Need for Speed: Undercover
N.B. ESRB: T For most platforms but DS is rated E10+
Release Dates
November 18th 2008 North America
November 21st 2008 Europe
I really enjoyed Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2 and it turns out I just liked evading police at high speed. It seems I wasn't the only one who was disappointed when EA started tweaking a perfectly good formula. Removing the police really took away what I thought made the series great. Most Wanted is where the series peaked in my opinion. Carbon was OK but ProStreet just didn't really cut it. Hopefully they've learnt their lesson and we'll see a great new instalment in the series. This quote certainly would support that hope.
"Noting that sales of last year's Need for Speed ProStreet didn't live up to EA's hopes for the game, Gibeau said he thinks it was because the series drifted too far from what consumers expected. ProStreet had dropped the tuner culture and police evasion aspects of previous installments in favor of perfectly legit closed track racing. For the next Need for Speed, Gibeau promised that the series would be getting back to its roots with a number of features, including open-world racing and a new highway battle mode."
Source: http://uk.gamespot.com/xbox360/driving/burnout5/news.html?sid=6185908