My short review of Need for Speed Payback

(I wrote this review in November last year, but forgot to post it on this forum.)
First,I enjoy the game.In short, from personal game experience,I list the advantages and disadvantages below:

Advantages😃：
-Very traditional arcade race game and authentic NFS experience
-Equivalent to the excellent customization in NFS 2015
-Not always online
-Shorter game loading time
-Interesting dialogue(a lot of Easter eggs in it!)
-Varieties of races(race,off road,drift,etc)
-Varieties of environment(city,desert,mountains,etc) and great landscape
-The option to turn off  the crash cam
-Different difficulties levels(easy,normal,hard)
-Day and night cycle

Disadvantages😞:
-Microtransactions and unfriendly performance upgrade
-Some grinding collectibles and activities(I completed all the collection.But I am not going to complete all the activities for three stars.)
-Online freeroam is missing(it is coming in 2018.)

-Some of the off road race events designed to be too complicated
-Map UI did not provide enough information for activitity achievements(In NFS Rivals,icons has three colours:Gold,Silver,Bronze.This saves a lot of time looking for unfinished tasks.)

For me,Payback is just a very traditional NFS game.I have played the classic NFS games made by Blackbox and Criterion.I enjoy both of them.NFS PB is still a fast-paced game,filled with a lot of adrenaline.Even in linear cop event,the chase is still very intense.

Some of game media editors dislike the storyline of NFS PB.They criticize the story line is dull and superficial. I don't agree with them.Because this is a NFS game,it is not Call of Duty Modern Warfare.What's wrong with a cheesy story line? I don't have a problem with that.Even in critic-acclaimed Underground 2 and Most Wanted,NFS don't have complicated narrative either. In my opinion, NFS PB has better narrative than The Run, on par with NFS 2015.It's like a stage show or a drama, a bit exaggerated, but it's right.

Some people criticize characters animation(especially the facial part) is not fine enough.I admit it does not look as good as Uncharted 4.Because NFS has a smaller budget.The budget on characters animation is less.I think PB animation quality is basically qualified.

In graphics,day and night cycle is a huge progress compare to NFS 2015.In NFS PB, the temporal anti-aliasing method has improved.The image is processed with sharpening filter,although the sharpening density is a little bit too high😕.The tree leaves artifacts are greatly reduced.The major graphics degeneration is car body material and reflection.

I had expected NFS PB to be the best in recent years.Yes,it didn't meet my expectations.But I can still see a lot of improvements in this series.I carefully read the reviews of IGN and Gamespot.I don't agree with them.☹️NFS PB does have some poor design elements,bugs,technical issues.But it deserve a score more than 7.5 points.I personally give NFS PB 8.0 points.

For the last ten years,NFS has ups and downs.Judging from EA's past behavior, I do not know if EA would shut down the studio or suspend NFS development for bad media reviews.In the past, this happened to Blackbox and Criterion.If this happens to GHOST again, it will be a great loss to the NFS fans.💔In my opinion,microtransactions in NFS PB and always online in NFS 2015 hurt the game most.It is EA's fault,not the developers.

Thank you,GHOST!