Asphalt 9: Legends

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  • Summary: Asphalt 9: Legends features an extensive roster of real hypercars from renowned manufacturers such as Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini and W Motors. Pick your dream ride and race across spectacular locations around the world. Leave your friends in the dust and become a legend in your own groupAsphalt 9: Legends features an extensive roster of real hypercars from renowned manufacturers such as Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini and W Motors. Pick your dream ride and race across spectacular locations around the world. Leave your friends in the dust and become a legend in your own group or break your limits to achieve worldwide glory.… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. Multiplayer.it
    Oct 7, 2019
    85
    Asphalt 9: Legends is a great arcade racer for Nintendo Switch, with a huge single player career, awesome graphics and a local multiplayer mode via split-screen.
  2. Cubed3
    Oct 10, 2019
    70
    In Asphalt 9: Legends splashy visuals come first, collecting unlockables comes second, and skill proves to be a distant third. Having said that, it's tons of fun, at least, if not in search of realism, and despite the lack of decent variety, not to mention the fact that it's an always-online product. Moreover, this can definitely be enjoyed in its original, free form, or by simply spending a bunch of pounds to purchase the Starter Pack if you need to save yourself from more than 10 to 20 hours worth of grinding, but beyond that, the game won't really force you to do anything more besides from playing it.
  3. Pure Nintendo
    Oct 21, 2019
    70
    The graphics, the driving mechanics, the tracks, the vehicles, and the play time in Asphalt 9: Legends are all very good. The game is fun to play and challenging enough to keep the player engaged. However, the micro-transactions and some frame-rate issues do interfere with the overall experience.
  4. Gaming Age
    Nov 5, 2019
    67
    "Freemium” games are a scourge of mobile gaming, and seeing it come to the Switch in such an aggressive way feels just as icky here as it does on your mobile device. There’s undeniably a lot to do here, but be ready to shell out some real money if you want to get the full Asphalt experience.
  5. Everyeye.it
    Oct 24, 2019
    64
    Perfect to play on the go and available for everyone for free, Asphalt 9 Legends is a fast-paced and well-structured game, with only a few excesses related to microtransactions, and a bit of grinding too.
  6. GamingTrend
    Jan 15, 2020
    60
    A fun game at its core but can’t decide if it’s an arcade racer broken up with commercials, or a commercial broken up by an arcade racer.
  7. Digitally Downloaded
    Oct 8, 2019
    0
    Nothing redeems Asphalt 9. It's shallow, inferior game that has been built with the exclusive purpose of getting suckers to throw more money at it. This stuff should be left on mobile platforms or, better yet, never made.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 55
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 55
  3. Negative: 16 out of 55
  1. KristiancraK
    Nov 11, 2019
    10
    The best game free to play for Nintendo Switch.
    Nice graphics, good sound and duration
  2. LykanPawcio21
    Jan 24, 2022
    10
    The best Asphalt part. Cool graphics and musics. I love it. This game is better than medicore Need For Speed games
  4. gddurruti
    Nov 11, 2019
    9
    Lo bueno: Es un excelente juego, la jugabilidad es estupenda, llega a ser mejor que el juego al copia (Namco Ridge Racer), excelentesLo bueno: Es un excelente juego, la jugabilidad es estupenda, llega a ser mejor que el juego al copia (Namco Ridge Racer), excelentes gráficas, excelente modo de historia, asombroso gameplay, Lo mala: el modo multijugador es bastante desequilibrado a la hora de emparejar, necesitarás un excelente auto para competir bien, Es pay 2 win (hay que pagar para comprar buenos carros), casi siempre necesitaras conexión de internet, el modo offline es muy pobre.… Expand
  5. Bunnyoven
    Mar 6, 2020
    8
    Asphalt Legends is a fantastic free to play game on the Nintendo Switch. It feels as if the team that worked on the game found a perfectAsphalt Legends is a fantastic free to play game on the Nintendo Switch. It feels as if the team that worked on the game found a perfect balance of pay to play or the purist route of spending no money in game. There is an enormous single player campaign with lots of race variety, races, time trials and escape to name a few. The only downside to the story is that it's an always online game so you can't play on commutes or other wifi free areas one might want to play their switch. The online is pretty solid, it's easy to make a clan with your friends get extra rewards for playing the game, though bad connection can make it a bit spotty. There are awesome up to date leaderboards that really let you see where you stand in world rankings. The list goes on and on, so what are you waiting for, the game is free to play with 1000s of hours of content to devour!… Expand
  6. PizzaVacuum
    Feb 13, 2020
    7
    This is a visually stunning, free-to-play game. Very fun to unlock new cars and grow your garage. Some flags in career mode are nearlyThis is a visually stunning, free-to-play game. Very fun to unlock new cars and grow your garage. Some flags in career mode are nearly impossible to get even with the recommended rated/level car. The game becomes frustratingly difficult and that is why I'm giving it a 7 rating. It truly stops being fun as it becomes increasingly difficult.… Expand
  7. PooterScoot
    Oct 9, 2019
    4
    First off, it's a great port of the mobile version, but some big things stand out to me that shouldn't be an issue for such a long goingFirst off, it's a great port of the mobile version, but some big things stand out to me that shouldn't be an issue for such a long going franchise. 1. The controls. In the mobile version you can tilt your phone as little or as much as possible to steer your cars precisely, with a controller, you only have left and right, that's it. No analog support in a 2019 game is unacceptable. 2. Unbalanced online matchmaking. It's simple, pair players that have a similar car ranking and that are in the same tier. I get paired with vehicles nearly twice my power, and get destroyed, and lose some of my rating because of it. If you want to play this game competitively, only play the time trial events that come up, those are fun.

    3. Latency online. This may be only my problem, i'm not sure, but i often fail to score a take down on another player because of lag. It's very laggy at times, not to where my car teleports but the other way around. I haven't been able to try the split screen mode yet but i hope it's fun. All in all think it's an ok game, but for those wanting to progress as quickly as they can and get more vehicles by climbing leaderboards, winning online races, etc, i can see it to be an extremely frustrating experience. Just get Grid if you want a solid racing game.    … Expand
  8. HarmoniaZX
    Oct 13, 2021
    0
    awful wanted missions,awful rubberbanding,awful progression blocks.
    simply this game does everything it can to p*ss you the f*ck off and make    awful wanted missions,awful rubberbanding,awful progression blocks.
    simply this game does everything it can to p*ss you the f*ck off and make you waste time with unfair dogsh*t.    … Expand

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