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Need For Speed: Undercover

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5 Dec 14th, 2008 

14 Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful

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Single player and online gameplay, graphics

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Ea Games is primarily known to everyone through their Need For Speed series. Need For Speed: Undercover is very similar to Need For Speed: Pro Street, mostly because of the graphics. Gameplay have changed very much, but graphics are very similar. In the game, you have to complete different missions and quest, and from these missions, as usually you earn money. With money, you can buy new and better cars, and of course you can tune your cars, with different engines, and other things. It's perfect game for racing game fans, best game feeling you get with steering wheel. However everything isn't really good, there are a few problems about this game.

In the beginning of the game, you are some type of racing newbie, and you have to win races to get more fame and money. There are different event's, like circuit racing, speeding and also some kind of sprint races. You race somewhere in the Tri- City. Also there is an event, where you have to escape with stolen car. At the first, when car has stolen, you have to ride to the given place, after completing, you get money as much, as good you completed this event. Everything depends of you skills and how fast you ride.

In your garage, you can tune your cars with different pieces. There are different pieces, what elevates your speed, acceleration and street ability. In the performance group, there are different pieces, like different engines, transmissions, tires, suspension, nitrous and more. Nitrous is really useful, if you are racing in the sprint race. Engine gives you higher speed, transmission gives you higher acceleration. With using nitrous you can accelerate much faster. Tires gives you better street ability, you don't slip so much on the street and It's much better to take out curves.

In the left corner, there is a little GPS. You can see cops and other racers from this. Also with GPS, It's really easy to find out new races and competitions. Also there is some kind of zoomed-in GPS, from that you see all the map in normal size and you can go to the races much faster. Cops are marked as little red dots and police helicopters are marked as little helicopter icon. Races and competitions are marked with some kind of yellow icon.

If you are escaping from cops, and no one of these cops, don't see you anymore, you can go to the save spots. If you go to the save spot, polices are immediately gone and you are saved. You can see these save spots on the GPS, where these spots are marked with little light Grey icons. Usually these spots are somewhere in covered places.

All the time, after cops have arrested you, your car heat level increases. If your car heat level increases for 3 times, police takes your car away and you cant buy it back. So always be careful in the city and try to avoid increasing you car heat. Every time if you see police marks on the GPS, slow down your speed. It's really hard to escape, if there is the police helicopter, because It spots your place all the time and cops finds you all the time. Also some police cars are really heave and strong. In the beginning there are some kind of little police cars, but after, there are some kind of police jeeps.

If you play this game, you surely fell a love with this city. Everything is really awesome and I just love it. Especially these sunrises. Every place lookout is just awesome. Graphics surprised me a lot. Cars and other vehicles looks out so realistic and so beautiful. Also car accidents are really realistic, like in real life. Crashes with other cars are really cool and slight is just amazing. Other car flyes away, and doing some flips same time. It's same with police cars. If you are chasing from cops, they put some kind of car barriers on the street and It's so cool to ride on that. All these police cars flies so nicely, but It's really unrealistic too.

As I said single player is really interesting and very realistic, It's also playable online, named Cops N' Robbers. You can ride single circuits and sprint races with other people from other country's. It's really interesting and challenging, but if you have bad internet connection, It's better to play in single player, because while you are playing, picture is hacking really much, and It really annoys. Teams consists of 4 players. There are two kind of players: robbers and cops. Robbers has to take money and take this money to the definite place, and same time cops have to take off robbers. If your connection is ok, It's pretty interesting.

In conclusion Undercover is one of the best Need For Speed series from EA. Single player is really interesting and challenging and also online is really interesting. Graphics are awesome and everything else too. Maybe It's disappointment for some players, because It's almost same, as Pro Street. Graphics haven't changed very much, but however graphics are really good. In conclusion It's recommended to everyone, especially, who likes racing games.

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ilusvm 16.12.2008 17:59

great review. not a game that would appeal to me but still an interesting read. Em x

patel88 15.12.2008 03:01

was thinking about buying this... least i know what to expect now... thanks

HarryKgh 14.12.2008 21:03

Great game and brilliant review

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Disadvantages: high graphics,

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Advantages: Graphics are much better.
Disadvantages: Some thing more could be added in missions to make it more interesting.

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