Review: The Crew 2 – All in one

Crew 1 had a lot of potential but left many areas. Can Ubisoft's The Crew 2 correct this? Read it in our review!

The Crew 2 is a racing game published by Ubisoft and developed by Ivory Tower. The game was released yesterday and we were allowed to play it early so we could give you our opinion shortly after the release! See the launch trailer below

A First Impression

The 2 Crew Crew made a very good first impression. The game brings together different types of racing styles mixed with vehicles such as boats and planes for this additional diversity that we have been looking for for some time in racing titles. In the introductory sequence, a means similar to Inception is used. The world turns when you change vehicles and this has given a trippy experience and a good first impression. I regretted that we did not see much in the rest of the game. Overall, it seemed that this sequel should be what the first part was not. This is largely true too. The game does a lot of good, but also a lot of mistakes.

It's an open world game, something that Ubisoft has shone in recent years. It was the intention that the game would do a lot with multiplayer, unfortunately this is not the case yet. You meet people online here and there, but otherwise there is not much interaction. It has now been announced that this will follow at a later date. Still, it is unfortunate that the game does not have this since launch, as all games are quickly falling in price these days.

From the road to the desert, on land to the sea and in the air!

Something that The Crew 2 does phenomenally is the implementation of many different types of vehicles. You have boats, planes, rally cars, supercars, monster trucks, drift cars and so on! Although the campaign can be reached within 40 hours, it remains fun to switch from one vehicle to the other. The feeling that you feel when you are driving a major disaster and that you change plane, that 's great. The only thing that was against me was the controls.

That does not mean that the controls are bad! As someone who likes to drift, I found it unfortunate to see that the possibility of drift was there, but at least. The controls are a little too steep to get the feeling of Midnight Club from the past. On the other hand, the control of planes and boats is smooth and good! The controls can be widely adapted and you can play the game reasonably in your way, which is a big advantage. In terms of content, the game is not very extensive, this will be solved with multiplayer updates and content, but a lot of content (events) is not there yet. The events that take place there are super cool.

The progression is very present and depends on a number of aspects, including the racing style like Street Racing or Rally! The game resumes on the more traditional mode of Ubisoft, which still works well! The new spaces of the house are great, since you are in the first person and always get some kind of feeling at home. The map is large enough, unfortunately there is not much to do on this large field. The game has a photo mode that works pretty well, which is nice as extra, it will be very applicable to multiplayer content!

Graphics and Performance

We were allowed to play The Crew 2 on the Playstation 4 and the game is awesome. There were no weird bugs or problems with the performance and everything went smoothly and smoothly. The user interface is aesthetically only the loading can sometimes take a little longer. Graphically, the game is not bad. At times, it seems that the graphics are a little reduced to avoid fps-drops, which I have no problem.

When we talk about music, the game has a lot of choice in radio stations and you can even skip songs. Many games mainly use traditional artists, but The Crew 2 uses the lesser known names, which I've personally found very enjoyable to see. The choice of music is large and well thought out, panache for developers! It's really nice to see names like Lunice back in a big racing title. The cars sound good, all the cars are not so accurate but overall I have no complaints about this front.

The only minor is dubbing. It sometimes seems that the actors have died inside and that the voices may seem very linear. The atmosphere in the game was good and I think as soon as there is more content, this atmosphere can be elevated to a higher level.

Verdict

The Crew 2 is definitely an improvement over the predecessor, but there are still a few things that are missing. Graphically the game is in order, the atmosphere is good, the cars sound good and there is enough progression and vehicles to choose from. The controls, on the other hand, are a little less, but still better than Need for Speed: Payback. In addition, there is not much content, especially on the multiplayer front, because it will come in the future, I can not spend too much on it now. It's just a pity that the game does not start with all this extra content.

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• Enough Vehicles
• Fluid Exchange Between Vehicles
  
• Progression In The Way Of Ubisoft
• Open World With Good Graphics
• Choice Of music