Testseek.com have collected 35 expert reviews of the Need for Speed: Shift and the average rating is 82%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Need for Speed: Shift.
October 2009
(82%)
35 Reviews
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Abstract: Need for Speed: Shift is a racing game that tries to do a lot of things, and the good news is that it does most of them well. The bad news is that Shift does very little that other racers havent done before it, and it excels at nothing. The racing, th...
Abstract: Most of my Need for Speed memories involve fast and furious street races, police chases in an open world and laughably lame stories. THE VERDICT by Will Herring Need for Speed is a spectacular racing series known for its high octane thrills. With the ...
Abstract: "Rebooting" franchises seems to be all the rage right now. First it was Batman Begins, then J. J. Abrams did it with Star Trek - and now EA has done it with Need for Speed. The series has something of a checkered past, with successive releases erratic...
The graphics are gorgeous. Painstakingly modeled car interiors and clever visual effects make it feel like youre there in the car. Wide selection of tracks to race on. Driving model is very good.
Career mode is shallow. Driver Profile system is overworked. Handling seems iffy in some circumstances. Small car selection cant compete with rivals. Car collecting feels ignored. Damage model is mostly visual.
Abstract: The last few Need for Speed games haven’t really managed to push the racing genre forward too much. By and large, they’ve been serviceable, but for every NFS game that came out, you could probably point to one or two of its contemporaries that did thin...
Shift is a collection of ideas – some tried and tested, some yet to be proven – all hanging together beautifully. An impenetrable Drift mode and relatively simple customisation hold it back from true greatness, though. 8.1/10Print this pageUse...
