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Need for Speed: Shift
8.1 out of 10

Need for Speed: Shift

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Overall 9
8.5

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Game Informer
23 January 2010
  • Summary: The Need for Speed franchise has had its wheels stuck in the mud as of late. With Shift, EA abandons the arcade racing of the series in favor of a solid racing sim in the...
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Need for Speed Shift Review

UGO
22 January 2010
  • Excerpt: For years, the Need for Speed franchise reigned as the king of driving games. Installments like Hot Pursuit 1 and 2 , Underground 1 and 2 , and Most Wanted helped the...
  • Pros: a more "European" racer is your cup of tea and, even if it's done you wrong, you're read to give NFS another chance.
  • Cons: racing is just a bunch of guys going in circles, cars are for transporation and "Top Gear" is where you keep your mountain bike.
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Overall 8
8.0

Need for Speed Shift Review

VideoGamer.com
18 January 2010
  • Excerpt: When EA announced that it would be giving its Need for Speed games more development time to ensure the series would become known for quality, the racing community clapped
  • Pros: In-cockpit camera is superb, Great sense of speed
  • Cons: Trackside detail isn't great, Precision and Aggression don't mix
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Overall 9
9.0

Need for Speed Shift for PS3 Review

i4u.com
18 January 2010
Overall 9
9.0

Need for Speed: Shift

Strategy Informer
4 January 2010
  • Conclusion: Need For Speed Shift does exactly what it is made for: giving any driver the experience they want in a racing game. Want to just race some cars in various tiers on easy?
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Generation NT
31 December 2009
  • Excerpt: Need For Speed est désormais une des plus vieille, et des plus fournies surtout, des séries de jeux vidéo.
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Overall 8
8.0

Need for Speed SHIFT review

HonestGamers
10 November 2009
  • Excerpt: were drastically different from each other, encompassing gameplay types as varied as police chases and dragster street races.
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Overall 8
8.0

Need For Speed: Shift

gamerlimit.com
7 October 2009
  • Conclusion: Shift certainly isn’t perfect nor is it as realistically accurate as it wants to be. What it does do, however, is make you almost feel the g-forces of racing and...
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Overall 6
6.0

Expert Review

GiantBomb
5 October 2009
  • Excerpt: Need for Speed: Shift does a lot of the things you'd expect a sim-style racing game to do, but it does so in a passionless way that's really off-putting.
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Overall 9
8.6
Gameplay 8
8.1
Graphics 8
8.4
Sound 9
8.9

Need For Speed: Shift

NowGamer
30 September 2009
  • Summary: Shift is a collection of ideas – some tried and tested, some yet to be proven – all hanging together beautifully.
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