Sunday, October 5, 2008

Need for Speed: Undercover

Oct.5, 2008
[Source: gamespot.com]

Need for Speed: Undercover is the twelfth installment of the popular racing video game series Need for Speed, developed by EA Black Box and published by Electronic Arts.

The game's story mode sets the player in the story as a police officer going undercover into the criminal underground of Tri-City, a fictional city where the game is set. Players will take on dangerous jobs and compete in races in order to infiltrate and take down a ruthless international crime syndicate. The player's only contact to the police is Chase Linh, played by Maggie Q.

The live-action sequences from Carbon and Most Wanted will return in Undercover, but won't be in the traditional "CGI". Police chases from previous installments will also return, as well a new Highway Battle mode. Undercover is taking inspiration from action films such as The Transporter, with a large embedded narrative. Undercover will feature a brand new game mechanic and a "Most Wanted-ish" sandbox style of gameplay. It will have an all new damage system.

The police vehicles will include helicopters. The police vehicles will be drivable by the player. EA also confirmed that "there are some modes which give you access to the range of police cars. They're a lot of fun to drive and they have sirens.

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