Need for Speed: Undercover
From Electronic Arts
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Amazon Sales Rank: #3621 in Video Games Brand: Electronic Arts Model: 15800 Published on: 2008-11 Released on: 2008-11-17 ESRB Rating: Teen Platform: PlayStation2 Number of items: 1 Dimensions: .61" h x 7.51" w x 5.71" l, .38 pounds
More fun than NFS Most Wanted I feel a bit sad for those apparently jaded gamers who rated this fun new addition to the NFS oeuvre so low. If you love the fast driving and chasing aspects of most of the NFS series this should be very fun. The physics are great with the ability to send cars flying and do seriously wild maneuvers. As for the graphics, while certainly falling short of the PS3 version, they are better than the earlier entries in the series. The image blurring with NOS is intense. This game has some of the most wide open and largest drving spaces of any game ever. A step back My 9 years child said, the graphics aren't good, "Need for Speed Carbon" and "Most Wanted" have better graphics. I agree with him. I feel more adrenaline playing these games. I think better graphics will give a nice adrenaline boost, the history it's good, but overall, I think Carbon and Most Wanted, are better games. P.D. If you're a Need for Speed series fan, you don't expect a better game than Carbon or Most Wanted. If you're new playing the series, I give a 7.0 grade of a 10.0 scale. Hitting the wall Another year, another Need for Speed game; we all know the drill. Instead of basically putting a little new polish on an old title, Need for Speed: Undercover instead finds EA's long running street racing series reverting back to the days when the franchise was churning out tired and boring installments. Undercover follows the same formula we've pretty much seen with Need for Speed: Most Wanted onward, only Undercover hardly has any of the charm, or fun factor, of that game, Carbon, or Prostreet. The open world setup of the game just comes off as being a pointless feature considering there isn't too much that you can actually do in it. Add to the fact that the city itself just bland, lifeless, and dull. The racing itself isn't too bad though, although it won't take long to get repetitive and just come off as what you've played before in countless other Need for Speed games, albeit done much better and more exciting. The game's soundtrack is decent though, but sadly, the PS2 version is loaded with opposing cars that pop-up out of nowhere, and a graphics engine that is in need of a serious upgrade, and really finds the PS2 showing its age. All in all, Need for Speed: Undercover doesn't offer anything you haven't played before, and sadly, anything you've played better either.
