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Someone got their hands on the final build and gives us a glimpse.  Can't wait til November!

http://www.nfsunlimited.net/article/und … view_final

HurricaИe wrote:

They need to bring back this song from Hot Pursuit 2.

I just shed a tear. Those were such good times back then. The best racing I had. Hilarious over lan. Wasn´t there even a splitscreen option for PC?
awesome times

DefCon-17 wrote:

As part of a community day event me and a bunch of other community leaders got a chance to play Need for Speed Undercover at EA Blackbox studios in Vancouver, Canada

Go snatch some copies for us?

Stingray24 wrote:

DefCon-17 wrote:

As part of a community day event me and a bunch of other community leaders got a chance to play Need for Speed Undercover at EA Blackbox studios in Vancouver, Canada

Go snatch some copies for us?

Maybe.

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/42884.html

OUCH!

Looks like the car selection is a tiny bit better than MC: LA, but if you're looking for a racing game this Christmas, buy MC: LA.

God dammit EA, why can't you take two years off and develop a GOOD NFS game? Is it too much to ask for a racing game with fun, open world gameplay, real cars, realistic damage, good graphics and awesome MP? ...Apparentely so.

Oh FFS.

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platfor … Undercover - 51 for PS3
http://www.metacritic.com/games/platfor … Undercover - 58 for 360

Zimmer wrote:

It got raped by IGN. 4.0 out of 10. Lulz. Who was stupid enough to ACTUALLY think this was going to be a good game? Come on....

I had atleast somewhat high hopes for it...but this is terrible.

Last edited by Poseidon (2008-11-18 10:13:20)

NFS died long long ago IMO. I'm not at all surprised by these horrible scores.

So have any of you actually played the game?  Or does your expertise extend only to watching vids on the net ....

I don't care what the critics say, I want to hear from someone that isn't getting paid to do a review.  I'll reserve my opinion for after I actually play it instead of being a sheep and jumping on the tired old "EA sucks" bandwagon.

So are there any PC review by people who don't cry about their horrible inept pieces of shit they call "computers"?

All reviews I've read go "I CAN'T RUN IT SO I'MA GIVE IT A 5/10."

So, is this MC:LA available for PC? I´m currently playing through NFS:MW again and I´m still dazzled why I can´t race in an illegal race at night too.

Stingray24 wrote:

So have any of you actually played the game?  Or does your expertise extend only to watching vids on the net ....

The last time I played a NFS game it was utter shit (NFS:C), and that has since convinced me to never get another NFS game again. Until they wait at least two years and develop something that is actual decent, I won't ever consider them again. Annual releases for NFS games have really dumbed down the series and NFS:U is a perfect example of that (also see NFS:C). It's so hit or miss with EA these days, and it's definitely mostly miss with the NFS series.

Additionally, low to mediocre reviews across the board is a good indication of a shitty game. You can have fun playing a non-open world (although it claims that it is), extremely easy game, but I'm going to pass on this rubbish.

Last edited by heggs (2008-11-19 06:05:38)

It's a lot better than people make it out to be, but it's still not great. The plot is incredibly thin, which makes me wonder why it needs a plot at all. There are a lot of graphical bugs where parts of the world will be invisible until you get really close, this gets pretty weird when it looks like you're about to drive off a cliff... There's a bunch of different types of races, ranging from the classic circuit or sprint, to an arcade style "checkpoint" or a challenge to cause thousands of dollars of damage to the city. Unfortunately all of these are incredibly easy, I finished a race 30 seconds ahead of the guy in 2nd place. The cops are a lot harder to deal with, their AI is pretty good, but it's still not much of a challenge to get them off your tail, it can just take a long time. The music is mostly shitty rap and weird mexican shit, but sometimes you get Genesis, by Justice, and that makes it a bit more tolerable. Unfortunately genesis ends abruptly, because EA was apparently too stupid to get let there be light, and anybody who knows Justice (or the bible for that matter) knows you can't have genesis without let there be light. The cutscenes feel like it's trying to be a really shitty movie, with another one of those undercover agent plots we've seen hundreds of times. Free roaming is, IMO, better than Burnout Paradise, the cops make it a lot more fun, but the city is huge, and I can't get used to it like I could with Paradise.

Overall, I'd say if you like NFS games, wait for the price to go down, but still get it. It's fun for a little while.