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EA Sports FIFA 18 and Need for Speed Payback Bundle

EA Sports FIFA 18 and Need for Speed Payback Bundle

EA Vancouver·Released Nov 14, 2017

Platforms
Xbox Series XPS4
Genres
RacingSimulationSports
Critic57/100
Across 7 reviews
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Powered by Frostbite, EA SPORTS FIFA 18 blurs the line between the virtual and real worlds, bringing to life the players, teams, and atmospheres of The World’s Game. Move with Real Player Motion Technology to unlock Dramatic Moments in the world’s most Immersive Atmospheres. And go on a global journey with a star-studded cast of characters in The Journey: Hunter Returns. Need for Speed, one of the world’s bestselling video game franchises, returns with a vengeance in the new action-driving blockbuster, Need for Speed Payback. Set in the underworld of Fortune Valley, you and your crew were divided by betrayal and reunited by revenge to take down The House, a nefarious cartel that rules the city’s casinos, criminals and cops. In this corrupt gambler’s paradise, the stakes are high and The House always wins.

Reviews

9 reviews
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PC Gamer
Phil Iwaniuk·Nov 16, 2017
Critic53/100
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Enjoyable arcade handling packaged within a game that gets monotonous long before it rewards your time investment.

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Push Square
Sammy Barker·Nov 16, 2017
Critic30/100
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Need for Speed Payback is a real-world example of microtransactions gone wrong. As an open world racer, the game's inoffensively average – but when paired with its bafflingly bad progression system, it's frankly an embarrassment. It's scary to think that publishers are quite literally sabotaging their own games in pursuit of a bonus buck or two these days.

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Polygon
Owen Good·Nov 11, 2017
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Need For Speed Payback doesn't do many favors for itself. It's a fun racing game whose flashy story would be fine if I felt like I was building a blinged-out career worthy of it. Instead, I felt driven toward pure stats upgrades, heedless of what the car was or what it looked like.

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IGN
Luke Reilly·Nov 7, 2017
Critic59/100
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Need for Speed Payback is a big, competent, and confident arcade racer but it's really let down by its linear cop chases, its overwrought and insidious upgrade system, its dreadful dialogue, and its superficial action sequences. It feels fine and it looks flashy, but Payback really went all-in on its direct-to-DVD revenge tale and it was a bust for me.

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Sam Loveridge·Nov 7, 2017
Critic70/100
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Need for Speed Payback successfully returns to its Fast and Furious roots with aplomb, but a focus on the grind and a beautiful but empty world means it ultimately falls short of greatness.

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