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• Need for speed underground 2 game completion status full#

The first being that you may have all the patience to finish the five stages, and yet be unable to beat the game 100% (as in completion-ism), simply because you missed a hidden race, or a outrun event in one of the stages. There is also a few design issues I'd like to pinpoint.

Certainly a step down from the previous title. With no narrative urgency, it may feel silly to do the same thing over and over again. Indeed, I even forgot it had any story at all. At a certain point I stopped reading any of the text because it's embarrassing. It's very weak, with cheesy everything: Characters, voice and text. In fact, I think even in the straights, that sense isn't there. Unlike Underground, though, the city and tracks have too many corners to be able to enjoy any sense of speed. The car responds very well to the joystick, and is very grippy. All of the drawbacks I had with Underground in this front were fixed: City traffic isn't designed to disturb, AI performance is properly balanced, and the handling is splendid. The problem is not the driving, on the contrary, driving is great. All of the drawbacks I had with Underground in this front were fixed: City traffic isn't designed to disturb, AI … More At the fifth, you really see no point and is likely to drop the game. At the fourth stage, you start to wonder why should you go and clear the city map once again. It's the same over and over, just with more events. And here lies the biggest problem with this title. In between each of these steps, you travel the city in order to get to the shops and events. The game is split in five stages that play exactly the same: Buy a car, tune it up, win X street races, win Y racetrack races, and get into Z magazines or DVD covers. City's beautiful, no doubt, and its design is outstanding, giving you a feeling of a massive open world to explore, even though it's not that big.

Need for speed underground 2 game completion status full#

Taking advantage of the lighting system they developed for the previous title, city's full of lights, neons, and whatever you may think to make it bright. Underground 2 takes place in the city of Bayview, a fictional city based on the west coast. This time, they ditch the grittiness of The Fast and the Furious, and applies some glamour, as the game develops its own personality in a world full of flashy lights, neons, and advertising. Underground was a huge success, and it was only natural that EA would request a sequel. Black Box once again takes a ride in the development of Need for Speed.