Time to Play Video Games: The Crew

More video game fun.

I love playing video games, which I have mentioned a lot this week. I have finally had more of a chance to jump back onto my XBOX ONE so I have been having fun playing them.

This time I actually want to talk about the game I got, to kind of change up the games I usually play to make it a bit more diverse, which is a racing game called THE CREW.

I had read the reviews online for this game as I didn't want to take home something I wasn't going to like. I read reviews and ratings and decided I wanted more of an open world type of game as I do tend to like those if I end up playing the campaigns. So, I purchased it and took it home to test it out. To be quite honest, within the first few minutes I was already rolling my eyes. I was immediately put off by a very predictable type of story so I knew this campaign might be a little painful for me to play.

This time around after my initial pictures I was able to utilize in-game screenshots and replay's which is immensely helpful as I cannot really capture much on a camera while I am also playing. I assure you all the in-game pictures and clips came from my own gameplay.

Nonetheless, I do have some good things to say about it, although this is not a game I am constantly wanting to play.

Open-World game

That pretty much says it all. This game is open world play. That means you can pretty much drive where ever you want in the game. Of course, you are limited by borders within the game but it is a pretty large map.

Customize your own car

I don't know about you but I love to do this. I get to make the car my own by choosing the hood, the spoiler, the skirts, the rims, the color, stickers, you name it. Most good car or racing games will have this feature, and it is pretty cool that you get to do it fairly early on in gameplay.

This is the early stage of my customization. I changed and added a lot of things, but the first thing I did was change the color to this fantastic shade of Red.

The world elements make it onto your screen

So, this one is interesting. If you have noticed, you drive the car like you are behind it, so you see the car completely in front of you. This is interesting because the creators of this game decided to use that view and depending upon what your car that you are controlling is driving in, dirt, rain, etc., those elements will hit your own screen (the gameplayers screen). Let me show you what I am talking about:

If you look closely, I am choosing to drive beside a railroad track. Why? I don't know, I just felt like exploring. So, here on the bottom of my screen, you will see splotches of dirt. Dirt that would be picked up by that car in front that I am drying and then of course thrown and whatever is behind it, which is my actual view.

On this picture, you will notice that there are what appear to be water drops on my screen. Of course, this is due to the fact that I am driving outdoors in the rain.

I thought this was a pretty interesting part of the gameplay as it made it more realistic, especially taking into account the view you have throughout gameplay.

Enjoy some open-world driving clips

Since the most fun, I have with this game is honestly driving around, and then of course doing missions here and there, I wanted to show you a couple of my in-game driving gameplay. It is just so you get an idea of how the game looks, how the driving seems to be, the graphics, and lighting, and the speed. I hope you enjoy it.

Would I recommend this game?

Honestly? No. I was quite disappointed in how the story was presented, the overall lighting of the game, and I just felt I did not have that much fun. I had more fun playing many other games that had a driving component and a better storyline than I did with this one. I will continue to give it some more time, but right off the bat, it would not be anything I would rave about to anyone.

I hope you had fun reading this post. I always have fun playing games and making them. Keep tuned for more game coverage.

Are there any games you want me to try out on the XBOX ONE?

What is your favorite car/racing game?

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