Need For Speed Review (PS4) - Worth a buy?

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[@kingston4313]

You're like the Gordon Ramsay of games.

[@EdwanMusic]

This is my favorite game review channel. Ever.

[@mastermo141]

"what if me son walks in and asks DAD, WHAT ARE WATCHING THAT SHIAT FOR?" Had me tears.

[@Marscow]

Mack, seriously?! 1 - No wheel support 2 - No in-car cam 3 - No manual shift That's not even a racing game. That's just a glorified app.

[@GamingTaylor]

+Flick Need for Speed Hot Pursuit was just like that, and I actually really enjoyed that game. (....although it was my first NFS game I've played, and I only paid a few dollars for it...). Need for Speed is supposed to be an arcade racer with emphasis on driving fast and fun ridiculous drifting.

[@CCH5]

Are you serious? Are you serious??? That's because Hot Pursuit was your first ever NFS experience and I can bet it wasn't one of the originals. If you had been playing the original NFSs, you would never, EVER say this. Basically you're saying - it is meant to be shit.

[@CCH5]

+Nathan Martin Great minds think alike :D

[@Tribulation88]

+GamingTaylor You have a poor first impression of NFS, I played them all up to Shift 2 (which was amazing) then they just grabbed Burnout Paradise, changed the car & environment textures & that was all. More and more people will be making buying choices based on the shit that comes out these days simoky because they don't know ow any better. It's the same with movies, I judge things based on The Terminator, Star wars 4,5 & 6, Alien/s, The Matrix (excellent examples of their genre) what have you got not WarZ, Matt Damon in a space suit again 2016, generic straight the DVD Sci fi channel shit. That's a bent yardstick to say the least :-p Glorified app, love it.

[@MangoTangoFox]

The phonecall reenactments and the livingroom story killed me. x.x

[@Displux]

Im laying low man, heat from the cops, heat from the cops, heat from the cops

[@WorthABuyreviews]

+MangoTangoFox I was in tears when I was editing this :)

[@MyChannel-l4w]

Is the bell ok?

[@parasite34]

+yakza5 He trashed it hard on this video. well done Need For Speed

[@TROOP3RAK47]

Mack's imitation/voice acting skills are truly unparalleled. And this is perhaps the most hilarious review he has ever done... I had cramps laughing so hard while watching this and visualising Mack's every over the top reactions ....

[@Frektelfilms]

6:25 best. thing. ever.

[@MartinezCambarro]

EA - enough said.

[@ltanderl]

always online? And game is dead for me....

[@paradoxacres1063]

Yeah, I hate those type of games. Especially since games like _Need For Speed_ didn't start out as '"always online".

[@NismoRacer00]

+Paradox Acres Me too, f**k the always online games

[@ltanderl]

+Bunker Knacker at least i am not alone really hope more gamers will wake up soon. So Stupid the preorderes and and endless stream of dlcs..... A few years ago things that they sell us now as dlc where in the game package or came with an update. So damn stupid.....

[@chisha8415]

Tell me about it. I'm in university and can't connect my ps4 to the Internet so I can't even play it. They've lost a big margin

[@shawklan27]

It's dead to me too brah

[@jebril]

Mack this may be one of your best yet. Honestly have you ever thought about doing stand up comedy or something? You are a natural comedian and my favorite KZbinr by far. I wish you did more than just games I could hear you talk about stuff for hours it's that entertaining, better than anything on TV or KZbin/Twitch.

[@gbr8813]

This video is legendary

[@Chivas6]

Mafia! Now there was a classic. Great writing, characters, locations, story, cars, missions...I was blown away.

[@DingleDorfNZ]

+Chivas6 Running out of fuel, its the only freeworld game that i have come across that you can a) run out of fuel in and b) get pulled over for speeding. It's almost 15 fucking years old too. The gaming industry these days is fucked.

[@Chivas6]

nxtmassnz Yeah, I think it was a points based system too. You could get pulled over and fined a small amount for a minor offence like speeding and even running red lights. But multiple minors would culminate in arrest. Way ahead of it's time for sure.

[@Chivas6]

***** Yeah Driver was awesome. Before I had the full game, I played the demo about a billion times. It was a timed demo that lasted about 60 seconds I think.

[@Ishamv3]

***** Oh, I wasn't aware of that. I agree. I'd played it before II though, but haven't finished it either. It was a revolutionary game for it's time, and regarding some of the concepts, even today! The world today also needs a Hidden & Dangerous 3.

[@Nature1992]

"The heat from the cops, I'm laying low bro." XDDDDDD.

[@JCglitchmaster]

I have never laughed so hard in my life at a video on youtube

[@SlippyMcDervish]

"Let's read." *ding ding*

[@controul]

"Dad what the fuck are you watching?" LOL I love your family

[@paradoxacres1063]

Oh my god, the acting is so *bad!* :D They should've just made everything _animated_ and got some decent Voice Actors to play the characters. Imagine a Telltale-style dialogue section every time you finish a big race; you get to fist bump who you want or just thrash talk the whole time.

[@alexandsimba]

+RFC3514 I refuse to believe these people got paid for that. They had to be interns from a college.

[@-PureRogue]

+Paradox Acres It is not like peoples have tried to do it for first time, there are few other games that have done it and nothing good came out of it!You just can not combine thous things if you are not ready to invest huge amount of money for sake of quality and it is not worth it!They probably tried to save money on this, good animation costs!

[@Lancaster604]

+Paradox Acres well it's always been so "bad" it comes out on the other side and just becomes amazing lol so I don't really mind.

[@paradoxacres1063]

Brian LO That's true, I guess :)

[@Senditwithshan]

Mack is one of the only reviewers who speaks his mind about the industry cliche's and that's why worth a buy is such a good channel. 11/10 would bell again.

[@JustJohnny]

"Man dies from blood clot while watching IGN's game of the year."

[@FrostByte_AC]

This guy is probably a really fun dad.

[@redcoat65]

"[this boring cringe-worthy game] makes me want to become a game producer.. but I'd rather just ring me bell" - Mack. You are the best. Hilarious. Insightful. Opinionated. Honest. Never ever change.

[@CodyLondo]

I actually started crying laughing watching this video hahaha. HILARIOUS!

[@eduardomacedo9506]

I luv you dude! Best reviewer ever! You're hilarious and i completely agreed and laughed my ass off at 5:20

[@bowdownORbringthawar]

I just want Midnight Club V.

[@Speedhaak]

Ah Jesus man, your channel is pure gold. How have I not come across it before? When you go on to talk about bringing the PS down stairs but recoil in horror at the last second as you realise the potential for utter embarrassment had me holding back the laughter in the office. Must be said the bell adds an extra layer of madness to proceedings as well, love it! I know this is an old video, I've just let the player go and am hopping from one video to the next. Good stuff :) Happy new year!

[@alex118anACE]

"they turn into Ayrton Senna" 😂👌👌👌👌 he's one of my heroes, thanks sir you know your racing

[@stenmartens7179]

I love how you bring back TDU2 into this, its the last racing game i have played for more than 200 hours, just cruising around with a friend

[@stenmartens7179]

Yup yet I don't own consoles, but it sure would be a hell of a game if I could play it

[@michaelseeds4221]

you played the crew on pc? Its £10 at the moment so was thinking about buying it..

[@stenmartens7179]

Same here, thinking about it but I don't know if I would like the really arcade'ish physics

[@FunkyBaconArts]

+Sten Martens - Only thing that puts me off when playing TDU2 is the blocky roads. Makes driving over a hill a bumpy mess instead of a smooth drive.

[@Keno_jm]

+Sten Martens Use an emulator :p

[@prmaguiar]

THE COPS! THE HEAT! THE HEAT FROM THE COPS!

[@jjustGreg]

I had to agree SO MUCH, about what you said about TDU 2. I wish they made a Test Drive Unlimited 3, It would really be the best selling racing game. It's a shame the TDU 2 servers are down 99.9% of the time nowadays, it really was something unique. Maybe one day.

[@co_li7300]

the shame part around 5:30, when you shite yourself when the cutscenes came... make me laugh so hard :) thx man, make my day.

[@MrWolf-ln1gi]

Hey Mack is that picture you use from No Country for Old Men?

[@WorthABuyreviews]

+TheOneYapper Is it :o

[@MrWolf-ln1gi]

+Worth A Buy I think it is. It's the only time I've seen that actor play as a sheriff. Haven't you seen No Country for Old Men?

[@Tribulation88]

+Worth A Buy The thumbnail is from Need For Speed: Pro Street too, which although shit was tons better than this! At least the driving was more fun, you know the thing that people buy it for.

[@MrWolf-ln1gi]

+Christian Davies I was referring to the picture he flashes on the screen with the actor and the newspaper. The one he uses in like every video

[@Tribulation88]

TheOneYapper​ I know, it's Tommy Lee Jones. Just saying because it's an old NFS title used for the thumbnail which is ironic as it was better than this NFS :-P

[@LyeDecker]

The kiddies want to see the car when it drifts, so thats why they don't include the in-car view. This is not a game for us adults, it's for children.

[@paolobrighelli1094]

HAHAHA you're impression of these characters had me creasing up xD. Keep it up Mac.

[@TerryBollea1]

Mack! The developers made the FMVs cheesy on purpose!! They said they wanted to capture the "feel" of the old NSFU games and they did. Go back and play NSFU 1 and 2. They're full of horrible acting, and constant nagging phone calls, and even worse txts. I agree that the game isnt worth buying at $60, but they did what they set out to do..... they remaid NSFU. That game was just ok back then, and it is still just ok now. So.....mission accomplished. Its fuckin EA Mack....would you expect anything less? Maybe they should bring back Brooke Burke. Only this time, she can only open her trap for *BELL RINGS*.

[@proinmaking]

Awesome content, Mack. When you said that your health stuff all happened around the time you were playing this, I choked up laughing because I thought you were going to say the quality of NFS was the reason you got sick. Such a shame that they managed to miss the mark so damn much. No cabin view, no wheel support, and no manual transmission. That... its just not, I mean jesus. That's not a racing game. Mongs.

[@Mwila]

The only game reviews I watch right now. Mack is king

[@TotallyToonsTV]

One thing that tears at me with the live action cutscenes (and it's a small detail but still) is that the characters who are apparently cool dude mechanics are perfectly clean and neat with nice hair and not a single drop of sweat. I can't f*****g stick that! I want to grind their faces with sandpaper and squirt them with engine oil from a super soaker. ANYTHING to make it look it look like they just did some physical work. Part of the joy of working with machines is getting dirty. BLOODY AUTHENTICITY. Wow. I think I just went somewhere dark and firey for a second there.

[@விஷ்ணு_கார்த்திக்]

Agree with mack.. WTF is up with 24/7 night time? its like NFS carbon all over again.

[@TheCrazyCartModChannel]

+விஷ்ணு கார்த்திக் I didn't even bother with Carbon for that reason alone.

[@NineS5]

Signs you never played PS2

[@CodyProxyify]

+விஷ்ணு கார்த்திக் Although it's a long time ago, i actually really enjoyed NFS carbon. I played with friends multiplayer, and then most of the time the mode that one is the guy who must try to outrun the police, while the others were all policecars. Was the old NFS Most Wanted also not only in night time? Don't know for sure, but never did bother me one bit.

[@TofferN]

+CodyProxyify Old most wanted was day-time. I think Underground 2 and Carbon were both only night. Original MW is my favorite from the series. The open roads and massive map.. I did actually like the crew system in Carbon though, with the territories and teammates.

[@Mackem_uk]

the reason illegal street racing is set at night is because there's less traffic on the roads.

[@erinwilson7403]

2 years later.......that bell, and tommy lee jones, Mack your the man.... seriously couldent stop laughing people at work thought I was either smiling/laughing at nothing or just crazy? 😂

[@icer22x]

Mack... you're making me cry. Besides the No Man's Sky and Mass Effect: Androgynous review, this is the best in terms of humor. And thank you for risking your life to bring us these videos mate.

[@p3728]

LOOL wow that acting, I can't even imagine how your face was reacting when you were playing this.

[@Haze94LDN]

OMG man you had me choking on my spliff once again, you're too funny man!

[@KhunShawn]

4:34 That hair line though!

[@jackboot6344]

I loved the first Need for Speed game. I had it on my 3DO back in the day. Fantastic sim for its time. Need for Speed Porsche was awesome too. Much better than the original and the feel was great. Now we have this? Unbelievable.

[@alienware409]

Such an honest, not-sugarcoated review! Thank you! Subscribed and liked, please never stop doing this type of reviews!

[@WelcometoEstownYa]

Talk about GREAT CONSUMER advice!!! Thanks MACK!

[@TerraWare]

My favorite NFS was NFS 3 hot pursuit. I had just moved to the US and my friends dad had it for PC and I fell in love with it. I than got it for PS1 but didn't look as good. The rest have been crap IMO.The other one I liked was another older one that had Porsches in it.

[@WorthABuyreviews]

+Cly Kasu Very nice, them two are my favourites also, Porsche challenge I believe, I know it was set in Europe because the Police had funny sirens :)

[@pauliuskalinauskas2772]

+Worth A Buy it was porsche unleashed and i think there was no police in that game, i might be wrong tho

[@wysiwyg2006]

+Worth A Buy was - Porshe Unleashed

[@ZephKin]

A mental breakdown within the first minute... and I haven't even gotten my popcorn yet. Early thumb up.

[@водкачеловек-б1б]

You know the acting is bad when the acting in need for speed: most wanted on ps2 was better...

[@GrungefolkBoy2010]

Is that black chap in the cafe cut scene from BBC's 'The Musketeers' ?

[@captainhindsight8113]

Mack, will you be doing a review for battlefront 3 soon? I am debating if I should get the game and I would like to hear your review before I decide.

[@imsenzie]

They should make a game like NFS Most Wanted, still one of my favorite games

[@gahowell1]

Have you checked out The Crew Wild Run... Made by the same people that did Test Drive Unlimited. Would love to see a review and your thoughts on that! Really enjoy your reviews.

[@DarthDave573]

+gahowell1 He didn't do a review on Wild Run, but he did on The Crew and didn't like it. And I don't think he'll like The Wild Run.

[@toxic_cowZ]

hey max i don't know if you planned on it but i was really hoping you would do a worth a buy for overwatch when it comes out because i really dont think the game is worth it but i dont know =/

[@jcdenton1158]

Can I say thank you Mack! The only person this side of reality that actually judges games on their merit or lack there of. I am furious at the volume of sh1t that is hitting shelves and digital downloads. You are the only one saying it how it is we need a review site to replace ign and the likes with people who actually give a stuff about actual mechanics, meaning and challenge not cash grabbing children with unmarried parents.

[@iampatmac]

Hey Mac where has the Rabbit been , I thought he was going to be doing a few more videos with you? Good to hear your cleared of the blood clot Mac ;)

[@brisvanhal9969]

Can't wait to see Mack rage at battlefront

[@los738]

So it would be worth a buy if I got it for 19,95€ from PS Store right now?

[@ReLLaKaT316]

whehey gonna watch this while I take a poop

[@TheCrazyCartModChannel]

Mack I just love you more and more every video dude HAHAHA xD you are like me talking to myself when I think no ones listening hahah!

[@TheOmmadawn]

Your finest review yet. Really enjoyed it and the bell... I need to buy one so that I can bang it hard with frustration. You should sell them via your page. We'll done.

[@CarloRizzante]

Did you review rFactor2? That seems to be worth a look.

[@Bassie23]

there is a manual gearbox, go to the car tuning and then handeling, its at the bottom of the list

[@MrLegitMafia]

when the game first came out there wasn't. they put in manual transmission in march of this year for the pc release.

[@collbn]

omg, how embarrassing, that acting

[@davidreynolds4942]

Hey Mack could you review Wurm Unlimited? I really wanna see if it's worth the £22.49

[@VitariusLaszlo]

you got the customiziation for the drift and things indept in undergroun 2 as well you just have to go to the dyno peopole forget that.

[@TheFriskyBiker]

Will you review the pc version when it comes out?

[@BrianHallmond]

Hey mate thanks for the review! 2 Questions. What do you think is the best NFS Game? What do you think is the best Car Racing Game? I've been wanting one for ages but have no idea where to put my money. (PC Gamer)

[@danbofive]

Mack I've watched nearly all your videos but the first one I watched was "The Crew WAB" can you please review the new "wild run" expansion Ubisoft really outdid there selves (sarcasm obv) but they did change a lot of it visually, and they finally made it so you can see in your wing mirrors in first person haha and the season pass didn't cover the expansion. I payed £45 for game £25 for season pass now they want another £25 so I can drive a monster truck, it's laughable, please make this happen and take it easy on the bell mate

[@allofchris]

Have you played Underground 2? Loads of customisation..?

[@stevenatorbensonica4653]

Also,i played it without paying for the sub scription. I pressed play and when the psplus thing poped up i pressed b and the game started.

[@IamCombustible]

I don't think it's fair to blame the actors. They did their best with the tragic scripts and direction they were given.

[@josef733]

10:09 "They turn into Ayrton Senna" I laughed my ass off, what a fucking steller review this is.

[@Lion7ism]

What good is descent car customization when the physics are on par with a 6 year old playing with hot wheels?

[@Axess-sv8nq]

"Heat from the cops, man bro! I'm layin' low! Heat from the cops!" OMFG, I gotta play this game sometime just to laugh at it!

[@WYIT0]

Burnout Paradise was a fantastic open world racing game packed with content you said you'd love to see. It's such a shame that people didn't like the direction it took from it's previous titles. I hope the bring it back. :)

[@shshankking]

I was fan of NFS series. But its been so many releases which are shit. I've shifted to pro racing, i'm playing driveclub, the crew, which are way better than this game. I love pro racing. I completed shift, shift 2, dirt series, grid. And now,drive club, with dashboard cam and manual gear, this game keeps me on my toes if i may say. I will vet pirated version of this NFS from torrent when available but wont pay for this. I paid for drive club, crew with its wild run, and others. But not this. . Na aa., not happening.. Very true, very real review. I'm subbing.

[@MrFurkettun]

I have been thinking that there is a big gap in racing games just as you sad. I have some great ideas for a racing game but I am no dev. Maybe something like TDU2 but better, would be amazing. plus VR support ;)

[@PLayerMayCry24]

Hey Mack. Big fan of your vids and I like the points you've made about NFS.. but saying that AI in TDU2 was brilliant.... uhuhuhuhuh :D Made my day :) Good video tho! Keep it real as always.

[@clarenceboddicker6679]

I really liked this franchise of games so probably could have looked past a lot of this installments faults and flaws, the killer for me though was the lack of a solo player offline mode, I will definitely be giving this one a miss because of that. Coincidentally (or not) EA's other big release this year "Star Wars Battle Front" (which I was also really looking forward to) is another one I will be giving a miss due to the lack of a single player campaign.

[@sdutango]

I love the phone part when you pretend them talking.. Haha. So true.

[@rossfitzpatrick6523]

Its set a night because that's when car culture thrives

[@94sidgi]

i have to Agree with you even tho am i nfs fanboy,and you.dont need ps+ to play it, just online connection Nice and funny review!!

[@WorthABuyreviews]

+Sidgi Zejnalov Yeah I was a massive NFS fan and although I had fun with this review it really pissed me off that I still don't have an open world driving game that is good for the PS4.

[@TBrianOnline]

Really funny videos :) You just earned yourself another subscriber, sir!

[@GameThruz]

Everyone criticizes the acting but to me it's supposed to be like that, it's supposed to be cheesy like it was in Most wanted and Carbon. Personally I missed these scenes from the newer games and it's nice to have them back.

[@iurygomes9112]

as always great video mack. loved the aryton senna comment!!

[@moneyfornothing85]

My favourite NFS game has got to be High Stakes (AKA Road Challenge in Europe). It was the first NFS game to have damage in it, and the first one to have a career mode. It had good rural tracks and plenty of cars (for the time, anyway), and I just remember having a ton of fun playing it. I think it may have also been the first NFS game with customization in it? Mind you, it wasn't terribly thorough customization, but you could basically upgrade your car from "Stock" up to "Performance Package 3," improving its overall parameters. Mack, I would kind of disagree with your assessment at 11:49 that the consoles are to blame for NFS's decline. Every single NFS game that came out for PC (besides the F2P ones) also came out on console. NFS has always been "consolized," i.e. it's always been very arcadey, but it used to be a lot more fun. I think the main problem with NFS today is not consolization, but just plain bad developers (or maybe it's EA's fault. Yes, I'll blame EA). With that said, consoles definitely hold back gaming in general. I don't want to make it sound like consoles aren't shit, because they are, but they're only a minor contributing factor in the problems that NFS has, not the main one.

[@kekelao]

Oh mack..... I have been waiting for this review for about 2 months now.... best game review you've ever done that was fantastic. I knew it would gain this reaction from you I said it a while back as a comment. best review ever.

[@esswasim]

Watched it today but hey I dont know how to change keyboard controls, recently got it on access haha.

[@septicflesh9751]

Fucking hell Mack i thought you were about to throw the bell out the window, but i am so thankfull for you taking it on you to play games like this and many others so we dont buy this BS. The #1 place for a honest opinion on games and its industry.

[@Thecreeper2002152]

I think Mack needs a small loan of a million dollars so he can buy lots of early access survival games

[@paradoxacres1063]

I don't get it..

[@kekelao]

ahahahahhahahagagahahhagagagagagaagagagagaggaagga he will need to buy a lifetime supply of bells.

[@paradoxacres1063]

Jordan Shuhandler Ah, OK. I get it now, thanks.

[@tlita93]

Just wanted to add that.. It's not real weather cycle. The weather is connected to a place on the map, so depending on where you are on the map, the weather will be attached to that place. So this means that if you sit in on place and it's raining it will rain infinitely. Also, the time and that fake dawn. That's also attached to a place on the map. If you go into the hills it will be dawn forever and it will never change to day of course. You didn't mention that the police is so hard to find and so easy to escape, you have to allow them to chase you and constantly slow down to wait for them. The reason to this is because they, the devs, wanted to save processing power for something else, more useful and more important like graphics for example, so the police AI algorithms are basically shite hah.. Btw, just a quick question.. What does the "cringe worthy" expression means? Obviously English is my secondary language so I cannot know everything, but I am really curious about some common expressions like that one. Thanks in advance.

[@grizzle273463]

Mack, if I had my own game company I would hire you immediately to head up game development and Q&A. Thumbs up from USA

[@AhmedGhazwan]

Those Live Action cut scenes reminded me of Resident Evil .... But at least that was actually fun. *"Joseph!"* XD

[@FunkyBaconArts]

Isn't the thumbnail picture from Pro Street? Man I loved Pro Street even if it felt more like a pre-release beta than a fully finished game.

[@mikki7522]

HAHAHAHHA!! I PICKED UP TOO MUCH HEAT FROM THE COPS! HEAT FROM THE COPS MAN! IM HOT I PICKED UP TOO MUCH HEAT FROM THE COPS!

[@Bob3D2000]

How weak are the lamp posts in that city?

[@zoeychevalier5132]

The words, the words, the WORDS. xD I look forward to this every time I watch your videos.

[@trevorhill8612]

One of the actors in your review is a BBC musketeer Mack, that won,t look good on his CV will it?