Need for Speed: Rivals

Need for Speed: Rivals
Studio	Main Developer Ghost Games Supporting Developer Criterion Games Ghost Games UK EA Vancouver
Publisher	Electronic Arts
Erstveröffent- lichung	Windows, PlayStation 3 & Xbox 360 November 19, 2013 November 21, 2013 November 22, 2013 Xbox One November 22, 2013 PlayStation 4 November 15, 2013 November 29, 2013
platform	Windows , Xbox 360 , Xbox One , PlayStation 3 , PlayStation 4
Game engine	Frostbite 3
genre	Racing game
Game mode	Single player , multiplayer
control	Gamepad , keyboard , mouse
medium	DVD-ROM , Blu-ray Disc , download
copy protection	Origin
Age rating	USK PEGI

Need for Speed: Rivals (often abbreviated NfS: Rivals or NfS: R ) ( English for " Need for Speed: Rivals ") is a racing game from the US game publisher Electronic Arts . It is the 20th installment in the Need-for-Speed series and the first series installment to be released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One . In addition, the game appeared for the previous consoles Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 as well as Windows . In the game, the rivalry between the law enforcement officers ( police , later also the FBI ) and the street racers is in the foreground.

action

In Need for Speed: Rivals , the player slips into two roles: that of the racing driver "Zephyr" and that of the (unknown by name) cop, later also as "F-8" or "Fate" (German fate).

Racer

As a racer you slip into the role of the experienced street racer Zephyr, who uploads videos of how he shakes off cops and causes accidents.

When the street racer known as the F-8 starts destroying other racers, Zephyr concludes that he is a cop and breaks into the police depot in the mission "In Wolf's Clothing", steals a Koenigsegg Agera R and sprays it with him his trademark. He then starts destroying cops and VRT units.

In the final mission, "The Big Tour", in which Zephyr calls on all racers to take part in this race, he is finally stopped by F-8 and a police blockade, with which he collides and flies through the air for several meters. Contrary to the assumption of the TV broadcaster RCNN (Redview County News Network) that he did not survive the accident, one hears him the sentence from the opening credits ("I am the reality show. The 15 minutes you will never have." “) Talk and start the engine of the crashed car while it is up to the player to imagine what happens afterwards.

Cop

In the cop career you are initially a patrol officer and have the task of patrolling. When the police violence penetrates the public and at the same time the actions of the street racers become more and more risky, the mayor decides to call in the fictional Vehicle Response Team ( VRT ) of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) and to put all cops, including the player, on leave Initiate proceedings for "gross misconduct".

With his urge to destroy the racers, he steals an Enzo Ferrari from the racers and pretends to be a street racer under the code name " F-8 " ( fate ). He starts destroying the racers and eventually decides to join the VRT to get more resources to destroy the street racers.

In the final mission, "The Big Tour", in which Zephyr calls on all racers to take part in this race, the VRT tells him to stop Zephyr. He also succeeds when Zephyr and his car collide with a police blockade. F-8s Enzo is also badly damaged and, according to the RCNN, dismissed from the VRT for "reckless behavior".

In the end credits, in which it seems as if the hype about street racers is over, F-8, who is now a street racer himself and has taken Zephyr's place as the top street racer, uploads a video in which he calls on all racers to do so To race.

AllDrive

For the first time in a Need for Speed , AllDrive, similar to Forza Motorsport 5 , offers the possibility of competing in single player mode not against an AI , but against other human drivers - who can act either as cops or racers. It also often happens to the player that some opponents are AIs and some opponents are other players.

However, you still have the option of switching off AllDrive and - as usual - competing against an AI as an opponent.

vehicles

In the game you have the option of unlocking vehicles and - in the racing career - buying them with the speed points you have received. In the cop career mode you get the vehicles for free.

The player can drive the following vehicles in the game:

Aston Martin Vanquish Aston Martin One-77 Audi R8 V10 Plus 5.2 FSI Quattro Bentley Continental GT V8 BMW M6 Coupe BMW M3 GTS Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Dodge Charger SRT8 Dodge Challenger SRT8 Ferrari F40 Ferrari Enzo Ferrari Ferrari 458 Spider Ferrari 458 Italia Ferrari F50 Ferrari FF Ferrari 599 GTO

Ferrari F12berlinetta Shelby Mustang Ford GT Ford Mustang GT GTA Spano Hennessey Venom GT Jaguar XJ220 Jaguar CX75 Koenigsegg One: 1 Koenigsegg Agera R. Lamborghini Sesto Elemento Concept 2010 Lamborghini Miura Concept 2006 Lamborghini Veneno Lamborghini Murcielago LP670-4 Super Veloce Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Spperleggera Edizione Tecnica Lamborghini Gallardo LP 570-4 Super Trofeo Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4 Anniversary Edition Lamborghini Aventador LP 720-4 50th

Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 Lexus LFA Marussia B2 Maserati Gran Turismo MC Stradale Mercedes-Benz McLaren SLR 722 Edition Mercedes-Benz C 63 AMG Coupé Black Series Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Coupé Black Series McLaren F1 LM McLaren 12C Spider McLaren P1 McLaren 12C Nissan GT-R Black Edition Pagani Huayra Porsche Cayman Porsche Carrera GT Porsche 918 Spyder SRT Viper Time Attack SRT Viper GT

reception

reviews publication Rating PS3 PS4 Windows Xbox One GamePro 84 86 k. A. 86 IGN k. A. 8/10 8/10 8/10 Meta-ratings Metacritic 80% 76% 76% 80%

The versions of the game received mostly positive reviews across all platforms it was released on.

GamePro praised the online mode and the extensive solo campaign, as well as the graphics of the version for Xbox One and PS4. On the less powerful Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles, however, badly pixelated environments, weaker textures and stuttering were criticized.

The Youtuber and video game critic Timm Litwinczuk, however, rated the game largely negatively. His conclusion on the technical quality and game design was particularly bad. Because of the integrated online mode, the game does not offer a pause function, which, according to Litwinczuk, has been standard in video games without an online function since the 1980s.

Web links

• Official Rivals Need for Speed ​​page
• Need for Speed: Rivals at MobyGames (English)
• Need for Speed: Rivals in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Review by video game critic Timm Litwinczuk from AltF4Games

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , As of March 25, 2014 
2. ^ ^{A b c} Daniel Krupa: The Long and Winding Road. In: IGN Entertainment . Ziff Davis , November 20, 2013, accessed March 9, 2015 . 
3. ↑ Meta-evaluation "Need for Speed: Rivals (PlayStation 3). In: Metacritic . CBS Corporation , accessed on March 9, 2015 (English). 
4. ↑ Meta-rating "Need for Speed: Rivals (PlayStation 4). In: Metacritic . CBS Corporation , accessed on March 9, 2015 (English). 
5. ↑ Meta-evaluation “Need for Speed: Rivals (Windows). In: Metacritic . CBS Corporation , accessed on March 9, 2015 (English). 
6. ↑ Meta-evaluation "Need for Speed: Rivals (Xbox One). In: Metacritic . CBS Corporation , accessed on March 9, 2015 (English). 
7. ↑ ^{a b c d} Thomas Wittulski: Need for Speed: Rivals in the Test - Graphic Grenade and Online Guide , GamePro , November 22, 2013
8. ↑ Video from AltF4Games about Need for Speed: Rivals https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPch6X-wsgg