Lots of fun to play with friends 8/10

I am in two minds about this game. The gameplay itself is quite enjoyable, it's an arcadey racer much like Driver San Francisco. But there are far too many flaws for me to recommend this.

1) The grind! If you want a decent car you better be prepared to either grind tedious missions over and over or buy some in game credit. Most missions net you 2k, but top of the range cars come in at 700k not including the tuning which some will set you back 500k. That's a lot of grinding for little reward.

2) The story is abysmal, I didn't care at all about what was going on or who these people were. Which would be ok if it wasn't for;

3) The missions. The missions in this game is the same repetitive few types with different locations/cars. It will either be a race (by far the best), an escape from the cops mission, a checkpoint time trial or a Smugglers Run esque cargo smash. That is as deep as they get and you will soon get bored.

4) Little reward. I don't really consider this a spoiler and I think perspective buyers should be aware. There is no reward for completing the story. No car. No paint job and just the same diddly amount of cash as the rest of the missions.


5) Always online and Uplay. Not really an issue for me but understand this is important for people with limited internet connections

That being said there are some positive points to this game. The map is huge and full of landmarks, the Wild Run add on creates a bit more variety, and if you manage to get a crew cruising round the U.S.A can be fun.


I have played this with a Logitech Driving Force GT and it will work ok, but the arcade controls are far more suited to a controller, both controller types are supported well with mappable button configs.

All in all I can't really recommend this game, especially not at full price, but it may be worth a punt on sale if you are looking for an easy on the eye arcade racing sandbox. It is what it is, and is easilly worth getting on the cheap for the map and crew antics alone.

very disapointed trash game must be burned

last update broke the game. works for 2 minutes and then crashes to desktop every single time.

Still better than Need For Speed Undercover.

The Crew was a great idea that in my opinion is quite poorly executed, after all it is Ubisoft and we all know their work ethic.
With that said I believe there is still fun to be had in this game, especially with some friends, otherwise it might turn into a boring grind of about 10 hours to get to the highest rank, at which point your motivation for playing the game won't live much longer.
Get it at a sale if you feel like you do want to give it a shot, but be advised that to really be able to enjoy it you'll need a couple of friends to 'grind' through the game with.

the story is cringe worthy, the handling in the rain is extremely sloppy and alot of the challenges feel forced and unfinished

25 pounds for a trial version of the game scam do not buy

Another Ubisoft ripoff.

Just like Farcry, its a perfectly good game that Ubisoft had to ruin.
I just bought the game and when I tried to play it just automaticly crashed on startup.
Then I disconnected my steering wheel, works!
Now I realized you can ONLY play it with a mouse and keyboard, atleast I can.
Next BAD thing that happened in my 30 minutes of startup and 14 minutes gameplay was that the game was so BADLY optimized that I couldn't even play well! It ran on 10-20FPS which is absolute ♥♥♥♥.

I can run GTAV much better on HIGH graphics than this game on LOWEST graphics...
Like what the actual ♥♥♥♥ is this ♥♥♥♥!? I want a refund.

Итак, перед нами очередной свежий проект, запущенный амбициозной компанией Ubisoft. У нас есть огромная открытая карта, представляющая из себя всю (почти всю) Америку и огромное количество заданий для игрока в нём. Также присутствует широкий спектр выбора и тюнинга своего авто. Казалось бы, что ещё нужно для идеального авто-симулятора? НО! При всей внешней обаятельности этой игры, есть ряд причин, по которой играть в неё было, откровенно говоря, неинтересно, и вот почему:

The Crew - это обрубок несостоявшихся идей. Открытый Мир данной игры наполнен либо сплошными раздражающими скриптами, либо не наполнен вообще ничем, кроме автомобилей, дорог и пустых зданий... Как основные, так и дополнительные задания представляют собой однотипные гонки и переезды из точки А в точку Б. Конечно, если вы любите автомобили и увлекаетесь тюнингом и их совершенствованием в целом, прокачка вам, скорее всего, не надоест и игра может вас неплохо затянуть. Но в остальном это просто очередной Симулятор Машинок, уже далеко не свежий в своём жанре и повторяющий почти всё, что мы когда-то видели в "Need for Speed", "Driver" и многих других представителях автомобильного жанра игр.

Вывод: Я честно не могу порекомендовать игру никому, кроме заядлых автолюбителей. The Crew останется отнюдь не самым ярким моментом в истории существования компании Ubisoft.

2.5/10.
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So, there is the new project realized by Ubisoft company. Here we got big Open World, visually produced by the whole (almost whole) United States and the huge amount of quests in there. Also we have a wide choice of autos and their tunings. Seems like the perfect "Auto Simulator" game, isn't it? BUT! Even if the game looks amazing at the first look, there are several reasons why this game is literaly boring. Now I explain why:

The Crew is the small piece of failed bright ideas. The Open World is full of annoying scripts or just of cars, roads and empty buildings... Main and side quests gives you nothing but common races or driving from A to B. Of course, if you are a big fan of autos, you will most likely enjoy ridings and tunings, and the game will be enjoyable for you. Nevertheless, it's just another Car Simulator that includes game elements from "Need for Speed", "Driver", etc. We have seen it pretty much times before. The Crew is totally not the first of it's kind.

Conclusion: You might enjoy it only if you are a huge fan of autos. Anyway, The Crew is not the glorious one of all Ubisoft projects.

2.5/10.