interesting corporate cyberpunk premise but it’s not gripping for me. similar to disco elysium, the first 30 mins of the game are a bit rocky with the feeble world-building. kinda conflicted what to judge this game by, the story is not interesting enough as a visual novel, so the experience is very unforgiving when the gameplay and visuals are extremely minimal. thankfully this is on game pass so i don't have to pay for the full price considering the lack of content here

this game is so calming i keep falling asleep playing this it took me 2 hours just to get to chapter 2

would have given this a higher rating if the game is just going to different bars every night to do the karaoke mini game

Being addressed only by my racing number constantly is giving Agent 47 lmao

This is genuinely the most fun I've had with a racing game in a while. The bar for progression and story in the racing genre is admittedly pretty low, but here they were the highlights of the experience for me. The career mode story was entertaining, the mix of live-action and CGI cutscenes was innovative, and the office style mockumentary had me chuckling throughout.

The simcade handling model is one of the best among EA's racing games. I hope NFS moves in this direction instead of doubling down on the drift-heavy gameplay. Docking half a star because multiplayer is a mess and you can't create custom races without opening an online lobby for some reason.

Regardless, this is a massively underrated series, and I enjoyed it FAR more than Forza Motorsport.

is this game implying spongebob shits himself when he dies wth 🫥

I have lost count of the osha violations were committed here

the fact this port has almost the same car list as gt4 is WILD

spinoff game idea: a urinal simulator where the boys use their urine to pressure wash the bowl

one extra star for the tactical sword holding technique

just when you think they can't release fm5 for the third time

one of the forza games that made zero noise because there wasn't any controversies and it was actually mediocrely fine

the graphics were running laps on the other games at the time but it took itself a little too seriously to be enjoyable

had high hopes going into it but was kind of disappointed by how bland it is, it’s the same racer busted by the cop revenge story in every modern nfs game with the same game engine that fights you at every turn. maybe they felt like they needed to play it safe after the trainwreck of payback but i missed when nfs used to take creative risks and not just coasting on the success of most wanted from 15 years ago

one of the most visually stunning nfs games even 10 years later, and the vibe is just immaculate. the seamless cinematic cutscenes were so innovative and so well executed. i hope it gets the renaissance that it deserves