Need for Speed Payback Standard Edition - PlayStation 4

Is a very good game, easy to play I recommend this game.

The game is fun if you don’t mind driving around a very large open world. The derelict quests are fun, although I originally thought you just found them as you drive around which would have been more fun. I like the gameplay, there a a good amount of cars and you can customize them a lot. Trying to beat some of the races can get a little repetitive but it’s not a deal breaker, there are plenty of races to choose from so you can always go back and try again with a better car. All in all I’m enjoying it.

Has a wide variety of races and good world and car upgrade options. At times few confusion. Rest of it is fun.

I have bought almost every Need for Speed game over the years dating back to High Stakes on PS1 and this entry was good but a little disappointing to be honest. I will start off with the good things. It gorgeous, as expected. Need for Speed games always look really pretty especially since they switched to the Frostbite engine. The world is also quite sizable. It definitely feels like the largest to date. There is also a rather large selection of cars even excluding the DLC cars which is good for those who don't want to spend the extra cash. The derelict cars are a pretty cool idea, although I wish there were more. The engine sounds are pretty good once the cars are upgraded. Pretty realistic and they are recognizable. The idea of cosmetic Super Builds once a car reaches a certain level is a great idea, really making the car look the part. They also have way more custom parts for super cars than previous games which is cool if you want to make it feel like your own. General handling, especially for race and drift cars is excellent and fun with a great sense of speed. Live tuning is also a great idea. NOS is also not as important to gameplay as other NFS games which I think is a good thing but it's still there if you need that little extra bit to get past a competitor on the last stretch. Now for the things I don't care for. The music selection sucks. Even if rap/hip-hop is your genre of choice there are far too few songs. If I had to guess I would say there are only 1.5-2 hours of music that play during regular driving. This gets old quick, especially if you sit down and play for 3-4 hours. That means you heard every song twice in one sitting. In previous games it let you turn individual songs on and off which would have helped. I really wish more games let you feed in your own music either from Spotify or locally. I could play it over the top of the game but it's really hard to balance the sound effects and music that way and that means the music plays during cut scenes. Anyway, moving on from music, the other biggest complaint I have with the game is how much upgrading costs. You can easily dump $100k into a car between every event in order to stay ahead of the curve but you only get about $25k from any given event which means you are always strapped for cash. This gets worse the further you get in the game, the exact opposite of how it should be. By the last story event you should be able to buy whatever car and upgrade you want without having to budget everything. You upgrade with speed cards at shops which are random so some times they don't even carry the part you need. I get the random perk and level from cards you win but shops should have a more consistent stock. Especially if I'm spending that much money. While this game has a pretty good selection of events, race, drag, drift, off road, and runner, some of the events, especially near the end of the game, require you to do stupid things with a car that it wasn't built for. Taking a drag car on a twisty highway or a runner car for long sections of off road. This leads to real frustration when the car refuses to behave because it wasn't built for it. And you can't cheat the system by using another class of car on those select events because you can only enter cars in their respective class events. Being able to live tune is really cool and useful except they don't let you do while you are participating in an event which kind of defeats the purpose. If you tweaked your car incorrectly before the event you have to quit the event, tune it, and then restart the event. Super annoying. The story is okay but the characters are very one dimensional and unnatural even resorting to catch phrases. I also wish there were more cinematic events in the game. The highway car heist that was played at E3 2017 was the best event in the game. I was hoping for a whole game of ridiculous Fast and Furious type heists and action, but alas, it was not so. It's much more normal than that. I think that could have really made it stand out in the genre. NFS The Run is still one of my favorite NFS games just because of how well they were able to blend racing with cinematic events. It really made you feel like a hero. My final thoughts. I know my list of complaints is longer than the pros but that doesn't mean it's bad game by any means. It's very enjoyable to play and besides having the penny-pinch constantly the general experience is pretty positive with the other problems only popping up once in a while (except music, but that can be turned off). This one feels kinda like a less balanced Most Wanted (2012) but a bigger world. So if you like Need for Speed games definitely give this one a go.

Bought this out of the Bargain Bin. Pretty good game for only $15

It was a great game !! From The first game down to the last game.

Such a fun game to play! So glad I purchased this game

fast and great game. love this and you will also. awsome