Once a character ended a call with “gotta bounce, yo, craving boba”, I knew that we’d gone beyond “I’m just too old” and into the realm of focus-group-approved dialogue.ĭeveloped by the masterful Criterion Games, Need for Speed Unbound is a spectacularly polished title, which goes to great lengths to utilize the power of the ninth-gen platform.

The soundtrack is perfectly suited for folk far younger and cooler than I, and the voice acting is perfectly fine, but the dialogue is atrocious, wall-to-wall with insufferable, cookie-cutter “bants”. While all of this activity is fun and enjoyable, it has to be noted that NFSU‘s narrative and script absolutely do not make the grade. These missions all offer their own rewards, unlocking new safehouses as well as access to more vehicles and upgrades.

As Lakeshore opens up, a selection of side objectives and jobs-for-hire become available, from getting hot wheels (not the toys) out of the city under the watchful eyes of the feds, to becoming the most One-Star-Rated Uber driver in history.

While progressing through the story, all in-game earnings, (whether bagged on the streets or at the bookies), can be blown on a huge gallery of vehicles and upgrades, with the player gunning their way through a tiered licensing system and obtaining the machinery necessary to qualify for the city’s more elite street circuits.

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