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Need for Speed: Undercover Reviewed @ Gameplayer

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Gameplayer has gone live with the first online review of the latest release in the Need for Speed series. They award the game a 6.5, suggesting that it merely brings the series back to a level with Most Wanted from three years ago.

'Everything seems to work as it should – the racing is fast and frenetic; the sense of speed is swell and the cars look mostly rad. It ticks most of the boxes it ought to in order to get by. The biggest problem with Undercover, and it's a fundamental one, is that it's lazy."
6.5 / 10
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SlappingOysters - contributor
Published: 395 days 12 hours ago | Review | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 | Wii | Sony PSP | Nintendo DS | PlayStation 2 | PC
 
 

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SlappingOysters - 395 days 15 hours ago
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1 - Well that confirms that
Need for Speed can get bent: Midnight Club has my vote.
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1.1 HardcoreGamer | 395 days 10 hours ago - User only got 1 bubble - Show
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Yoma - 395 days 9 hours ago
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no this is goty lol
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thematrix1298 - 395 days 12 hours ago
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That score is reasonable...nothing new. Midnight club was over hyped.
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narked - 395 days 10 hours ago
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even if its nothing new, still has to be a good game if its like most wanted.
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caliblue15 - 395 days 10 hours ago
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4.1 - Exactly.
Exactly. They bash the game for being like Most Wanted, but didn't everyone love Most Wanted? I have wanted the NFS series to intertwine NFS Underground 1&2 into Most Wanted as that would be the best in the series by far. By EA realizing they needed to go back to where Most Wanted was best and improve on it, add better cars, customization, more polygons, is the best thing for them. (They also point everything not in the game... um aren't you supposed to review what is in the game?)

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I bet if Most Wanted had never come out, this would be an 8, but since we have all played it, they knocked the game down because it is a similar game. How about all the Rock Band's, Guitar Heros, they are just a rehash / end rant
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narked - 395 days 8 hours ago
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indeed. what else could they possibly add to make it more interesting that has not been done before? make the honda asimo drivable?

the new multiplayer modes are good additions yeah? and i liked pro street, the idea of it is great also, was more limited but hey, it wasnt bad. if u get into customizing a car with heart you can really get a good fun out of the game.

i dont think it deserves less that a 7 at least.
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SlappingOysters - 395 days 4 hours ago
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4.3 - That is craziest comment ever
The review says that if you had not played an NFS in the last four years then you'll like it. But I think a 6.5 is a reasonable score for a game that just copy and pastes something three years old. It can't be an 8.
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ottoenie - 395 days 10 hours ago
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i think this is one of the few sites that give it a 6.5, i hope the other sites give it a better score, cause i expected far more from this.
i hope...
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Th3 Chr0nic - 395 days 10 hours ago
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they are giving a bad score based on what isnt in the game not on what is there. they need to review what is in the game not what is missing. from what i read they didnt have anything bad to say about the gameplay(other than the npx appearing on closed course) but just that there wasnt any extras like day/night and weather. to me i dont care if a racing game has weather effects and day/night i mean yes it had some detail but as long as the gameplay is there and it is fun then screw all the rest. i think they were a little to harsh. who says u have to reinvent the wheel with every new game, they aimed to bring back the old gameplay and i think thats what counts
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Delive - 395 days 9 hours ago
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7 - This one scares me.
most wanted was a blast, but for this to barely meet a 3 year old game is less than stellar. I'll wait on more reviews as this one reviewer may have a bad history with EA (Like me)
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Sircolby45 - 395 days 8 hours ago
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8 - "shrug"
Is being like Most Wanted supposed to be a bad thing? I personally loved MW and Carbon. As long as they don't put out another game like ProStreet I will be happy.
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spirited - 395 days 8 hours ago
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no matter what the reviews say and how bad the game is it will be a hit just like the previous ones it will rock the charts

it's a pity
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rawd - 395 days 7 hours ago
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Stick a fork in NFS already
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SpikeSpiegel - 395 days 7 hours ago
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11 - I may rent the game...
EA lost me after releasing Pro Street. Semi-realism and numerous menus for the loss. :P
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mjcrow33 - 395 days 6 hours ago
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I'll rent it,maybe buy it if it's good- as long as it's better than Pro Street.
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hotrider12 - 395 days 6 hours ago
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as I said before, this game suck's balls maybe real NFS gamers waiting on hotpursuit 3 for that good ol NFS style racing with cops??
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SlappingOysters - 395 days 4 hours ago
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14 - EA Black Box
Just pooed this one out while they focus on SKATE 2, the game of 2009!!!
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theEnemy - 395 days ago
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I hate how EA handles DLCs. Look at the PlayStation Store, there's too many NFS Undercover DLCs that should have been already IN GAME for free.
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NaViTo - 395 days ago
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Need For Speed and Midnight Club sucks... buy Motorstorm 2!
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xplosneer - 394 days 23 hours ago
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17 - Actually seems pretty good
I've been waiting for a new Most Wanted(my favorite one, sorry, but it got ripped off of me D: ). Waiting for other reviews however, I was hoping this to be better.
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hotrider12 - 394 days 18 hours ago
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cant believe gameplayer gave it 6.5 and gamepro gave it 2.5 thats real bad for EA AND BLACKBOX maybe EA should hire another company to make NFS with fans heart in mind.
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