Need for Speed Unbound

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  • Summary: START AT THE BOTTOM, RACE TO THE TOP. The world is your canvas in Need for Speed™ Unbound. Prove you have what it takes to win The Grand, Lakeshore’s ultimate street racing challenge. Across four intense weeks of racing, earn enough cash to enter weekly qualifiers, beat the competition, andSTART AT THE BOTTOM, RACE TO THE TOP. The world is your canvas in Need for Speed™ Unbound. Prove you have what it takes to win The Grand, Lakeshore’s ultimate street racing challenge. Across four intense weeks of racing, earn enough cash to enter weekly qualifiers, beat the competition, and make your mark on the street racing scene while outdriving and outsmarting the cops. Pack your garage with precision-tuned, custom rides and light up the streets with your unique style, exclusive fits, and a vibrant global soundtrack led by A$AP Rocky and AWGE that bumps in every corner of the world. Express yourself to the fullest with the freshest new art styles and signature tags that represent what you're all about. With separate single and multiplayer campaigns, this latest edition in the Need for Speed™ franchise from Criterion Games™ delivers hours of electric, adrenaline-pumping action.

    • Graffiti comes to life in Need for Speed™ Unbound with an all-new, unique visual style that blends elements of the freshest street art with the most realistic looking cars in Need for Speed™ history. Access a brand-new toolkit of high-energy visual and sound effects to express your driving skills, including Burst Nitrous, a new boost tactic that delivers a dizzying rush of speed.

    • To get to the top, you gotta take risks. Choose how and when to put it all on the line, pulling huge drifts on the street, outdriving the cops, or placing side bets with your own earnings against rival racers. Time is money, so find the fastest way to earn enough cash to enter the weekly qualifiers and make it to Lakeshore’s ultimate race, The Grand.

    • The more you race, the more you build heat. While the cops pile on the pressure, you gotta make tactical decisions using new escape mechanics to take control of the chase. Do you outrun the cops, battle them head on, or hide out in Lakeshore's underground? Run these streets and you’ll reap the rewards.

    • Pull up to a Meetup and show off your unique style with hundreds of cosmetic items to choose from, including exclusive gear from some of the world’s most pioneering fashion innovators. Extend that look to your ride, transforming your cars with unique wraps and cutaways for the ultimate legendary custom. And when you take first, don't forget to stunt on the competition with your own personal win poses.    … Expand
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. Gaming Age
    Jan 3, 2023
    91
    It is very hard to stand out in this much crowded racing genre, but Need For Speed Unbound pulls it off. The title is easily the best entry in years and sets a foundation that can easily be built upon. After many years of having an identity crisis, I can see the game evolving from here. With a consistent 4K resolution and 60fps framerate NFS Unbound showcases what could be the future of the series.
  2. Generación Xbox
    Dec 12, 2022
    85
    Need for Speed Unbound comes to our consoles to bring us the adrenaline of street racing. Criterion has once again made a really interesting installment for fans of the franchise. NFS is back.
  3. Game Informer
    Dec 12, 2022
    85
    Need for Speed Unbound feels like a foundational entry for where the series could go from here. Competing across the title’s many events is a blast, and I love the juxtaposed visual aesthetics. Though some elements left me wanting, Unbound is as much fun as I’ve had with a Need for Speed title in years.
  4. SomosXbox
    Dec 7, 2022
    78
    Needs improvement. That is the conclusion I ended up reaching after playing approximately a little over 13 hours of the game, passing the story mode and playing races in the online mode. Need for Speed Unbound feels like a Need for Speed from the Black Box stage but at the same time it gives me the feeling that all they have done has been to improve what was already present in Need for Speed Heat.
  5. Jeuxvideo.com
    Dec 11, 2022
    75
    Unbound succeeds where NFS Heat had failed, namely to give a little life and flavor to the discovery of the open world called Lakeshore City.
  6. GAMES.CH
    Dec 7, 2022
    75
    Need for Speed Unbound feels like two steps forward, one step back. While the story progression serves as a nice motivation to get better cars and take risks with the police, the newest part of this once-beloved series still falls flat in some regards. Visual presentation is sub-par for a game that advertises itself as game built for the next generation of consoles. While gameplay is fun and taking a lot of inspiration from Burnout with its heavy reliance on drifting and boosts lee, there are a few issues as well. Police, while initially invigorating, quickly becomes a chore as chases drag on forever and can, in the worst case, reset player progress of over an hour. This is undoubtedly a step in the right direction, but “Need for Speed” is still not quite at the best it has been.
  7. Game Rant
    Dec 5, 2022
    50
    Need for Speed Unbound feels like it comes to a stop before it ever gets going. The polish in the moment-to-moment gameplay cannot be ignored, but as a whole, Need for Speed Unbound is just another forgettable entry in the long-running franchise.

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  1. Positive: 23 out of 57
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 57
  3. Negative: 28 out of 57
  1. Max_Lazy_10
    Dec 3, 2022
    10
    While by no means perfect, Criterion's put the franchise back on the road with NFS Unbound. Oozing with originality, and giving players theirWhile by no means perfect, Criterion's put the franchise back on the road with NFS Unbound. Oozing with originality, and giving players their fix however they want to play (whether in story mode, online, customizing cars, or outrunning the cops), Need for Speed Unbound is the strongest outing the series has had to date since Criterion's Hot Pursuit entry in 2010.… Expand
  2. GrimViperX
    Dec 5, 2022
    10
    Awesome reminds me of underground and carbon can't wait to see what else they going to bring into the game
  4. sambalamba
    Jan 1, 2023
    9
    Gutes Spiel aber manchmal etwas einseitig trotzdem eine 9/10 jedoch ist das Spiel nicht zu empfehlen für Leute die es realistisch haben wollen
  5. sphirit
    Dec 6, 2022
    5
    Un juego para niños o adolescentes como mucho.
    Los efectos y la estetica anime sobran, ademas los efectos no se pueden desactivar.
    La fisica    Un juego para niños o adolescentes como mucho.
    Los efectos y la estetica anime sobran, ademas los efectos no se pueden desactivar.
    La fisica de conduccion es excesivamente arcade    … Expand
  6. ademyz
    Dec 4, 2022
    1
    the game is disgraceful!. 0. Worst NFS game with no reality driving sensation
  7. Lewiw99039
    Jan 20, 2023
    0
    No. Just, no. Spend your money on some other games. Dont listen to those "critic reviews". This game is not worth it.
  8. JohnnySins1233
    Dec 4, 2022
    0
    Trash game not worth it especially at that price, maybe at a HUGE sale, game is boring effects cannot be turned off even tho they said it can,Trash game not worth it especially at that price, maybe at a HUGE sale, game is boring effects cannot be turned off even tho they said it can, it cannot. REpetitive cringe story overall trash… Expand

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