The multiplayer doesn't add any necessary action that could balance the clichéness out either.Ī fictional version of Las Vegas, even though the map is dead, it still brings in that feel of the desert, the country yee-haw music you'd associate with those kind of states and the gambling aspect is engaging and different. The big meetup missions where Jess, Tyler and Mac get compromised everytime by some cop cars or buffed up swat vehicles are just lazy and tacked on for the sake of a gimmick. It's pretty funny in the awkward sense, the story is a riot going from that. Need for Speed Payback feels like a generic action movie but with charm here and there, like it was trying to be more than what it is.
