Need for Speed Payback

I admit it took me a long while to finish this game but man am I glad to have finished it so let me tell you about my journey across fortune valley as Tylor, Mac and Jess cause man it was one hell of a ride.

So need for speed payback released back on November 10th, 2017 by developers Ghost games it was there test to bring back the franchise closer to the roots and even though many hated the game I loved every minute of it. Payback follows Tylor Morgan on his road to redemption after being betrayed by a childhood friend miss Lina Navaro other than the bad attitude and terrible haircut she played a decent villain in the game.

So tylors hunting for redemption and trying to get back the friends he lost after lina double-crossed him but thats, where all the fun begins as Tylor, gathers his friends to compete for entry into the famous OutLaws Rush you see ghost brought back some of the grinding aspect that was introduced when the ps2 version of need for speed most wanted released in the game you compete across a series of different race types from Drag to Offroad and circuit racing and yes you get to control all 3 friends as the story unfolds across 5 chapters with each chapter getting better then the last until finally you knock out the last few groups of racers gain entry into the outlaws rush and have lina seeing red stars like the old school looney tunes cartoons. I won’t spoil the story though cause it truly is one hell of a fucking story that deserves to be played.

now I think the aspect of the game everyone hated the most and I don’t blame them as I was getting pissed with them was the speed cards used to make your vehicle stronger so you could progress in the story. now i admit there was times where these upgrade cards were a massive pain compared to helping but thats where the difficulty was added for a game thats strictly arcade racing and honestly it could have done with some work you see every car started with a base power level and the cards added more helping you to continue with the racing but the developers really fucked up on a few power levels with some vehicles considering I beat the game using a Nissan skyline R34 instead of the would-be picked exotic now I know ghost never went back and did anything about this but I wish they would have done there homework cause that really hurt the flow of the game as it made people grind to earn money so they could better upgrade their cars.

all in all even with the major upgrade flaw the game has a great story and the acting I felt was great for a game you actually felt yourself siding with Tylor as his determination to bring down lina and the house grew stronger with every race and speaking of the house there the main villain a massive hi-tech organization with more money then governments able to buy out the cops and others around making life for many miserable but then again we all need a villain to destroy and bring justice and peace to those around us, so please if you see payback on sale give it a chance its worth it for the story alone and I for one love a game with a great story have a great day everyone and game on.