Forum Overview :: Need for Speed: Carbon
 
Amazon.com top 500 reviewer has bone to pick with you by Ray of Light 01/05/2007, 4:33pm PST
****. = Fun ****. = Overall
Computer Speed, January 1, 2007
Reviewer: "Michael Kerner" (Brooklyn, New York U.S.A.) (TOP 500 REVIEWER) See all my reviews

Racing games haven't always shown their real potential these past few years on the computer. Although there are some that have actually delivered, others have just bit the dust. That hasn't been the case with Need For Speed within the past few years. The last one, Need For Speed Most Wanted was one of the most entertaining and thrilling racers that really not just delivered with the thrills of the chase against the police, it shined brightly against the speed demons of the blacklist. Now, the game has a new light ahead of them. Can Need For Speed definitely shine the way it did before on the computer?

Need For Speed Carbon for the P.C. is a wild and outrageous game that brings out the madness of the speed to a new phase. The game tackles on after you evade the police from Rockport City, as you are brought in to tackle the thrills of crew racing, aginst Darius and his mob. In the game, you have three different racers to tackle, tuners like the Mazda RX-8, exoticas like the Lambourghini Mercialgo, and the classic-styled Muscle cars of the 60's and 70's like the Dodge Charger concept. The game also brings back the thrills of the chase, as you face-off in races like the fierce sprints, speedtraps where you have to clock in at the fastest speed, the return of the drift tracks which were highlighted last time in Need For Speed Underground 2, and the new canyon duel races, where you tackle a foe in a speed game of chicken. The graphics are beautiful and shine brightly in the game. Yet, although the game drives in the thrills of the night racing, there are a few disadvantages to the game. One of the biggest problems, is that you don't have as much of the pursuit against the police, as you thrived in Need For Speed Most Wanted. The other dissapointment is that the control on the muscle cars are much more difficult to maintain in the race as the other kinds, which makes you lose control at times in the thrill of the race.

Despite a couple of flaws, Need For Speed Carbon is a delightful game for anybody who is a die hard fan of the franchise, and delivers in the chase for newcomers nicely. I loved playing this game on the computer, and you'll love the wild action of this game too.

Graphics: B+

Sound: B

Control: B 1/2-

Fun & Enjoyment: B

Overall: B 1/2+
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Suggestion for professional reviewers reviewing this game by Mischief Maker 11/23/2006, 8:41pm PST NEW
    Bore-on? More like "Need For Speed: *ASS*-tatine" NT by Professional Reviewer 11/24/2006, 1:21pm PST NEW
        Or "Need For Speed: *ARSE*-enic" NT by Reviewer From Europe 11/24/2006, 1:22pm PST NEW
    "Need For Speed: CAR-bon" by Magma CAR-ta 12/11/2006, 1:58am PST NEW
    Amazon.com top 500 reviewer has bone to pick with you by Ray of Light 01/05/2007, 4:33pm PST NEW
        B 1/2- :( NT by Bodybag 01/05/2007, 5:32pm PST NEW
        Michael Kerner: has something very wrong with him? by Jerry Whorebach 01/06/2007, 9:55am PST NEW
            I like when he lovingly called Pacman a "Yellow Chomp" NT by mark 01/06/2007, 10:14am PST NEW
            A 1/M+ by Ray of Light 01/08/2007, 3:06am PST NEW
 
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