Critics and players have praised Need for Speed: Unbound

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Need for Speed: Unbound has been released.

Promotional materials caused mixed reactions among the gaming community, and

it was difficult to assess the quality of the game. A day after the release of Unbound, we can sum up the interim results.

What is known

The new part of the racing franchise from Electronic Arts was positively received by both players and critics. At the time of writing, the aggregators have the following ratings:

• on Metacritic, the PS5 version has 80 points and 7.8 points from users;
• on Opencritic - 82 points;
• on Steam 81% positive reviews.

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Players note the excellent technical condition of the game, high-quality optimization, comfortable control, deep customization and improved car physics.

Special mention deserves the sound designers of Need for Speed: Unbound, their work is unanimously praised by all players. This applies to both the selection of soundtracks and the overall soundtrack.

Rare negative reviews do not concern thethe best plot, which the developers for some reason decided to put a lot of emphasis on. It does not cause any emotions and is felt only as a reason for the next race.

Unbound's main selling point is its anime-style visuals. Not everyone liked them, and the only thing that saved EA from the complete failure of this idea was the fact that they can be turned off.

In general, players agree that Unbound is better than many parts of Need for Speed, but inferior to some competitors in the genre.