After three and a half years and numerous updates and expansions, the time has come for a proper sequel to 2014’s The Crew. Developer Ivory Tower has been hard at work taking the decent base built in the original, and expanding upon it in many ways. Has their hard work paid off" Or has the inclusion of many other kinds of vehicles turned The Crew 2 into a jack-of-all trades, and master of none" Time to find out in our The Crew 2 review.
The original Crew game had a heavy focus on a linear story. This limited player choice in events to play. The Crew 2 eschews much of that linearity, with a focus on events. While the ultimate goal is to amass a large online collection of followers in some fake social network dubbed Live, there are also four crews to join up. Each crew has an HQ to visit and level up separately in, depending on the style of play desired: street racing, pro racing, freestyle, and off-road. Each crew has an icon, or boss-like character, who can be challenged to an event once the player?s fame level rises to a certain level, and enough events within that discipline are cleared. It?s perhaps a bit more of a generic progression story, but with so many events to conquer, a cinematic story probably won?t be missed by many racers. Familiar Looks
Graphically, The Crew 2 doesn?t look much different than the original. A large part of this is likely because the draw distance has been increased significantly, owing to the ability for the player to instant...