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Need for Speed: Shift Reviews
| website | score | publish date | article quality |
| GameSpot | 7/10 | Sep 16 '09 | |
| IGN 360 | 8.7 | Sep 10 '09 | |
| 1UP | B+ | Sep 21 '09 | |
| Computer and Video Games | 8.9/10 | Sep 15 '09 | |
| Gamespy | 5/5 | Sep 15 '09 | |
| Gaming Excellence | 8.3/10 | Sep 22 '09 | |
| IGN PS3 | 8.7/10 | Sep 10 '09 | |
| IGN PS3 | 9/10 | Sep 10 '09 | |
| Strategy Informer | 9.0/10 | Oct 25 '09 | |
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Need for Speed: Shift Previews
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| GameDaily | Apr 16 '09 | ||
| IGN PS3 | Mar 04 '09 | ||
| IGN UK | Mar 04 '09 | ||
| Computer and Video Games | Mar 04 '09 | ||
| GameSpot | Feb 15 '10 | ||
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Check out these quotes from Need for Speed: Shift reviews & previews"For years, the Need for Speed franchise reigned as the king of driving games. Installments like Hot Pursuit 1 and 2, Underground 1 and 2, and Most Wanted helped the series become a multi-platform dynasty. Though, the grind of producing a new game each year eventually caught up with the developers -- resulting in two consecutive sub-par outings in Pro Street and Undercover. EA acted decisively, by wiping the slate clean and announcing that the series would be relaunched with new games -- each tailor-made for the audience of the console it will be played on. Need for Speed: Shift now has the difficult (and unenviable) position of being the first to lead the charge of returning the series to its former stature on the HD-generation platforms (360, PS3, and PC). And here's the kicker: It's not even a driving game. You won't find traffic-filled streets to weave through while evading the cops here. Shift takes a turn into serious racing game territory -- territory marked by both Gran Turismo and Forza Motorsport. It's a bold direction for a series that built its reputation on being a game that anyone could pick up the controller and live out their Fast and the Furious fantasies in. But Shift doesn't want to be a racer for the hardcore only; along with a number of options for driving assists to help control your car on the track, the game's basic structure is designed to try and prevent you from getting stuck on any one event preventing you from advancing."
"A new dedication to racing moves the excitement up a gear..."
"A shift up through the gears?"
"Need for Speed: Shift is a racing game that tries to do a lot of things, and the good news is that it does most of them well. The bad news is that Shift does very little that other racers haven't done before it, and it excels at nothing. The racing, the car and track selections, the vehicle customization and damage modeling, the career mode, the online play, the opponent AI--all of these things are good, but none of them are great. "
"A solid experience any racing fan will enjoy."
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