Need for Speed: Underground

The Good
Graphics:

The creators did a very smart thing when they made the graphics for NFS. They made the cars look realistic but they didn't make them look dull, the cars still look flashy and one of the best things in the game is adding on parts to make your car look better.

Sound:

The cars sound great, when you get the turbo you can actually hear it as you change gear and the music is actually worth listening to with a little R&B and some other heavy stuff so it will appeal to all different kinds of people.

Gameplay:

I have never really been a fan of racing games but I played this game at a friends house and we were just playing drag for ages. After that I had to buy it for myself and I realized that story mode was as good as multi-player (even if it does get a little repetitive in the later levels.) There are many different types of competitions so that you do not get bored of doing the same thing over and over again. The best types of competitions in my opinion are drag, where you race against three other cars down a long strip of road trying to dodge traffic and get perfect gear shifts to leave your opponents eating your dust. And the other type of competition is drift, where you drive (or skid) around a track that had just been covered in water and try to do the most drifts within the time or lap limit.

The Bad
Graphics:

The only thing I have to complain about the graphics is that light shines off everything. The road looks like it has just been polished every time you have a race.

Sound:

There is nothing much wrong with the sound in NFS except for the fact that the sound track is not extensive enough so you will most probably end up getting sick of all the songs after hearing them hundreds of times while you are racing the repetitive races.

Gameplay:

In total there are 112 races in the underground mode of need for speed. That might all sound good but the problem is there is only about 30 circuits so you end up racing tracks more than twice and it gets a bit annoying doing the same race to many times.

The Bottom Line
I said before that I have never been a very big fan of racing game but NFS drew me in and didn't let me go until I had done up about every car there is to do. So no matter what types of games you usually play just remember this is not an average racing game.