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The music during cutscenes is either non-existent, or filled with rap from the cars of the "hip crowd" you are about to race. The soundtrack is entirely forgettable, and only acts as background noise. But they lack the quality of previous NFS games, even the oft-mentioned Most Wanted had a better sound feel to each different car than Undercover does. The sound is passable, the engines sound ok and tires squeel. After loading the game, you are in the car right away and need to hit ESC to get your garage and gameplay options. The menus look ok, there is no main menu to speak of. To conclude, this is the worst looking NFS game in a long time, and it's one of the worst looking games of the year. You will also notice shadows move as you drive, and their speed is dependent on yours. And as you approach the same corners in your next lap, you will once again see it fly across the sky. The sun is just strange, it literally flies across the sky in some areas for no apparent reason. You will see buildings, cars, and street signs appear as you turn the corner as if the engine can't keep up with your driving speed. Speaking of the draw distance, it is extremely poor. Granted, there is not any way to look up when you are close by, so all you can do is see the high rises from the distance. The streets and cars have a very strange blight glare to them, even in the shadows of the buildings. The shadows look completely rough, the vehicles look barely ok in closeup. And this is surprising, more than anything, because it actually looks almost as poor as Underground does by today's (and even ProStreet's) standards. Words really cannot describe the poor quality of the visuals found here. The graphics engine in Undercover is absolutely horrendous. If you're more of a numbers person, skip down to the end to see my scores for the game. decided to write this review so that you may not repeat my mistake. As I tried to ignore the negative hype, I picked up a copy to see it for myself and. Well, much to my disappointment, along came Undercover and did the impossible - it was even worse. I was severely disappointed with last year's ProStreet, and wasted no time giving it the title of the worst game in the franchise. Sure, EA may be pumping out a new game every year, but hey at least it's passable. The game was reviewed on my fast system (Q6600, 8800GTX, 4GB ram), with all settings maxed out.īeing an Avid NFS Fan myself (having played through and finished all previous NFS games, especially the classics of the pre-Underground era) I was looking forward to this game. Of the above, I feel sorry for the poor souls (mostly the NFS fans) who get this game ignoring the warnings from the community - this review is for you, so I'm not going to go into detail about what the game is (arcade driving) or where it comes from. There are three types of people who will want to play Need for Speed Undercover: NFS fans, driving fans, and people who are just looking to get into the franchise.