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Need for Speed: Shift

1 to 8 Player(s)
Developer: Slightly Mad Studios
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Genre: Racing
Release Date: 9/15/2009

GI Rating 8.00

Concept:The Need for Speed series goes more sim, and ends up going down the same one-way street
Graphics:When you crash the screen goes hazy and grey for a few seconds to simulate your disorientation
Sound:Nothing you haven’t heard from every racing game going up and down the street
Playability:I really didn’t like the HUD, from the race map to the Driver Profile updates that splash up on the screen
Entertainment:This game gets you revved up pretty easy, but you won’t redline
Replay:Moderately High

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Need for Speed: Shift

PlayStation 3

Also on Xbox 360

Summary:

As gamers, a certain portion of our brain responds positively when we hear a game is going to be more realistic – particularly in racing games, where this can signal gains in the physics models, replication of the real-life tracks, and the car specs. But going down this road has as many liabilities as it does benefits. Up until now, aiming for more realism in your driving game has led to games that are challenging because of their simulation of what happens when velocity, tire grip, and physics collide. Nothing is wrong with sim-based racers, but Need for Speed: Shift ends up plying the same

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