The Reviews Are In
The reviews are in and everyone is enjoying Slightly Mad Studio’s first offering. Here is just a small glimpse into what people are saying.
IGN: 9.0
A glorious return to greatness (and even excellence) for EA’s seminal racing franchise. Slightly Mad Studios has delivered a driving experience.
GameSpy: 5 Stars
This is a racing game dedicated to the act of racing rather than the actors, more intent on refining the experience of driving rather than celebrating car culture with scads of vehicles.
Official Xbox Magazine: 9.0
Shift is hugely entertaining, but remember that it’s not about the sillier fun of its Need for Speed predecessors. It’s about the nail-biting intensity and challenge of hanging on to your car at high speed, and as long as that’s how you like your racing, you’ll disappear into this game.
GameDaily: 9
Need for Speed: Shift is a wonderful re-imaging of Electronic Arts’ classic series and one of 2009’s best racing games. The combination of exquisite graphics and hardcore crashing delivers an adrenaline shot to players who drool over squealing tires, burnt rubber and exotic muscle machines.
VideoGamer: 8
Need For Speed: Shift is a brilliant new start for the franchise and has clearly been built by a team that loves racing.
Team Xbox: 9.0
Need for Speed: Shift is excellent in concept and flawless in execution. It’s nothing less that the next great racing simulator to grace the Xbox 360.
IGN UK: 8.7
Need for Speed Shift gets the most important part of a racing game right and it does so with a flair that’s uncommon in a frequently po-faced genre, providing driving that’s genuinely thrilling.