatically unlock the map, so if something you want is in a grey area, you have to drive to it.
- Fast Travel. Unlike other fast travel systems, you can fast travel to any road which has been discovered. This means, if something you want is greyed out, you can fast travel to the nearest available bit of road/land and go from there, rather than certain locations like in other games.
- Challenges. It's littered with them, but they're not pointless. Completing a challenge unlocks an upgrade for the car you completed it with. So instead of just showing off your times/skills, you actually get to upgrade your car by doing these, and they can be done on the fly, no loading, or even leaving your current course.
- Graphics. I know some people don't think it looks great, but it looks absolutely fine in my opinion. Yeah, it's no premium cars and tracks from GT6, or Forza level of detail, but when you take into account the absence of loading in free roam, and the amount of little things like the planes flying in real time above you, hangliders, people, animals, crops (there's something satisfying about driving through corn and leaving a big track behind you), you tend to appreciate it more.
- Upgrades. All visual upgrades available right from the start. For example, there are 5 or 6 different categories of rims, and each one (aside from the "official" category) has 50+ in each (road has 80+). And you can have whatever ones you want (if you have the money!).
- Upgrade style. There's a con to this as well, but the pro is the way it's presented also. Performance upgrades takes away everything but the mechanics of the car, and you're left looking at the engine, drivetrain, wheels, suspension, etc. No chassis. It's a neat way of doing it.
Cons:
- The cars all handle like boats. Well, the ones i've driven anyway. I know there's options in the menu to change the handling settings, and i did, but it will take a bit of tweaking to get it to feel right.
- Pop ups! Yeah, pop ups. When you complete a skill challenge, it fills the screen with big boxes of information, all while you're still driving! You can stop, but it would be nicer to have them smaller and up top, rather than covering your car.
- Your information. Constantly on the left hand side, in the middle of the screen, is the information about you. Nothing you need to see, and i can't seem to hide it. It's distracting, and should be up higher in the corner if it's needed at all.
- Dark Garage. The garage, where you apply your visual modifications is way too dark, and it makes it hard to see what the upgrades will look like. It needs to be well lit, but it's not the first game to do this.
- Upgrades. While there is a vast amount of upgrades immediately available for whatever car you have, the way they're applied doesn't look well. When you're visually upgrading the car, each component separates from the rest of the car, even the ones you're not currently upgrading. So the new upgrade is floating in front of the car, and it makes it hard to judge. This can be overcome with a demo (preview) mode, but it would have been easier to just see the upgrade there and then.
- Upgrade camera. It's locked into position unless you go into the aforementioned demo mode. And even then you've to hit another button to get free view.
- Demo mode. You can't change the part while in demo mode, you have to exit out, select a different part, and then go back into demo mode. Should be able to change parts in demo mode.
Yeah, so stuck into this until Monday, Advanced Warfare won't get a look in! It'll suck to play so much and then have to wait for the official release. At least it'll only be a month (hopefully!).
Edit: Just realised the save won't carry over to the full release! Think it's time to start messing and not trying to complete anything!!!
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Anyone wanna try the crew feature out, add me sheehy83. Hnady feature in-game where you press the R3 button and you're friends who own the game pop up and you can select one to insta crew with.
I like the Arcadey driving, really not as bad as Watchdogs though. Once you get the hang of the handbrake, you can get a nice controlled drift through the corners.
Is the Hotrod worth collecting? Loving the dash cam driving, some nice intense races with it.
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Jerichoholic wrote: »On PC too, enjoying-ish it. PVP and Multiplayer is pathetic though, still haven't got a session going. Terrible for a game that's about "connectivity".
Reminds me of TDU 2 on launch. That actually killed the game and studio who made it. I really liked that game. 0
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