Need For Speed: Underground Reviews for PC - Windows

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FINAL SCORE 9.8	Gameplay	9
	Graphics	10
	Sound	10
	Value	10

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Overview

Need for speed, a well known name in gamers of all ages and one of the best racing game series game industry introduced for consoles and PC. From NFS 1 to NFS 6 hot pursuit 2 this series was little generic all those were high speed racing games with little to customize, but I am not saying those games are not good those are awesome. When 2 first to furious movie came into the market NFS was the first to adopt the racing system from that movie. Though many games like Street Racing Syndicate (SRS), Juiced tried to do the same thing but they went no where near NFS underground 7th game of this series and most successful and revolutionary in many ways.

Gameplay

What makes underground so much different than other races two things addition of new race modes and deep car customizations option. Before underground car racing means racing with opponents while trying to finish in the top places, a little variation of this was knockout and time trial mode. And gamers were tired of playing same kinds of racing all time and in all games. Underground attracted new and old racing gamer by introducing three completely new modes drift, drag, and sprint. I personal favorite is drift and drag. In drift mode you show your drift skill to collect points and in drag, which is absolutely intense and speedy racing, you change gear in timely manner to get maximum boost.

Underground mode, which is the main part of this game, engage player to take part in races that are driven by a story. But I didn't feel that much of appealing. Anyway one might easily get tired playing same kind of match again and again. If you don't plan to finish the game in one sitting or on a single day, I don't think you will become bored with underground mode. And this mode is the easiest way to unlock tracks and cars that you can use in quick race mode. There is a healthy amount of cars and tracks to be unlocked in this game and those are good enough to keep to busy couple of hours.

Bored playing alone, Need for Speed underground has a robust online mode. You need to use your EA account to log in online game and even after 4 years from its released date; you will find people to play with. You can play either ranked or unranked match, I personally prefer ranked one, and it adds extra enthusiasm in the race.

Graphics

As I said before, this game came out in 2003 and if you compare this game with some top game that game in the same year, you will find, this game visuals are top notch. The whole city is beautifully designed and you will be amazed by the light effects, crowd animations and cars visuals.

Now that I mentioned car visuals, I think I should the car customization option, because this feature deserver a separate paragraph. You can customize car's visuals and upgrade parts. In the parts section you will find traditional upgrade like engine, ecu, suspension and most the upgrades are divided into 3 levels, so you need to play fair amount of races to unlocks those with style points and buy those with cash you will get from those races. But the fun part is change the car with visuals items; you will have a selection of color, decals, vinyl, rims, hood, side skirt, lights, neon color and even the roof scope and many more that I can't remember right now and these will keep you busy and maybe you will spend more time in customizing car than actually racing.

Sound

Sound and music are always been an integral part of game. And in my opinion this game soundtracks are the best among many games and easily taken a place in my top 10 best game sound list. NFS: underground has total 26 tracks by 26 artists. My personal fav is Rob zombie's two lane blacktop and Fuel quarter. Though I deleted the game, I kept all the songs and listen sometime.

Value

Need for speed Underground is a great game. If you a racing game fan, this is a must buy. And you can get this game with other 4-5 NFS racing game in a package for ~$20 and that makes it only couple of bucks but the fun you will get from this game is worth way more than the original $40.

Final Thoughts

Need for speed Underground is a great game and a must buy for any racing game lover.

Reviewed by: mehfuz | Views: 29

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