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Making matters even worse is the fact that this game suffers from God awful frame rates, be it on the PS3, Xbox360 or PC versions. What genuinely perplexes me is how Black Box managed to make such an ugly yet such a demanding game that’s reduced to a slide show every few minutes. In fact the game’s frame rate is so bad it affects your performance in the game to a huge extent making you crash or steer off the track. Racing games today have even incorporated a day and night cycle in their games but in Undercover you’re stuck in a twilight zone of sorts where it’s dusk (or is it dawn) 24/7. The entire game is bathed in a weird yellow glow that gets terribly annoying after half an hour of gameplay. Oh and this game has the WORST soundtrack I’ve heard in a while. Now that can’t be skipped nor can you upload your own tunes to ease the pain. And EA, just so you know, Spanish love songs DO NOT make good racing music mmmkay?? If you do manage to look past the games’ severe technical flaws there’s a miniscule amount of fun to be had here. Unfortunately even that aspect is overshadowed by bad game design. I cannot understand for the life of me why EA took the free roaming approach with this game when players cannot do Jack in the city. You can’t access races, can’t access your garage nor can you challenge random racers. All you can do in the free roam mode is destroy property and indulge in some cop chases. Races can be accessed through the GPS navigator that can be brought up by the press of a button so there’s no real need to drive around the city looking for events. Now I understand free roaming racers are all the rage nowadays (as seen in Paradise and Midnight Club) but for the love of God populate your city with things to do if you plan on going down that road. |
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