The Crew 2 Review | Quarter to Three

Tom Chick - "The Crew 2 is a real surprise. Not at all what I expected. It’s actually astonishing. Maybe even breathtaking. It seems completely, utterly, stupenduously, jaw-droppingly unaware of why I played The Crew. It flagrantly violates the conventional wisdom that videogame sequels are better because game design is an iterative process. Design something, improve on it for the sequel, repeat. But The Crew 2 doesn’t feel the least bit iterative. It simply can’t compare to The Crew. It’s as if it never even heard of it. It’s not just one step forward, two steps back. It’s not even no steps forward, two steps back. It’s popping the clutch when you didn’t know the car was in reverse and plunging over a cliff. It is one of the worst open-world games I’ve played, and easily the worst caRPG I’ve ever played."

[Team_Litt]

Tom Chick, sometimes it SEEMS like you do this deliberately to stay relevant. I really hope that isn't the case.

[starchild]

Such a strange guy. How are his reviews helpful if his taste seems so radically different from most gamers? And it's even worse if he is just doing it for attention as you suggest.

[coolbeans]

"How are his reviews helpful if his taste seems so radically different from most gamers?"

The answer is literally nested in your own question. Making an informed decision on your next purchase can come from two methods: comparing or contrasting. In other words, which people run with or against your own views on what makes a worthwhile game/sequel/etc.? If his views run against that of what "most gamers" value then it seems to me most are getting a more complete picture before taking the purchasing plunge.

[DJ_Professor_K]

You’d be surprised at what people do to stay realvant

[Sciurus_vulgaris]

Ban this site and their intentional outlier reviews.

[DarkVoyager]

The Crew 2 is awful but going by his past reviews Tom Chick should never review games period and Quarter To Three should be removed from metacritic.

[Liqu1d]

Considering a moderator submitted this I think it's safe to say N4G won't be banning clickbait trash that can potentially affect peoples livelihoods and instead they'll be promoting it instead.

[coolbeans]

In an era where review scores hold significantly less sway on customers' purchasing decisions, let's ease off the David Cage levels of melodrama here.

And if Qt3 is recognized as "clickbait trash" by most people, whose livelihoods is it actually affecting? The site is no more promoted than any other on here: clicks & comments driving up the heat.

[Aceman18]

This guy is a clown, and no one should ever take him seriously.

[coolbeans]

Suggesting to curtail free expression on N4G? Let's mount up, warriors! I said mount up, free speech warriors!!!

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http://gph.is/1MIKzVo

[Dark_Knightmare2]

I swear this has to be one of the worst sites out there and that’s saying something when we have gamingbolt,gamecritics and a few others. I pray for the day when this site closes down and Tom chick can’t review games anymore or he can but won’t be able to do blatant,outlier clickbait reviews if employed by a respectable outlet

[NecrumOddBoy]

This, GameKult and ThisGenGaming are also just awful.

[chris235]

clickbait. FU.

[AgeInTheCage]

Its not a 1 out of 5, its in my view is a 3 out of 5 at worst after playing the beta on ps4 og.

[DarkVoyager]

Going by the demo I’d give it about a 2.5 out of 5.

[DrShoe]

Tom Chick operates on a level beyond that which can be deemed normal. Who is he writing for? Surely after years of being a contrarian, every one knows that a Tom review exists purely for Tom to stroke his own ego....

[rainslacker]

He makes his money on Patreon, so I'd imagine he writes for those that donate money to him.

Otherwise, yeah, his reviews are really all over the place. Crap games with loads of cited issues in other reviews, don't get a mention in his reviews, or if they do, still get perfect scores. Certain kinds of games from Japan get raked across the coals, which makes me wonder why he reviews them if he doesn't like them. Big name releases like Far Cry tend to get perfect scores. Exclusives to Sony tend to get some spin on them to downrate them, although that isn't always the case.

As a reviewer, he's not worth following, because whether he likes something or not seems to depend on if he's taken his Ritalin for the day.

[boing1]

Huge fan of the first one here. I love the second one except for UI.

[Jon_Targaryen]

I played the beta, the game is fine. Ignore this idiotic review.

[Mister_Wolf]

Calm down, I doubt this is a 2 rated game lol.

[UCForce]

I’m maybe don’t like Crew 2, but Tom Chick need to be ban from N4G. Seriously, this guy isn’t helping.

[super_cuddles]

You mad? Good, stay mad.

[TheOptimist]

I guess I am the only fan of his (the author) here ;-;

Not going on the score, I agree with all the negative parts about his review. Maybe 3 or 4/10 would have been better considering it's not a broken game.

[ZombieStalker]

This is the worst article I have read in a LONG time! He used the word “think” in some form 57 times! I could counter most of his assumptions about the game. For example he made a revenge to cop cars in the first Crew. That was actually an expansion for the first game. I could go on. Does this game deserve a perfect score, absolutely note. I would say 7/10 is a realistic score. I will never visit this site again!

[InKnight7s]

I hate Ubisoft, I find The Crew is tour game, more than a rqcing game, but nah the vast map, great USA locations and good graphics, but veeeeeery bad driving.

[Germaximus]

LOL Awesome.

[s3arch]

this guy is an idiot, it's a great game and looks beautiful..people are idiots

[thehitman1398]

Lukewarmbeans...... and I quote,

"In an era where review scores hold significantly less sway on customers' purchasing decisions, let's ease off the David Cage levels of melodrama here."

The WHOLE REASON why review scores hold less sway is BECAUSE of crappy click bait "journalism" like this..smh

[coolbeans]

Really? I figured it was the plethora of sites that seem to solely utilize the 7-10 review scale for the vast majority of AAA games since the beginning of the 7th gen, thus making terms like 'masterpiece' and 'great' feel meaningless to the average consumer. Giving a harsh opinion on a sequel he hated =/= crappy clickbait journalism. It's just another perspective.

"Lukewarmbeans"

Always cool, mate. 8)

[Poli_Games]

SO it isn't EVEN a game? 1/5... Come on man thats insulting to everyone who worked on the game. I played it, and it wasn't my cup of tea. But, a one are you serious? It works, it functions it may not be "good" but its no one out of five. Thats just insulting.

[Germaximus]

I got through a few paragraphs then I couldn't read anymore. It doesn't read like either an opinion piece or a review. It reads as a bunch of jibberish. I can totally appreciate the opinions found in the article but it's just too damn annoying to read.

It thinks...

[trouble_bubble]

The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously. Hubert H Humphrey. A year later, Tom Chick was born lol. Then the internet happened. Lost cause