{"id":71026,"date":"2014-12-11T11:04:47","date_gmt":"2014-12-11T09:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=71026"},"modified":"2014-12-11T11:06:02","modified_gmt":"2014-12-11T09:06:02","slug":"the-crew-another-ubisoft-epic-fail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/reviews\/71026-the-crew-another-ubisoft-epic-fail","title":{"rendered":"The Crew: another Ubisoft epic fail?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Crew arrived for the PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Xbox 360 (via a port) on 2 December 2014.<\/p>\n

The game is described as an action-driving MMO, and lets gamers drive through a digital, open-world version of the United States. The map will be populated with various challenges and, as it is an MMO, other real-world players.<\/p>\n

Besides the MMO-type challenges and races the game also contains a single-player campaign where players must work their way through the ranks of a criminal organisation. Car customisation will also be available to players, with multiple levels of tuning \u2013 in terms of aesthetics and performance \u2013 available.<\/p>\n

Now onto the juicy stuff – how has the game performed?<\/p>\n

Let’s see what Metacritic<\/a>\u00a0had to say.<\/p>\n

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The Crew<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Platform<\/strong><\/td>\nMetacritic Score<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PC<\/td>\n73<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PS4<\/td>\n59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Xbox One<\/td>\n71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

Xbox 360 scores were not available at the time of writing. (People still game on a 360?)<\/p>\n

Next, the reviews.<\/p>\n

Eurogamer – 8\/10 (Xbox One)<\/a><\/h3>\n

The strange thing is, you’ll probably want to try it at some point, just to find another excuse to criss-cross the continent absorbing the scenery and the Americana.<\/p>\n

There’s no doubt that a huge part of The Crew’s appeal is nostalgia for US road trips, whether previously experienced or just imagined. No game has mined that cultural seam quite so authentically or with such all-encompassing ambition. It’s a game that requires and occasionally enforces patience, but like all great road trips it’s about the journey, not the destination.<\/p>\n

PC Gamer – 70\/100 (PC, duh)<\/a><\/h3>\n

It\u2019s always easier to look favourably on a game that tries to do too much than on\u00a0a focus-tested bore. The Crew\u2019s failings fall firmly into the former category, and though they are glaring and at times very frustrating, the potential to carve your own experience out of its rough-and-ready content saves it from mediocrity.<\/p>\n