Review Need for Speed Heat - The Best NFS for Years, But That's Not Saying Much

Paradise lost

Republished on Wednesday 31st August 2022: We're bringing this review back from the archives following the announcement of September's PlayStation Plus lineup. The original text follows. Need for Speed Heat brings the franchise back from the brink of disaster, but it's only brought it back to being good again. The series has been on...

• Wed 31st Aug 2022
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• EA
• PS4
• Need for Speed Heat

Review Need for Speed Payback - A Fine Racer Bogged Down By Microtransactions

Pay up

Republished on Wednesday 30th September 2020: We're bringing this review back from the archives following the announcement of October's PlayStation Plus lineup. The original text follows. We’re not sure about The Fast and the Furious, but Need for Speed Payback sure will make you furious fast. Ghost Games has spent two years tuning up...

• Wed 30th Sep 2020
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• EA Games
• PS4
• Need for Speed Payback

Review Need for Speed (PS4)

Asleep at the wheel

For a game that's so high on Monster energy drinks, Need for Speed sure could do with a sugar rush. Ghost Games' long-awaited reboot – which was constructed over the course of a two year development cycle – is a slow and turgid affair, which is in direct contrast to its hyperactive cast of characters. It's frustrating because...

• Sun 8th Nov 2015
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• EA Games
• PS4
• Need for Speed

Review Need for Speed: Rivals (PlayStation 4)

Cops 'n' racers

Need for Speed: Rivals rarely wants you to take your foot off the accelerator. Swedish upstart Ghost Games’ debut arcade racer fuses the fast-paced police chases popularised by Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit with the open world pandemonium of Need for Speed: Most Wanted, and serves up an emergent online experience that ensures that...

• Mon 9th Dec 2013
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• EA Games
• PS4
• Arcade
• Racing