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Need for Speed Unbound Review
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Need For Speed Unbound Video Review
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Need For Speed Unbound Review – Comic Book Racing
The first thing that jumps out when starting Need for Speed Unbound is its vibrant art style. At a time when most other racing games are striving for photorealism, EA’s latest distinguishes itself from the rest of the grid by adopting a stylized mix between reality and comic books. While its cars land on the side of realism, the characters behind the wheel are cel-shaded and its open world falls somewhere in between the two aesthetics. Vivid graffiti-style flourishes also pop up when you activate nitrous or fly off a ramp, and drifting kicks up colorful tire smoke that looks hand-drawn, with all of these effects punctuating the action with a unique sense of style.
There aren’t any modern racing games that look quite like it, yet the rest of Unbound feels like a continuation of 2019’s Need for Speed Heat. From the distinction between day and night races to the cat-and-mouse chase that occurs when you have to outrun the cops and make it to a safe house in order to bank your money. Unbound doesn’t attempt to reinvent the wheel, but what’s here maintains the series’ recent quality, even if there are some wrong turns along the way.
As is now customary in Need for Speed games, Unbound features a rather forgettable story about getting back at a former friend who stole your ride. There’s little point in delving into details because, ultimately, it’s inconsequential. Cutscenes are sprinkled in every now and then, but for the most part, the story is just sort of there, happening in the background as you drive around the city, so at least it’s unobtrusive. There’s some fun incidental dialogue every now and then, including one mission where you’re traveling with a “weeb racer” who spends the whole journey telling you about the history of anime and how it definitely isn’t a cartoon. Rapper A$AP Rocky also makes an appearance (because why not?) and it feels like he was given a microphone and free rein to say whatever came to mind. It’s a moment that stands out in a game that’s filled to the brim with ancillary dialogue. Aside from this, the story is relatively easy to ignore, but it does succeed in giving impetus to the game’s structure.
Need for Speed Unbound glitch lets you make infinite cash
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Need for Speed Unbound is a good racing game, and a reminder of when Need for Speed was fun, but the way its campaign is structured presents a bit of a problem. Unbound has four weeks where events take place, each ending with a qualifier on Saturday.
During the week, you’re meant to grind races for cash to upgrade your car, or buy a new one in time for the Saturday event. Being the most important of all races, it has a bigger buy-in than any of the weekday events.
In other words, you need to have a load of cash by the time Saturday rolls around. If you don’t for whatever reason, you’ll have to keep repeating Friday until you can beat the Saturday qualifier and move to the week after.
Need For Speed Unbound’s wild visual effects are actually the best part
You can play 10 hours of Need For Speed: Unbound right now with Game Pass
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Need For Speed Unbound technically isn’t out until December 2nd, but you can scoot in right now if you’ve got Game Pass and are willing to download EA’s app. It’s available as part of EA’s Game Trials, so you’ll only be able to play for 10 hours before you’re kicked out, but that’s time for cop chases and powerslides a-plenty.
I haven’t played a Need For Speed game since I was 13 and this wasn’t on my radar at all, but yeah, sure, let’s drive. It looks just like the games I remember but with optional silly animated wings and dust trails.
Need for Speed finally figured out what it wants to be
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I never imagined I would be writing this when everyone first got word of a new Need for Speed game in development. Initially revealed in the summer of 2020 with a shot of two cars, said game would not get an official title until October of this year.
Months after leaks and rumours told us a lot of what EA wasn’t interested in sharing itself, and Need for Speed Unbound was revealed, with all excitement reserved for racing games that aren’t Forza.
I find it hard to believe that anyone could say they were truly looking forward to Unbound, beyond the general excitement one might have for a new major release. I have long since given up hope that Need for Speed would even so much as plot a return to form, and everyone I know has either moved on to more realistic racers – or has stuck with Forza for their driving fix.
12 Minutes of Need For Speed Unbound Gameplay
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