Not so Fast, definitely not so Furious
WTMG's Leo Faria writes: "Need for Speed: Payback alternates between moments of utter brilliance and some of the dumbest story-driven segments I’ve ever seen in a videogame. When it tries to be an actual open-world Need for Speed like the classics from the last decade, or a discount Forza Horizon, it’s great, as it provides fun exploration and a vast map for you to do whatever you like. When it tries to be a Fast and Furious ripoff, it becomes a completely different experience, a worsened version of the dullest getaway driver moments from previous Grand Theft Auto games, coupled with a stupid script and severely unlikable characters. This is one of the most disappointing games I’ve played so far this year. It’s not a terrible game at all. You can see the absurd amount of potential in it, but it never manages to fully deliver."
After nearly three decades of NFS games, here's a list of the best Need For Speed titles that have ever been released in the past years, ranked by The Nerd Stash.
Best NFS in my personal opinion
Highstakes, Hotpursuit 2 and Underground, Mostwanted, The Run.
Rest of those titles are Junk,Crap, disappointing.
The white-knuckle racer and supernatural horror adventure join the lineup October 6.
It goes both ways - it could be a warning against trying a subpar game. Or, like in quite a few cases media outlets docked it too many points for small imperfections. I'm also looking forward to playing Vampyr.
That's funny because I remember people talking it up when it was one of the games on game pass.
I guess what console it's on decides if it's fun or not.
On second thought, to be honest, maybe I won't try it out. Not the greatest month this month.
😭damn that had to be a slap in the for sushimama after their post on the xbox article.
Vampyr was on my radar and then i played on gamepass and it wasnt good to me but lots of people like it and its free so everyone should at least try it.
I thoroughly enjoyed Vampyr. But, lots of people have specific things they're critical of and it's not perfect at anything. So, who knows.
I like that I can try a NFS game w/o paying more than I already do per month for it. I doubt I'll like it, but, at least it's there to try.
NFS payback sucks but hey its free so give it a try you might like .
Yea i thought vampyr was pretty bad and i love vampires but i just could not find anything good about it. We need a new legacy of kain and soul reaver.
It's not a great one, I played a fair bit of it myself... It's playable is all I can really say.
I absolutely loved Vampyr. It's an underrated gem. The combat can be kind of clunky, but the story, characters, setting, abilities, and everything else is great.
Was a very good game. Just needed more a-hole NPCs that I didn't mind killing to level up.
That's the point though! They can't make it too easy to kill just anyone (unless you're just a self absorbed a-hole yourself).
"They can't make it too easy to kill just anyone"
And that isn't what I said. Come back after you actually played the game and then talk about it.
I've been wanting to play this since it launched. Never got around to it though. So this is a really nice treat.
The Microsoft Store is running a sale on a number of Xbox One games this week. The games on sale include Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid, Unravel 2, Burnout Paradise Remastered, Need for Speed Payback, and more.
All of the deals are for under $15 and one is for just $2.99. The deals are for digital downloads only. The sale ends in five days.
Need for MT's: Paymore