Need for Speed Payback

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Need for Speed Payback
File:Need for Speed Payback standard edition cover art.jpg
Cover art featuring a Nissan Skyline R34 GT-R V·Spec, BMW M5 and Chevrolet Bel Air Sport Coupe 265 V8 escaping from the police.
Developer(s) Ghost Games
Publisher(s) Electronic Arts
Director(s) William Ho
Composer(s) Joseph Trapanese
Series Need for Speed
Engine Frostbite 3
Platforms Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Release date(s) November 10, 2017
Genre(s) Racing
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Need for Speed Payback is a racing video game developed by Ghost Games and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It is the twenty-third installment in the Need for Speed series. The game was revealed with a trailer released on June 2, 2017. It was released worldwide on November 10, 2017.[1]

Gameplay

Need for Speed Payback is a racing game set in an open world environment of Fortune Valley. It will be focused on "action driving" and will have three playable characters (each with different sets of skills) working together to pull off action movie like sequences. In contrast with the previous game, it will also feature a 24-hour day-night cycle.[2] Unlike the 2015 Need for Speed reboot, Payback will include an offline single-player mode.[3]

Plot

The game takes place in Fortune Valley and follows the three main characters: Tyler Morgan (The Racer), Mac (The Showman) and Jess (The Wheelman) as they attempt to take down "The House", a cartel who controls Fortune Valley's underworld.[4][5]

Development

In January 2016, Ghost Games began development on the next Need for Speed game to be released in 2017.[6][better source needed] Electronic Arts later confirmed in their January 2017 earnings call that the next game in the franchise was in development and set to be launched during EA's fiscal year 2018 (Comprising from April 2017 to March 2018).[7]

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
Aggregator Score
Metacritic (PS4) 70/100[8]
(XONE) 68/100[9]
Review scores
Publication Score
EGM 4/10[10]
GameSpot 5/10[11]
GamesRadar 3.5/5 stars[12]
IGN 5.9/10[13]

Need for Speed Payback received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic.[8][9] Luke Reilly of IGN praised EA for repairing the problems the game's predecessor, Need for Speed, experienced, but criticized its "scripted" story.[13]

References

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