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Did someone say decent racing on DS?

Words: Games Master UK
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While the Hollywood storyline of the console version has been slimmed down to the equivalent of a Fisher-Price picture book and the open-world exploration has been cut entirely, Need for Speed Undercover on DS is a surprisingly zippy little racer. The opening races suggested a generic driving game that gets away with being mediocre because of the limitations of the DS.

However, once you get behind the wheel of some of the faster, more entertaining cars and start taking part in the Hot Car, Criminal Scramble and All Points races you’ll find a relatively rapid and varied arcade racer. It’s by no means exceptional but other handheld Need for Speed games have been horrid. This, thankfully, isn’t.

Dec 4, 2008

You'll love
  • Surprisingly zippy
  • Varied arcade racing
  • Simply better than it should be
You'll hate
  • Fisher-Price picture book cutscenes
  • No open-world exploration
  • Not a looker

 
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Kattleox  - 11 months 22 days ago 
...do I have to read ALL OF IT?
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CoD_22  - 11 months 21 days ago 
its even shorter than the psp review... 117 words (not including the date)

graphics look really poor
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berober04  - 11 months 21 days ago 
wow, even Carbon on the DS looks better
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iluvmyDS  - 11 months 21 days ago 
Oh hooray a two paragraph filler review.

Also captcha: War included! I thought I'd have to pay extra for it.
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Need for Speed Undercover
Need for Speed Undercover

Genre: Racing
Release date: 21 Nov 2008
Published by: Electronic Arts
Developed by: EA Black Box
Franchise: Need for Speed
Multiplayer Modes:
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