Throughout the course of the game you’ll be taking on the role of three characters, Tyler, Mac and Jess, each of which brings their own personalities and traits to the experience. Payback serves up the largest open-world map in the franchise to date, offering up a large collection of varied, distinct and well designed environments to take to. I dare say that if this is the direction Ghost Games are taking the series in, you can count me in for the ride. Despite the rather basic premise (and without dishing out any spoilers) Need for Speed Payback delivers a well rounded plot that sits steadily with a firm and satisfying conclusion. You and your crew tasked yourselves with destabilising The House, working your way from the very bottom in the hopes that you’ll make it to the very top. The House has their fingers in all of the proverbial pies, owning the criminals, the city’s casinos and even the cops, it’s clear from the get-go that this isn’t going to be a walk in the park. Following a series of unfortunate events, the crew gets betrayed and the nifty motor instead gets delivered to The House, and so begins a bulky story of revenge and payback. We begin with our crew attempting to thieve a prototype car from some top-dog rich guy. The story takes place in the underworld of Fortune Valley, a location that’s owned notoriously by ‘The House’. Ghost Games and Electronic Arts have constantly promised a bigger and better experience with Need for Speed Payback, throwing in several much loved elements from previous entries and tying them to an action packed plot, but is that what we have? I’ll admit I was somewhat sceptical back at E3, but now I can firmly cast most of my doubts aside, Payback is a comeback.
When Need for Speed Payback was unveiled at E3 2017 it was understandably met with mixed enthusiasm, because well, it just looked like a copy-and-paste take on the Fast and Furious franchise.
It’s fair to say that (for a good while at least) the formula has had all the marks of a solid racing experience, but lacked the personality and excitement that should be bundled with. Need for Speed has certainly been through the ringer over the years, and there’s no denying that the series is in need of something more than just speed, if you will.
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