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Need for Speed

Ghost Games · Nov 3, 2015

PC · PS4 · Xbox One

Teen

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Discover the nocturnal open world of urban car culture, driven by five unique ways to play and win, in this thrilling reboot of Need for Speed™. Carve your own unique path, via multiple overlapping stories, gaining reputation on your journey to become the ultimate icon.

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Scores by platform

PC

Critic 7.3 (18 critics) · Gamer 6.6

7.1

PlayStation 4

Critic 7.0 (40 critics) · Gamer 8.4

7.5

Xbox One

Critic 6.8 (19 critics) · Gamer 8.2

7.3

Critic reviews

  • PC Gamer

    Ben Griffin · Mar 23, 2016

    5.0
    Need for Speed, then, feels like the tutorial for a deeper racer, or the barebones bit you can play while the rest of the game downloads in the background. It’s not only boring, but so bereft of ideas that it represents a series running dangerously low on creative fuel. The hazard lights are blinking.
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  • Game Informer

    Javy Gwaltney · Mar 09, 2016

    8.0
    When all is said and done, Revelation winds up feeling more like “more Fire Emblem Fates” than its own distinct campaign and is easily the weakest of the three. However, for those looking to spend more time with Fates’ rich cast of characters and explore relationships unavailable in the either Conquest or Birthright, this DLC campaign is one quality encore.
  • The Escapist

    Ian Miles Cheong · Dec 03, 2015

    5.0
    Unlike other racing games, there's no matchmaking system to facilitate racing against strangers. There are no event playlists or anything of the sort. Unless you have friends to play with, getting into online races is a joyless and tedious experience. On top of that, you can never pause the game, even when you're in the middle of a single-player event.
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  • PlayStation Trophies

    Richard Walker · Nov 12, 2015

    7.0
    A slightly disappointing return for EA's racing franchise, Need for Speed doesn't do anything to push things forward. You'd think that a hiatus might have given Ghost Games time to inject a little extra vigour into Need for Speed, but the overall result is falls woefully short of expectations. Still, the racing part remains good, clean fun, which is what really matters.
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  • Operation Sports

    Robert Kollars · Nov 04, 2015

    7.0
    This may not be quite the game that many NFS fans were hoping, but that doesn’t mean the game should be discounted. The driving is fun and difficult at higher levels, and the overall experience gets methodically better with the more time devoted to playing it. This game has polarizing written all over it, meaning that there will be a contingency of people who love NFS, and those that will probably hate it, with very few in between.
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  • Game Revolution

    Devin Charles · Nov 04, 2015

    7.0
    This year’s installment of Need For Speed isn’t the end-all-be-all, but it has proven there are still great things to be offered to the genre. Each car is crafted extremely well both visually and audibly. Engines give strong roars as they power up for quick releases. Tires scream with a certain screech when pulling off the perfect drift. Through the nuts and bolts, getting to the core of the title, it’s all mostly safe and directed in a simple form. It’s a solid base to grow from—few complaints but few things to gush over.
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Gamer reviews

  • Sorakai154

    Mar 27, 2021 · PC

    6.3

    Even in 2021, The graphic looks good! The story is ok, The music is ok to. Very fun to play and come back to play it again.

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  • KrazY

    Feb 10, 2021 · PC

    10

    My favorite racing game. I love played back then

  • Nildsen Melo

    Aug 16, 2019 · PS4

    6.0

    Need for Speed

    This one let me down, don't get me wrong it isn't a completely bad experience, but sometimes is hard to keep playing, there are a lot of things to do on this rather beautiful game, but good graphics and the good customisation sistem is not near enough to make me want to come back, Ghost games are clearly trying, but due to some bad racing modes (like drifting in group), and the rest of the game just start get boring really quick, NFS(2015) is not the game the franchise deserve.

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