So here we are again with another NFS game, after the last one people were very skeptical as to whether this would be a decent game at all, and they were right to be worried. The second you start playing this game you notice how much it tries to be like Most Wanted, but it fails quite miserably at doing so. But that doesn't mean that its a terrible game itself. Although there are a few things that seem like EA wants you to think its bad. First and most obvious is the absolutely dreadful frame rate. Even on the lowest possible settings it is just horrible, you will even notice the game pause itself to load as you are driving in a race. Next is the over simplified layout of the game itself, you can't really go into any detail when you adjust things in the options menu, and the controls aren't very dynamic either which is a shame because there could be more diversity to the game. The graphics aren't anything spectacular on high settings to begin, this morning glow they have added to the game diminishes the quality of the graphics. Well with that sad now on to the good stuff. The cars themselves look quite good, and there is a large selection of Japanese, American, and European cars to choose from so no complaining there. The sound of the game is quite well done, as is the large open environment. Most people do not like the cinematics of the game but I think it adds a certain coolness to it and would make the game significantly worse if it was not there. The police are back (thank god) and are as brutal as ever, they will hunt you down with helicopters, Porsches, and R-35's making for some exciting police chases. The multiplayer is quite enjoyable as well as the race types in single player, like going 200 mph through traffic on an interstate highway is something that cannot really be bad, or running local thugs into obstacles, or stealing an exotic sports car from a showroom or random celebrity. So overall the game has loads of potential and on paper is a brilliant idea, but EA fell short on actually making the game what it was suppose to be. You would think they would have learned from Prostreet, but perhaps the equally low sales of this title will put them back into reality.
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