Need for Speed: Undercover

Introduction

Yeah sure, street racing is extremely fun it is also extremely retarded and dangerous, so why not do that all from the comfort of your house. Be a cop, be a crook your choice, you choose the roads you will take in Need for Speed: Undercover.

Story

Then there's the story. While arguably an improvement over previous attempts to bring "real" actors into the franchise, the script and the performances here are laughable at best. The desperately earnest street racers that chide, threaten, and try to intimidate you throughout the game make Lucas Black's performance in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift look almost Oscar-worthy.

You play a wheel man, hired by Federal Agent Chase Linh who is sent out, undercover, into the world of illegal street racing and other criminal activities. You'll need to progress through events and earn the respect of fellow criminals, getting invited deeper and deeper into the illegal underworld, seeking your prize

Game play

The overall game play is nice, with only a few issues and one part of those issues is how the open world racing is handled. In many events, the game actually closes off your city access with barriers and only lets you drive on the predefined track. This means that you can't take your own custom route through the city for the longer events, which is somewhat of a shame, and it also means you won't have to deal with cross traffic.

In terms of the actual driving mechanics, there are problems here too. My main gripe is that cars don't power slide as well as they should which can make taking turns at high speed a bit of a problem. Handling is uninspired overall, more functional than fun and charismatic like it should be. the Wii remote held on its side also possess a few problems in the name of if you want to make an exceptionally wide turn and turn your Wii remote too far then your car turns the complete opposite way, making evading cops that much more difficult.