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Need for Speed: World
Need for Speed: World was the fifteenth installment in the long-running racing video game Need for Speed franchise published by Electronic Arts. This iteration was co-developed by EA Black Box (rebranded Quicklime Games before closing in 2013) and EA Singapore. It was the first freemium MMORG in the Need for Speed series (though Motor City Online w...
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Need for Speed: World Reviews
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Still, Need For Speed World is a load of fun and jam-packed with excitement. While it lasts, you'll have trouble putting this speedy racer down. The sense of having 20 cops behind you as you shake them off and make your escape is so extremely fulfilling, you'll try again seconds after the last chase ended. And racing against opponents in multiplayer offers a considerably different experience every time, to keep you coming back for more also. Even with the grinding, this game has a thrilling experience to offer and there's no reason anyone shouldn't pick up on it; certainly because it's free!
In an nutshell, Need for Speed World is an online racer masquerading as an MMO, where there is really very little player interaction at all. The open world is a glorified queuing system, and there is far too much grinding between upgrades, and far too little difference between the upgrades themselves. No doubt the game will have content updates in the future that add much more interesting components, but right now, the ‘free-to-play’ intro serves as a demo for the paid portion which is more of the same, but with far less people, little means of interacting with the ones who are around, and lit...





