Need for Speed Carbon: Own the City review

When mediocre is mixed with vanilla, it produces Carbon on the DS

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Another bummer is the online multiplayer (or lack thereof). The only way to play against your friends is to go DS-to-DS (either download or 4-way), so unless you've got some buddies with the game in tow, there's no online action to be had. Why, oh why, no wi-fi?

So while Carbon won't necessarily offend your street racing senses, it's won't knock your socks off either. One thing's for sure - it beats the hell out of last year's Most Wanted DS title, but since that's not saying much at all, we say take another pass this time around.

Another bummer is the online multiplayer (or lack thereof). The only way to play against your friends is to go DS-to-DS (either download or 4-way), so unless you've got some buddies with the game in tow, there's no online action to be had. Why, oh why, no wi-fi?

So while Carbon won't necessarily offend your street racing senses, it's won't knock your socks off either. One thing's for sure - it beats the hell out of last year's Most Wanted DS title, but since that's not saying much at all, we say take another pass this time around.

More info

GenreRacing
UK censor rating"","","","","","","","","",""
Franchise nameNeed for Speed
US censor rating"Everyone 10+","Everyone 10+","Everyone 10+","Everyone 10+","Everyone 10+","Everyone 10+","Everyone 10+","Everyone 10+","Everyone 10+","Everyone 10+"
Platform"GameCube","PC","PSP","Xbox","DS","PS2","Wii","Xbox 360","PS3","GBA"
UK franchise nameNeed for Speed
DescriptionForget the concrete jungle - Carbon's gonna take you through sweeping canyon streets and force you to claim back the city block by block.
Release date1 January 1970 (US), 1 January 1970 (UK)
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