Need for Speed: Payback

« Need For Speed Payback isn’t perfect – but it’s a nice step up from prior entries. Outside of Rivals, the series has really struggled over the past five or so years to really find its own way. The FMV-filled reboot wasn’t the right answer, and going for an action movie-styled variant is great for an ad campaign – but doesn’t make for a great campaign itself. Fortunately, the racing action and cop chases that litter the campaign make it worth playing. It looks great in motion, even if the action doesn’t hold up very well. The cop chases are exciting and the point-to-point races bring a level of arcade-style thrill that the series definitely benefits from. »

« EA and Ghost Games set out to make the quintessential Need for Speed by bringing in aspects that worked in the past and has mostly succeeded. The unnecessary narrative ultimately holds the game back, but it’s a blast once the world is made available to the player. The off-road racing is addicting and the search for Derelicts could remain a mainstay with the franchise moving forward. This is much less of a CAR-PG than the previous game, as players will be able to build a great library of cars much quicker. Add to this an excellent livery editor and community features, and the core elements of Need for Speed Payback will keep fans playing for quite a while. »

« An overall good game can still be brought down by bad business decisions. »

« Need for Speed Payback feels like the natural evolution of the series, and that’s a good thing considering the game ends with a great tease for a potential sequel. While I finished the story in around 15 hours, it’s worth noting that there are a ton of side events and collectibles that I failed to collect in that time. I could see myself easily doubling my time within Payback, and do so with a smile on my face the entire time. »

« Need for Speed ​​Payback is probably the richest and most varied episode of the series, thanks to a truly vast open world, full of activities and very different races. »

« Need for Speed: Payback has a lot of competitions to complete and has everything you can expect from a game in the series. It is also heavily focused on grinding, because it's the only way to avoid the infamous microtransactions. »

« Need for Speed Payback is an epic racing game thanks to his cinematographic style. Fans of the franchise will be very satisfied with all the content that awaits in the game. »

« Need for Speed Payback is a very fun open-world racing arcade game. There's plenty to do: many different type of races and a huge world with night & day cycle to explore, full of events, collectibles, opponents to challenge and one of the best car customization in the series. »

« I don't know whether to rate this a 5 or a 4. The game sounds okay but it's just ****. Story is kinda crap, alot of unnecessary things, feels like gta and fast and the furious ripoff but need for speed (kind of), and no cops in free roam. Boring boring boring. »

« **** customization and upgrade system, but at least the vibes and story are better than that of modern nfs games. »

« i mean, i used to play this back then when i was younger and man, that was sure boring, the only reason i replayed the game so that i could finally finish it and move on with my life. when i got this game for free on ps4 in 2020, and man, driving in the desert was really boring, i remember wanting Forza horizon 4 back then because it was much better, this game is one of the worst need for speed games on home console, geez Ghost studios make something better, i only like the choice of music and cars in that game, but the concept of giving a payback to Lina Navarro wasnt the worst idea i guess? »

« it is so good the gameplay is fluid and the map is so big also the exeleration system is so good »

« This is a huge disappointment. The story is just completely unnecessary, and the gameplay is mediocre at best. Different types of races have been introduced, but the scoring system is just utterly nonsensical. Just to give you an example: you can participate in off-road races, with dedicated off-road cars and upgrades for the terrain, but there is a limit at each race to even be able to play, and the scoring system that determines this is completely based on the regular racing conditions. It means that if you equip off-road tyres, the score of your car will be decreased! Even if you buy the best off-road vehicle, you cannot upgrade it to its full potential, because your score will be reduced so much that you won't be able to enter several off-road races later on! The whole system is a whole garbage! I cannot recommend this game to anyone. Maybe only if you want to suffer, then sure. »

« A big disappointment. The story is just a generic fast & furious clone. The optimization is really poor, even though I ran it on PS5. The car variety is mediocre at best. The microtransactions is crazy. And the game quite literally locked me out, saying that I "don't have an EA account." »

« Just simulator of gambling and characters are nofing. Driving is very hard, grafic is very bad and history are very baaaaaaaaaaaaaad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don’t buy that dog ****!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! »

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