That’s counter-productive! I'd prefer to be able to play an open-world game like this without a minimap to constantly look at, but without UI elements to guide the player throughout the world, like a breadcrumb trail highlighting your way (ala Watch Dogs 2) or onscreen flashing streetsigns and car blinkers (seen in Burnout: Paradise), you're stuck staring at the minimap, or pausing and bringing the fullscreen map. Only problems here are that a) tall buildings frequently obfuscate the beacon, and b) driving straight toward the beacon (only the minimap offers turn-by-turn directions) can lead to dead-ends, wasting time by forcing you to drive back the way you came in search of another route. It even works when you set your own waypoint. There is an alternative to the minimap a beacon also shows the way to the objective, like a lone star in the night. There is little sense of speed, the 'action' is shallow and pointless, and navigating the world without constantly glancing at the minimap is about as effective as the voice acting (that is: not very). The world is empty and sparse, and the cars handle like greasy boats. The two most important things in an open-world driving game - the driving and the open world - are terrible. Normally I'd give a non-commital schlock of an answer like "try it for yourself", but, honestly, don't waste your time.
If you enjoy that sort of cutting-edge gameplay (open-world racing - not the cake thing), you'd be better off with the wildly amazing Burnout: Paradise, or practically any other open-world racing game quite frankly. Like ‘trying to bake a cake but forgetting to turn the oven on and now it’s too late because your inlaws are almost here and you're getting yelled at by your wife because she promised amazing cake and now she looks like an idiot in front of her parents’ bad. If you’re a fan of arcade-style racing games and thought about giving Need for Speed: Payback a try, let me save you some time: It’s not good.Īt its heart, the game seems to be trying to pull off a Burnout: Paradise-like open-world schtick, but it’s done horrendously badly here.
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