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Need For Speed: Undercover (Xbox 360) | 
| From: Electronic Arts
Category: Video Games
List Price: £49.99
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 50
Format: Unknown Format
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: car-and-truck-racing-games
Rating: To Be Announced
Media: Video Game
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5030930067434
ASIN: B001FSJEJY
Release Date: November 21, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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 Take A Ride On The Wild Side January 4, 2009
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
For the past year and a half, all I have heard is the complaints about how the Need For Speed games are going downhill, and how Pro Street was nothing like the good old fast paced, Need For Speed Most Wanted, with spades of attractive cut scenes and rip-roaring chases between the cops and a 200 mph muscle car.
Well, it looks like EA have listened to the complaints of its loyal supporters; thankfully they have revisited the successful formulae of speed and tyre squeal. The new release, named Need for Speed Undercover. The cut scenes and high-speed chases have returned to the game, which is a welcome addition as last years release, Pro Street, was nothing like the traditional Need for Speed games and featured none of the aspects of best known in the games.
Similarities between Underground and Most Wanted, the 2004 Need for Speed, are clear to see and are such a relief to find. You will have the chance to race cars from all of the leading car manufacturers, from all four corners of the globe. Nissan, Dodge, Cadillac, Ford, Porsche, Lamborghini, BMW, Aston Martin and Mitsubishi, are just a few of the cars featured in the game.
Need For Speed, Pro Street, follows a different style of Game-play, which featured the player driving cars around racetracks. The Need For Speed fans found this to be probably the worst thing EA could have done, which was to take away the essence of what made Need For Speed, the premier racing series, fast paced driving in built up and dangerous environments, gaining "heat" from the police and making them chase you for up to an hour, just to stop you causing havoc on the streets.
The storyline in Need for Speed Undercover follows you playing the role of; wait for it, an undercover officer, alongside Maggie Q, who is strangely attractive. The objective of the game is to race around the fictional, Tri-Bay city and take down street racers, who have become embroiled in an international smuggling ring. Storylines in the game are described by the infamous cut scenes, which are a major part of the game, but still fail to reach the amazing heights of past Need for Speed favourites.
Two key aspects of the series have returned. You will have full control over the development of your chosen racing car. As usual, in Need For Speed, there are two ways to improve you car for races, you can either re-build your car as a whole, or individually improve areas of your car, to help you become the number one racer.
It seems like EA them-selves, weren't best pleased with the reaction of Pro Street, mainly because on Underground, it has really gone back to the old style of the game, featuring street racing against the worlds best. One update is that you can now earn points, to improve your stats on the game, which help you reach the number one spot in Tri-Bay.
You also have chances to earn money, via the final position you end up in, basically the higher position you finish in any race, the more money you receive, even if you finish in a modest 4th place, you still earn money, so it's not the end of the world.
One major problem, which I feel the game-play really lacks, is the fact that it is not really that difficult to win a race, as long as you drive fast down the straight and half heartedly, attempt to conquer the corners, it's impossible to fail, this also means the game isn't exactly realistic, as you don't see this in professional motor sports.
The visual department is something which EA have never lacked in the game, even through the less successful era of Pro Street, the graphics were still better, than almost every other racing game out in the past year or so.
So, arriving at the release of Underground, the graphics are nothing to worry about. Whilst driving the environment reacts to your driving style, for example, if you plough into a large object, you will cause the object to fall and cause an obstruction, making life that little bit harder, for your opposition, whether it's the cops or fellow racers. If the cops are racing you through the streets of Tri-Bay, you will not fail to miss the blaring sound of sirens and the flashing of there lights on the surrounding buildings.
Undercover doesn't just feature the traditional streets races, it also features races which may depend on you leading a race for a pre determined time, passing more checkpoints than your opponent or trying to keep a stolen ride in pristine condition, until you reach a safe house.
Due to the amount of all the different racing modes, which you can play in the game, you will get your money's worth out of the game and the replay potential, especially for a racing game, is frankly better than any other racing series of games, I have played.
One much improved aspect of the game is the online mode, which is a lot better than Pro Street and possibly Most Wanted. The online cops and robbers mode, in which the robber tries to particular rides and deliver them to a specific drop-off point, while another player, controls the cops and tries to ram the robber off route, is t of fun.
So people, if you're the type of gamer who enjoys racing games, which feature cops, streets races, high speed chases and generally enjoy causing havoc, then Need For Speed Undercover, is the game for you.
But remember, it does have its problems, so don't jump in all guns blazing expecting a near perfect game, because like many other games, it does have its teething problems.
 Not up to much! January 4, 2009
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Looks fantastic and the cars feel good... unfortunately it stops there. Gameplay is very limited - online multiplayer breaths a little extra life into the game but honestly not worth a purchase in my opinion. A big shame for the N4S series.
nfs undercover December 23, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The first thing I noticed when first playing this game was the fact the car felt like it was swinging left and right when turning like it was on a hammock I could see the mountains swaying at every turn in my peripheral vision which was very disorientating.
Secondly the sense of speed is not accurate I hit a wall at 140mph and I would have guesed my speed at 80mph tops when deciding to break coming up to the bend which put me in last place from first.
Thirdly when I was being chased by the police I had the standard car and the police could not catch me or stop me 3 police cars and I outran them all driving one handed smoking a cigarette using my racing wheel.
If you want some serious police chasing I recommend Midnight Club La the police are relentless and give you a right challenge to shake them off,Also a much better driving experience all round.
needless to say I took nfs undercover back and got a different game
 And to think i nearly didn't buy it! December 15, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I really liked Need for speed Most wanted although the last two games were not quite up to that standard. So when i saw quite low reviews for this game i nearly left it on the shelves. I'm so glad i decided to buy - i love it.
Over the last 2 weeks this has been my most played game by far leaving COD5 on teh shelf. It's the mixture of exciting races, great cop chases, nice upgrades, great learning curve, nice and funny video scenes that make it so adictive.
But.... this game does have it's faults. It has slowdown at times even when there's not that much happeniong on screen, and the graphics on my HD television don't look that great. BUT i ahve to say this game it still defintley worth playing. If you enjoyed most wanted or just want a decent car racing game i recommend it.
Oh, and in my opinion it's much better than the new midnight club which, for me , was far too hard even after just 30 mins of play
Rent It First December 3, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
After reading the reviews I decided to Rent this game and im very glad I didn't buy it.
It is mainly the same as NFS Most Wanted so if you enjoyed that (which i did) then you will like this game. However it is very short. I finished all the single player achievments and 2 multiplayer achievments in around 6 hours.
All in all a fun game to play but I would really question the lifespan of the game. I still have 4 days left to play before taking it back and im bored of it!!
DO NOT compare this game to Forza 2, PGR 3 or 4, Pro Street, the Burnout series or NFS underground 1,2 etc as the only thing you can base it on is Most Wanted.
The story is annoying and the actors are very poor.
It can be very annoying sometimes also when you fail a mission and have to wait for the CGI cutscene to finish before starting a race....
Graphics = awesome
Music = AHHH I turned the sound off, i could only tell the difference between 3 of the songs!!
Gameplay = Easy but Fun
Lifespan = Non existant
EA shouldn't get so much flak for this game as it is getting but we shouldn't just accept this as their final product.
The most pathetic thing about the whole game is that you can use Microsoft Points (your own money) to purchase upgrades and unlock things...
Hope this helps some people choose.
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