If you can live with these elements, you will have a lot of fun in this game. Need for Speed Payback is a decent racing game held back by a weak story, grinding, and micro-transactions. Unfortunately, it fails to stand out in any one area.
Predominantly a game that is trying to do too many things at once. The work by Ghost Games is weighted down by its stiff singleplayer structure, which clashes with a progression system that, whilst clever in theory, fails to be as balanced as it should be in practice. Need For Speed: Payback is a solid, lengthy and entertaining racing game, but it's unable to reinvent its genre. Need for Speed returns in this, a grossly unremarkable open world racer that marks another step back for the series.Į - Giuseppe Arace - Italian - 7.5 / 10.0 The multiplayer is solid, but that's like saying at least the car wreck didn't cause a fire, too.Įurogamer - Martin Robinson - No Recommendation
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A horrendous progression system compounded by uninteresting characters and terrible AI only illustrates how far behind this series has fallen compared to the other arcade racers out there. Need for Speed Payback might be a new low point for the franchise. Need For Speed Payback feels like stepping into the latest Fast and Furious, and it's a great ride. Racing is exciting and all of the car modifications are interesting, besides lacking from its technical side.Ī overall good game can still be brought down by bad business decisions.ĭigital Trends - Daniel Starkey - 3.5 / 5 stars Need for Speed: Payback is a fun, great open world with a story campaign that works well. Need for Speed comes back stronger than ever with an open-world game that has a great story mode and gameplay mechanics adapted to every player.Ītomix - Pamela Lima - Spanish - 80 / 100
Areajugones - Josep Carceller - Spanish - 9 / 10.0