FAST & FURIOUS CROSSROADS

[h2]ENGLISH[/h2] ************ Fast & Furious is a very popular film series with 10 parts today, and that's why the game Fast & Furious: Showdown was created on PS3 in 2013, which was quite successful and that's why BANDAI NAMCO came up with the idea of how to make money from the fans of this series. They bought a license until 2022 and the project was handed over to Slightly Mad Studios, a company that had two successful Project cars behind it..... so what could go wrong? But the work didn't go as everyone imagined, so in 2020 they had to release the game prematurely, unfinished... that is, if they wanted to make some more money from it. And how did it turn out? Of course, a DISASTER. Story: ****** Slightly Mad Studios boasted that the story would embarrass EA with its NFS, but in the end they created a barely average. Classic cliché when someone owes money, he goes to earn money on illegal races... it doesn't work out, so famous heroes intervene.... Hmmm. But it stars Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez. Gameplay: ********* If anyone here remembers the games Burnout and Driver, super gems of their time, these gems are the basis of this game. But... The authors decided to meet the fans of Showdown and created a senseless crash system, which they took over from this game. ....which means that when you hit any car, it flies off the road completely broken. Plus they added takedowns from Burnout on enemies and missions from Driver. In theory, it would work, but the driving model itself is horrible. The cars literally float on the road. As a result, a kind of hybrid was created, which puts the game in a new category/neither simulation nor arcade/ The game was not helped by the interesting system of controlling or switching individual main characters in the car, which has a different function to slow down the enemy. Graphics and soundtrack: ****************** The graphics...since the game was released early.....it sucks. Better than PS3 but worse than the standard of PS4 games. On the contrary...the soundtrack is ABSOLUTELY amazing. That's the only thing in this game that worked for the unit. I will mention, for example, Ms Nina - La Diabla (feat. Maria Escarmiento) or Steve Aoki - Cake Face. I recommend listening to it..... Multiplayer: ********** So this is a chapter in itself. The person who invented that the game can only be played by 9 live players, otherwise you can't connect, was probably demented. The basis is that three policemen play against three criminals and three heroes in approximately 9 maps. I have to admit, that the cartoon was much better than the game itself, but what if you can't find anyone. And putting together 9 players from all over the world today is a huge luck or coincidence. Not to mention that the game is no longer sold today, and even if it is, for incredible prices reaching up to $100. Bugs: ***** There are an awful lot of them. Game crashes, freezing, falling textures... and that's just what I can quickly remember. When you start enjoying the game by chance, this is guaranteed to get on your nerves. Overall evaluation: ****************** GARBAGE...unfortunately. Even if the soundtrack pulls it up incredibly, a lot of bugs, unplayable multiplayer, terrible price, ugly graphics drag it down again. [h2]SK VERZIA[/h2] ************** Fast & furious je veľmi populárna séria filmov čítajúca dnes už 10 dielov a preto už v roku 2013 vznikla na PS3 hra Fast & Furious: Showdown,ktorá bola vcelku úspešná a preto skrsol v hlavách BANDAI NAMCO nápad ako zarobiť na fanúšikoch tejto série.Kúpili licenciu do roku 2022 a projekt odovzdali do rúk Slightly Mad Studios,firme,ktorá mala za sebou úspešné dva diely Project cars.....tak čo by sa mohlo pokaziť? Lenže práca nešla tak ako si všetci predstavovali a tak v roku 2020 museli hru predčasne,nedokončenú,vydať...teda ak chceli ešte niečo na nej zarobiť.A ako to dopadlo?Samozrejme KATASTROFA. Príbeh: ****** Slightly Mad Studios sa vystatovali,že príbeh zahanbí EA so svojim NFS ale nakoniec vytvorili sotva priemer.Klasické klišé keď niekto dlží prachy tak si ide zarobiť na nelegálnych pretekoch...nevyjde to a tak známi hrdinovia zasahujú....Hmmm. Ale hrá tam Vin Diesel a Michelle Rodriguez. Gameplay: ********* Ak si tu niekto pamätá hry Burnout a Driver,svojho času super pecky,tak základom tejto hry sú práve tieto skvosty.Lenže....Autori sa rozhodli vyjsť v ústrety fanúšikom Showdownu a vytvorili nezmyselný systém búračiek,ktorý prevzali práve z tejto gamesy.....čo teda reálne znamená,že keď narazíte do hocijakého auta tak to odletí úplne rozbité z cesty.Plus pridali takedowny z Burnoutu na nepriateľov a misie z Drivera. Teoreticky by to fungovalo ale samotný jazdný model je príšerný.Autá doslova plávajú po ceste.Tým pádom vznikol nejaký hybrid,ktorý hru radí do novej kategorie/ani simulácia ani arkáda/ Hre nepomohol ani zaujímavý systém ovládania resp.prepínania jednotlivých hlavných postáv v aute,ktoré má každú inú funkciu na spomalenie nepriateľa. Grafika a soundtrack: ****************** Grafika...keďže hra sa vydala predčasne.....je hnusná.Lepšia ako PS3 ale horšia ako bol štandart PS4 hier.Naopak...soundtrack je ABSOLUTNE úžasný.To je jediná vec v tejto hre čo sa podarila na jednotku.Spomeniem napríklad Ms Nina - La Diabla (feat. Maria Escarmiento) alebo Steve Aoki - Cake Face.Odporúčam si to vypočuť..... Multiplayer: ********** Tak toto je kapitola sama o sebe.Ten kto vymyslel,že hru môže hrať len živých 9 hráčov inak sa nedá pripojiť,bol asi dement.Základom je,že traja policajti hrajú proti trom zločincom a trom hrdinom v približne 9 mapách.Musím uznať,že muľťák bol omnoho lepší ako samotná hra ale čo z toho keď nikoho nenájdete.A poskladať dnes 9 hráčov z celého sveta je obrovské šťastie resp.náhoda.Nehovoriac o tom,že hra sa už dnes nepredáva a ak aj áno tak za neuveriteľné ceny siahajúce až k 100 dolárom. Bugy: ***** Tých je strašne veľa.Pády hry,mrznutia,prepadávajúce textúry....a to je len čo si v rýchlosti spomeniem.Keď už vás hra náhodou aj začne baviť tak toto vám zaručene zabrnká na nervy. Celkové zhodnotenie: ****************** ODPAD...bohužiaľ.Aj keď ten soundtrack to neuveriteľne ťahá nahor,množstvo bugov,nehrateľný multiplayer,strašná cena,hnusná grafika to zase ťahá nadol.

This "review" doesn't matter now and that's because I am writing it after the game was removed from sales. I managed to get a cheap key, before it got delisted and while it's not the worst game I have ever played, for what the BANDAI Namco asked for this game, it just never got to a point, where I could recommend it. The game is very much junk, with AI robber-banding like crazy and crashing into everything possible. It has multiple bugs and some performance issues (nothing too major in terms of performance, though). Story and writing are utterly absurd and stupid with anything resembling physics thrown outside the window pretty much from the moment you click new game, while at the same lacking the interactions and comradery that have made that long-running franchise sort of acceptable, despite its ever incresing stupidity. Add to that dead multiplayer and a ton of DLCs you will never be able to use. But... with all that said - I had some fun with it - it is junk, absurd and stupid - but it is entertaining and it ends rather quickly (3 and half hours on blind playthrough). But... problem is and the reason, why I ultimately give it a negative review - is that the publisher never gave people a chance to buy it at the price at which it could be recommended as a singleplayer experience, finally loosing a licence to the franchise and removing the game from sale. So in that context - here is one last "f you" to a publisher that pushed the developers to release the game too early, never bothered to fund the required patches, never had the balls to ask people a fair price for it and finally just had to remove it and burry it.

F&F Crossroads it's all about the [b][spoiler]Family[/spoiler][/b]!

This game is beautiful. It is a masterpiece that will (probably not) be remembered for years to come. Let me explain why: [h1] Graphics: [/h1] This game took me on a nostalgia trip with the late PS2/early PS3 graphics. The explosions and particle effects in particular especially take me back to that era, thank you game. [h1] Controls & Physics: [/h1] The physics are beautiful in how inconsistent and abusable they are. I even encountered a NOPD officer that got his pickup to clip into the ground! Vehicle physics are pretty uncanny as well. Other than all that however, it's pretty much just cookie cutter controls. [h1] Story: [/h1] This may have been the greatest poorly executed story that I've ever seen. From the lack of exposition via cutscenes to the over reliance on set pieces, this game's ridiculous final mission (no spoilers, sorry) is the most incredible ending I've ever seen. [h1] Multiplayer: [/h1] That exists? Could've fooled me. It's not like I'd ever be able to partake in it with only 3 people playing the game over the past hour (at the time of review) though. [h1] Gameplay: [/h1] I hope you can deal with inconsistent car physics for the entire game, because that's the gameplay loop: 'drive, fulfill mission objective while driving, put up with a cutscene, miss important exposition, repeat.' [h1] F A M I L Y : [/h1] This game might just be the greatest family game of all time. It's all about family, the game is short and sweet, allowing you to get back to spending time with your family, there's multiplayer so the entire family can get involved, this is the perfect game for you and your family. [h1] In closing: [/h1] All joking aside, this is a bad game. I'd argue this is, to some degree, shovelware for the eighth generation. I would not recommend this game, but not only is the game being pulled from listings today, but you also never leave family behind. This game may be killed today, but the family within will always live on. My final rating is: [b] F a m i l y/10 [/b]

Slightly Mad has gone slightly mad when making this 'game' I knew Crossroads was bad, but now finally playing through it all, I experienced the awful gameplay, graphics, and story. You spend half the game watching broken pre-rendered cutscenes, with absolutely mind numbing point a to b missions that reuse the same tracks, for a total of a [b]four[/b] hour campaign. Unreal. This game is also full of the dumbest ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ brain dead design choices ever. They have very tight track design with some of the floatiest, driftiest handling model ever. This means you spend your time continuously bouncing off walls and ♥♥♥♥ because your car can't preciously turn to make the tight corners. Also, when you boost, the camera [i]zooms in[/i] instead of like every other arcade racer that [i]zooms out[/i] the camera. This game is being delisted on April 29th, 2022, and while I hate to see any game get removed, for this one... this game should have never been released. Crossroads is unfinished, unfun, and a frustrating game. There is a lot more I could talk about, but I wasted my time enough with Crossroads. ♥♥♥♥ this game. [i]For more reviews like this, check out the [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/38286468/]Vehicular Combat Central[/url] Steam curator.[/i]

I played it from start to finish and I ended up enjoying it far more than I thought I would. It ran without issues on my PC and it's fun enough for what it is. The only reason I don't recommend it at this point is because, while you can still find keys for sale online if you know where to look (e.g. Amazon), you're getting about 3 hours worth of gameplay for $60. However, if you can find a cheap, used copy for PS4/Xbox One, by all means give it a try.