Need For Speed PayBack (PS4)

Reviews for this game are middling (generally 3/5) but I really think people are missing the point and missing out on some great fun. It's a very well balanced arcade style open world racing game not a sim. And it is hysterical! The Drifting is sublime and the world, beautiful and rich. The introduction of other styles of racing makes for additional variety with 'off-road' working particularly well. Back in my 30's I used to love NFS Porsche (unleashed) 2000 and this reminds me a lot of that. The car control is really well balanced in a fun rather than totally realistic way. And the game is paced well delivering just the right amount of money you need to progress through the stable of cars without loosing interest. My 10 year old loves it. There is a great range of cars including some great classics for the Dads (The 1973 911 RSR is ludicrously fast!) and modern super-cars for the kids. It also now supports FF steering wheels and pedals - although we have tried both and the standard PS4 controls are fine. Oh! and my son just loves finding the wrecked and abandoned cars and doing them up. The only thing I would add is a split screen mode so my son and I could race head to head!

Whilst I don't normally write reviews, I feel NFS Payback deserves a bit more credit that it's getting from the negative reviews. Yes, people are entitled to their opinion but i don't think it's the worst game ever. I personally think it's a pretty good game and the more I play, the more I'm growing to love it. Pros: Graphics Driving (better handling than NFS 2015, in my opinion) Story (a little cheesy and cliche but fun) Cars and customisation Huge world Pros: No online free roam!! Could get repetitive... It's kind of easy (is that a con? Lol) All in all I think it's great... although if EA don't sort out the online roaming with friends, I will be selling it! EDIT: Ive been reading reviews about grinding for cash. If you press "options" on your PS4 controller and scroll to "shipments", you regularly get these drops which include vanity items (horns, neons etc), tokens (to use to roll for speed cards) and cash (normally between 10,000 and 25,000). You can also trade in the vanity items for cash. Hope that helps some of you as by the time I find it... I had 5 new shipments and made about 60,000 in one go! EDIT 2: I revisited the game yesterday and if anyone else was unaware... multiplayer online free roam is BACK after the update!! New cars and objectives too. I have been binge playing for the past 24 hours and I’m back in love. If you waited to buy it... your wait is over!

I don't know why there are so many negative reviews. It's a fun game once you have passed the first two types of races the game really opens up. I prefer this to get sport as it's less serious. Customisation is as good as ever. The performance upgrades can be a bit annoying but not game breaking. You earn speed cards every race you win. You can sell them for money or trade in for tokens. Graphics and sound is good driving is fairly easy once you have put some practice in. Worth a bit and no need to use actual money. Plus you get shipments which give you a nice boost.

I really enjoyed this game. Is it the best nfs game? Possibly not but it certainly has its moments and I found it very enjoyable to play. It's certainly a step in the right direction after the 2015 reboot of the nfs franchise. The story takes a little while to get going but once it got going it chugs along nicely in my opinion and switching between 3 characters is a nice touch as you get 3 different perspectives on the story of the game. I would recommend it if you like racing games

I was sceptical about buying this game after last year's NFS but since I've been playing it, its started to bring back some of the old need for speed enjoyment. These are the following things I thought of the game: PROS: - The driving physics are hugely impressive from grip to drift, without the twitchiness from previous. - The graphics have majorly improved - Has by far the biggest and most open map in NFS. - The cars look and sound simply sublime. - Story is great - Multiplayer is enjoyable and challenging - Interconnection mode and switching between the 3 drivers is brilliant CONS: - There are no free roam cops because the cops in the missions are so fun but hard at the same time. - There's no online free roam - From previous NFS games, its always been impossible to win numerous races apart from always starting last, although you buy a car to match your competitors or tuning up a bit i found it incredibly frustrating. - I wish the characters could get in or out of their respective car and roam (tho that's never been the case in any need for speed game but its a thought) - The purchase is very frustrating i.e difficult to upgrade cars you want - Certain mode's like Drag is challenging and stressful - Split Screen would be nice Overall, while I think this NFS is good like Most Wanted, Run, it's not the best. Certain aspects of it could be better but it's a great start.

It’s a very average need for speed game, from an ok story to ok gameplay and ok customisation. Performance modding would be great with more freedom than just random parts when you win. There’s so much more potential with this type of game to go much deeper into car culture and modifications. This just feels like it was made to be just ok and is very similar to the last one.

Fantastic game graphics are awesome and a sheer pleasure to play the game and missions

Got this one for Christmas already clocked in 12 hours, loads of fun just driving around finding car parts and doing side races, the story is cheesy but that’s what you expect. The car modification is excellent and graphics whise I don’t think you could really ask for more. There’s been a big update and I personally haven’t had to go back and do any races more than once to move forward in the game. Highly recommend